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Donkey jailed over assault
A donkey is doing time in southern Mexico for assault and battery. The animal was locked up at a local jail that normally holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances after it bit and kicked two men near a ranch in Chiapas state, police said.
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Microsoft Yahoo talks resume
Just two weeks after breaking off merger talks, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have been pulled back to the bargaining table by their fears about what might happen if they do not work out a deal.
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AMAZON.COM INC. (AMZN) rose 7.6 percent to $82.29. The world's largest Internet retailer was added to the "conviction buy" list at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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Linked by Andrew Youll on Mon 2nd Jan 2006 13:20 UTC
I recently saw a post on Neowin which said that Vista will no longer allow the use of region-free DVD drives for movie playback; I found this strange considering in some nations region-coding DVDs is illegal as it goes against consumer rights.
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Microsoft floats new balloon for Yahoo
BOSTON– Microsoft Corp. has proposed another deal to Yahoo Inc., according to a person familiar with the discussions. The new idea is for a complex transaction that would include buying just Yahoo's search business, rather than acquiring the whole company, the person added yesterday.
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Recent Original Stories
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 has been announced. Linus writes: " So the big change during 2.6.21 is all the timer changes to support a tickless system (and even with ticks, more varied time sources).
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Hynix Raised Contract DRAM Prices By 5% Early May - Source
SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (000660.SE) has raised the prices of its dynamic random access memory chips sold to clients under contracts by about 5% on-month in early May, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
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Netflix set-top box brings internet movie streaming to the living room
A set-top box for streaming movies right off the internet and straight to your telly? We've heard that one before. Apple TV does it, Xbox 360 does it... and although each of those are technically impressive, they haven't set everyone's world alight. So at first glance it seems that the Netflix Player by Roku doesn't have a whole lot to offer.
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New 'extreme' laptops are thinner, smaller and exceptionally fast
If there's a phrase that characterizes the latest crop of desktops and laptops, it's "going to extremes." Consumer Reports recently tested the thinnest, smallest and largest laptops it has ever tested, along with laptops and desktops of unprecedented processing speed.
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Man's hand severed in bizarre party brawl
A 23-year-old man is recovering from surgery to reattach his left hand after it was hacked off during a bloody and bizarre altercation outside a house party on the central Mountain.
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WiFi installed at Redwood Acres
EUREKA -- Carlson Wireless, an Arcata-based wireless communications equipment manufacturer, recently completed the installation of a wireless network at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, allowing guests free Internet access through their laptops.
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McAfee anti-fraud expert in fraud charges
ScanAlert researcher allegedly made $1.2m One of the security researchers behind ScanAlert, the 'Hacker Safe' certification company McAfee recently acquired, is facing fraud charges in Indiana.
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Tranquil offers first Diamondville motherboard
Intel Atom mobo available for pre-order Online retailer Tranquil PC is taking pre-orders for a £53 motherboard equipped with Intel's upcoming Diamondville version of Intel's Atom processor.
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Steve Ballmer dodges egg during presentation
Microsoft CEO attacked by student Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was forced to take cover behind a lectern during an address at Corvinus University of Budapest on Monday after a student began shouting and tossing eggs. Ballmer was not hit, but the attack was caught on video by one attendee.
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New glitch for Windows XP SP3
Users report remote access problem Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) continues to cause problems for users, according to the UK-based We Got Served user forum. According users on the forum, the latest glitch in SP3 causes problems with the remote desktop access feature of Windows Home Server.
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Panda launches antimalware service for SMBs
Managed Office Protection now available Panda Security has launched a new security-as-a-service for antimalware service offered as an alternative to in-house software distribution through dedicated equipment.
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Beetle holds key to optical computing
BOFFINS from Utah reckon a shiny green beetle from Brazil could provide the perfect “photonic crystals” needed to build super fast optical computers.
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Global cyber security experts meet in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, May 20: More than 100 government officials and cyber security experts from around the world gathered Tuesday in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur for a summit aimed at discussing policies to ensure tighter security on the internet.
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Embrace the Net, says 3-D Gates
Holographic image of Bill Gates talking to participants of the World Congress on Information Technology 2008 yesterday. KUALA LUMPUR: It was a rare opportunity for Malaysians to "meet" Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in person.
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Former executives charged with inflating profit figures
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators yesterday said eight former Time Warner Inc. executives fraudulently inflated the company's online advertising revenues by more than $1 billion between 2000 and 2002.
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Oriental Whirl: Wedding bells in the air
Gigi Leung turned 32 recently. Who's hot and in the news these days? So many stars, so limited space. Here's my pick of the lot, depending on where my online forays take me.
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Google Health launches, with Cleveland Clinic patients' help
UPDATED: 04 :31 a.m. EDT, May 20, 2008 Julie Docherty of Lakewood watches her mix-breed dog, Adeline, play with other dogs at the Lakewood dog park inside the Cleveland Metroparks on Monday 19, 2008. Docherty, a frequent visitor to the park, observed two pit bulls attacking other dogs inside the park about three weeks ago.
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Netbriefings enhances Proclaim with corporate video blogging capability
DMN Newswire--2008-5-20--Netbriefings, a webcasting services provider that specializes in helping businesses communicate with video, has added new corporate video blogging features to Proclaim, its rich media webcast communication tool.
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Microsoft Showcases Its Strengths in Service Delivery Through Industry Collaboration at Management World 2008
Participation in TM Forum Catalyst Projects reinforces Microsoft's commitment to accelerating deployment of services based on industry standards.
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Google Health Launches - Patients Can See Records Online
Internet search giant Google has launched a new service called Google Health, which will allow people in the US to look at their personal health records online.
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