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Sector movers: Sage downgraded to "hold"
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Business software group Sage ran up good gains yesterday following results but sees most of them evaporate today after Investec Securities downgraded the stock to “hold” from “buy”.
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Missing girl found alive six years later, still a mystery
Six years ago, as a 13-year-old, Kaswella Anderson disappeared in Syracuse. Her name was soon displayed on Internet web sites devoted to missing children. Relatives hung posters carrying her photograph around the city. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children agreed to help find her.
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Pizza chains claim slice of Web pie
Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers.
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Facebook agrees to make site safer for teens
2. Inside the "Sign up for Facebook" box, click on privacy policy. 3. Click on "Safe use of Facebook," option that is highlighted in blue. 4. A person will be sent to the "Facebook safety" page. From there, scroll down to the "for parents" section.
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BioShock Heads to Hollywood
2K Games announced today that it has reached an agreement for BioShock(R), the universally acclaimed smash-hit video game, to be developed as a feature film by Universal Pictures. 2K Games, whose 2K Boston and 2K Australia studios developed BioShock, is a video game publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
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MSI's 10in Eee PC rival priced up in UK
How much will MSI's would-be Eee PC beater set you back? £320 for the Linux version or £350 for the Windows XP Home release, according to UK importer Expansys.
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Ultra low-cost laptops to remain niche
Ultra low-cost notebook PCs will remain niche products despite recent hype, and will not become market "blockbusters", experts predict.
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Online auction sites suffer downturn
Auction sites including eBay are suffering a downturn in popularity, according to research by Point Topic.
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Canadian launch of Wireless Remote Monitoring System for patients with heart devices
Medtronic, Inc., announced today the launch of the automatic version of the Medtronic CareLink Network with Conexus Wireless Telemetry in Canada. The Medtronic CareLink Network with wireless telemetry can be programmed to automatically transmit patient and device data on potentially deadly disease progression from an implanted heart device directly to physicians.
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Recent Original Stories
"Most Linux people don't know much about JBoss, the open source firm reported in talks with Oracle about a $400 million purchase. That tops any free software deals I can recall. Novell paid $210 million for SUSE in cash.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Jun 2007 21:47 UTC
El Reg takes a look at ten desktop computers , from Apple's Mac Pro to Dell's exotic XPS M2010 . The verdict: "The ten PCs we have looked at here represent a huge cross-section of the computer market and as such offer varied functionality depending on specific needs and budgets.
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Xbox 360 Jasper with 65nm GPU coming
A report from Taiwanese CENS indicates that Microsoft has started production on yet another Xbox 360 hardware redesign dubbed Jasper. We reported about Jasper back in October 2007 the first time. Apparently TSMC has been chosen to make the 65nm graphi...
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Recent Original Stories
"Over the last six months I've received email from all manner of folks from all over the world relating to ODF. In virtually all instances, the senders were ODF proponents, many asking how they can help, or offering their personal experiences or thoughts.
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Recent Original Stories
Sun Microsystems is the latest company to become a patron of the Free Software Foundation . The FSF's corporate patron program allows companies to provide financial sponsorship for the FSF in return for free license consulting services.
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Recent Original Stories
"When Firefox launched in beta release five years ago, it burst on the open-source browser scene like a young Elvis Presley - slim, sexy and dangerous.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 22nd Apr 2008 15:34
Last week, when Microsoft's attempt at buying Yahoo stranded , Steve Ballmer specifically mentioned Google, and how a possible deal between Google and Yahoo would limit choice and competition in the marketplace.
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EA's Burnout Paradise Revs Its Engines on the PC
Comes with expanded multiplayer, enhanced online features, and community driven content.
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TGrid 5.0 Advances Automatic, High-Quality Meshing Tools for Increased Productivity
ANSYS, Inc. , a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced the release of version 5.0 of its TGrid advanced mesh generation software.
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Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans
SEOUL(Reuters) - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead.
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Blinkx flies on Google and Newscorp bid talk
Fri 09 May, 2008 10:56
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Microsoft's answer to Google Sky to launch at end of May
Microsoft will launch Worldwide Telescope, a tool for exploring images of the night sky, by the end of May, free to anyone who wants to use it, Microsoft's chairman said Friday. Worldwide Telescope is software that allows people to gaze at the universe through the data collected by telescopes all around the world -- and above it: there's even data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope . ...
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Fujitsu develops world's first hi-def train simulator
Going loco - virtually Writing down the serial number of the 10.47 to Chichester in a notepad while standing on a cold platform is all well and good, but now you can pretend to be the actual train driver, thanks to Fujitsu, which has developed the world’s first HD virtual railway.…
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Gates: Microsoft shifts focus after Yahoo deal collapses
By ANTHONY DEUTSCH JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc., Chairman Bill Gates said Friday.
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A laptop sleeve for tidy travelers
Last month, I featured three laptop sleeves with carrying straps, which I believe are becoming increasingly popular among young women everywhere. Those laptop sleeves are great, but there's barely any room in them to hold the rest of our accessories. I'm among the majority who wants to dump the heavy laptop bag, but someone out there needs to make them just a little bit bigger so they ...
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East Palatka man faces computer child porn accusation
An East Palatka man was arrested on computer child pornography charges Wednesday following a joint investigation by the Putnam and Martin county sheriff’s offices.
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