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Yahoo investors seek Microsoft return
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's shares tumbled on Monday as investors punished the company for rejecting Microsoft Corp's $47.5 billion bid, though the fall was cushioned by hopes a deal may still be possible.
The Globe and Mail |
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Yahoo Shares Plunge After Microsoft Withdraws Bid
Shares of Yahoo fell 17 percent in early trading today. The drop follows Microsoft's announcement over the weekend that it's withdrawn its bid for the once dominant Internet search engine. read more
WMGT Macon |
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"Since the first rumors of an Apple switch to Intel, everyone has been wondering about the potential speed of Intel-based Macs. Last week's announcement of the first shipping Intel-based Macs brought with it the promise of a major speed boost: Apple's Web pages suggest that the new iMac, powered by the Intel Core Duo processor, is twice as fast as its G5 predecessor.
OS News |
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Walking away could turn out best for Yahoo and Microsoft
Sure, things look rough for Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. now that they couldn't agree on a deal. Yahoo's stock has cratered, and Microsoft has to figure out another way to catch up in the online ad market, a flaw so big it was willing to pay $47.5 billion to fix it.
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Future of virtualization in mobility, live migration
FRAMINGHAM, USA: The rapid embrace of virtualization has helped change the economics of IT by not only lowering capital costs, but reducing operational costs as well.
CIOL |
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Voice 2.0 developers like Open Source, independence
USA & INDIA: A survey of Voice 2.0 developers carried out by iLocus, a research firm focussed on emerging communications , reveals that 72 percent of them prefer to work with Open Source telephony platforms like Asterisk, OpenSER, and FreeSWITCH and offer services direct to the consumer.
CIOL |
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db4o first Open Source object-oriented DB to support LINQ
With the new support, developers are free to choose an object oriented optimized engine without having to change the API or compromise performance.
CIOL |
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Quickoffice enhances mobile office leadership
DALLAS, USA: Quickoffice Inc. , a leading global provider of mobile office productivity software and solutions, has acquired DynoPlex , ? leading developer of mobile office document management solutions.
CIOL |
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Customers of Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger Able to Support the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
Monday, May 05, 2008 — Following a successful first year which resulted in Microsoft Corp. donating $1.3 million to ten cause organizations, $100,000 of which supported the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, Microsoft has announced the expansion of the i’m Initiative.
American Red Cross |
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Sir Elton sells out Sully in less than an hour
If you weren't on the ball this morning -- either waiting in line somewhere in town or urgently refreshing your Internet browser to purchase tickets -- you likely missed out on catching Sir Elton John's May 28 performance at Sullivan Arena. The show sold out in less than an hour.
KTUU Anchorage |
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Construction workers learn new technology
The University of Texas at Austin says it received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to teach new technology to construction workers.The grant went to William O'Brien; assistant professor of civil engineering; Randolph Bias, associate professor of information; Christine Julien, assistant professor of computer engineering, and Kathy Schmidt, director of the university's ...
Moldova.org |
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Google Seeks Open-Access Pledge From Verizon
Google has asked the F.C.C. to obtain a pledge from Verizon Wireless that it will honor open-access conditions on a band of 700MHz spectrum before selling the spectrum to the carrier.
New York Times |
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Zurich Financial Services Signs With CSC
Zurich Financial Services has signed an IT desktop services outsourcing contract with CSC.
Insurance and Technology |
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PRWeb Introduces New Features for Online Press Releases
Lanham, MD (Vocus) April 14, 2008 -- PRWeb, the leading online news distribution service and a Vocus (www.vocus.com) (NASDAQ: VOCS) company, today announced the availability of new features for its online press release distribution service.
Charleston Daily Mail |
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Zurich Financial Services Signs With CSC Zurich Financial Services has signed an IT desktop services outsourcing ...
Zurich Financial Services expanded its relationship with CSC after recently signing a six-year base period contract, at an estimated value of $399 million, with the Falls Church, Va. -based IT services company.
Finance Technology Network |
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Google Director John L. Doerr sells 25,700 shares
NEW YORK (AP) - A director with Google Inc. sold 25,700 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday.
Sharewatch |
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Online safety seminar scheduled for May 13
The Internet can be a wonderful resource, filled with the information needed to do business, plan leisure activities and organize our lives. It can also be a dangerous place, due to online predators.
MLive.com |
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Ballmer: Microsoft's Web Strategy Doesn't Stop With Yahoo
Microsoft will continue to improve search relevance, build out its own advertising platform, invest in engineering for the Web, and pursue partnerships around the world.
InformationWeek |
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Europe’s online voice
Mark Zaleski, the chairman and chief executive of Dailymotion, the French video site, laments the failure of European internet companies to challenge the dominance of US peers such as Google, Facebook and Ebay.
Financial Times |
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Yahoo Stock Plunges After Microsoft Backs Off
Yahoo’s shares were off about 14 percent on the first day of trading after Microsoft’s takeover bid fell through on Saturday.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Wall Street Falls on Microsoft-Yahoo News
Stocks pulled back as investors reacted to news that the software giant had abandoned its bid for Yahoo and oil prices rose to a record.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Microsoft’s Failed Yahoo Bid Risks Online Growth
Without a Yahoo deal, Microsoft faces a problem: its time-tested recipe for success isn’t working against Google.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Last Call: Shares of Alvarion jump after 1Q loss narrows
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of Alvarion Ltd. jumped in afternoon trading Monday after the wireless technology company said its first-quarter loss narrowed, but analysts were mixed on long-term growth.
INO News |
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Microsoft Goes Automated With its Service Agent
Customer service's role as a competitive differentiator continues to grow, but customer service is not one-size-fits-all.
destinationCRM |
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Linked by Neeraj Singh on Mon 23rd Apr 2007 19:02 UTC
If you shout something loud enough and many people are saying it, does it become true? Some groups of people (include tech journalists and Linux advocates, such as Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols) have a psychological need to find Vista lacking.
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