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Falklands : Internet News Relevant to the Falklands (05/05/08)
A weekly look at how others see us and what has been written about the Falklands.
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Washington DC
SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - Yahoo shares fell more than 16 percent Monday as hopes for the once-dominant Internet icon dimmed following Microsoft's withdrawal of a $47.5 billion takeover bid.
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Yahoo shares plunge after Microsoft's exit
Microsoft shares rose 2.6% on relief that it was not willing to overpay for Yahoo, while Google rose 2.2%. Day in Pics
The Economic Times |
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US stocks fall after Microsoft exits Yahoo bid
The decision to abandon the $43.7 bn bid for Yahoo has left investors disappointed because M&A activity tends to boost shareholder value. Day in Pics
The Economic Times |
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Yahoo Stock Plunges After Microsoft Backs Off
Yahoo’s shares were off about 20 percent early on the first day of trading after Microsoft’s takeover bid fell through.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Wall Street Falls on Microsoft-Yahoo News
The Dow Jones industrial average was down in early trading as investors reacted to news that the software giant had abandoned its bid for Yahoo.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Major Averages Move Off Intraday Lows
(RTTNews) - Stocks remain notably lower in late morning trading on Monday following the announcement that Microsoft (MSFT) has withdrawn its bid to buy Yahoo! (YHOO) after months of negotiations.
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ThomasNet Launches ThomasNet's Purchasing Tools(TM) in Partnership with Source One
NEW YORK & WILLOW GROVE, Pa.----ThomasNet, the leading online industrial marketplace, today announced the availability of free purchasing tools for ThomasNet users through an exclusive partnership with Source One Management Services, LLC, a leading procurement service provider.
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Stocks trade lower after Microsoft pulls Yahoo bid
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pulled back Monday as investors digested Microsoft Corp.'s decision to withdraw its bid for Yahoo Inc. and oil prices again approached $120 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrial average at times fell more than 100 points.
IWon - Money |
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Microsoft Ends Pursuit of Yahoo
Microsoft announced over the weekend it was withdrawing its bid to buy Yahoo . Microsoft had been mulling a hostile bid to acquire Yahoo after its initial offer of $31 per share was rejected by Yahoo. This effectively puts an end to the months long saga that began January 31 when Microsoft originally disclosed its offer to buy the Internet services company. Yahoo all along maintained the offer ...
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The Birth of Microsoft 5.0: Optimized Desktop to Live Mesh
I’m writing this from the Microsoft Management and Integrated Virtualization Analyst Summit.
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VIDEO: Cyber school students change gears for 'Robo-ball'
Cyber school students from the Commonwealth Connections Academy worked in teams to create robots good enough to lift, throw and just about anything that would give them a step above their competitors.
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Recent Original Stories
AMD started delivering on their word of providing GPU specifications to the open-source community without a Non-Disclosure Agreement, and now with the 2007 X Developer Summit having come to a close, we asked several key members of the X.Org community on how they judge AMD's recent move . They were also asked if they believe NVIDIA will follow suit in helping the open-source community.
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Yahoo's Stock Slides as US Markets Open
As expected, Yahoo's stock took a hit after the U.S. financial markets opened Monday morning, as investors react to...
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For the last few years, a coalition of technology companies, academics and computer programmers has been trying to ...
. A proposed copyright law seen by CNET News.com would expand the DMCA's restrictions on software that can bypass copy protections and grant federal police more wiretapping and enforcement powers.
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McAfee, Inc. and Microsoft Showcase Joint Network Access Control Solution for Defense Customers
McAfee, Inc., is demonstrating its new Network Access Control solution, integrated with Microsoft Windows NAP (Network Access Protection) technology, an endpoint policy enforcement platform for Windows Server 2008. The offering, which helps protect private networks from being accessed by unauthorized systems and devices, is being showcased by McAfee (Booth #532) and Microsoft (Booth #881) at the ...
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Government Computer News
Agencies deploy more sensing devices every day, but the data they collect often doesn’t have the impact it could. “Many of these devices are still being stovepiped,” said Patrick Esposito, president and chief operating officer at Augusta Systems. “There is no correlation between all this data.”
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Vangent Names Giovanna Patterson Senior Vice President of Business Development
Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and strategic business process outsourcing solutions, has appointed Giovanna Patterson as senior vice president of business development. Patterson brings Vangent more than 20 years of business development and program management experience in the Federal civilian, health, defense, and intelligence sectors. As senior vice ...
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Government Computer News
In the heat of battle, the last thing any warfighter wants to do is paperwork. Yet soldiers have to keep track of how many times they fire their weapons during combat, largely so the Army can better estimate when each weapon has reached the end of its useful life.
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Government Computer News
During the San Diego wildfires last fall, employees at the California Department of Insurance call center had to work extended hours to handle the increased volume of calls.
Government Computer News |
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Google Earth tricky to use, share
Google Earth is a mapping product much more powerful than the typical web-based map service.
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Government Computer News
E-mail was the killer app for the Internet, the tool that made global network connectivity a must-have in every office and home. But vulnerabilities in the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol have made e-mail a primary source of malicious code and unwanted messages.
Government Computer News |
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Yahoo shares take a tumble
Yahoo shares traded on the German stock exchange have tumbled more than 18 percent after Microsoft abandoned its bid for the Internet icon.
Independent Online |
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New releases: OpenSUSE, Mandriva Xfce, Slackware
As many of us enjoy the last hours of an extended long weekend, the May Day holidays have been a busy period for free software developers.
Independent Online |
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Government Computer News
During 30 years in government service and more than a decade as a consultant, Lynn McNulty has been recognized as a leader in making information security a profession rather than a job.
Government Computer News |
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