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John Dvorak's Second Opinion: Microsoft-Yahoo wranglings have become a fiasco
Trying to follow the Microsoft Corp.-Yahoo Inc. deal wrangling is like fighting an ant invasion where the critters are coming from every angle.
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Court denies release of woman held in 1991 Bennington shooting
A woman accused of fatally shooting her boss and wounding two others in a 1991 shooting at an Eveready Battery Co. plant can continue to be held against her will for psychiatric treatment, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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One Laptop per Child Adds New Board Member
One Laptop per Child, a non-profit organization focused on providing educational tools to help children in developing countries "learn learning," announced today the appointment to its Board of Directors of Jorge G. Castaneda, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.
Centre Daily Times |
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LinuxWorld offers free booth space, mobile conference
— Apr. 04, 2008 — LinuxWorld organizers are still seeking innovative embedded Linux devices for the "Linux Garage," a new area that debuts at this year's San Francisco event.
Linux Devices |
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Looks like some Yahooers prefer Microsoft to AOL
Insider comments reveal that at least some Yahoo employees apparently do not share Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang's enthusiasm for a deal with AOL.
CNET |
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Microsoft, HCL Info tie up for centre of excellence
Mr Kevin Turner (right), Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft Corporation Worldwide, and Mr Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman & CEO, HCL Infosystems Ltd, at a press conference to launch its laptop in Mumbai on Friday.
The Hindu |
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TomTom Set To Ship Two New In-Car GPS Devices
The TomTom Go 930 and Go 730 GPS devices boast more accurate travel time calculations and voice-recognition software for greater safety while driving.
TechWeb via Yahoo! News |
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SaaS CRM Helps Swimmers in the Shallow End
After years of focusing on larger enterprises, the software industry -- CRM in particular -- is beginning to pay major attention to small and midsize businesses (SMBs).
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Intel updates junior laptop
— Apr. 03, 2008 — Intel has unveiled a new version of its Classmate mini-laptop reference design. Now targeting consumers and schoolchildren both, and running Windows XP or Linux, the device has a 30GB hard drive, a revised touchpad and keyboard, webcam, and a nine-inch screen.
WindowsForDevices |
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Versalogic's RoHS-compliant Lynx
The Lynx (above) is a PC/104-Plus board featuring a 100MHz or 133MHz AMD Elan SC520 processor and 64MB of soldered-on memory.
WindowsForDevices |
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Briefs: Park names, cheap computers
In Friday's briefs, John McCain will be making a brief stop in Lubbock for a rally, high winds blew through a road sign down on Interstate 30 in Fort Worth and more.
KXAN 36 Austin |
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Set-Top Box for BitTorrent to Simplify Downloads
Myka is a set-top box that will download and play BitTorrent files in a wide variety of formats. Company president Dan Lovy explains his plans in Gadget Lab.
Wired News |
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DoD Barn Door Wide Open, Stock for Sale on eBay
Military gear that could be used in terrorist operations is showing up on eBay and Craigslist, and some lawmakers are calling for action. In response to the House Subcommittee on Security and National Affairs' request to investigate online sales of sensitive military equipment, the GAO reported that it found a host of such items for sale -- from spare parts for F-14 aircraft to night vision ...
E-Commerce Times |
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What Does Google Know About You?
The better question might be, what doesn't Google know about us, according to Gartner analysts.
Baseline |
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Yahoo morale down, unexcited about AOL talks
A senior Yahoo worker has said that the current situation within the company is "completely distracting for employees" and creating an uneasy environment. In an effort to avoid a hostile takeover from Microsoft, Yahoo has reportedly begun talks with AOL, but some executives dislike the idea. "We have enough problems without getting theirs, which are much worse," said one.
TG Daily |
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Technology Vendors Join SAP to Form Enterprise Virtualization Community
Continuing its tradition of ecosystem co-innovation, SAP AG announced the formation of the enterprise virtualization community. Uniting technology vendors including AMD, Cisco, Citrix, EMC, HP, Intel Corporation, NetApp, Novell, Red Hat, Sun and VMware, the community aims to develop new strategies for business process-driven virtualization to help companies cut costs while increasing efficiencies.
SYS-CON Media |
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Google Now Fills Out Forms & Crawls Results
One of the biggest search challenges has long been that the major search engines like Google cannot crawl material that can only be retrieved through the use of forms. Now Google is filling out those form to obtain the information previously hidden, the company has announced . Click to continue reading...
Search Engine Land |
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My office-au-lait
Anoothi Vishal steps out to the neighbourhood café for a cup of coffee to find it's turned into a mobile workspace for laptop-toting professionals.
Business Standard India |
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KENS-5 recipe: Tostadas Tarascas
Keyword Site Search Web Search by YAHOO! Search the last eight years of recipes from the Express News archives. Searching for stories and looking at headlines is free, but you will need to use a credit card to purchase the complete article.
San Antonio Express-News/KENS 5 |
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Satmetrix Benchmarks Net Promoter Scores in Four Key Industry Sectors
Satmetrix, the leader in enterprise customer loyalty solutions and co-developer of Net Promoter(R) has released a new series of benchmark reports covering the financial services, telecommunications, technology, and online services sectors. The reports measure companies' Net Promoter Score (NPS) for products and services, revealing companies with the highest customer loyalty and organic growth ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Ethics Be Hanged: Rupert Murdoch Is In It to Win
Observers puzzled by the media mogul's playing both sides of the street in the current battle between Yahoo and Microsoft shouldn't be surprised: Double-dealing and promise-breaking has been Murdoch's MO since Day One. From Portfolio.com.
Wired News |
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Time Capsule Review Delves into Details
What started out as a fairly routine review of the Apple Time Capsule expanded into some very useful behind the scenes tips, a good account of the user experience, and history of the AirDisk alternative in ComputerWorld's review on Friday
The Mac Observer |
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Hackers attack Tibetan govt-in-exile website: Tibetan official
Unknown hackers on Friday blocked access to the official website of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Tibetan officials said.
PhysOrg |
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Earnings Preview: Seagate Technology
Hard drive maker Seagate Technology reports earnings for its fiscal third quarter, which ended in March, on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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IBM 'racetrack' memory seeks to replace flash, disk drives
A next-generation nonvolatile memory dubbed "racetrack" is expected to initially replace flash memory and eventually hard-disk drives, according to IBM Corp. fellow Stuart Parkin of its Almaden Research Center.
EETimes |
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