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U.S. Stock-Index Futures Retreat; Halliburton, Yahoo Decline
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures fell as investors speculated a report today may show sales of existing homes declined to a record low in April, signaling no letup in the housing recession.
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Writing a modification letter
Past posts from Holden Lewis's Web log about mortgages and real estate, and how they are affected by the economy.
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Recent Original Stories
"Microsoft, apparently, is helping the folks at Mono to port Silverlight to Linux. This is good news, as the primary fear I've heard from developers is that Silverlight will be locked to Microsoft platforms and products.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Nov 2005 15:27 UTC
The momentum generated by Apple's iPod digital music players and related products continues to translate into new Macintosh sales according to one Wall Street analyst who estimates that over one million Windows users have purchased a Mac in the first three quarters of 2005.
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Yahoo postpones general meeting
Internet information giant Yahoo has postponed a general meeting of shareholders which was due to take place on 3 July. The meeting has been put on hold because investor Carl Icahn wants to name some board members.
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Vendors bolster support for virtual desktops
Daniel Robinson, IT Week , Friday 23 May 2008 at 11:36:00 VMware offers virtualisation services, while Citrix links app delivery framework to XenDesktop Enterprises gained new support options for virtual desktops this week as VMware announced professional services to help firms implement its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) model, while Citrix unveiled plans to... > Read ...
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Patrick makes a case for Hanscom hosting national Cyber Command HQ
BEDFORD -- Massachusetts has the brains and resources to land the Air Force's newest Cyber Command headquarters at Hanscom Air Force Base, Gov. Deval Patrick said yesterday. Against the backdrop of Massachusetts competing with 17 other states to be named home for the new Cyber Command, Patrick and members of his cabinet met yesterday with Lt.
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Microsoft Surface developer turns his attention to LaserTouch
What if you threw out your mouse and laid down a touch-sensitive flat-panel monitor on your desktop? That's essentially what Andy Wilson, one of the designers of Microsoft Surface, has done with his latest project, called LaserTouch. The idea is to train a camera down on a sheet of infrared laser light and then keep track of what it sees on the surface. Track the lasers on a flat-screen ...
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CA sees $71M profit in fourth quarter
Islandia-based software giant CA Inc. signaled anew yesterday that a re-engineering of itself was bearing fruit as it released another upbeat set of quarterly financial data and forecast an increase of 4 percent to 7 percent in its cash flow this year.
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Trucker to serve 90 days for kiddie porn; Owen Sound man nabbed at Sault border in '04 — COMMENT ON THIS STORY
A long-haul trucker who had child pornography on his laptop computer when border guards pulled over his rig for inspection in January, 2004 will serve 90 days in jail and pay a $1,500 fine. Border officers and city police found images and videos with file names including [...]
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Invited bloggers, media persons, advertising people, and even prominent personalities welcomed the newest addition to the blogging world, SPOT.ph.
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Make bucks off your broadband
Local ISP Frogfoot Networks recently launched a broadband business model which sees consumers making money as WiFi Hotspot operators
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Yahoo Director Departs Amid Current Chaos
A seat opened up on Yahoo's board of directors as the company revealed Ed Kozel decided to hit the eject button. read more
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Analyse How Web 2.0 Concepts Such as RSS, Bookmarking, Content Aggeration and Developer Programs Will Be Incorporated ...
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Internet Television Integrating Web 2.0 Concepts" to their offering.
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Review: Netdirector e-Trade Pro ecommerce software
If you want to sell goods or services on the web you have a number of options open to you. One is to pay someone to design and build an online shop for you, and another is to create your own, either from scratch or using one of the specialist tools available for the purpose.
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Resi 5 to feature online co-op News by
It's been revealed that Resident Evil 5 will feature an online co-op mode so you can play the entire game with a friend by your side. Some storyline details have been leaked too - you might not want to read on if you don't want to know.
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Britain's Cable and Wireless profits dip 5.7%
Cable & Wireless is considering splitting its business units after it posted a 5.7% drop in annual profit, an Associated Press report said.
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Gov. Patrick: Put Cyber Command at Hanscom
Gov. Deval Patrick passed through Hanscom Air Force Base's guarded gate for the first time yesterday, on a mission to expand military operations and create hundreds of...
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Google-Yahoo deal can clear antitrust wall, says Page
An advertising deal between Google and Yahoo, one the two companies are now exploring, would present any potential antitrust problems.
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Spammers exploit tragedies in China and Burma
Ian Williams, vnunet.com , Friday 23 May 2008 at 11:22:00 Beware emails asking for donations Spammers are taking advantage of recent natural disasters to abuse the generosity of others for their own financial gain. Several internet security firms have reported phishing scams and Trojans disguised... > Read the full article
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Researchers develop computerised technique to predict cardiovascular disease risk
Washington, May 23 : German researchers have developed a novel, computer-based strategy, which according to them, can predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) by studying the plasma lipoprotein profiles of people.
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CinemaNow Brings Burn-to-DVD Movies To Windows Media Center
Representing the latest effort to compete with iTunes in the burgeoning movie download space, CinemaNow is now offering a variety of paid content services through Windows Media Center.
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Hot skills: Expensive and time consuming - but Oracle 11g pays dividends
Nick Langley computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk What is it? Not for the first time, Oracle has created...
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AMD to launch 'Puma' laptop platform next month
Challenging Centrino 2 Intel may be gearing up to release Centrino 2, but let's not forget its arch-rival, AMD, is to release a notebook platform of its own, codenamed 'Puma'. The cat will be let out of the bag at Computex, in Taipei on 3 June.…
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Efficiency drive loses government £81m
An efficiency drive meant to save The Department for Transport £57m actually cost it £81m, according to an NAO report. The new computer system, which cost £120m was insufficiently tested. 'Decisions to save money on system testing proved to be a false economy,' the report stated.
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