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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 29th Oct 2006 06:00 UTC
"Microsoft's DirectX application programming interface (API) was first introduced in 1995. DirectX was designed to make life easier for software developers by providing a standard platform developers could use to easily make multimedia software and game programming for the Windows Platform."
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Oil-rich nations, emerging markets lift tech industry
TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Spending on information technology is set to rise despite a U.S.-led economic slowdown, as oil-rich regions, such as Russia and the Middle East spend their petrodollars on large-scale IT projects.
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U.S. regulators investigating Intel
Federal antitrust regulators have launched a major investigation of Intel Corp.'s business practices to determine whether they might have hurt consumers and competitor Advanced Micro Devices.
The News & Observer |
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Icahn tells Yahoo to sell for $48.7 bn
NEW YORK, USA: Carl Icahn on Friday told Yahoo Inc that it should offer to sell the company to Microsoft Corp for $34.375 per share, or about $48.7 billion, as the financier fired another volley in an acrimonious war of words.
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FTC opens formal probe of Intel
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Escalating the legal woes of the world's largest computer chip maker, the Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal probe into Intel Corp.'s sales tactics, a victory for rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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IAC to add 60 jobs in White Plains office
Plans to boost and maintain its portfolio of Web sites has IAC/Consumer Applications & Portals heading to job fairs and expanding its office in downtown White Plains.
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It’s Numero-luck that runs the industry
It was being predicted by the mathematicians that the virus Y2K would affect our computers with the dawn of the millennium year 2000.
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Cards select Navy's Harris
Naval Academy graduate Mitch Harris was drafted in the 13th round by the St. Louis Cardinals. Former Naval Academy pitcher Mitch Harris didn't want to spend the day worrying about the Major League Baseball Draft, sitting in front of a computer and fretting about what round he would be selected.
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Celtics makeover gives South End center the bounce it needs
It's been less than a week since R. Keith Houston found out that his South End community center had scored a major Celtics makeover. First the wood floors arrived, then the tables and the green cushy chairs. Computers, a mini basketball court, and giant Celtics murals followed. Finally, the players showed up.
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Business Glance
Computer processors FTC subpoenas take aim at Intel's near monopoly The Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation of Intel, the world's largest maker of computer microprocessors, for anti-competitive conduct,
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Record Labels Sue Spanish P2P Pioneer For $20M
elguillelmo writes "Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association, has sued MP2P Technologies and its founder, P2P pioneer Pablo Soto, for $20 million, citing unfair competition. Soto is behind the recently launched Omemo, an open source social media storage platform that allows users to share files anonymously, and the MP2P protocol, among other developments. Soto announced the ...
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Champs are making cuts at Timbersports
Conditions were far from ideal when Jason Wynyard hacked and chopped his way through six events during the first round of the STIHL Timbersports Series at Thanksgiving Point.
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Torrey Pines a public jewel high above the Pacific
SAN DIEGO - It might be the quintessential San Diego sporting experience, one that's as familiar to Lefty and Tiger as it is to the worst hacker who's ever set foot on the property. When golfers reach the par-3 third hole on the South Course at Torrey Pines, tony La Jolla is off to the left, the Pacific Ocean is straight ahead, and, more often than not, a hang glider is floating silently overhead.
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Around the Valley
Memorial Park reopens today EL MONTE - A grand reopening ceremony for the recently renovated Rio Vista Veterans Memorial Park will be held at 10 a.m. today at 4275 Ranger St.
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Court reduces charges in online sex sting
A West Des Moines man who arranged online to have sex with an undercover officer he thought was a 15-year-old Cedar Falls girl should have been convicted on a lesser charge, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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Recent Original Stories
The BumpTop structures files and programs as 3D cards with weight that you can shuffle around and move about the desktop. You can throw a bunch of similar cards on a pile to represent stuff you'll get to later, or stack them neatly to represent stuff you've already seen.
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US sales of computers carrying Microsoft's new operating system Vista soared in the week after it was launched
, defying the expectations of analysts who gave Vista lackluster reviews.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 18th Jan 2006 18:59 UTC
Corel is targeting disaffected Microsoft customers with discounted 'upgrade' offers for those who switch to the new WordPerfect Office X3 . Corel on Tuesday announced an updated version of WordPerfect Office, its rival to Microsoft's dominant Office suite.
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Intel Corp. faces FTC investigation
probe discounts and their impact on competition.
Cape Cod Times |
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Sci Fi Channel is game to join the virtual world
Can two alien cultures coexist in one writers room? Sci Fi is entering a brave new world by teaming television writers with video-game designers to create a franchise that is both a television series and a massive multiplayer game on the Internet -- more than that, the fans who play the game will actually help shape the show's story arc with their virtual exploits. "This is the Holy Grail for ...
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NOTIONS: This Father’s Day, leave some advice in writing
Father’s Day is Sunday. It also will be my dad’s 75th birthday. I’ve not decided what to give him. I do know what gift he’s giving us. Last year, my dad bought a laptop computer. One day, he sat down and began writing to his grandkids.
Indianapolis Business Journal |
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Icahn: Yahoo worth $34.5B
Hoping to negotiate a compromise, activist investor Carl Icahn urged Yahoo Inc. to declare it is willing to accept a takeover offer of $49.5 billion - about $2 billion above Microsoft Corp.'s last bid for the Internet pioneer.
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FTC subpoenas Intel, AMD files
Intel Corp. and its much smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have been subpoenaed by the Federal Trade Commission about possible anticompetitive behavior in the microprocessor market, the companies said Friday.
The Clarion-Ledger |
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State notebook: Pollock very sharp for Tigers
JOLIET – Throughout the IHSA baseball tournament, Crystal Lake Central coach Jeff Aldridge considered Ryan Pollock his team’s secret weapon.
McHenry County Sports |
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Interacting with bloggers called vital for business
The blogosphere. Social media. New media. Social networks. Chat. Online communities. The Web. The Internet.
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