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Microsoft to Put Search Toolbar on H.P. Computers
The agreement, which takes effect next January for new PCs in the United States and Canada, displaces a similar one Hewlett-Packard has with Yahoo.
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Your Electronics Trash Is Best Buy's Treasure
Electronics retail giant Best Buy has announced plans to try out a free electronics recycling program at 117 of its stores. The initiative will start in three cities and could spread to others if it succeeds. Best Buy is launching its new program in Baltimore, San Francisco, and Minnesota, with up to two items a day accepted at no charge.
E-Commerce Times |
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Credit Suisse Launches Virtual Machine Software Company
Software to result in more efficient server utilization and lower capital costs
Wall Street and Technology |
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comScore buys mobile web measurement firm M:Metrics
Internet measurement firm comScore Inc. has acquired mobile web measurement firm M:Metrics Inc. in a move to broaden the scope of its services.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Franklin Covey appoints CEO of e-commerce and consumer business spin-off
Franklin Covey Co., a company that sells planners and other personal organization tools, has named Sarah Merz, president of Franklin Covey’s consumer unit, CEO of a new spin-off company that includes Franklin Covey’s e-commerce business and retail stores.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Attention Span Media Inks Deals with Hulu, YouTube
Production house Attention Span Media signed online distribution deals with Web video-heavyweight YouTube and NBC Universal/News Corp.-owned Hulu.
Broadcasting and Cable |
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Zappos pays employees $1,500 to quit
Online footwear retailer Zappos has crafted an unusual training program for its new employees. A week or two in, it offers the fresh-faced newbies $1,500 to quit—plus a paycheck for the hours they’ve already worked.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Time Warner tries out metered Internet access
You are used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance? Time Warner Cable Inc. customers — and, later, others — may have to, if the company's test of metered Internet access is successful.
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IAC names Jason Rapp as CEO of Gifts.com
IAC/InterActiveCorp has named Jason Rapp, IAC’s senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions, as the new president and CEO of online shopping mall Gifts.com.
InternetRetailer.com |
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J.C. Penney e-commerce executive John Irvin retires
John Irvin, president of J.C. Penney Direct and executive vice president of J.C. Penney Co. Inc., retired today, a J.C. Penney spokesperson has confirmed. J.C. Penney Direct houses the retailer’s $1.5 billion Internet business.
InternetRetailer.com |
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Defense: Juror questions unfair in Entwistle murder trial
A lawyer for a British man accused of killing his wife and baby says the judge is hurting the defense's ability to pick an impartial jury by not allowing them to ask jurors how they feel about the man's use of Internet sex sites.
WPRI Providence |
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Nvidia's Tegra fires up ultra-portable turf war
SAN FRANCISCO - Nvidia has announced a processor line-up it believes will power a new class of fast, small devices with long battery life that can surf the full internet, play high-end games and display high-definition video.
The New Zealand Herald |
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iTookThisOnMyPhone.com Featured at BlackBerry Curve Challenge Events in Boston, Minneapolis, Portland and San Francisco
CINCINNATI----iTookThisOnMyPhone.com, Inc., a leading mobile photo and video sharing technology company, is participating in the BlackBerry® Curve™ Challenge presented by Verizon Wireless.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Recent Original Stories
The extension of daylight-saving time by a month in the United States is causing enormous grief for some IT administrators running Microsoft software, as many of the software programs running on their users' systems need to be individually patched to reflect the change.
OS News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 3rd Jun 2006 16:18 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Recently, Ubuntu founder and Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth spoke with The 451 Group at length about Dapper, Ubuntu, and the trends and development of the open source and free software movements as they relate to enterprise information technology.
New Mobile Computing |
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Unsealed documents shed more light on Microsoft-Yahoo saga
SAN FRANCISCO - A Delaware judge has unsealed court documents containing new details about Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to ward off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited bid to...
Boston Herald |
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First Look: SpiderOak, secure online storage
Everyone knows that you need to back up your data in case your hard disk fails, but despite this, too many people fail to do it regularly. Even worse, most people donít realize that backing up your data wonít do you any good if you store your backups right next to your computer, and a fire or flood wipes out your entire house or office. A more reli...
MacNN |
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Adobe Releases Acrobat 9, Launches Acrobat.com
Adobe Systems pumped up its Acrobat product line with announcements Monday of its Acrobat.com online services and a new generation of PDFs that includes Flash.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Washington DC
Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ) will conduct a telephone conference call and simultaneous webcast on Tuesday, June 3 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the acquisition of DecisionLine Clinical Research Corporation that was announced on May 30 and to provide an update on second quarter progress.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Developers Reported Enthusiastic About Android Platform
Android, the open-source mobile platform spearheaded by Google, is gaining favor with developers and online media. At its Google I/O conference in San Francisco last week, Google showed off a variety of new Android tricks to the nearly 3,000 developers in attendance. According to news reports, the developers were favorably impressed, and media outlets are teeming with reports on the conference.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Microsoft Live Search Will be the Default on HP PCs
Microsoft Live Search will be the default on new Hewlett Packard consumer PCs shipped to customers in the U.S. and Canada.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Microsoft Strikes Search Deal With HP
HP will install a Microsoft Live Search toolbar on all its consumer PCs starting in January.
InformationWeek |
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Credit Suisse Launches Virtual Machine Software Company Software to result in more efficient server utilization and ...
CreditSuisse announced today that it is launching an independent company, DynamicOps LLC, to market a virtual machine management application that was developed in-house at the investment bank. DynamicOps is funded by Credit Suisse's NEXT II venture group and is located in Burlington, MA.
Finance Technology Network |
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C&D Technologies, Inc. Announces Date for First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call
In conjunction with C&D Technologies, Inc.'s first quarter earnings announcement, members of the public are invited to listen to the company's live conference call broadcast via the internet on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Gears of War Re-Release on June 24
Second disc collects previous map packs and other downloadable content.
1up.com |
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