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Microsoft tries to avoid Ballmer deposition in Vista suit
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is the subject of a new legal squabble in a lawsuit over the company's Windows Vista marketing practices.
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Google still struggling to conquer outposts
Google has made little headway against entrenched local search companies in a handful of countries around the world, in spite of making a concerted investment since the middle of the decade.
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Microsoft grants XP another stay
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, Microsoft is planning to further extend the retail life of Windows XP. The company said that it will be adding another six months to the time in which vendors will...
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Google and GE in energy alliance
Google and General Electric on Wednesday announced an unusual alliance to promote greater use of renewable energy in the US.
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London lands Microsoft research office
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, London will be among the recipients of Microsoft's new European research centres. The city is one of three selected by Microsoft to house the new research offices, which will focus...
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Mum, daughter hookers busted by police
POLICE have arrested a mother and her daughter who offered their sexual services to clients on the internet after losing their jobs as strippers.
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Churchill Club podcast: From Cell Phones to Software & Services: One-on-One with Nokia's CEO
Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes, sat down with Nokia President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to discuss the mobile market. Kallasvuo has led the company for the past two years, but has held a variety of positions in his 28-year Nokia career, including heading its North American unit in the late 1990s. Kallasvuo talks about how Nokia is launching services and applications and doing battle ...
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Google agrees to 'brief delay' for Yahoo ad deal while antitrust probe continues
Google today agreed to delay the start of a Web advertising partnership with rival Yahoo, giving U.S. antitrust regulators more time to...
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Laptop Stolen From McCain Campaign in Missouri
A laptop has been stolen from a Missouri Republican party office used by the McCain presidential campaign.
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Google, Yahoo Delay Ad Deal Over DOJ Investigation
Google said that it will delay its search advertising deal with Yahoo while the DOJ continues its antitrust investigation into...
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Allstate May Reward Older Gamers with Discounts
Allstate is considering offering clients who are age 50 and older a discount on car insurance if they play videogames. The company is running a trial program called InSight, which offers specialized computer games to 100,000 customers in Pennsylvania aged 50 to 75. According to a report from CNN, the program features a variety of games designed to reverse age-related cognitive decline ...
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Answers to animal manure use as fertilizer just a 'click' away
Answers to the most beneficial methods of using animal manure as an alternative to costly commercial fertilizers is a click away on the Internet, thanks to the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service's national connectivity.
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Bloomberg TV Inks AOL Deal
NEW YORK Bloomberg Television has struck its first major online video syndication deal, making content available on AOL Money & Finance.
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Google, Yahoo delay ad deal
The two companies say they will continue discussions with the Justice Department over the arrangement, which has raised concerns from advertisers.
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Ex-McAfee executive clear of illegal option dating
SAN FRANCISCO -- A jury on Friday acquitted the former top lawyer at computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. of illegally tampering with his stock option grants to boost his pay package.
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Downsizing Debacle Derailed
Batou Re: Typical.... 9/29/2008 4:05:59 AM What this is really saying to servicepersonal, is that the skills are affordable "quantity" that can be found at anytime, and hardware, the planes and computers and software are "budget-specific" items. Must be nice to plan war to peace time Budget.
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Microsoft to review hiring plans
Citing challenging economic conditions, Microsoft said Friday it would review its hiring plans and "make some adjustments as appropriate."
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Okoro intros updated low-profile OMS-SX100 media center
Filed under: Home Entertainment , Media PCs Okoro apparently doesn't have much time for design changes, or even model name changes, but the company has at least seen fit to give its low-profile OMS-SX100 a considerable spec-bump and, apparently, a reduction in power consumption. That latter bit seems to come largely as a result of the low-wattage AMD Athlon X2 4850e processor at ...
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Google and Yahoo delay search ad partnership
Google and Yahoo on Friday backed away from a potential confrontation with anti-trust regulators, announcing a delay to their controversial search advertising partnership to allow more time for consideration of the deal.
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Planning dept. offering new Web tools to quicken permit process
New online tools will help builders and homeowners acquire permits more quickly. The San Diego County Department of Planning and Land Use has created a Web guide to help applicants file plot plans correctly.
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An Interview with Simon Gosden, Owner of Fantastic Literature Limited
"There is always a market for quality horror," says Gosden. Fantastic Literature is UK's largest online supplier of out of print, rare and used books in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, thrillers, ghost stories, weird tales and the macabre. Currently, their store has over 19,000 titles for sale in paperback, hardcover, and magazine formats. Through their Ebay shop, signed ...
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Now I gotta cut ya!
Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft Game Studios, spoke candidly about a bit of everything. The question on gamers’ minds, after Ensemble’s demise, was the future of Rare and Lionhead studios. When asked about whether or not Rare and Lionhead would suffer the same “restructuring” fate as did Ensemble Studios, Mr. Spencer stated that at [...]
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Executive Q&A - Pat McGowan: Bookstore evolves as business changes
The store is one of the oldest in the city. It was around before the state Capitol burned in 1904 and during its time has been a prerequisite stop for most students attending UW-Madison. University Book Store, 114 years after it was founded as a cooperative, is no longer a must stop for students. Textbooks can be purchased at used book stores and new books on Internet sites like eBay and ...
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Ask the Editor: On Palin’s name
No, the erroneous spelling of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's name on the Voices page of Friday's print edition wasn't intentional. Nor was it a sign of bias. And it certainly wasn't a mistake — or a conspiracy — by our letter writers. Blame it on spell check. We had proofed the page for errors and, as always, just before striking a button on our computer to send it to production for plate-making, our ...
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Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 player
As I mentioned in my post yesterday about Netflix, one of the obstacles video-streaming services are going to have to overcome is the quality of the files they're sending to big HDTVs. Apple has recently introduced 720p HD files on iTunes to download to its Apple TV device, but lesser-known Vudu may have gone one better with its new high-def format for its own streaming devices. The company has ...
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