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Bay Area High-Tech Janitors On Strike
Hundreds of janitors walk off the job in Silicon Valley, leaving technology giants like Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp. and Yahoo Inc. without their usual cleanup crews.
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At Yahoo, Icahn places a bet he hopes to lose
Carl Icahn does not want to win the proxy contest he has started at Yahoo - not if winning means joining the board and running the company.
International Herald Tribune |
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Washington DC
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. ( Map ) - WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. , May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IAC Consumer Applications & Portals, Inc. (IAC CAP), makers of Zwinky - one of the world's largest teen-oriented virtual worlds - today announced the acquisition of Israeli-based StarNet Interactive, producers of GirlSense.com, a virtual community that offers teen girls a place to develop social networks around ...
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Google co-founder targets Russian homeland
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Google dominates Internet searches across the world with a major exception of Russia, a gap which Russian-born co-founder Sergei Brin is keen to fill, he said in a newspaper interview.
Reuters.co.uk |
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Push email gains ad-friendly Web 2.0 app integration
— May 13, 2008 — A vendor of push email software and a vendor of web-based applications for mobile devices have released a jointly produced mobile communications suite.
Linux Devices |
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Wind River Linux Platform for Infotainment
Wind River says its commercial Platform for Infotainment will integrate third-party networking and multimedia applications. So far, partners and their area of expertise include:
Linux Devices |
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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 by launching an internet version of Prime Minister's Questions on YouTube.
Daily Mail |
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WiMax promises to shake up wireless data market
Mobile operators may be counting on LTE (Long-Term Evolution) technology to offer high-speed mobile data access in coming years, but WiMax services will arrive first, promising to shake up the wireless data market in the process. WiMax offers high-speed Internet access over a wide area and comes in two versions, a fixed-wireless version and another for mobile. The technology, often ...
InfoWorld |
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Wall Street News Alert: SYPJ Is Tuesday's Stock to Watch! May 20, 2008
Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" this morning are: Symposium Productions Corp., Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), Google Inc. and DIRECTV Incorporated (NASDAQ: DTV).
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Internet classes to help Oz students hone reading and writing skills
Melbourne, May 20 : Future Aussie classrooms would soon see games meant for speeding up reading and writing through internet classes.
New Kerala |
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Scottrade's Joan Albeck Recognized as Standout IT Leader and Awarded CIO ''Ones to Watch''
ST. LOUIS----Joan Albeck, Director of Infrastructure at online investment firm Scottrade, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2008 CIO Ones to Watch awards from IDG's CIO magazine and CIO Executive Council.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Dell names new CFO as Carty steps aside
Brian Gladden, chief executive officer of Sabic Innovative Plastics to join computer maker
The Globe and Mail |
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Citrix Unveils Next Phase of Citrix Delivery Center Product Strategy
Citrix announced the expansion of its Citrix Delivery Center product family with three important new additions. Taking its inspiration from the world of digital media services where highly optimized delivery networks give subscribers in any location fast easy access to on-demand content, Citrix unveiled innovative new 'repeaters' and 'receivers' that help corporate IT organizations provide a ...
SYS-CON Media |
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Citrix and Microsoft Unveil New Branch Office Application Delivery Solution
Citrix and Microsoft announced the availability of Citrix Branch Repeater , an innovative new line of branch office appliances developed and marketed as part of a strategic alliance between the two companies. By staging the delivery of applications and Windows services closer to branch office users, Citrix Branch Repeater helps make branch office computing faster and more cost-effective for ...
SYS-CON Media |
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The Divnich Tapes: How Both Microsoft And Sony Won With GTA IV
[Throughout this week, EEDAR's director of analytical services Jesse Divnich is presenting exclusive Gamasutra analysis of April's hardware and software trends, using data from Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR), The simExchange, NPD, IGN GamerMetrics, and GameTrailers. Following our study of April's underperforming software sales and its implications, Divnich examines the ...
Gamasutra |
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Tour Insider
MILWAUKEE -- Joe Ogilvie tries to absorb everything Warren Buffett has to say while they dine at the billionaire’s favorite steakhouse in Omaha. He also hopes to have a golf grouping someday that includes Buffett, Microsoft’s Bill Gates and his father for a friendly day on the links.
TheGolfChannel.com |
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Woman landed with £4,900 phone bill for downloading The Apprentice abroad
A solicitor was charged £4,900 by her mobile phone company for watching The Apprentice and two other BBC shows over the internet on holiday.
Daily Mail: World News |
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Scripps Networks Selects Xytech Software to Streamline Its Production Operations
Xytech Systems Corporation, a leading provider of software solutions that improve, automate, and streamline business workflows, resource scheduling, media library management, and digital workflow automation, announced today that Scripps Networks has selected Xytech's software for its production operations in Knoxville (TN), Nashville (TN) and New York City.
Centre Daily Times |
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Link Buys & Link Exchanges: Should You Compete in a Google World?
Matt Cutts wrote a blog post yesterday about how Google is noticing reciprocal link exchange requests and how the sender of the particular email tried to circumvent Google's "filters" by including a request for a link exchange within in image (so that Google couldn't "read" it). Since people are quick to report such infractions to Google, they know about it. On that note, how do you ...
Search Engine Roundtable |
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FreshGames(R) Partners with TrialPay(TM) to Give Casual Gamers Thousands of Ways to Play Its Most Popular Games for Free
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----Join the millions of people worldwide to "master the gems" with ZenGems or play the most original and addicting online puzzle game Cubis 2. There's never a dull moment with these game titles and, in order to make these popular games even more accessible to players everywhere, FreshGames has partnered with TrialPay to give away ZenGems, Cubis 2 and the Cubis 2 Expansion ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Massive Big Brother database will track EVERY phone call and email in Britain
A giant database of every phone call and email sent in Britain is being considered by the Government.
Daily Mail: World News |
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Review: Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager GT
When I heard that Corsair had announced a 16GB “GT” high performance USB 2.0 flash drive – known as the Flash Voyager — I was immediately intrigued since I couldn’t believe that 16GB of storage could be put in such a small device. When I opened it the first thing that caught my attention [...]
Geek.com |
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Mirror Image Internet Announces Beta Program for Live Flash Streaming Platform Based on Adobe Flash Technology
Mirror Image(R) Internet, a leading provider of content delivery solutions powered by a patented global network, today announced a beta program for its live Flash(R) streaming solution. Mirror Image's Live Flash Solution is compatible with live encoders such as Flash Media Encoder, On2 Flix Live, Digital Rapids and ViewCast capture cards.
Centre Daily Times |
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Groundbreaking Study Compares Manufacturing, Usage and Disposal of PCs Versus Thin Clients. The Results Show Thin ...
IGEL Technology, the world's third largest thin client vendor, today announced that according to a new study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT), desktop PCs have twice the negative impact on the environment and climate as thin clients, while still offering equivalent functionality. Conducted in early 2008, the study offers the most thorough ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Double-Take(R) Virtual Recovery Assistant Ends Downtime Associated with Migration to Virtual Machines
Double-Take(R) Software (NASDAQ: DBTK) announced today the availability of its Virtual Recovery Assistant, a new enhancement to Double-Take(R) for Windows that simplifies the process of migrating to VMware(R) ESX virtual machines by automating the provisioning of the virtual environment and reducing end-user downtime associated with traditional physical-to-virtual (P2V) migration products. The ...
Centre Daily Times |
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