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Microsoft Shuts Down Book Search
Microsoft plans to shutter its book-scanning operation next week, the company said on Friday.
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MS scouts for other acquisitions
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.
The Times of India |
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New TimesMachine from the Gray Lady
In a move that plays up both the promise of online business services, the New York Times puts an archive of its papers online.
PC World |
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HTC Diamond Gets Loaded with Opera Mobile 9.5 Browser
It has officially been confirmed by Opera Software that the pre-installed web browser on the HTC Diamond will be their totally awesome Opera Mobile 9.5. This web browser is supposed to be one of the best for the smartphone environment.
MobileMag |
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Sugar OS from OLPC Being Installed in Other Low-Cost Notebooks
Might I be able to borrow a cup of sugar? It seems that some other manufacturers of ultra low-cost laptops aren't so interested in just a cup, because they may be interested in getting the full Sugar OS that is found within the OLPC XO laptop.
MobileMag |
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QB: Photo On Web Was Him Having Fun With Texas Friends
Tennessee quarterback Vince Young is defending himself from a photo that appeared on the Internet showing him shirtless and drinking from a bottle.
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Top 10: Microsoft mania, AT&T goes 3G, IT awards
It felt like all Microsoft, all the time this week. CEO Steve Ballmer was attacked by an egg-throwing Hungarian, the company said it will support ODF and PDF in Office next year, and it started the week by pitching another deal to Yahoo that involves buying assets and not the entire works. (Note to Microsoft: Take a weekend off already!) [ Video: Catch up on the top stories of the week ...
InfoWorld |
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Baby for sale on eBay
German authorities have placed a seven-month-old baby in care after its parents offered to sell it on eBay for €1.
News 24 South Africa |
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U.S. VC withdraws from Canadian wireless auction
MONTREAL — — A U.S. venture capital company that was looking to enter Canada's cellphone market will now wait until after the federal government's wireless spectrum auction before trying again.
The Globe and Mail |
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Google Docs used in latest spam attack
Spammers find legitimate way to evade corporate and desktop spam filters.
CNET |
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The Virtualization Freight Train Is Coming & SOA Is On Board
SOA and Virtualization are viewed today as the ultimate IT power couple. They've been called two of today's hottest technologies: virtualization provides cost savings and flexibility, while a service-oriented architecture (SOA) affords application reuse and fast response to business needs.
SYS-CON Media |
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Google's David Glazer expects to make peace with Facebook
On today's Gillmor Gang, David Glazer, Google director of engineering, said he expects Facebook and Google to make peace on integrating Friend Connect and Facebook Connect, but didn't want to give a time frame for a resolution.
CNET |
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Liquid Web to Announce New HQ
May 23, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and data center provider Liquid Web said on Friday it will soon announce the location for its brand new multi million dollar world headquarters facility.
Web Host Industry Review |
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More than just a game
The Listening Post's Sam Sapin travelled to Seoul for an insight into the strange world of professional computer gaming in South Korea.
Aljazeera |
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The best of children's fashion
Childrenswear is booming and Britain’s fashion-conscious young have never had so much choice. Whether you’re after something durable for Swallows and Amazons adventuring, or more dressed up for that family wedding, there are collections to suit everyone.
Times Online |
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QED Connect Approves Formation of Advisory Committee
QED Connect, Inc., an innovative Software-as-a-Service provider for the information security market, announced today that it has formed a formal advisory committee with the objective of improving shareholder value.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Computer Learning Center Offers Summer Workshops
Under its new banner, the CLCS is offering registration for a summer program of computer workshops. All workshops cost $10 and do not require joining the center.
The Falmouth Enterprise |
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Recent Original Stories
I like Gnome, but the problem is simple. Metacity. The worst window manager ever. Its boring. Its slow. It eats RAM and CPU. It has the worst minimize trick of all time.
New Mobile Computing |
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Fahrenheit 451: Microsoft burns its Live Search Books effort
Faced with competition, and more likely lack of traffic, Microsoft has stopped scanning books and will shutter is public Live Search Books site next week.
BetaNews |
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MP3 trader found guilty of conspiracy
A member of Internet piracy group Apocalypse Production Crew (APC) under the handle Dextro (nee Barry Gitarts) has been found guilty of piracy, and now faces criminal charges of up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and more.
BetaNews |
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Emotion FX engine finds its way to Mac
Despite Steve Jobs infamous distaste for the gaming industry, Apple appears to be actively seeking relationships with gaming companies, such as the recent unveiling of MysticGDís Emotion FX animation software for Mac. PC Advisor writes that the software is currently used by several in the industry, such as Warhammer Online, and Vangard: Saga of Her...
MacNN |
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Poll: Food choices at work make it hard to eat healthy
A recent survey by Internet grocer Peapod found that nearly half of employees cite having too many tempting snack options in their workplaces as the top reason they are not able to eat healthy in the workplace.
Los Angeles Business Journal |
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Search Share Compared: Ratings Service Faceoff, June 2007 To April 2008
With the latest search popularity stats now in from Hitwise , Nielsen , comScore , and Compete , it's time to pit them against each other and see what they agree -- and don't agree -- about in terms of search engine popularity. Click to continue reading...
Search Engine Land |
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Shane Robison: Managing All the Geeks
HP's chief technology officer on life outside the lab.
Newsweek |
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DJ euro adhoc: United Internet AG / Release of a voting rights announcement according to article 26, section 1.1 WpHG ...
United Internet AG / =------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement.
Financial.de |
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