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Sector Snap: Internet stocks rise; Yahoo, WebMD up
Shares of Internet stocks mostly rose Wednesday, with Yahoo Inc. climbing after the company announced new deals with partners including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and CBS Corp.
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Sector Snap: Internet stocks rise; Yahoo, WebMD up
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of Internet stocks mostly rose Wednesday, with Yahoo Inc. climbing after the company announced new deals with partners including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and CBS Corp.
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Sector Snap: AMD leads advance in chip stocks
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. led semiconductor stocks higher Wednesday after the No. 2 microprocessor maker behind Intel Corp. introduced a new package of chips for laptops.
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Midday Leaders & Laggards: S&P 500
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. led the gainers on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index Wednesday after the semiconductor maker rolled out a new package of chips for laptops.
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Sun Also Rises on SSDs
Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA), EMC (NYSE: EMC), HDS and other storage vendors are all headed down the path to solid state disk ( SSD ) flash technologies, but unlike its competitors, Sun believes it's not enough to just swap out storage disks to gain the benefits of SSDs.
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A new way to protect computer networks from Internet worms
Scientists may have found a new way to combat the most dangerous form of computer virus. The method automatically detects within minutes when an Internet worm has infected a computer network. Network administrators can then isolate infected machines and hold them in quarantine for repairs.
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Conn's shares rise as 1Q profit beats expectations
(AP:BEAUMONT, Texas) Shares of Conn's Inc. rose on Wednesday, after the electronics and appliance retailer reported first-quarter results ahead of expectations, helped by strong sales of laptops and LCD TVs.
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ESET Secures Record-Breaking 50th Virus Bulletin Award for Security Excellence
SAN DIEGO----ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced it has captured a record 50th VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, a widely-respected independent comparative testing group.
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Google Gadgets for Linux appears
Until now, Gadgets--the mini applications that can be placed anywhere on the desktop--have only been available on Windows and Mac.
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Government Computer News
A security research firm has found multiple flaws in Web server software from Sun Microsystems that would collectively allow attackers to log on, gain root access, peruse and delete files, and execute malicious commands.
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New: Beacon's parent teams with Yahoo
The Sun-Times News Group, which includes the Beacon News, announced Wednesday it has joined with more than 700 newspapers to enhance its online advertising offerings and increase its sizable audiences through a strategic alliance with Yahoo! Inc.
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Toronto child porn arrest sparks GTA alert
Police have issued an alert in the wake of a Toronto man's arrest on child pornography charges. It is believed the man may have been in computer contact with girls under 16 in the Greater Toronto Area and Niagara Region, police said Tuesday.
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ATI XGP External Notebook Graphics Platform Announced
ATI XGP allows Puma platform notebooks to game like desktops...
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NASA and Google Announce New Research & Duopoly Center
Good thing Google's planning to build up to 1.2 million square feet of new office and R&D facilities over at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. After all, it's going to need it.
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Icahn To Yahoo's Board: Severance Plan A 'Doomsday Machine' Worthy Of James Bond
He promised it was coming in yesterday's interview with the Wall Street Journal , and now he's delivering. Carl Icahn has sent an open letter to the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) board, expressing 'amazement' at the lengths the company went to to thwart Microsoft's (NSDQ: MSFT) bid, specifically calling attention to (not surprisingly) the controversial severance plan. A full copy of the letter was filed ...
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Could Yahoo Be Icahn's Waterloo?
Carl Icahn's bid to change the corporate direction at Yahoo got an unexpected boost this week when a judge ordered court documents in a shareholder lawsuit unsealed. The revelations and accusations in those papers may help galvanize shareholders who feel Yahoo management simply doesn't want to merge with Microsoft, regardless of how much it might benefit stockholders. Not that Icahn needs much ...
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G-Tech G-Drive mini Triple (200GB, 7200rpm)
Unless you are using a Mac with a FireWire 800 port, G-Tech's G-Drive mini Triple portable hard drive holds little appeal.
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Windows XP Lives, Thanks to Linux
CWmike writes "Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols puts his thumb on what really happened to spur Microsoft's change of mind on sparing Windows XP: The smashing success of Asus and others' Linux-powered UMPCs and mini-notebooks caught Microsoft completely by surprise. It turned out people wanted inexpensive, hard-working Linux laptops rather than overpriced, underpowered Vista PCs. If anyone thought this ...
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Yidio.com Launches Online Video Search Engine
SAN DIEGO, BUSINESS WIRE -- With the launch of Yidio.com, searching for online videos has become much easier. Yidio.com combines over 200 million videos from every online video source around the world.
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Great Gift Ideas to Help Dads &
GRAPEVINE, Texas, BUSINESS WIRE -- GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer, revealed today the "GameStop Most Wanted," a wish list of video games and accessories that are perfect gifts for the Dad or Grad in your life.
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CBS Adds Yahoo as Content Distributor
CBS Interactive and Yahoo announced a deal that adds Yahoo as a distribution partner in the CBS Audience Network, a collection of Web video sites that carry CBS content.
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Apple Posts WWDC Session Planner for iCal
Apple has posted a version of its WWDC Session and Lab schedule that allows an attendee to select the desired item, tag it, and download the entire planning schedule to iCal
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WWDC Developer Event: OmniFocus Meetup
The Omni Group is hosting an after hours OmniFocus event for attendees at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference on Tuesday, June 10, at 6:30 PM pacific time. The event is for OmniFocus users and potential users interested in learning more about the task management and personal productivity application
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South Elgin man charged with sex assault of boy, 12
A South Elgin man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy he met on the Internet after he was arrested in a sting operation, Cook County sheriff's police said.
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CimQuest INGEAR Runtime-Free .NET Class Libraries Simplify Creation of Allen-Bradley PLC Interfaces
CimQuest INGEAR, a leading publisher of runtime-free software development solutions for industrial applications, has released its next generation of Visual Studio .NET class libraries for Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
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