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Government Computer News
Few people have had more influence on the direction of government high-performance computing — and computing overall — than Charles Holland. Before others in the military or even industry, he realized how dangerously far behind the United States was falling in supercomputing prowess.
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Government Computer News
As manager of the U.S. Postal Service’s Network Operations Business Solutions portfolio, John Edgar is responsible for delivering all information technology services to USPS’ vast domestic and international transportation, logistics and mail processing groups.
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Dinner on Your Desktop: Papa John's Launches 'myPapa' Suite of Widget Applications
LOUISVILLE, Ky.----In its continuous quest to be the technology leader among the nation's pizza companies - first introducing system wide online ordering in 2001 and then text message ordering in 2007 - Papa John's has now launched 'myPapaSM', a unique set of widgets that streams exclusive product discounts, personalized Favorites, and incentives to customers' desktops.
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Apple cleaning up in $1,000-plus retail market
NPD reports that Apple controls two-thirds of the U.S. retail market for personal computers that cost more than $1,000.
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Analyst On Vista Hate: Get Over It Or Get Off The Boat
One writer/analyst is speaking out blasting XP "holdouts" and lauding Windows Vista while comparing XP to a crummy airport terminal...
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Yahoo! aims web services at mobile phones
— May 08, 2008 — Yahoo! is beta-testing a new build of its free "Go" application, aimed at letting people access its suite of online services from their Windows Mobile phones. Yahoo! Go 3.0 integrates Yahoo! email, photos, maps, stock quotes, and more, and is extensible via third-party widgets. ...
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2008 CABLE SHOW: Canoe Will Steer VOD Growth
NEW ORLEANS—Video on demand has been a remarkably successful product for cable over the past few years, but its true potential is yet to come, according to a panel of cable operators and programmers at Tuesday’s general session at the 2008 Cable Show. But operators and programmers are taking steps to make that potential—interactive and targeted advertising—a reality, primarily through the ...
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Microsoft, Yahoo Circle Game Goes Another Round
The never-ending Microhoo saga has left many investors feeling downright whipsawed as they watched events careen from one extreme to the other -- and that was after the merger was supposedly dead in the water. Now, most likely due to activist investor Carl Icahn's very real threat to launch a proxy fight, Microhoo -- or some version of it -- is apparently gasping back to life.
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Google Sees Big Challenges With Local Search
"We used to joke about Google helping you find your keys," said Google's vice president of search products and user experience, Marissa Mayer, during a Googleplex webcast this afternoon. Mayer was referring to the various advances Google is making in localized search products. read more
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A new wrinkle: Microsoft could take 'minority, passive stake' in Yahoo
A report from Reuters says the search giant may want a piece of the Silicon Valley company, even after it buys the search business.
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Congdon of ‘Rocketboom’ Gets MRC Deal
Web video celebrity Amanda Congdon has signed with production studio Media Rights Capital to host a new online series, “Sometimes Daily,” a variety show covering news, technology, politics, the environment and other topics.
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Google launches online medical records service
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google on Monday launched a long-anticipated medical records service letting US users store and manage their health care information online.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 28th Jan 2007 21:29 UTC
Microsoft's quest to closely control the way Windows Vista can be used on PCs has taken a turn for the worse, as new information indicates that the company is breaking tradition when it comes to Windows Vista upgrades.
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SanDisk Drops After Chief Calls Consumer Sales `Soft' (Update2)
May 19 (Bloomberg) -- SanDisk Corp. , the world's largest maker of flash-memory cards, fell the most in two months in Nasdaq trading after Chief Executive Officer Eli Harari said sales to makers of consumer products were ``soft'' last month.
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Palm likens self to Apple, sees OS in 2009
Palm considers itself to have strengths associated with Apple, the company's chief financial officer Andy Brown said this afternoon at JPMorgan's yearly technology conference. The manager notes explains that Palm, like Apple, is one of the few companies to design both its phones and the operating system underneath, allowing the Centro maker to des...
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His job now complete, Dell CFO Carty rejoins his retirement in progress
Whether pulling Dell Computer out of the financial sewer was Don Carty's last miracle remains to be seen. But however the annals of financial history may judge him, there's no doubt that Dell owes him a huge debt of gratitude.
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AMD predicts profitability in second half of 2008
SAO PAULO–Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's second-largest computer chip maker, expects to return to profitability in the second half of the year, Chief Executive Hector Ruiz said Monday.
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Google launches online medical records service
Google on Monday launched a long-anticipated medical records service letting US users store and manage their health care information online.
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Waytronx Acquires Company for $37.5M
Waytronx Inc. of Vista said May 19 that it acquired CUI Inc., a provider of electronic components based in Tualatin, Ore., for $37.5 million.
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Chicago Tribune's 'The Swamp' Wins EPpy Award
Chicago Tribune's political blog "The Swamp" received a 2008 EPpy Award last week for Best News/Politics Blog. The awards were announced by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines during the Interactive Media Conference and Trade show in Las Vegas.
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Clear Channel Radio Expands Internet Streaming
Clear Channel inks a deal with Reciva for its stations to stream on Reciva-powered receivers.
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Facebook-Google Clash May Be About Piracy, Not Privacy
The tension between privacy and control reached a high-water mark in the social-networking world last week as Facebook and Google traded barbs about which company is more protective of user privacy.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Washington DC
NEW YORK ( Map , News ) - Google Inc. is now offering the general public electronic access to their medical records and other health-related information.
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American Gladiators vanquished by nonexistent broadcast flag
Sure, you own your PC, but when Microsoft decides that its software will start adhering to a broadcast flag that the FCC was never able to put into effect, what can you do? More on the dark side of DRM inside. Read More...
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Google releases Google Health for medical records
NEW YORK (Reuters)—Google Inc. on Monday unveiled Google Health, a long-anticipated health information service that combines the leading Web company's classic search services with a user's personal health records online.
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