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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 1st Sep 2006 21:50 UTC
Microsoft's Windows Vista RC 1 is done . Now it's up to the estimated 6 million testers to which the company is planning to release the code to determine if it really is ready for prime time.
New Mobile Computing |
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Investors eye Yahoo's alternatives
Yahoo is facing growing pressure to find an alternative strategy to Microsoft Corp's takeover offer after the software maker walked away over a disagreement.
AAP via Yahoo!7 Finance |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 9th Nov 2005 04:27 UTC
Bob Young is, arguably, one of the most influential figures in the development of Linux and open source.
OS News |
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Yahoo CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft's $47.5B bid
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang has a chance to prove his company is worth more than the $47.5 billion that Microsoft Corp. offered to buy the Internet pioneer.
9 News Denver |
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New Zealand software unlocks web for teachers
A tool for developing educational content for websites without the need to know web languages is an international award finalist at the Learning Impact annual conference in Austin, Texas this month.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Web-viewing catches fire
The research firm comScore recently reported that "views" of online video in the United States alone hit 10.1 billion in February, a 66 percent increase over the same period a year ago.
Rocky Mountain News |
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ANZ Australia April Total Job Ads +3.1%
(RTTNews) - The total number of jobs advertised in major metropolitan newspapers and on the internet increased by 3.1 percent in April to an average of 275,390 per week, according to data released Monday by the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. This follows a 0.7 percent fall in March.
Nasdaq |
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Software Notebook: Apple blossoms with growing cash balance
The biggest cash pile in the technology industry has historically belonged to Microsoft Corp., but now it has some company, and it's a familiar name: Apple Inc.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Xubuntu 8.04 stellar on low-power machines
I finally had the chance to install Xubuntu 8.04 on a laptop for another of my kids this weekend. My first attempt to install Xubuntu (Ubuntu running the Xfce interface instead of Gnome and generally considered lighter and faster than other *buntus) on a seriously aging and memory starved...
ZDNet |
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Miners lead share market higher
RESOURCE and energy stocks buoyed the Australian stock market this afternoon on takeover talks amid global miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.
Herald Sun |
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Mac clone -- out of the box: Psystar Open Computer
In order to watch video content you need to enable javascript and install Flash player version 8 or above.
ZDNet Australia |
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Difference Engine No. 2
Considered one of the most startling achievements of the 19th century, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 has come to life 150 years later. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi visits the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, to see the machine in action.
ZDNet Australia |
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Headlines and bloglines
The west has been won, paved over and much of it peppered with shopping malls, but there exists another wild frontier out there: the Internet. Ours is the first generation to have come of age on the Web, and college students have learned how to code-switch between it and the real world.
Massachusetts Daily Collegian |
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Yahoo and News Corp talks have "cooled"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo's talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on an alternative deal to Microsoft's takeover bid have "cooled" in recent weeks, one source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
Reuters.co.uk |
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The pressure's now on Yang and Yahoo
Jerry Yang likes to say that Yahoo stands for "You Always Have Other Options." Microsoft-Yahoo coverage Read Ballmer's letter to Yang Yahoo's statement Video: Yahoo at night Slide show: Yahoo retrospective
San Jose Mercury News |
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The ultimate Big Brother
Thirty-eight years as executive director of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Pee Dee area have gone by in a flash for R. Carlisle Rogers.
Florence Morning News |
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Microsoft wises up
It’s not often one gets to say this but, well done, Microsoft. By withdrawing its implausible offer, Microsoft gets to keep its $47 billion and avoid a nasty takeover battle. And it gives Yahoo’s management the chance to prove the company is worth $37 a share.
telecomasia.net |
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Australia's ANZ job ads survey shows recovery in April after two-month decline
ANZ said the number of jobs advertised in major metropolitan newspapers and on the Internet increased by 3.1 percent in April to an average of 275,390 per week. This followed a 0.7 percent fall in March.
The Forex Market |
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Yang To Employees: 'We Must Redouble Efforts'
The Yahoo! chief sends letter to employees after Microsoft drops bid, thanking them for persevering.
Forbes |
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If You Use Outlook E-Mail, Meet Xobni
The free downloadable software can index all of your Outlook e-mail and make messages quickly and easily searchable.
New York Times |
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Investors eye Yahoo's alternatives to Microsoft
By Michele Gershberg and Anupreeta Das
Reuters via Yahoo! India News |
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Yahoo, News Corp talks have 'cooled'
Yahoo's talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on an alternative deal to Microsoft's takeover bid have "cooled" in recent weeks, according to one source familiar with the matter.
The Age |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Oct 2007 20:24 UTC, submitted by FreeBSD_User
"FreeBSD 7.0 will be the next release of FreeBSD, and is the first major release in 2 years. It's due out some time later this year (currently in pre-release and available for testing). FreeBSD 7.0 brings major changes to the BSD and open source operating system landscape."
OS News |
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Yahoo and News Corp talks have "cooled"
Yahoo's talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on an alternative deal to Microsoft's takeover bid have "cooled" in recent weeks, one source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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A Step Back for Microsoft
Microsoft walked away from a Yahoo deal still looking for an answer to its fundamental problem: its time-tested recipe for success isn?t working against Google.
New York Times |
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