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Yahoo shares gain in Frankfurt on anticipation of Microsoft deal
Yahoo shares jumped in early trading here on Monday after Microsoft said it was considering a new deal with the second biggest-Internet advertising platform, but not a new takeover bid.
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French court orders Windows refund
ICI EN FRANCE , there has been a grande victoire for Vole-hunters, as the French consumer association, UFC-Que Choisir , has won a court case entitling consumers to return their pre-installed copies of Windows XP for a decent discount.
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Issue 103 - 1st May - 30th May
A new service, thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, has been launched by a Northamptonshire company. PreferredSupplierList.com (PSL) will help organisations to register interest from prospective recruitment agencies via the internet.
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Kenny Chesney won top country music award
Kenny Chesney has won entertainer of the year for the fourth straight time at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards - but said backstage that organisers had devalued the top prize by making it a "sweepstakes" up for vote on the Internet. This year marked the first that the academy let fans choose the top entertainer award - reflecting the American Idol era of entertainment - and ...
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by (Staff) on Tue 27th Sep 2005 22:45 UTC in reply to " RE[3]: Just give Linux redemption... "
>Doubleclicking on a setup.exe or setup.msi is not >comparable to apt-get. Apt-get lets you update your >whole distribution, with very few clicks. Why would any normal user ever need to do or want to do such a thing in either windows or Linux? That's not a significant feature.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 4th Feb 2006 18:49 UTC
IBM is expected to demonstrate a blade server next week based on the Cell processor the company is developing with Toshiba and Sony. The Cell processor, which also is the brains of Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 videogame console, has a PowerPC processing core supplemented by eight special-purpose cores to boost the chip's calculation abilities.
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Malaysia: Intel Invests US$16 Million In Malaysian Company To Boost WiMAX Rollout
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp. said Monday (19 May) its venture capital arm has invested 50 million ringgit (US$16 million) in Malaysia's Green Packet Berhad to help develop the country's first nationwide high-speed WiMAX network.
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Microsoft revives talks in Yahoo! U-turn
Microsoft has resumed bid talks with Yahoo!, just days after rebel shareholders threatened to try and oust the board of the search engine for resisting the software giant's takeover attempt.
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Microsoft: New talks for alternative Yahoo deal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. is once again trying to team up with Yahoo Inc. to challenge Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc., although at this point the renewed talks haven't escalated to another attempt to take over Yahoo.
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The Nation
SEATTLE Microsoft in new talks with Yahoo Microsoft Corp. said Sunday it is talking to Yahoo Inc. about a transaction that doesn't involve a full buyout like the software maker's $47.5 billion offer that fell apart earlier this month. Redmond, Wash.
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Firefox 3 now out of beta
The latest, highly anticipated version of Firefox is gearing up for full-scale release. It has just had its beta training wheels taken off and has reached Release Candidate stage. In short, it has reached the stage where web developers can test their services on a pretty much finalised version so that they're ready for when it is granted its official release.
Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Intel invests US$16 million in Malaysian company to boost WiMAX rollout
(AP:KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp. said Monday its venture capital arm has invested 50 million ringgit (US$16 million; euro10 million) in Malaysia's Green Packet Berhad to help develop the country's first nationwide high-speed WiMAX network.
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Scholarly Gordon.
For those of you who were itching to ask the PM about his views on classical oratory styles on his Youtube free-for-all, don't bother! He's dealt with this thorny issue already. Addressing the Google Zeitgeist conference this morning, Gordon Brown...
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Retailing in the US (download)
Euromonitor International's Retailing in the United States report offers insight into key trends and developments driving the industry. The report examines all retail channels to provide sector insight.
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Monkey backs mobile Internet agencyemail article to a friend
Media specialist Monkey is backing the launch of a mobile Internet agency, designed to exploit the growth in the market. Yodel Digital has already signed up Vodafone and Yahoo! as inaugural clients, and will also be working with Guinness Premiership Rugby on a number of projects.
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Microsoft and Yahoo! consider new deal
Microsoft has reignited talks with Yahoo! about an alternative deal to its £24.36bn offer to buy the company. The original offer was rejected by the internet company earlier this month.
Mad.co.uk |
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New scheme to combat Google trademark bids
Search marketing agency Greenlight is launching a scheme which it claims will protect brands against Google's controversial strategy of allowing advertisers to bid on trademarked keywords.
Mad.co.uk |
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Power management tool gets upgrade
Surveyor boasts a range of new features. Power management vendor Verdiem has launched a new version of Surveyor, its tool that helps users regulate energy consumption by Windows-based PCs.
TechWorld |
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Brits Bitch to EC about Microsoft
Becta, the British Educational and Communications and Technology Agency, has taken its gripes against Microsoft's allegedly 'anti-competitive' licensing policies for schools and the 'interoperability impediments' in Office 2007 to the European Commission, as a contribution to the new antitrust investigation of Microsoft and its OOXML file formats - among other things - that the EC opened in ...
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Bloggers Lost in Legal Fog
On May 28, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 will come into force and cause some corporations to reassess their use of social media marketing techniques.
New Media Knowledge |
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Note to networks
Broadcast network ratings are falling like raindrops. The biggest threats are cable and the Internet.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Bungie: Halo Head Writer Quits
19 May 2008: Back to Microsoft with him.
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New MSTC grads face tough job market
GRAND RAPIDS -- With his two new degrees, electronics and computer electronics student Brady Knuteson is optimistic about his future.
Marshfield News Herald |
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UK overlooks e-crime unit in communications bill
The UK government has missed another opportunity to commit to an internet crime response unit, despite vowing to better police communications data in the interests of national security.
Macworld UK |
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Apple's iPhone may struggle in some regions
The iPhone's reach expanded again Friday, with Orange announcing plans to sell the phone in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. However, selling the phone might prove to be a challenge in some of those markets: In Egypt, it's all about having a good camera.
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