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HL:TSX positive as oil hits US$120; N.Y. lower after Microsoft pulls Yahoo bid@
TORONTO _ The Toronto stock market maintained a toehold on positive territory late Monday morning with strength coming from oil prices at record high levels.
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KeyMark Brings Microsoft and Forrester Research Group to Greenville SC
KeyMark Inc. announced today they will be hosting their first ever Horizons Conference in Greenville SC from 8:30 to Noon on June 12, 2008. The technology conference will feature industry experts from Microsoft and Forrester who will discuss trends in document management technology and system integration capabilities with the Microsoft SharePoint Suite.
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The Philter
12:05 PM -- Why do executives at public companies blog? They sound so watered down and limp. Posts like this , from Yahoo's CEO, don't sound like they come from competitive entrepreneurs. They sound like their from Emily Post's Big Book of Corporate Platitudes.
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Clear Packets Announces Enterprise Security and Employee Internet Management Gateway
Clear Packets today announced general availability of its FMS-Enterprise Gateway, the first true enterprise class integrated solution for virus protection, web security, information protection, content filtering and employee internet management.
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FoodLogiQ and Smart Online Address National Food Recalls
This weekend's recall of 143 tons of meat by a New York-based food manufacturer is one of numerous significant food recalls this year. Because of such recalls, consumers are growing increasingly concerned about the safety and quality of their food.
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Apple gains after analyst raises rating to "Buy"
(AP:NEW YORK) Apple shares rose modestly Monday after an American Technology Research analyst raised his rating to "Buy" and an RBC Capital Markets analyst increased his price target for the computer and gadget maker's stock.
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GE Money and Boyles Distinctive Furniture Furnish Consumer Finance Program
KETTERING, Ohio----GE Money and Boyles Distinctive Furniture today announced a new multi-year relationship to provide consumer financing services through the home furnishings retailer's Carolina locations and online store.
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Yahoo Drops Most in 2 Years as Microsoft Abandons Bid (Update6)
May 5 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. fell the most in almost two years on the Nasdaq after Microsoft Corp. abandoned its $44.6 billion takeover of the Internet-search company because executives couldn't agree on a price.
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External hard drives buyer's guide
We assess 25 of the hottest external hard disk drives from Cavalry, Iomega, LaCie, Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital, and more.
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'Lost' in a flash: Best of the comments
Last week you posted many insightful comments about Jack's depressing flash-forward ... and, by Friday morning, I noticed that my absence was beginning to drive a few of you pretty insane. (I'm taking that as a compliment.) Here are 10...
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Stocks Move Off Session Lows But Stay Firmly Negative
(RTTNews) - The major averages remain in negative territory during late morning trading on Monday. Selling pressure has come after Microsoft (MSFT) withdrew its bid to acquire Yahoo (YHOO) over the weekend.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Jan 2006 20:57 UTC
"The recent move by Apple Computer to begin shipping Macintosh computers that use microprocessors from Intel could open the door to more attacks against computers running the company's OS X operating system, security experts warn.
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ISPs & P2P, Getting Along Without Getting Cozy
penguin-geek writes "Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a way to ease the tension between ISPs and P2P users. As we all know, there's been a growing tension between Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and their customers' P2P file-sharing services, and this has driven service providers to forcefully reduce P2P traffic at the expense of unhappy subscribers and the risk of ...
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Recent Original Stories
Steve Jobs announced today that Apple will release an SDK for native apps next February, but it will take measures similar to Nokia's for Symbian 60 regarding digital signatures on these apps.
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Yahoo shares tumble on bid withdrawal
Yahoo ’s shares dropped by 16 per cent early on Monday after the weekend news that Microsoft was abandoning its pursuit of the internet company.
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U.S. shares drop on fears over merger outlook and as oil gains
U.S. shares dropped Monday as investors digested Microsoft's decision to withdraw its bid for Yahoo and oil prices again approached $120 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrial average at times fell more than 100 points.
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Into the Meat of Resistance
Surprised by what happened with Microsoft and Yahoo? Gary Kaltbaum wasn't. See why and see what he has to say about other picks as well.
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'I'm too much to handle right now...', says teen superstar Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus, the teenage superstar at the centre of controversy over a photo shoot for Vanity Fair has said: 'I think I'm too hot to handle right now'. After those Vanity Fair pictures, and ones that emerged of her on the internet perched on the lap of an ex-boyfriend - midriff exposed - Miley insisted she is not ready for dating - and would rather be the girl that 'no one can get'
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Keep your data safe at the border
There's no right to privacy at international borders. For those of us with laptops, this presents a major problem: how to get through U.S. Customs without Uncle Sam peeking at every e-mail.
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IBM reshuffles its executive deck
Big Blue CEO Sam Palmisano announces a series of retirements and appointments among his executive staff.
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Boo-hoo For Micro-Hoo!
Wall Street gave Microsoft a little bump while Yahoo! shares tumbled after the company's couldn't make the proposed merger a reality.
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Yahoo minus Microsoft: Ballmer slams the door on his way out
It is perhaps the biggest "no-go" in the history of the Internet industry. So in the absence of any Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Redmond, did Microsoft manage to move the needle in its direction in its fight to avoid becoming the #4 player?
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Zions Bank Launches Spanish Version of Web Site
Zions Bank today announced the launch of a Spanish language version of its Internet site, http://www.zionsbank.com/espanol.
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Save time by customizing Windows' taskbar
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Save time by customizing Windows' taskbar --Get more use out of this handy strip of shortcuts by adding the elements you use most often. Selling open-source "ice" to the Eskimos --The question is not whether there should be proprietary software, but rather what role it should serve. Opening up one's core software is a far better bet than is ...
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Yahoo shares plunge as Microsoft premium withdrawn
San Francisco - Yahoo shares plummeted by over 16 per cent in early trading Monday on the AMEX stock exchange as investors devalued the company following Microsoft's withdrawal of its 44.6 billion dollar takeover bid for the web portal. Microsoft bac...
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