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Yahoo buy not a strategy in itself: Microsoft CEO
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Friday that buying Yahoo was not a strategy in itself, and dropping the bid meant it now had $50 billion to spend on other acquisitions.
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Vulture capitalists circle Yahoo
Iain Thomson, vnunet.com , Friday 23 May 2008 at 15:42:00 Big shot investors follow Icahn's lead Investors are piling into Yahoo stock in the expectation that investor Carl Icahn will force a sale to Microsoft. Icahn currently owns 50 million Yahoo shares, and has an option... > Read the full article
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New API could bring multicore mastery to embedded devices
An industry association with members including Intel and Freescale has developed an API and a best-practices guide to help developers create high-performance, reliable multicore software. Read More...
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Verizon Wireless Expands High-Speed Wireless Network to Batesville, Indiana
Verizon Wireless announced today that it has expanded the national rollout of its high-speed wireless network to Batesville, Indiana.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Steve Ballmer on Central and Eastern Europe
BERLIN — Microsoft is continually building its presence in the booming Central and Eastern Europe region, which had total information technology spending of $53B last year, representing 25 percent annual growth, according to research firm IDC.
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Yoo-Hoo, Steve, We're Still Here
Google co-founder and billionaire Larry Page in Washington to speak at the think tank where Google CEO Eric Schmidt is chairman of the board - and apparently meet with government officials too - claimed that a Microsoft-Yahoo merger would 'monopolize online communications, stifle innovation and curb competition' - according to an AP report - but doubted that a Google-Yahoo advertising deal would ...
SYS-CON Media |
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Ballmer is trying to rewrite Microhoo history
Microsoft CEO's is changing the script in the Microhoo saga. In Moscow, he reportedly said, "Yahoo was never the strategy we were pursuing."
CNET |
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Microsoft CEO: Yahoo buy not a strategy in itself
MOSCOW - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Friday that buying Yahoo was not a strategy in itself, and dropping the bid meant it now had $50 billion to spend on other acquisitions.
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Mobile Shopping Finally Here?
According to figures from Juniper Research 's Mobile Web 2.0: Leveraging Location, IM, Social Web & Search report, mobile 2.0 applications currently generate $5.5 billion. With the sum expected to rise to $22.4 billion by 2013, businesses are unsurprisingly looking to target this lucrative market.
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Fending off Ichan, Yahoo delays shareholder meeting
Yahoo! Inc., the Internet company under pressure from investor Carl Icahn, delayed its annual meeting after the billionaire threatened to oust its directors for snubbing a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.
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Google May Penalize Fake Linkbait, According to Matt Cutts
Many blogs are abuzz with the news about a recent fake piece of linkbait that ended up capturing the eyes and ears of many big traditional news outlets and bringing the originating story thousands of backlinks. After the community went up in arms about the "snakeoil" tactics of this piece of bait, Nick Wilsdon and Barry at Search Engine Land talk about the ramifications of the action, ...
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Move over American Idol, There's a New Online Space Where Aspiring Musicians Will Have a Chance to Hit the Big Time
Get Ready for Some Vibes: YourLDSneighborhood.com Launches Jukebox, a New Online Place Where Aspiring Artists Have a Chance to Hit the Big Time
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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Couple enjoys wind, solar powered home
MARQUETTE — Jim Murphy and Annie Goosmann have a washer and dryer, computer, stereo, refrigerator and lights — all the modern conveniences. One thing they lack is a hook-up to the electrical power grid. They get all the energy to power the appliances in their West Branch township home from a wind turbine and 12 solar panels.
The Mining Journal |
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Yahoo Delays Annual Meeting to Prep for Icahn
No date is set for its shareholders' meeting as the Internet company asks for a few weeks to circle the wagons against Carl Icahn.... Build IT Knowledge with Current & Trusted Content Helps Employees Develop & Hone New Technical Programming Skills. Sign Up & Get Full Access.
eWeek |
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France: Microsoft AdCenter pulls wine adverts
Online advertising provider Microsoft AdCenter is removing all wine merchants from its client list in France, saying French legislation does not permit wine advertising online.
Decanter.com |
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Tech Stocks: Yahoo, Sun Micro lead early tech losses
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks find the going rough, with Yahoo Inc. among the decliners after one of its board members resigns and the Internet giant postpones its shareholders’ meeting.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Aug 2006 12:07 UTC
Microsoft's presentations on Windows Vista are not the typical Black Hat talks, but attendees are welcoming the look behind the scenes at the software giant.
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Online Journalism News
Editor-in-chief of the Telegraph Media Group told the Google Zeitgeist conference the arrival of multimedia reporting meant he now saw CNN and the BBC as the main competition.
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Recent Original Stories
"An interesting patent application recently filed by Microsoft may offer a glimpse at the future of the Windows interface . The patent describes a 'method for managing windows in a display' that seems to describe a method of task switching that is neither Taskbar nor Expose, but something in between."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 8th Mar 2007 22:41 UTC
MINIX3 has received some new interesting ports . " Links , an advanced text-based www browser, and also Links-2 , a version of links that displays webpages in an X window."
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by Zedicus (2.6) on Fri 17th Feb 2006 20:05 UTC
i dont want an X86 mac. i woudlnt mind going out and purchasing a copy of the OS for my home made PC. i also run debian on a REAL mac. which had a license for mac OS X. all technicalitys aside why is it not fair for me to run OSX on my PC and debian on my mac?? so far the only way to do this is to crack the software rather i own a license, or rather it is tranferable across platforms or not.
New Mobile Computing |
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Cameroon: ICTs - A Wide Range of Opportunities
The coming of the Internet to our society today has become a source of livelihood for many Cameroonians through the diverse opportunities it offers.
AllAfrica.com |
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Hulshof introducing bill for internet bullying
Posted: Friday, May 23, 2008 at 9:41 a.m. JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) -- Missouri Congressman Kenny Hulshof is introducing a bill that would impose federal criminal penalties for Internet bullying.
KRCG Jefferson City |
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'Puffer Fish' Google Search Turns Up Porn At School
WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- Parents at a Wilsonville elementary school were asking for answers Thursday after they said their children were exposed to porn in the classroom.
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Computer Modelling annual profit up
CALGARY–Computer Modelling Group Ltd. has reported its best-ever annual results, with earnings up nine per cent to $7.6 million as revenue increased 18 per cent to $28 million.
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