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Pondering the Reiser Fallout
After the exuberance that followed Hardy Heron's landing not long ago, the mood on the Linux blogs shifted considerably last week in the wake of the conviction of ReiserFS file-system designer Hans Reiser of first-degree murder. Before the highly publicized trial, Reiser and his team were working on Reiser4.
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Recent Original Stories
When Dell put up its IdeaStorm community-feedback site, the company was surprised by the strong response in favor of shipping personal computers with Linux.
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Yahoo faces ire of shareholders
Microsoft's decision to drop its bid to buy Yahoo puts pressure on the net portal to justify its asking price, the BBC's Maggie Shiels reports from Silicon Valley.
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Praises Web 2.0 Conference
Alternative Channel, the international online media company, invites Nobel Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú and thought leaders from the corporate sector and civil society to a conference on Social Networking and Responsible Media
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Earth Day ... Or is it WeEarth's Day?
On Earth Day, April 22, WeEarth launched not just a website, but an integrated online media network powered by the voices of its members.
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Blooms to Boom This Mother's Day
According to IBISWorld, Inc., , one of the nation's most respected independent publishers of business intelligence research about 86 percent of Americans will be celebrating Mother's Day on May 11 this year, with children expected to spend more than $18 billion on spoiling their mothers.
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UCN Sets First Quarter 2008 Conference Call for Thursday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m. ET
UCN, Inc., innovator of all-in-one hosted contact center software for intelligent routing and agent improvement, will hold a conference call on Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Praises Web 2.0 Conference
BARCELONA, Spain----The Alternative Channel Forum on Social Networking and Responsible Media, held yesterday in Barcelona, was a smash hit, according to participants, organizers and sponsors.
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New Xerox DocuMate Scanner Delivers More Bang for the Buck; 50 Percent Faster and Great for ID Card Scanning
PLEASANTON, Calif.----Xerox Corporation today announced a new color sheetfed scanner that is 50 percent faster than similarly priced competitive products, small enough to fit on a desktop, optimized to scan ID cards and includes ultrasonic double-feed detection technology.
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IDC Sees the Future of Virtualization in Mobility and Live Migration
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.----The rapid embrace of virtualization has helped change the economics of IT by not only lowering capital costs but also reducing operational costs. As customers become more familiar with the technology, virtualization is increasingly being used to solve more than just server consolidation challenges.
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Computing can be hazardous to health
Today, let's take a walk -- a walk on the wild, scary side of computing.
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Alibaba falls after Microsoft drops Yahoo bid
Shares in China's leading e-commerce firm Alibaba.com slid 6 percent on Monday after Microsoft Corp dropped a bid for Yahoo Inc, Alibaba's key investor.
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DigitalStakeout Announces OEM Agreement With IBM
DigitalStakeout, a leading innovator and source of breakthrough Security Information and Event Management solutions, today announced that it has completed an original equipment manufacturing agreement with IBM and is now delivering its integrated SIEM Threat Aware(TM) appliance leveraging IBM Tivoli Security Operations Manager® as a cornerstone.
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Shareholder fury
Yahoo under the spotlight after deal falls apart
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Thomson Financial North America Daybook - Monday, May 5, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Thomson Financial North America Daybook - Monday, May 5, 2008 MAJOR U.S. EQUITY INDEXES: Stocks in the U.S. look to open lower Monday after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its offer over the weekend to acquire Internet company Yahoo Inc. Futures on the Dow Jones industrial average were down 54 points to 13,006, while S&P 500 futures fell 7.60 to 1408.20, and Nasdaq ...
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Yahoo CEO facing possible rebellion after spurning Microsoft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - AP Video Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang is convinced that the company he started in a Silicon Valley trailer 14 years ago is worth more than the $47.5 billion that Microsoft Corp. had offered for the Internet pioneer.
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Fore! 'Hot Shots Golf' arrives in high-def sheen
For 10 years, the “Hot Shots Golf” series has been acclaimed as the golf simulation for the masses, a surprisingly deep and robust simulator that also happens to be accessible — and quite a lot of fun — to those of lesser skill or little interest in the methodical nuances of Mark Twain's “nice walk in the woods spoiled.”
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Amazon Lawsuit
Amazon.com suing over New York state law. more
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Wall Street seen lower after Microsoft drops Yahoo bid
FRANKFURT - Stock index futures pointed to a weaker opening on Wall Street on Monday, with Yahoo Inc in focus after Microsoft Corp walked away from its $47.5 billion bid for the Internet search company.
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Wall Street seen lower after Microsoft drops Yahoo bid
Stock index futures pointed to a weaker opening on Wall Street on Monday, with Yahoo Inc in focus after Microsoft Corp walked away from its $47.5 billion bid for the Internet search company.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Jul 2006 17:09 UTC, submitted by IdaAshley
"The Linux kernel continues to evolve, incorporating new technologies and gaining in reliability, scalability, and performance. One of the most important features of the 2.6 kernel is a scheduler implemented by Ingo Molnar.
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Microsoft abandons Yahoo acquisition
Microsoft has dropped its three-month-long pursuit of Yahoo, ending a historic acquisition attempt whose failure takes Microsoft back to square one in its quest to boost its online business to better compete against Google. "We continue to believe that our proposed acquisition made sense for Microsoft, Yahoo, and the market as a whole. Our goal in pursuing a combination with Yahoo was ...
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Wall St seen lower after Microsoft drops Yahoo bid
FRANKFURT, May 5 - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a weaker opening on Wall Street on Monday, with Yahoo Inc in focus after Microsoft Corp walked away from its $47.5 billion bid for the Internet search company. At 1021 GMT Dow Jones futures were down 0.4 percent, S&P 500 futures were down 0.5 percent and Nasdaq futures 0.5 percent lower. Microsoft on Saturday ...
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European Stocks Fall, U.S. Futures Drop; Asian Shares Advance
May 5 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks and U.S. index futures dropped after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its bid for Yahoo! Inc. and investors speculated a two-month rally in equities may slow.
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GTA IV boosted Live on day one
Microsoft reckon that about one-million GTA IV players took the game online, via Xbox Live, on day one. That really is a quite ridiculous figure.
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