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Bill Gates cuts stake in Pacific Ethanol to 18.5 percent
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates has cut his stake in Pacific Ethanol Inc. to 18.5 percent, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.
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Sprint Nears $12 Billion High Speed Wireless Deal With Clearwire
KIRKLAND, Wa. - Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. are close to announcing a $12 billion joint venture that plans to roll out ultra fast wireless Internet access for cellphones and laptops in coming years, with the backing of an unlikely alliance of technology and cable companies.
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Cisco quarterly results top expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc reported stronger-than-expected quarterly profits on Tuesday as rising Internet traffic fueled sales of its network equipment, despite concerns of a slowing U.S. economy.
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T-Mobile, Nokia unite to bring social nets to mobiles
T-Mobile and Nokia have announced that they are collaborating to accelerate the availability of new Internet services and personal social communities on mobile devices.
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Slow Computers Are Damaging Your Bottom Line
As upper management achieves increased productivity from its headcount by mandating 40-hour-plus workweeks, today's IT managers now stand equally responsible for upping an organization's bottom line by seeking increased efficiency from outdated and slow computer systems. In a case of "doing more with less," IT departments are increasingly turning to advanced defragmentation software that ...
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McGraw-Hill Construction Extends Building Product Content to Millions of Autodesk Designers
McGraw-Hill Construction , part of The McGraw-Hill Companies , and Autodesk, Inc. today announced a new partnership that will extend the rich building product content of MHC's Sweets Network to millions of Autodesk designers using the groundbreaking new Autodesk® Seek web service.
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Vodafone ready to ring in iPhone
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 6: Gizmo lovers no longer need to plough the grey market for the much desired Apple iPhone. Vodafone will launch the device in India in the first week of September.
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TSMC, Intel, Samsung join hands on 450mm shift
Intel, Samsung and TSMC have reached agreement on the need for industry-wide collaboration to target a transition to larger, 450mm-sized wafers starting in 2012.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Ten things I learned about CA
I spent part of last week at CA's (Computer Associates in the old days) industry analyst meeting. My overall impression is very positive. CA is a complicated company with a complicated history. Often when a company has a near death experience, it either dies or changes.
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FBI Raids Office Of Special Counsel
(Washington) The FBI raided the office of U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch Tuesday in an inquiry of whether he obstructed justice by having his computer files erased.
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Call 4 Action: Man Buying Shoes From Dicks Sporting Online Charged Sales Tax
You might want to double-check your total before making your next purchase on the Internet. It appears a major retailer located in the Pittsburgh region has been inadvertently charging sales tax on some online items that should be tax-free.
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Fido's home and mobile calling are now 'UNO' with one phone, one number and one bill
Fido today launched a Canadian first for the wireless industry with its new service, Fido UNO. Fido UNO works by connecting calls from a specially-enabled handset to a high-speed Internet connection when at home and through the Fido network when on the go - offering simple, seamless mobility and the ultimate in converged communications convenience.
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SiGe hits production milestone
SiGe Semiconductor of Ottawa and Andover, Mass. recently announced a shipping milestone of over 250 million integrated circuits, a production coup for a company that enables wireless multimedia in consumer electronics.
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Did Google end Microsofts Yahoo search?
World's leading search engine played both unwitting matchmaker and self-interested spoiler of possible deal
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Teletouch Files PCI's 2006 Historical Audited Financial Statements & Pro Forma 2006 Consolidated Reports; Teletouch ...
Teletouch Communications, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TLLE), a leading U.S. cellular, mobile electronics and related wireless services provider today announced it has filed Amendment No. 1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 17, 2006 relating to its debt restructuring, acquisition and consolidation of Progressive Concepts, Inc. ("PCI") and completion of the sale of its paging business assets ...
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Prepare to Relive, Rewrite or Redefine History with WWE(R) Legends of WrestleMania(R)
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) today announced that WWE(R) Legends of WrestleMania(R) is currently in development for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system. Joining the distinguished WWE(R) SmackDown(R)/SmackDown vs. Raw(R) franchise, which has shipped more than 37 million units ...
Centre Daily Times |
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FBI investigates message-calling trick involving Houston Zoo
The FBI is investigating the turmoil at the Houston Zoo caused by spam-like text messages. The Houston Zoo boomed with thousands of calls over the last two weeks from people who had suffered from a circulating message.
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Marchex Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX) (NASDAQ:MCHXP), a local search and advertising company, today reported its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Centre Daily Times |
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Screening for the Best Stocks
Why not let the computer pick your next investments for you?
The Motley Fool |
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Microsoft and Hyundai-Kia sign car entertainment deal
Microsoft Corp. said it's signed a deal with Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group to develop future in-car technology. (MSFT)
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Yahoo Searches Will Use McAfee for Security Alerts
On Tuesday, Yahoo and McAfee announced a partnership to make the Yahoo Search experience safer. Launched in beta, the new SearchScan feature, powered by McAfee SiteAdvisor technology, offers always-on alerts for sites with security concerns involving spyware, adware and other malicious software. McAfee SiteAdvisor tests and rates nearly every trafficked site on the Internet. SearchScan also ...
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Another Mac-clone maker surfaces on eBay
Psystar's flagrant disregard of Apple's licensing agreement has opened the proverbial floodgates for individuals selling non-Apple Mac OS X systems, with a seller by the name of "chris555" offering $550 clones of his own design. AppleInsider reveals that the individual has configured a similar setup to that of Psystar, with a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Du...
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Piracy Becomes Focus Of Net Neutrality Debate
The Recording Industry Association of America weighed in on the Internet traffic management issue at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
InformationWeek |
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Sun's JavaFX to hoover-up user data
Spirit of McNealy lives JavaOne Sun today announced the yet-to-launch JavaFX programming language will gather data on end-users activities to help developers monetize software, by selling ads for instance.…
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Mexican program educates immigrants by computer
LITTLE ROCK - A program aimed at providing Mexican immigrants and others a chance to improve their English-language skills and earn the equivalent of high school diplomas may return to Arkansas.
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