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Microsoft to bring Zune handheld to Canada in June, will compete with iPod
MONTREAL - Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPod is finally coming to Canada.
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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.
Mail and Guardian |
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Recent Original Stories
BSDForums interviews FreeBSD Release Engineering Team's Scott Long relating to various aspects of FreeBSD. Topics discussed include FreeBSD general issues, its academic roots, how FreeBSD compares to other BSDs - OpenBSD, NetBSD, and the ongoing debate on FreeBSD vs. Linux.
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Linked by Adam S on Tue 1st Jan 2008 17:05 UTC
From all of us at OSNews, we'd like to wish you a happy and healthy new year. In honor of the new year, we'd like to ask you: what headlines do you expect to read in the tech world in 2008? Are you expecting iPhone rev2? Or maybe Vista SP1's success? Perhaps Hardy Heron's world domination?
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Gateway Revamps Desktop Lines
Gateway has unveiled a flurry of new desktop PCs, with everything from entry-level systems to overclocked gaming rigs - and even one system running Windows XP.
DesignTechnica |
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Calyx Software Releases Point and Point Data Server Version 6.1
DALLAS----Calyx Software®, the mortgage industry's leading provider of loan origination and processing software, announced today the release of Point® and Point Data Server® versions 6.1.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Needham & Company, LLC To Host Third Annual Internet & Digital Media Conference on May 8
NEW YORK----Needham & Company, LLC will hold its Third Annual Internet and Digital Media Conference at the Millennium Broadway Hotel on Thursday, May 8. 25 public companies and the same number of private companies are scheduled to present.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Idearc's profits rise 8 percent for the quarter
Yellow pages publisher Idearc Inc. said first-quarter profits rose 8 percent, lifted by lower operating costs and higher Internet revenue. (IAR)
Dallas Business Journal |
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FBI Searches Office of Special Counsel Building
FBI agents on Tuesday raided the offices of Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch, who oversees protection for federal whistleblowers. The agents seized computers and shut down email service as part of an obstruction of justice probe, NPR has exclusively learned.
NPR |
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Time Running Out to Own Stock Certificates of Takeover Targets
When it comes to corporate takeovers, consumer foresight is 20/20. With corporate heavyweights setting the stage to acquire some of America's favorite companies, the public can buy a piece of the proverbial pie before the deals are sealed. After that, names like Wendy's, Wrigley and Yahoo! will go the way of the dinosaur.
Centre Daily Times |
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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. "We have a lot of opportunity to keep growing organically. Certainly Yahoo would have been an accelerator, but we've withdrawn the offer , moved on, and now we're focused on how to grow as fast as possible ...
InfoWorld |
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Another Mac clone maker spotted on eBay
Psystar's exploits have been well-chronicled, but another Mac clone maker springs up on eBay offering a Leopard desktop not made by Apple.
CNET |
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NBC posts TV shows to Zune Marketplace
Several months after pulling its content from Apple's iTunes store, NBC has decided to post TV shows to Apple's direct competitor at Microsoft's Zune Marketplace, a move that can't be seen as anything other than a direct insult to Apple. Apple and NBC came into a heated battle (content/view/33634/118/) when NBC wanted to offer varied pricing structures for its video content but Apple refused. ...
TG Daily |
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Zune to sell TV downloads
Microsoft Corp. said its Zune entertainment division has signed deals to provide downloads of TV shows from NBC, Comedy Central, MTV and Turner Broadcasting. (MSFT)
Puget Sound Business Journal |
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May 29 - 6p.m. - free - Darrell Scott
Watch some videos of Darrell in concert and in studio. [Internet Explorer users may have to hit the play button twice to view.] Learn more about Darrell Scott
WUNC Chapel Hill |
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Recent Original Stories
After helping develop the Xerox Alto's Bravo word processor and leading Microsoft Office development for years, Charles Simonyi left Microsoft in 2002 to found his own company, Intentional Software.
OS News |
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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 play a part in stamping out that piracy, Sumner Redstone, chairman and controlling shareholder of both Viacom and CBS, said on Tuesday.
Addict 3D |
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Apple tops tech support survey
Apple's technical support is much more likely to solve users' problems than rival computer makers' help desks, a survey conducted by Consumer Reports magazine said Monday.
Addict 3D |
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Blinkx launches video search platform
Blinkx has decided to package and sell parts of the technology it has developed over time for its video search engine , in an attempt to capitalize on the rapidly increasing amount of online video.
Addict 3D |
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Google brain drain to Facebook continues
Elliot Schrage, Google's former vice president of global communications and public affairs will take a comparable position at Facebook.
Addict 3D |
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Lawyer: Yang Never Dealt in Good Faith
After Microsoft dropped its bid, co-lead counsels move ahead with a class-action lawsuit against Yahoo.... $2.50 1GB SVN Hosting SSL, Trac included. No risk trial. Sign up today.
Addict 3D |
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Goodbye Microsoft Yahoo!, hello local iPhone
Good news for Google then, as despite analyst expectations, Microsoft didn't man the harpoons to try and land the Yahoo! whale, but decided to walk away from the deal that could have created a credible rival to Google.
ITP.net |
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Upset by sensitive images, China cracks down on online maps
China does not look kindly upon online mapping services, such as Google Maps, that represent islands like Taiwan as independent of China. The government also isn't fond of groups using the service to discover new ballistic missile subs, and wants significant changes to the services. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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Yahoo shares break through low zone
Hopes of a return to the Microsoft negotiating table push the Internet search pioneer's shares up 6 percent from the day before.
CNET |
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Neil Young rocks JavaOne
At JavaOne, rocker Neil Young showed off his multimedia project that chronicles his music career, and uses Java.
CNET |
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