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After Abandoning ITunes, NBC Shows up on Zune
After a pricing spat with Apple led NBC to pull its video content from iTunes, the broadcaster has struck a deal with...
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Recent Original Stories
"Sometimes, a service pack comes along that really makes a big difference. Take NT. Before SP3, it was garbage; afterwards Microsoft had its first server operating system that was worth anything.
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ISPs, Web Sites Must Tackle Piracy, Says CBS, Viacom Chief
Internet service providers, Web site operators and manufacturers of devices that are used by some to pirate content should...
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ClearCube Spins Off Software Division
The new company, VDIworks, will focus on virtual desktop software and management.... Download a VMWare LAB MANAGER STARTER KIT, FREE! Virtualize the test lab while cutting costs. Get your Free Virtual Lab Starter Kit today.
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California has introduced a bill to make open document format a mandatory requirement for agencies when acquiring software, turning up the heat on Microsoft.
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ADAOX launches ESET’s SysInspector for free-in-depth computer diagnostics in the Middle East
ADAOX Middle East, the regional business development centre of ESET NOD32 Antivirus, today announced the the release of ESET’s SysInspector, a “deep dive” diagnostic tool in the Middle East region.
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LXE Adds SAP NetWeaver Mobile Support To Computer Product Line To Fully Mobilize Supply Chain Transactions
LXE, Inc., the mobile logistics business of EMS Technologies, Inc., SAP AG (SAP), and Naurtech Corporation, announced recently that the always-connected capability of SAP NetWeaver Mobile is now supported on LXE rugged mobile computers running Naurtech CETerm Industrial Web Browser.
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Maid arrested for sex with boss's son
A 45-year-old Indonesian maid admitted having sex with her Hong Kong employer's 14-year-old son after watching internet porn together, a newspaper reported.
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Readers' Platform: Karma bites
SFGate readers continue to be split on who won and who lost in the abortive Microsoft-Yahoo deal. Noticeable among the anti-Yahoo contingent on Monday, however, were posters critical of Yahoo's involvement in the fate of a Chinese dissident three years ago....
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Yahoo president's take on busted deal
Sue Decker, president of Yahoo Inc., has emerged from a blockbuster merger standoff with Microsoft Corp. with her company still independent, albeit with a cloud over its head about its prospects. In an interview with The Chronicle Monday, she spoke about the...
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Deal's collapse good news for Google
Microsoft needs to rethink its strategy now that it has backed away from its $47.5 billion proposal to acquire Yahoo. Yahoo needs to show Wall Street that it is better off on its own. Google, on the other hand, appears to have come out on top of the tussle....
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DAILY EXPRESS NEWS
Kuala Lumpur : The country's information communication technology (ICT) spending is expected to hit RM44 billion this year, a 10 per cent increase from last year, said chairman of the Association of the computer and multimedia industry of Malaysia (Pikom), David Wong Nan Fay.
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Yahoo, Eads weigh on Euro marts
PARIS: European share prices closed narrowly mixed yesterday, with trade subdued as London was shut for a public holiday, dealers said.
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Six ways to help keep your hands pain-free
W e are sooo attached to our fingers. It's too bad we don't think much about them until they start to hurt. For example, 30 percent of computer users gripe about hand paresthesias (numbness or stinging sensations).
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Failed Yahoo bid puts off market
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street pulled back yesterday after Microsoft Corp.s decision to...
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Sprint Nextel to rival iPhone with Instinct
Sprint Nextel Corp. is challenging the iPhone head-on in a series of online commercials for the...
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UPDATE: Yahoo, Google Search Ad Tie-up Loses Urgency
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- A key factor in Yahoo Inc.'s successful deflection of Microsoft Corp.'s takeover bid was its proposed search advertising tie-up with Google Inc. -- raising questions about the tie-up's remaining strategic value now that Microsoft has pulled its offer.
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Busted deal sends Yahoo down
Shares of Yahoo Inc. plunged 15 percent yesterday as investors censured the slumping Internet firm...
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School districts slows to go online with FCAT
Computers used for some retakes Palm Beach and Broward County high school freshmen and sophomores finished the reading FCAT by mid-March. More than six weeks later, they still don't know the scores. And the wait will drag into early June.
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Microsoft and oil give Street reasons to sell
Wall Street pulled back yesterday after Microsoft's decision to withdraw its bid for Yahoo and as oil prices rose to a record over $120 a barrel.
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Recent Original Stories
A lengthy debate that began with a suggestion to dual license the Linux kernel under the GPLv2 and the GPLv3 continues on the Linux Kernel Mailing List. Throughout the ongoing thread Linux creator Linus Torvalds has spoken out on the GPLv2, the upcoming GPLv3, the BSD license, Tivo, the Free Software Foundation, and much more.
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Relief for software headache: Simplicity
I have a modest proposal for the digital age. What if software companies imposed a moratorium on new products for five years. No new operating systems. No new programs. No new anything. Just keep your existing products and make them better. Make them work. Make them a lot easier to use.
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Yahoo stock slips as buyout talks end; Google may be winner
SAN FRANCISCO - 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.
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Blinkx Launches Video Search Platform for Site Publishers
Blinkx has decided to package and sell parts of the technology it has developed over time for its video search engine, in an...
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After Abandoning ITunes, NBC Shows up on Zune
After a pricing spat with Apple led NBC to pull its video content from iTunes, the broadcaster has struck a deal with...
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