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Icahn Says Yahoo Should Offer to Sell for $34.375 a Share
June 6 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said Yahoo! Inc. should offer to sell itself to former suitor Microsoft Corp. for $34.375 a share.
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Blunt In Town To Sign Cyber-Bullying Law
(St. Charles) -- Missouri Governor Matt Blunt is approving legislation that would make harassment and stalking on the internet illegal. Blunt will sign Missouri Senate Bill 818 at the St. Charles County Library in O'Fallon this afternoon.
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Windows Embedded 'Quebec' due in 2010
Although it hasn't said much about its plans for a Vista-based successor to its Windows XP-based embedded operating system, Microsoft already is working on one. Microsoft released during the first week of June a new test build of its latest Windows XP-based embedded operating system, known as...
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Online textbooks a better, less expensive option for college
As we all know, going to college is an expensive proposition. Ever-rising tuition, room and board, nights out and, of course, a tear-jerking trip to the bookstore at the start off each quarter. It is not uncommon for a textbook to cost more than a hundred dollars.
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FCC chief's free broadband plan delayed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A plan by the nation's top telecommunications regulator to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service hit a snag this week over concerns about possible interference and a proposed censoring feature that upset free speech advocates.
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Neelam Dhawan back in HP
BANGALORE, INDIA: Microsoft India managing director Neelam Dhawan has joined HP as the MD. Dhawan, a veteran of over two decades in the IT industry, became the MD of Microsoft in 2005, taking over from Rajiv Kaul.
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Ultra-mini computers try to fill a niche
Computer makers are sensing a market opening for smaller laptops. A number have jumped in with what they are calling ultra-miniature PCs or mini-notebooks.
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Social Networks In The UK: Security Isn't A problem & The Future's Mobile
Anyone reading newspapers, or watching the TV news in the UK over the last couple of months could be forgiven for thinking that, along with computer games, social networks posed a bigger threat to personal security than anything this side of a full on recession. Headlines have concentrated on the supposed dangers involved in having a profile on Facebook, Bebo or any of the other major networks ...
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14:00 (BST), 06/06/2008 Fallout 3 Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media ...
– Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the Fallout® 3 Survival Edition for Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows.
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14:00 (BST), 06/06/2008 Players Only with Scott Steinberg Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS PORTLAND, OR (June 6, ...
PORTLAND, OR (June 6, 2008) – Technology supersite Digital Trends ( www.digitaltrends.com) today announced the availability of episode nine of Internet video show “Players Only with Scott Steinberg,” which considers why, despite retail domination by giants like Halo 3 and Gears of War, it’s independent games – small, quirky and low-budget productions – that are making the biggest strides ...
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No Nvidia chipset for Via ... yet
The expected launch of an Nvidia chipset for Via Technologies ' processor line didn't materialize at the Computex exhibition in Taipei. Instead, the two companies showed off the latest Via Mini-ITX motherboard, which is designed for the company's Nano processor and adds a PCI-Express slot that can be used for an add-in graphics card. A Nano-based system that included the board and an ...
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Holland America and Microsoft Introduce Digital Workshop Cruise
Their food might be iffy at times but finally a Microsoft Windows Cruise on Holland America is here. Guests on Holland America Line ships will be able to "show and tell" their vacation memories when the companies launch Holland ...
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Acer sees Linux as key to low-cost laptops
Acer, the world's third-largest PC maker, believes that Linux software is a key to the low-cost laptop computer movement and hopes to create a community around the devices, a top executive said. Several of the new low-cost laptops announced recently come either with Microsoft Windows XP or with a Linux OS, and other Linux programs. Acer, for example, developed One Page, a homepage for ...
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Disney Creates 3D Google Earth Map of Disney World
Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co.
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Smaller than a laptop, bigger than a phone
Computer makers are hoping to create a new consumer electronics niche with mini-notebooks
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Report: Disney To Merge Digital Media Units
An apparently leaked memo from Disney CEO Bob Iger suggests that the company is to merge its Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) and Disney Interactive Studios (DIS) into a single new unit called Disney Interactive Media Group. Digital media website paidContent.org has printed the contents of the leaked memo, which states that the new unit will be lead by current WDIG president Steve Wadsworth. ...
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AT&T Expands Wireless Network for Buffalo Customers
AT&T Inc. is supporting its continued commitment to Buffalo area customers with the largest wireless network investment in the region since 2005.
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Lenovo notebooks ranked No 1 in customer satisfaction
Type verification code in the box and submit. Bangalore: Lenovo has announced it has been recognized as the No 1 PC manufacturer in Technology Business Research's (TBR) '1Q2008 Notebook IT Buying Behavior and Customer Satisfaction Study.'
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Africa, the pasture-new for Indian IT trainers
Type verification code in the box and submit. Mumbai: Indian IT education companies have now started focusing on expanding their reach to Africa.
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Google Inc. to develop technology campus
Google Inc. said it would construct a 1.2 million square foot campus for technology research at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.Google will lease 42.2 undeveloped acres of the NASA facility for $3.66 million per year in an agreement that could extend to 90 years, a company statement said.The agreement includes the possibility that the rent could rise in the future, Google ...
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Google secures 40-year lease with NASA
Google has managed to secure a 40-year lease for 42.2 acres of land at the NASA Research Park at Ames. The search giant plans to build a 1.2 million square-foot office complex to house thousands of new staff there. David Radcliffe, vice president of real estate and workplace services at Google said: This long-term lease agreement [...]
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Hardware Architecture Generating Highly Realistic Images to Be Offered for Sale at Ocean Tomo Live IP Auction in ...
Saarland University and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft today announced that LOT 17b, comprised of patent US 7,289,118 relating to a HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR REAL-TIME RAY-TRACING, will be offered at The Ocean Tomo 2008 Live IP Auction at The NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam on 26th June.
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CCID Consulting: Sales Revenue of Switches Reaches 2.18 Billion Yuan
BEIJING , June 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), recently released an article on China's switches market in 2008Q1.
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2K Sports Announces Superstar Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics as Cover Athlete for NBA(R) 2K9
2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that 11-time NBA All-Star and 2008 Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics will be featured as the cover athlete and spokesman for this year's most highly anticipated basketball video game, NBA 2K9. After leading the Boston Celtics to the greatest single-season ...
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Aviva USA First to Launch Presence in Second Life Aimed at Life Insurance and Annuity Agents
Aviva USA, part of Aviva plc, the fifth-largest insurance group in the world, today invited its current and prospective agents to visit the company's private island in Internet-based virtual world Second Life. Aviva is the first life insurer to develop an island as a venue for agent recruitment, education and training. The company is evaluating how it might also use its presence in Second Life ...
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