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Google, Verizon Spar over Open Commitment
The search giant claims Verizon plans to exclude its own handsets from open rules.... Attend WINDOWS EMBEDDED ACCELERATION WORKSHOPS Are you ready to learn how you can bring your next-generation embedded device to market faster?
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Yahoo CEO still open to higher Microsoft bid
Facing shareholder ire and a plunging stock price, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said Yahoo board members would still sell the company to Microsoft or another suitor if the price is right.
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Microsoft GM to Yahoo: Good-bye to you
While Yahoo would have given Microsoft's Internet business an immediate boost, Microsoft has closed that chapter and is focused on moving forward, a Microsoft official said Tuesday.
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Spam Turns 30
Thirty years ago next week, Gary Thuerk, a marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation, sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the US government-run computer network that eventually became the internet. It was the first spam email ever. That commercial message, sent on 3 May 1978, drew a swift and negative reaction. More...
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Top-Level Domains .arpa, .org, and .uk Adopting DNSSEC
The Internet is slowly inching closer to ratcheting up the security of its Domain Name System (DNS) server architecture: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN ) plans to go operational with DNSSEC later this year in one of its domains. More...
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Microsoft’s Contribution Was TCP/IP
There's a fascinating blog discussion going on here , here and here . The conversation is around Marc Andreessen's refusal to trash Microsoft and Bill Gates on stage. Andreessen points to the way in which the company drove the industry forward in the 1990's, and Mathew Ingram says "love them or hate them, at least Microsoft standardized the operating-system market"... More...
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FBI raids special counsel's office
The FBI has raided the office of U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch in an inquiry of whether he obstructed justice by having his computer files erased.
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FBI raids U.S. Special Counsel's office in obstruction-of-justice probe
WASHINGTON (AP) The FBI has raided the office of U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch in an inquiry of whether he obstructed justice by having his computer files erased. FBI officials said computers and documents were seized from Blochs office during the raid this morning.
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The End of End-to-End?
One of the major principles of the architecture of the Internet was encapsulated in a paper by Saltzer, Reed and Clark, "End-to-End Arguments in System Design". This paper, originally published in 1981, encapsulated very clearly the looming tension between the network and the application: "The function in question can completely and correctly be implemented only with the knowledge and help of ...
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Important New Jersey Supreme Court Decision in Internet Privacy
The New Jersey Supreme Court has issued an important decision on Internet users' right to privacy. The case involves a dispute about whether an ISP violated a user's privacy rights by turning over subscriber information (name, address, billing details) associated with a particular IP address. It ends up that the subpoena served on the ISP was invalid for a variety of reasons. As the user had a ...
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Gates says 'key decisions' on Yahoo tie-up are up to Ballmer
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says that "key decisions" following the company's withdrawal of a takeover bid for Yahoo will be made by CEO Steve Ballmer.
WSYR 9 Syracuse |
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Microsoft GM to Yahoo: Good-bye to You
While Yahoo would have given Microsoft's Internet business an immediate boost, Microsoft has closed that chapter and is...
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Gates: 'Key decisions' up to Ballmer
(AP) -- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday that "key decisions" following the company's withdrawal of a $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo will be made by CEO Steve Ballmer.
PhysOrg |
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Web firm sounds alert on criminal data trove
A Web security firm said on Tuesday it had tipped off international banks and police after finding a huge trove of stolen business and personal data amassed on a server in the space of just three weeks.
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Suit against Yahoo over failed Microsoft bid widens
Lawyers representing two public pension funds said late Monday they will broaden the scope of a consolidated class action lawsuit against Yahoo Inc. chief executive Jerry Yang and other members of the board to include "thwarting" the merger proposal by Microsoft Corp.
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Rackspace flies storage on CloudFS
Tap into our data ether Rackspace is developing a storage-in-the-cloud service called CloudFS for web 2.0, SaaS (software-as-a-service) and social networking media customers needing highly scalable storage.…
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Caris & Co. Raises Estimates for Apple EPS, Mac and iPhone Sales
Shebly Seyrafi with Caris & Co. raised his EPS estimates for Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday based in upwardly revised estimates for Macintosh and iPhone sales in 2008 and 2009
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New Web site coming tonight
Daily Review Atlas For those who were hoping to see The Daily Review Atlas' new Web format this morning will have to wait until approximately 8 p.m.
Monmouth Daily Review Atlas |
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft has released a public beta 2 for Office 2007 , and it is now available for download or by mail for anyone that wants to eveluate it.
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South Koreans protest on May Day online only
Some 15,000 people participated in the May Day demonstration in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. A new conservative government is attempting to implement neoliberal reforms across public services – including education, health care and public utilities – and across the labour market.
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Nimbit Powers American Idol(TM) Brooke White(TM)
Brooke White(TM), the nanny that won the hearts of millions on American Idol(TM) now has her album available on the Internet. Fans everywhere can purchase "Songs From the Attic" CDs and digital downloads at www.brookewhite.com.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Speed Dating Eclipses Parental Matches in China
The tradition of parental matchmaking has endured for centuries. But now parents are being pushed aside by Internet sites. We examine the various dating methods and meets some eligible singles along the way.
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Paul Backes, Eric T. Baumgartner and Larry Matthies, Developers in Robotics Technology for Use in Space Exploration, ...
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 ( Robotics Online ) – IEEE has named Paul Backes, Eric T. Baumgartner and Larry Matthies recipients of its 2008 Robotics and Automation Award.
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PS3 has outsold Xbox 360 in Europe News by
SCEE boss David Reeves has told the audience at the PlayStation Day conference that Sony is beating Microsoft in the console battle - in Europe, at least.
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PS3 sales surpass Xbox 360 in Europe, says Sony
Registration has now opened for the third Develop Conference & Expo scheduled to take place July 29-31 in Brighton. The recently unveiled Develop Conference line-up include speakers from companies such as Frontier Developments, Relentless, Traveller's Tales, Ubisoft, Naughty Dog and Microsoft Game Studios.
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