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Microsoft reportedly disbands Yahoo slate
Since it withdrew its bid, the software giant has said it would not launch a proxy fight. Google presses on with an ad-search deal. Microsoft Corp. continued to distance itself from Yahoo Corp. on Thursday, telling the people it had lined up to nominate to the board as part of a prospective hostile takeover battle that their services were no longer needed, according to a person familiar with ...
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Facebook's statement on its new safety agreement
What has Facebook agreed to as part of this document?
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Facebook, 49 states agree on user privacy plan
The social networking website follows MySpace in acting on safety concerns. Protections will include controls on age and minors' contact with unknown adults. Facebook Inc. said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with the attorneys general of 49 states and the District of Columbia to protect the safety of users, particularly young ones, much as rival social network MySpace Inc. did four ...
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Jagex
Geoff Iddison, CEO of RuneScape developer Jagex, has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that the company intends to take its browser-based MMO to parts of Asia and Eastern Europe in 2008 in an effort to internationalise the business.
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Academic says gadgets threaten internet's future
The rise of gadgets like the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation that helped to build the internet, a leading academic has warned in a new book.
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LodgeNet deals with hotel chain
Sioux Falls-based LodgeNet Interactive has signed a multiyear deal to provide high-definition television and broadband Internet to all Loews Hotels in the U.S. and Canada. Under the deal, LodgeNet will design, install and manage broadband services to more than 8,000 rooms across all 18 Loews hotels and will provide broadband conference services to more than 500,000 square feet of conference ...
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T.I.'S 'PAPER TRAIL' COMING SOONER THAN EXPECTED: Label pushes up release date to August.
*As T.I. awaits sentencing on federal gun charges, the rapper has announced that the release of his upcoming CD "Paper Trail" has been pushed up from September to Aug. 12.
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Rock Group goes titsup
Staff theft leads to cashflow problems Rock Group PLC is in the hands of administrators who are trying to sell the UK notebook maker as a going concern.…
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Where to Turn for Help if Your Company Doesn't Offer Tech Support
(ARA) - When your company's software needs updating, printer drivers fail or the network crashes altogether, do you feel like you're stuck in a rowboat without a paddle?
Carteret County News-Times |
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The Fight Stuff: 19 Great Martial Arts Flicks
THE MATRIX (1999) The Wachowski brothers reignited a nation's love for martial arts with this pivotal action flick, which found Keanu Reeves' Neo discovering that the world he knows is a computer-controlled lie — but a lie he can take advantage of.
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FBI is called slow to join the terrorism fight
A Senate committee wonders whether the bureau can transform itself. Gaps in training and vacancies in key positions are among the issues cited. Nearly seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the FBI "has yet to make the dramatic leaps necessary" to become an effective intelligence-gathering organization and protect the country from terrorism, a congressional analysis released Thursday said. ...
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DOLE goes “online” to solve manpower shortage
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) goes “online” in its effort to curb the worsening manpower shortage and rising unemployment in the country.
Philstar.com |
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Uganda: Technology to Trace Stolen Phones, Laptops Here
A NEW technology, to track stolen mobile phones and laptops, has been launched.
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Friday's Agenda, May 9
Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. To submit items online, go to MiamiHerald.com, click on Calendar of Events and click Add Events, then follow the prompts or e-mail your items to newscalendar@MiamiHerald.com. No faxes, please. To search for events throughout South ...
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Uganda: St Lawrence University Redefines Beauty
NORMALLY, girls are paraded, asked to change into different garments, made to sashay on the catwalk and asked different questions to determine their intelligence. The winner takes it all. That is the norm in selecting a beauty queen, but not at St. Lawrence University.
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FTR Logistics and Transportation Research Portal
5/8/2008 FTR Associates launched a new Web-based research portal for its clients, allowing them to gain immediate access to the content posted on the site. The portal contains research from FTR and other affiliated firms such as Gross Transportation Consulting and North American Transport Solutions.
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TSMC posts stronger April sales, more gains ahead
TAIPEI, May 9 - Top contract chip maker TSMC said on Friday its April sales rose by a quarter from a year ago, topping smaller rival UMC , thanks to a pick-up in demand for computers and other consumer gadgets.
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Sales tax relief deal on table
An extension of a sales tax abatement agreement with IBM Corp., credited with helping keep employment more stable locally, will be the subject of a public hearing next month.
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Despite its flashy visuals, film goes nowhere
The latest from the "Matrix"-making Wachowski brothers is an underpopulated, uncompelling and grotesquely overlong piece of eye candy geared to a sixth-grader's worldview.
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High school students to elect officers online
NORWALK - Norwalk High School students will leave Connecticut voters in the technological dust next week, when they start electing officers for student government online.
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Anti-Phishing Working Group Calls for Papers for eCrime 2008 Internet Security Research Conference
eCrime topics to include papers from leading researchers, academicians and technologists on Internet security and phraud, phishing, spoofing, click-fraud, and crimeware
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The Utility Company Announces Flagship Franchise Partnership with The Phone Experts, One of the Largest ...
Alberta Economic Boom Prime for Remote Managed IT Services with a Local Touch
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Las Vegas Luxury Hotel Announces Innovative Online Changes
Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel Launches Redesigned Web Site for an Ever-Changing Online Market
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SDG&E Commends American Internet Services For Participating In "Demand Response" Energy Program
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) awarded American Internet Services with a certificate of excellence to commend their participation in SDG&E's Demand Response and Energy Efficiency programs.
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NetFinance 2008 -- Integrating Key Marketing Channels To Improve Customer Conversion, Retention and Engagement
Over 300 Senior Marketing and eCommerce Executives from Financial Services Institutions gathered at Scottsdale, Arizona from April 14-17 to focus on solutions for best practices in marketing and online banking.
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