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Microsoft launches cash back service
Microsoft has launched an ad-funded program that pays cash rebates to customers who find and buy products using the software giant's search service.
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Nokia and France Télécom Form Joint Venture
Nokia and France Télécom said they had agreed to a joint venture to provide Internet services over mobile telephones in nine European countries.
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Intel says emerging markets, companies sustain demand
Intel CEO Paul Otellini said emerging markets and companies seeking to increase productivity are sustaining demand for personal computers as the U.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Microsoft tempts you to Live Search with cashback
Microsoft is attempting to use cold, hard cash to tempt you into using its Live Search service. Basically, alongside standard results shown for a search performed on Live Search, there will also be a number of paid-for results with a yellow dollar icon next to them. If you use one of those highlighted links and buy [...]
Geek.com |
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HP to announce more aggressive environmental initiatives, labeling
Hewlett-Packard will spotlight its greener side, announcing today that it's adding a new Eco Highlights label to three new printers and other products.
San Jose Mercury News |
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EU says to study Microsoft's open-source step
The EU executive said on Thursday it would investigate if steps announced by Microsoft to make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office give consumers greater choice. "
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Google captures more users from Yahoo, Microsoft
Google increased its share of U.S. Internet search traffic last month, widening the gap with rivals Yahoo and Microsoft, researcher ComScore.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Nokia signs Internet services deal with Orange
The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Thursday it had signed a deal with France Telecom's mobile arm Orange over mobile Internet services.
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Notable movers
Intuit was up 93 cents, or 3.4 percent, to $28.14. The world's largest maker of tax-preparation software reported a 21 percent gain in third-quarter profit and boosted its annual forecast on demand for TurboTax software.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Denali Software Announces Availability of MMAV 2008 Verification IP
Denali Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of electronic design automation software and intellectual property , today announced the availability of the new MMAV 2008 packaging, the most widely-used memory verification IP product.
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DigitalBridge Communications Expands WiMAX Network to Twin Falls, ID
Ashburn-based DigitalBridge Communications announced today that it has launched high speed wireless Internet service in Twin Falls, ID. This launch completes the first phase of DBC's WiMAX deployments in Idaho which began in June 2007.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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More plane skins for Ace Combat 6 News by
Namco Bandai is lining up yet more downloadable plane skins for Ace Combat 6 fans next Thursday, 29th May, including a few more based on its Japanese-only Idolm@ster videogame series. Excited?
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Recent Original Stories
The Ubuntu team announced the release of Ubuntu 6.10 , codenamed 'Edgy Eft'. Highlights for the desktop include GNOME 2.16, Firefox 2.0, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, Gaim 2.0 and two new applications, F-Spot and Tomboy.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Oct 2006 20:07 UTC
Normally we don't report on every fart that gets patented by the big companies, but the following patent by Apple is actually pretty interesting: Apple has patented a method to store a user's ~/ directory (home directory) on external storage (the iPod?), making it portable.
OS News |
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In Brief
OMAHA, Neb. -- Bidders on eBay will have the chance to win lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett next month.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 9th Apr 2007 22:30 UTC
"Back in my university days, when Netscape was the latest web browser on the scene and the Pentium MMX was the power user's processor of choice, UNIX was part of my everyday life. Since graduating, my chosen desktop operating system has been Windows of some variety.
OS News |
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'Online love is blind & brief'
Matches made over the Internet often do not last because people end up choosing unsuitable partners, says a study.
Express India |
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Schoolgirl wins Doodle 4 Google contest
A sixth-grade student from California is to take over Google's home page on 22 May after winning a competition.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Microsoft confirms support for open document standards
Microsoft has promised that Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), which is scheduled for release in the first half of 2009, will include support for more document standards, including Open Document Format (ODF).
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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ING Direct use new fraud prevention system
ING Direct is launching a new fraud prevention system that will allow US customers to safely bank online even if their computer is infected with malware.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 14th Sep 2006 19:49 UTC
Usually, we do not report on .mp3 players. However, sometimes we cannot go around them. Today is one of those times: Microsoft has launched its supposed iPod killer , the Zune.
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In the papers 22 May
Ireland among top locations for outsourcing Cable & Wireless considers de-merger options
ElectricNews.Net |
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Computer games curb retail sales fall
LONDON (Reuters) - Retail sales showed unexpected resilience in April, falling less than expected thanks to a rush to buy computer games, official data showed on Thursday.
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Police briefs
A 34-year-old Listowel man is facing a child pornography charge after a young child was reportedly exposed over a webcam. Police say an undercover officer from London engaged a man in an online chat, during which time the exposure took place over a webcam for sexual purposes.
London Free Press |
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Swisscom IT Services wird strategischer IT-Partner der Mobiliar
Rahmenvertrag läuft bis mindestens Ende 2011
Portel.de |
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