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Corrected: "Grand Theft Auto" first week sales top $500 million
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc scored over $500 million in global sales of criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" in its first week, marking what it called one of the most lucrative entertainment events in history.
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Yahoo shares fall 17 pct after Microsoft withdraws bid
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Yahoo shares fell 17 percent in early trading Monday as hopes for the once-dominant search engine dimmed following Microsoft's withdrawal of a $47.5 billion takeover bid.
Waxahachie Daily Light |
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Photo Gallery
MASSILLON Lights flashed. Sirens screamed. Horns blared. Fire engine No. 211 was racing down Walnut Road SE, responding to a pickup truck fire on Huron Road SE.
The Canton Repository |
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Stocks trade lower after Microsoft pulls Yahoo bid
NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street pulled back Monday as investors digested Microsoft Corp.'s decision to withdraw its bid for Yahoo Inc. and a better-than-expected reading on the service sector.
Waxahachie Daily Light |
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Competitive zeal of Ballmer key element in Yahoo chase
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) _ As Yahoo continued to resist Microsoft's $42 billion takeover offer, a key question was just how far Microsoft's excitable CEO, Steve Ballmer, was willing to go in hopes of defeating online advertising and search leader Google.
Waxahachie Daily Light |
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High-speed Internet available
Macs R We, who introduced wireless high-speed Internet service to central Morristown a year ago, has expanded its signal area to include Circle City and additional points east.
Wickenburg Sun |
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Microsoft: 'We've Moved On' From Yahoo
"Yahoo would have been an accelerator, but we've moved on and now we're focused on how fast we can grow organically," Windows Live general manager Brian Hall said.
Network Computing |
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LOCAL NEWS
Browse articles that have been published online at Lebanon-express.com. You can browse the last 14 weeks or click below to perform an advanced archive search going further back.
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Rugby striptease video hits the web
The Austrian national rugby team tried to get over their 48-0 defeat by Lithuania by staging a mass striptease in the capital Vilnius late on Saturday, only to find they had been caught on video and put on the Internet.
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Podcast: Business continuity is not just an IT issue - Russell Price of the Continuity Forum
The responsibility for business continuity has to reside at the highest level or any organisation and not just with the IT department. Russell Price of the Continuity Forum talks to Computer Weekly's Warwick Ashford about the issues involved.
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Microsoft Won?t Pursue Other Partnerships, Says Gates
Microsoft won?t be pursuing tie-ups or takeovers to replace its failed Yahoo bid, Bill Gates said in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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ClearCube spins of software arm
David Neal, IT Week , Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17:25:00 Centralised desktop and virtual computing firm ClearCube has handed its software business to newly formed VDIworks ClearCube is spinning off its software business and launching it as a separate company, called VDIworks. VDIworks will focus on desktop management and software the firms said.... > Read the full article ...
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Laptops to overtake desktops in 2009
Robert Jaques, vnunet.com , Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17:18:00 PC chip market heads for 'inflection point' The PC microprocessor market is heading for an "inflection point" in late 2008 or early 2009, when the number of microprocessors shipping for notebooks will exceed those shipping for desktops... > Read the full article
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Suspect in school PC thefts arrested
Lexington County and Batesburg-Leesville authorities arrested a 20-year-old Gilbert man on suspicion he took dozens of computers from Batesburg-Leesville High School. Jeremy Antwoin "Tookie" Williams, of Austin McCartha Drive, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on two counts of second-degree burglary, two counts of grand larceny and two counts of criminal conspiracy, the Lexington County Sheriff's ...
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US boffins design 'iPod supercomputer'
Robert Jaques, vnunet.com , Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17:08:00 But device would need 20 million embedded processors Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have suggested building a supercomputer based on low-power embedded microprocessors to improve global climate change predictions.... > Read the full article
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Southeastern Europe buoyant for Intel
BUDAPEST — Intel is seeing robust business for its processors and components in Southeastern Europe, with Romania the strongest market, said Robert Golubeff, manager of Intel Hungary in Budapest, a sales office with responsibility for Southeastern Europe.
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Commentary: Who'll survive the leap from DRAMs?
It's no surprise that two DRAM specialists—Elpida and Qimonda —have separately expanded into new markets of late, or that Hynix, Micron and others are scrambling to follow suit.
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AIT Ranks Among the Best by Premiere Web Hosting Directory and Resource Web Site
Premiere Web Hosting directory and resource site, Top Host has ranked Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. (www.AIT.com) as a top internet web hosting provider. "It is a unique privilege to be recognized as a standard bearer of excellence within such a crowded industry, even more so because the recommendation comes from such a well respected entity like Top Host," said John Horton, AIT's Vice ...
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Toral: Promoting event brands through blogs
CREATING a blog for an event is a practical ap-proach to increase search engine visibility. It can compliment a website and allow short notes highlighting progressive developments about the event.
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Washington DC
PLANO, Texas , May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS today announced the signing of a comprehensive agreement with Microsoft around EDS airline reservations, flight operations and service oriented architecture products.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Sprint and Clearwire in WiMAX alliance
Mobile communications company Sprint Nextel and Internet service provider CItywire have secured the backing of industry giants to form a joint venture company to provide mobile broadband access.
ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance |
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Haggin Marketing Launches Bare Necessities Catalog
SAN FRANCISCO----Haggin Marketing, a leading multichannel marketing services agency, today announced the introduction of the premiere print catalog from Bare Necessities, the largest online retailer for brand name intimate apparel.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Social Site Helps Save Speeders
Users can report speed traps using their mobile phones or computers to a Web site called Trapster.
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Recent Original Stories
"According to Mozilla's CEO Mitchell Baker, Firefox is just at the beginning of its life cycle. In this one-on-one interview with APCMag.com, she talks about where Firefox came from and where it's going ."
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Recent Original Stories
"Way back in November 2006, when Windows Vista went from beta to RTM, Microsoft's Jim Allchin suggested that users might not need an antivirus program, thanks to the new OS's stronger security features.
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