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Microsoft proposes to buy Yahoo search - source
Boston - Microsoft Corp has proposed to buy Yahoo Inc's search business and take a minority stake in the Web pioneer, stopping short of a full-out merger, a person familiar with the discussions said on Monday.
China Daily |
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‘The Philippines is definitely a big market’
In 2002, a young technopreneur named Jonathan Abrams founded a little known company named Friendster and changed the face of social networking on the Internet.
ABS-CBNNEWS.com |
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Laptops stolen in school break-in
LIVERMORE FALLS - A break-in at the middle school Friday night or early Saturday resulted in the theft of four laptops, a trumpet and the computer digital video recorder from the security camera system.
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PIKOM AND PARTNERS TO CREATE 150 COMMUNITY PC CENTRES
KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (Bernama) -- The Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (Pikom) today rolled out its Projek Menguasai Aplikasi Internet dan PC (MAIN PC) with the goal of creating 150 serviced community personal computer (PC) centres by 2010.
Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News |
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Coming soon – Search systems that "know" the user
A startup company called Powerset gained a slew of headlines last week when it launched a beta version of its search engine, which like other offerings employs natural language processing, allowing users to search sets of information in the form of questions.
ITBusiness.ca |
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Firefox developers tinker with new security protections (finally)
Protecting users from net's weaker security links Developers of the Firefox browser are designing new technologies aimed at protecting users from some of the nastiest and most prevalent forms of website attacks.…
The Register |
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Shooting simulator tests officers decision making
It took maybe a second for the teen to reach into the bleachers behind him, grab the pistol and aim it at his head.
Sheboygan Press |
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News NetFlix to Sell $99 Net TV Device -- But No HD But the rentals are free to NetFlix subs.
Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2008) -- NetFlix's web site today will begin selling a $99 set-top that can deliver movies streamed from the Internet to your TV screen.
TVPredictions.com |
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Forum aids budding entrepreneurs
A forum about how Internet networking sites can help those looking to start a business will be held Thursday and Friday at the Auburn Public Theater.
The Post-Standard |
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MOANING GLORY: ORGASMIC AD STAR BLOCKS X-POSURE
Oooooooooooooooohhh, judge, yes, yes! A woman who was featured writhing around a bed and moaning suggestively in a jewelry ad has won round one of her lawsuit against the racy commercial's producers. The star of the steamy online Szul jewelry spot...
New York Post |
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Brown lightens up dour image by launching his own YouTube site
Gordon Brown today revealed his latest attempt to update his staid image - an internet version of Prime Minister's Questions on YouTube. Mr Brown has turned to the video streaming website in a bid to boost his popularity and reassure people he is listening to their concerns.
Evening Standard |
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Steve Ballmer ducks egg during protest
"Give that money back", quips Hungarian protester. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was forced to take cover behind a lectern Monday during an address at Corvinus University of Budapest after a student began shouting and tossing eggs.
TechWorld |
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Friendster targets mobile phone users in RP
After conquering the social networking market in the Philippines, social networking pioneer Friendster is now setting its sights on mobile phone users in the country.
ABS-CBNNEWS.com |
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Current Newswire:
"I've been installing some of the latest Linux releases for the past week to better understand what's available. I've taken the time to scrub the install system's (rhea) primary drive so that there's nothing on it any more except Linux.
Linux Today |
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VIRTUAL DREAMGIRL
An NYU grad student has a unique, two-dimensional take on modern love. Drew Burrows, 28, rigged a mattress, computer and projector to simulate a slender brunette in bed, asleep by the time you've come home from a long day's work. Burrows had...
New York Post |
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Diamondville-based motherboard on sale for $104
SINGAPORE, 20 MAY 2008 - An online retailer in the U.K. is taking preorders for a motherboard equipped with the upcoming Diamondville version of Intel's Atom processor for £53, or $104.
Computerworld Singapore |
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FEDS REEL IN 'PHISHERS'
WASHINGTON - Thirty-eight people were charged yesterday with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit-card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users as part of a global crime ring. The Romanian-based phishing scams...
New York Post |
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Dart-Throwing on the Left
There is palpable triumphalism on the left these days, and it is very much in evidence with Arianna Huffington's and Eric Alterman's latest assaults on all things Republican. Ms. Huffington's "Right Is Wrong" has a kind of Chatty Kathy blogosphere tone to it that will delight the devotees of her Huffington Post. Mr. Alterman's "Why We're Liberals" is a far more serious, if deeply familiar, slog ...
The New York Sun |
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Cooper Square In Flight
In certain architects, the personal computer has engendered the bizarre delusion that anything is possible — that the laws of gravity have been repealed and the immemorial compacts of nature have been rendered null and void. Rather than the drably Newtonian right angles of the Modern movement, this new architecture professes to swivel and swerve on a dime, thanks to some logarithm that empowers ...
The New York Sun |
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Microsoft's Ballmer attacked by egg-tosser
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was forced to take cover behind a lectern Monday during an address at Corvinus University of Budapest after a student began shouting and tossing eggs.
Macworld UK |
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Amdocs Showcases How to Manage Triple-Play Services and Track Customer Viewing and Interactive Experiences
NICE, France , May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MANAGEMENT WORLD -- Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), the leading provider of customer experience systems, today announced its participation in three Catalyst projects that will be showcased at Management World 2008. Amdocs will demonstrate how its Customer Experience Systems (CES) product portfolio can be used for charging for Internet Protocol Multimedia ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Netflix Teams With Streaming Media Innovator Roku on Player That Instantly Streams Movies From Netflix Directly to the ...
LOS GATOS, Calif. and SARATOGA, Calif. , May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world's largest online movie rental service, and Roku, Inc., an innovator in digital media streaming technology, today announced the introduction of The Netflix Player by Roku(TM), a device that enables Netflix subscribers to instantly stream a growing library of movies and TV episodes ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Keep Your Phone in Your Pocket: Listen to Your Mobile-Phone Music on Logitech's New Wireless Speakers
FREMONT, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- To transform your low-fidelity mobile-phone audio into high-fidelity, stereophonic sound -- wirelessly -- Logitech (SWX:LOGN)(NASDAQ:LOGI) today announced the Logitech(R) Pure-Fi Mobile(TM) speaker system. Soon you can be listening to your favorite tunes on your mobile phone -- even when your phone is in your pocket.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Afghan hijacker found working at Heathrow 'ransacked travel agency in a rage'
One of the Afghans involved in the Stansted hijacking was back in court yesterday - accused of ransacking a travel agency. During a violent argument with his landlord, Nazamuddin Mohammidy allegedly hurled a metal chair, smashed a computer and fought with staff until police arrived.
Evening Standard |
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Issue 103 - 1st May - 30th May
Jobpartners today announced the launch of an innovative corporate social networking tool, ActiveNetworker, to promote employee communication and information sharing within companies.
Online Recruitment |
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