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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Snap-on with the 2007 United States Automotive Technicians' Choice Award for Overall Best ...
KENOSHA, Wis.----Snap-on Incorporated , a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of tools, diagnostics, equipment, software and service solutions for professional users, today announced that Frost & Sullivan's independent research, 2007 United States Automotive Technicians' Choice: Evaluation of Automotive Tools, saw Snap-on emerge as the overwhelming leader in all product and ...
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re.Source Partners Opens California Office to Help Manage De-Commissioned IT Equipment
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich., May 8, 2008 -- re.Source Partners, a firm dedicated to data security, controlling e-waste and recovering the remaining value of used IT equipment, has opened a new office in Burbank, CA.
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Facebook announces new safeguards
Facebook, the world's second-largest is adding more than 40 new safeguards.
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Intel Has a Lot Riding on Clearwire WiMAX Gamble
The joint WiMAX effort of Clearwire and Sprint Nextel that floundered last year has risen like a phoenix from the ashes, thanks to a $3.2 billion cash infusion from Comcast, Intel Capital, Time Warner Cable, Google and Bright House Networks.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 19th May 2006 20:14 UTC
A senior Microsoft executive told a BBC documentary that people should use commercial software if they're looking for stability . "Some people want to use community-based software, and they get value out of sharing with other people in the community.
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Internet Archive Challenges FBI Data Demand -- and Wins
In November 2007, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle received an unwelcome letter with a return address for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Senegal: Villagers Mutilated By Armed Men in Casamance
Armed men claiming to represent the rebel group Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) attacked twenty villagers from Tampe 15 km east of the regional capital Ziguinchor on 7 May and hacked each of their left ears with machetes, according to the victims and the Senegalese army.
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"We just released Mono 1.1.10
, our best release so far. The major feature missing from this release to call it Mono 1.2 is the completion of our Windows.Forms implementation. In this document I only present the direction of development of the Mono team at Novell; a more comprehensive view of other Mono developments by the Mono community is something that am working on and will post at a later date.
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iPhone to launch with Swisscom this summer?
Reports are circulating that Apple would launch the iPhone in Switzerland this summer under the mobile provider Swisscom, presumably with the heavily-rumored 3G iPhone. French-language news site Le Matin Online reports that Swisscom nor Apple have confirmed any details, but the recent alliance with Vodafone ñ which is affiliated with Swisscom ñ cou...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Jul 2006 21:08 UTC
In a Q&A , Neelie Kroes, who fined MS for not complying with the EC's antitrust ruling, said: "I regret that the Commission has had to take such a step today, but given Microsoft's continued non-compliance to date, I have been left with no alternative.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 14th Nov 2005 18:40 UTC
Sun this week is unveiling its long-touted "Niagara" processor, the third major rollout in the past two months for the company, which is aggressively trying to separate itself from its past as a vendor focused solely on its SPARC-Solaris platform for high-end customers.
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Akamai CEO: consumer ability to watch HD Web content to rise
(AP:NEW YORK) Consumers' access to sufficient bandwidth for watching high-definition Web-based content like videos will increase in the next several years, Akamai Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Paul Sagan said Thursday.
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Facebook Fights Against Sexual Predators With New Features
Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorney generals from several states said Thursday.
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Facebook, Florida agree on new safeguards
Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from Florida and other states said Thursday.
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EV Energy Partners Schedules First Quarter 2008 Results Conference Call on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. ET
HOUSTON----EV Energy Partners, L.P. today announced plans to release 2008 first quarter results Monday morning before market open, May 12, 2008. In conjunction with the release, EV Energy Partners has scheduled a conference call, which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
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Greenfield Online Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Greenfield Online, Inc. (6108;Nasdaq:SRVY), today reported financial results for the first quarter ended
wallstreet:online AG |
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Microsoft frees rival slate from Yahoo commitment
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft has released the nominees on its rival slate from their commitment to stand for election to Yahoo board in the event of a proxy fight, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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Free Starbucks Wi-Fi Coming to AT&T iPhones After All?
There were early reports that AT&T would start to offer free Wi-Fi internet access to iPhone users at all the Starbucks locations across the country. Some people found the splash page and enjoyed the freedoms of free web surfing.
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MySpace to allow users to share data with Yahoo, others
Thu, May 8, 2008 (1:17 p.m.) The popular online hangout MySpace will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with other sites, including Yahoo and eBay.
Las Vegas Sun |
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After 3 Years, Freenet 0.7 Released
evanbd writes "After over 3 years of work, the Freenet Project has announced the release of Freenet 0.7. 'Freenet is software designed to allow the free exchange of information over the Internet without fear of censorship, or reprisal. To achieve this Freenet makes it very difficult for adversaries to reveal the identity, either of the person publishing, or downloading content' ... 'The journey ...
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Report: US lacks plan to counter terrorist messages
Thu, May 8, 2008 (1:19 p.m.) The United States must develop a communications plan to counter radical Islamic messages on the Internet, according to a Congressional report released Thursday.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Business types judged on Facebook
If they are used to complement a business website, blogs, photos and social networks can generate more leads, but used in isolation and they risk turning clients away.
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AG, Facebook Agree To Protect Children
Attorney Mike Cox and the attorneys general of 48 states have made an agreement with the popular social networking site Facebook to help protect children from predators and other inappropriate content online.
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Correction: Computer Sciences executive pay story
(AP:NEW YORK) In a June 29, 2007 story about compensation given to the former chief executive of Computer Sciences Corp., Van Honeycutt, The Associated Press erroneously reported what he was paid in fiscal 2007. Honeycutt, who retired in May 2007, He received $19.3 million in total compensation, not $21.6 million.
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A moonless night and a realization
There was no moon, I had no flashlight and my eyes were not adjusted to the darkness. I was walking on the gravel road until I wasn't any more; I was in grass and there was a tree there.
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