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Microsoft opening up Office to other file formats
Company is building in support for the Open Document Format, Portable Document Format, and other popular formats. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 27th Apr 2007 07:10 UTC
"The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop" project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and it will be able to run Windows in addition to its homegrown, open-source interface."
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VMware has released VMware Player version 1.0.0-final for Windows and Linux. VMware Player runs virtual machines (VM's) created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server. It also supports VM's created with Virtual PC and Virtual Server from Microsoft.
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Computer problem causes Ohio BMV to turn away customers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A systemwide computer outage kept the state's Bureau of Motor Vehicles from issuing driver licenses and vehicle registrations for about five hours.
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Suspect arrested in Downingtown schools hacking
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy accused of hacking into the Downingtown Area School District's computer system has been arrested. The boy allegedly downloaded personal information including Social Security numbers about school employees and taxpayers.
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The Hollywood Reporter confirms previous Internet rumors that Jake Gyllenhaal will be starring in "Prince of Persia," the bigscreen adaptation of the hit video game franchise. Jerry Bruckheimer will be producing with Mike Newell directing. Walt Disney Pictures will distribute the film.
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Microsoft To Pay People To Search
kolicha writes "After the failed yahoo bid Microsoft is going to try a new approach to gain market share on their rivals Google. Sponsored links will be pay per purchase rather than pay per click, and search users will be offered "cash back" on their purchases." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Apple sued over Mighty Mouse
Trademark tango A US hardware firm is taking Apple and CBS to court over the Mighty Mouse name.…
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'No fairness' if Telstra wins broadband
The head of a consortium bidding for a national broadband network contract says rival Telstra will kill competition if the giant telco wins the deal. Telstra would not allow an even playing field for its competitors if it owned and operated the network, Terria chairman Michael Egan said.
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Redesign for Facebook
Having nearly tripled its audience and added about 20,000 new applications over the past year, Facebook’s popular online hangout is about to undergo a makeover.
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Microsoft's 'cashback' plan gets mixed reactions
Online advertisers, hoping to see Microsoft become a more viable competitor to Google, see its new "cashback" program as an interesting step -- but not a complete game-changer.
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Apple Daydreaming: Report Predicts Move Toward Home Devices
Forrester Research imagines the Apple products of 2013 in a new report. Their conclusion: While much of Apple's great successes have been mobile products, the company will seek to colonize rooms throughout the home.
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Kenny Chesney - Chesney Addresses Awards Show Remarks In A Letter To Fans
LATEST: KENNY CHESNEY has written an online letter to his fans in a bid to clear up the confusion about backstage comments he made after winning his fourth Entertainer of The ...
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Will Microsoft be directionless without Bill Gates?
In her book, Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era, Mary Jo Foley predicts that "a Gates-less Microsoft is going to be a directionless Microsoft--at least for the near term." I disagree.
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Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. The nonprofit One Laptop Per Child Project has shown the first images of its next-generation touch-screen laptop that goes by the name XO-2.
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Magierski Joins ADRevolution Board
Brian Magierski, a seasoned and highly successful technology entrepreneur, has joined the Board of ADRevolution, the Austin-based company that is transforming the advertising and publishing industries with its disruptive software solution.
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Facebook preparing for redesign to clear clutter
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Having nearly tripled its audience and added about 20,000 new applications over the past year, Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout is about to undergo a housecleaning.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 15th Dec 2005 00:53 UTC
PCStats is going to look at the new features which Microsoft plans to bring to the table with Internet Explorer 7, and examine how the underlying unctionality of the browser has changed to better protect your computer.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 8th Nov 2006 15:09 UTC
Apple has updated its line of MacBook laptops , equipping them with Core 2 Duo processors.
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"Linux has proven amazingly flexible: after nearly 10 years of use, I'm still impressed by how the Linux operating system does exactly what I want on any type of hardware.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Aug 2006 16:47 UTC, submitted by anon
"Welcome to GetWebKit , the home of the first and only WebKit based Windows web browser. Featuring the excellent rendering engine used in popular Macintosh web browsers Safari and Shiira, GetWebKit offers a free, powerful, and open-source internet experience."
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E-Mail Solicitations: Is Anyone Reading Them?
Charities need to start using social-networking sites, text messaging, and other new online tools in their fund raising and advocacy because e-mail is becoming less and less effective at prompting people to take action, said Brian Rubenstein, associate director of Cancer Action Network, the American Cancer Society’s political action committee.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Sep 2005 11:17 UTC
At PrepCom3, a dramatic last-minute deal drawn up by the EU may mark the end of the US government's control of the internet . In essence, [the EU called for] a new version of the current overseeing body ICANN and an end to the US government's overall control of the DNS. The US was scathing about the proposals, within minutes telling delegates that it "can't in any way allow any changes" that ...
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The owner of a most special software firm
VietNamNet Bridge – Though having a successful career in the US, Do Van Du returned to Vietnam to carry out his aspirations – doing something for the disabled like him.
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Blogs? Carr Says Leave Journalism to The Pros
Noted author takes aim at Web 2.0's cult of the amateur.
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