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Yahoo: Microhoo Deal Talks Still Ongoing
Yahoo said on Wednesday that deal talks are ongoing with Microsoft as the company resisted an attack by billionaire critic Carl Icahn, who called its recent actions "deceitful."
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Trailer Hitch
Welcome to Trailer Hitch, BOP's look at the latest movie trailers to hit the Internet. This week: Rainn Wilson goes nuts in his first leading role, Alan Ball finally gets back in the Hollywood game and the Coen brothers keep the creative train rolling with a new dark comedy release.
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Megachurch Pastor Arrested On Online Solicitation Charges
A former pastor of a suburban Dallas megachurch faces six new charges of using the Internet to seek sex from minors. 52-year-old Joe Barron was being held today at the Brazos County Jail. Bail had not yet been set for the former pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano.
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A Microsoft coupon bonanza for Novell? Not really
Novell's Microsoft-related revenue is still significant, but comparatively speaking, it's in decline.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 15th Nov 2005 06:14 UTC, submitted by Anon_Poster
Occasional ads can be ignored. That's the whole reason that people can tolerate ad-supported dialers (they're not online all of the time). People don't have to use Office or even Windows all of the time.
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NRTC Offers Members Comprehensive Internet Security Services and Advanced Computer Support
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa & HERNDON, Va.----Today, the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative announced that it has signed a master reseller agreement with SecurityCoverage, Inc. to offer NRTC members managed, guaranteed computer services for residential and business Internet subscribers.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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AZ authorities watching online prescription drug rings
Prescription drugs have joined pornography and predators as internet dangers for kids. Pinal County Attorney James P. Walsh is among Arizona authorities keeping a watchful eye out for online prescription drug traffic.
KTAR 92.3 Phoenix |
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San Francisco
HARTFORD, Vt. ( Map ) - HARTFORD, Vt ., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Windsor County , Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site.
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Latest SonicPool Projects Include Film, TV, Commercial and Internet Projects
DMN Newswire--2008-6-5--SonicPool, one of Hollywood s leading post facilities, specializing in audio and video finishing, edit suite rentals, and full post-production services, has announced its latest film, TV, commercial and Internet projects.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Polish Fin Min: May Consider Fuel Tax Cut If More Price Rises
WARSAW -(Dow Jones)- The Polish government may consider reducing its excise tax on gasoline, but only if oil prices keep rising and if such a cut provides real relief to consumers, Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski said Thursday.
The Forex Market |
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Smaller, Cheaper Laptops Take Computex by Storm
Most of the new low-cost laptops, running on Linux or Windows XP operating systems, will be in stores this summer.
PC World |
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Polish Fin Min: Sees Fast Wage Increases As Main Econ Risk
WARSAW -(Dow Jones)- Poland's most important challenge as turmoil recedes on world financial markets is avoiding a wage-price spiral, Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski said Thursday.
The Forex Market |
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Online Seller Sent To Collections Over PayPal Dispute
A Northwest man says the online payment company PayPal ignored his complaints and then sent him to collections even though he had concrete proof that he shipped the promised merchandise to a buyer.
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma |
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GE Energy to market SNS-developed detector electronics system
GE Energy, manufacturer of Reuter Stokes radiation detection equipment, has signed a technology transfer agreement to market the electronics and software associated with the SNS 8Pack neutron detector system, an award-winning design for a system of sensitive neutron detectors developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The Oak Ridger |
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British company agrees to buy ProLogic for $50 million
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) - A British defense and security company is buying West Virginia computer networking and software developer ProLogic for $50 million.
WAVY 10 |
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Onrec.com 2008 - Online Recruitment Conference & Expo
Tamara J. Erickson, Author Tamara J. Erickson is Executive Vice President of nGenera, a McKinsey Award-winning author and widely respected expert on organizations and the changing workforce - on the shifting relationship between individuals and corporations - and on enhancing innovation and workforce productivity.
Online Recruitment |
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Dell Plans to Launch Inspiron Mini by August, MSI Plans Wind Follow-up
Dell and MSI talk of their upcoming mini-notes...
AnandTech |
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Google Gadgets open-sourced for Linux
Google has announced the availability of Desktop Gadgets support for Linux and has released the full source code. We tested it on Ubuntu 8.04 to see how well it works. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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Toshiba sees light for appliances in LEDs
Japan's Toshiba Corp. aims to more than triple sales at its lighting operations in 12 years by phasing out incandescent lights and switching to energy-saving LEDs as power costs and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions rise.
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Mini-ITX goes 2.0 with Nano CPUs and PCI-E
We haven’t been hearing too much about Mini-ITX lately as it’s smaller cousin, Pico-ITX, has taken the spotlight thanks to it’s ridiculously small size. Even so, Mini-ITX has never left the hearts of small form-factors builders because it allows for a system that is quite small, but also usable. The versatility and power that has [...]
Geek.com |
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California To Launch Online Drug Database
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has introduced a plan to create an online prescription drug database so that doctors and pharmacies can reduce prescription drug abuse. "Every year thousands of doctors try to check their patient's prescription history information but California's current database is difficult to access," Brown said. "If California puts this information online, with ...
WebProNews |
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Access FREE Verio BSD Tools:
"The pressure is up for Microsoft Office to cope with. Yesterday we wrote about the press release from IBM, which covered the latest swing at Microsoft Office and Exchange. Now comes this article which sheds some more light on these moves from Big Blue.
Linux Today |
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DataCert Earns Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program
HOUSTON----DataCert, Inc., the leading provider of legal and IP spend and matter management solutions, today announced it has won Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with competencies in business process and integration and custom development solutions.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Ofcom demands clarity on broadband speeds
Ofcom has launched a voluntary Code of Practice for ISPs in an effort to clear up the confusion surrounding broadband speeds. Almost all UK ISPs have signed up to the code , which is designed to give consumers a better understanding of the speeds they are likely to get and to ensure that they are on an appropriate broadband package.
Infomatics |
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Interview: Lem Lloyd, VP, Yahoo's Newspaper Consortium: Reticent On Results, But Wait For AMP
Despite a little hint from Staci about the need to start sharing some real results from the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium, Lem Lloyd, the Yahoo VP in charge, maintained the company's official reticence during an interview.
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