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US stocks down on oil record
US shares swung lower overnight after Microsoft pulled the plug on its Yahoo takeover bid and fresh record high for oil prices hurt momentum on Wall Street after three positive weeks.
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SKorean shares outlook - Lower on Wall Street's decline, record oil prices
SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - South Korean shares are expected to open lower on Tuesday with investors discouraged by Wall Street's overnight decline and record oil prices. The impending decision on interest rates by the Bank of Korea will also keep investors at bay.
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Yahoo shares fall 15 per cent after Microsoft withdraws bid
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo shares fell 15 per cent Monday as hopes for the once-dominant Internet icon dimmed following Microsoft's withdrawal of a US$47.5 billion takeover bid.
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Apple gains after analyst raises rating to "Buy"
NEW YORK (AP) - 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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Yahoo's Fall Upends Stocks
Yahoo shares plunged Monday on news that Microsoft is abandoning its takeover bid for the company — but the surprise is that it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
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Breastfeeding boosts intelligence
Breastfeeding really does boost intelligence, a major study has shown. Researchers looked at almost 14,000 children for more than six years and found that those who were breastfed did significantly better in IQ tests.
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My Account
SURREY, B.C. - A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after a series of sexual assaults in Surrey in which the attacker sometimes used the Internet to lure his victims.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 15th Dec 2006 11:58 UTC
"It doesn't matter what you (or tech reviewers) think of Windows Vista; sooner or later, it's what most people will have on their PCs. In that light, it's fortunate that Vista is better looking, better designed and better insulated against the annoyances of the Internet.
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CTA to add more routes to online tracker
The CTA is adding 18 more routes to its bus tracker system to help commuters keep tabs on their transportation.
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Intel, OLPC affordable laptop bout only hurts users
Anyone with the remotest interest in ICT development will have noticed the battle raging at the "bottom of the pyramid," where competing initiatives have been vying for the hearts, minds, and dollars of schoolchildren and education ministries the developing world over. This particular battle is being largely fought by Intel and One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), once partners but now sparring in ...
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Ex-Navy SEAL refuses to testify against Broadcom co-founder
A federal judge in Santa Ana sent a former Navy SEAL to jail Monday for refusing to testify against computer chip billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III, who had hired the veteran of conficts in Iraq and Afghanistan to provide security and companionship for Nicholas' children.
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About the IEEE Computer Society
With nearly 100,000 members (40% of whom reside outside of the United States), the IEEE Computer Society ( www.computer.org ) is the world's leading organization of computer professionals.
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Amusement park’s steel tracks stolen again
The Lee County amusement park Zoomers has been burglarized again. The steel beams from its roller coaster track turned up at a local recycling center once again.
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Intel, Samsung Electronics, TSMC Reach Agreement for 450mm Wafer Manufacturing Transition
Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics and TSMC today announced they have reached agreement on the
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Yahoo shares plunge as Microsoft premium withdrawn - Summary
San Francisco - Yahoo shares plummeted by some 15 per cent Monday, and investors devalued the company following Microsoft's withdrawal of its 47.5-billion-dollar takeover bid for the web portal. Over the weekend, Microsoft backed out after bidding 33...
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Cracked iPhones hit SA
South African consumers fed up with the delay in Apple's iPhone reaching our shores are paying excessive prices to get their hands on "grey imports", which are cracked to work on local mobile networks such as MTN, Cell C and Vodacom.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Sep 2006 15:15 UTC
Apparantly, it's damn lies statistics time again in the Apple world, boys and girls. A few days ago, Net Applications published OS market share figures which showed that the market share of the Mac OS remained largely flat over the past year.
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AMD expands charges against Intel
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. added to a list of accusations against its rival Intel Corp., claiming the company put pressure on computer companies not to buy chips from AMD. (AMD) (INTC) (DELL) (IBM) (HPQ)
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Rugby team caught with pants down
The Austrian national rugby team tried to get over their 48-0 defeat by Lithuania by staging a mass striptease in the capital, Vilnius, late on Saturday, only to find they had been caught on video and put on the internet.
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Stocks end lower after Microsoft pulls Yahoo bid
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street pulled back Monday after Microsoft Corp.'s decision to withdraw its bid for Yahoo Inc.
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Debunking 15 Myths About Microsoft
ChannelWeb picked 15 common beliefs about Microsoft and gave channel partners the opportunity to explain why they're more fiction than fact.
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Are Yahoo's small investors revolting?
Yahoo faces a coup by shareholders furious that it spurned repeated takeover offers from Microsoft and sent its shares plunging.
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Facing up to online 'demons'
XAVIER LAWRENCE has a MySpace page, as do many of his friends. Like most tech-savvy kids of the Goonellabah boy's generation, internet sites such as Facebook and MySpace have emerged as the predominant networking tools of the modern day.
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Yahoo stock slips as buyout talks end; Google may be winner
Yahoo Inc.'s stock took a beating Monday after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $47.5 billion takeover bid, but the punishment wasn't as severe as many analysts anticipated because investors suspect the rivals eventually will renew their mating dance. Although...
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Microhoo: Gone but not Forgotten
The Microsoft/Yahoo deal is dead. Or is it?
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