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News from Alcoa (AA), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walter Industries (WLT), and Yahoo! (YHOO)
Today's headlines include a downgrade for Alcoa (AA), study results from Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walter Industries (WLT) prices an offering of common shares, and Yahoo! (YHOO) and Carl Icahn have different estimates of a severance plan...( Read More )
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Security hole exposes utilities to Internet attack
SAN FRANCISCO - Attackers could gain control of water treatment plants, natural gas pipelines and other critical utilities because of a vulnerability in the software that...
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Sprint and Rowe International Team to Provide Instant Music Selection Downloads to Jukeboxes Nationwide
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.----Enjoy hearing the latest songs on the jukebox at your favorite bar or restaurant? Rowe International, the number one manufacturer of commercial and home jukeboxes, and Sprint are making this happen through the use of Sprint Mobile Broadband, the nation's largest mobile broadband network.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Yahoo: Icahn's proxy fight could trigger severance plan he criticizes
Yahoo Inc. said the severance plan that has been blasted by investor Carl Icahn would be triggered if a proxy fight Icahn has waged is successful. (YHOO) (MSFT)
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Microsoft Sees OOXML Stalled Due to International Appeals
"The more you tighten your grip the more star systems will slip through your fingers"...
AnandTech |
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin invests in ticket to space
Sergey Brin has invested in a space tourism company and hopes to go into orbit himself within three years, US newspaper reports
Guardian Unlimited |
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Apple's MobileMe vs. Funambol's myFUNAMBOL: An open sync?
Apple's MobileMe looks like a pale shade of what it could have been. It might, for instance, have been free and open source like Funambol's myFUNAMBOL service.
CNET |
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Scram Spam!
Obviously one of the greatest tools of communication created by man is the Internet and email.
Walkerton Herald-Times |
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Western India's largest temple trust computerised
Type verification code in the box and submit. Mumbai: The country's second largest pilgrimage destination in western India - the Sant Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan in Shegaon - has successfully computerised its temple trust.
SiliconIndia |
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Google Lets Users Measure The Power Of Words
Number-crunchers can rejoice as Google offers deeper access to the underlying figures for users' Web searches, giving some insight into trends based on the relative popularity of various words.
InformationWeek |
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New Online Excellence Awards from Keynote Systems to Recognize the 'Best of the Best' on the Web
SAN MATEO, Calif.----Keynote Competitive Research, the industry analysis group of Keynote Systems , today announced The Keynote Online Excellence Program, an awards program designed to recognize the 'best of the best' on the Web.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Daily Hours Watching Video and TV to Match Sleep by 2013
With video entertainment choices expanding rapidly with the broader availability of web video and video-capable devices such as the iPhone, Americans are consuming more video content than ever according to the Multiplatform Video Report released today by Solutions Research Group.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Symantec Integration and Online Security
Symantec CTO sees a future in protecting and verifying identities online....
eWeek |
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Microsoft Blogs Supplement Patch Tuesday News
Microsoft may be the biggest blogger factory in the world and on some days they put out useful stuff....
eWeek |
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Hacker pleads guilty to attacking anti-phishing group
A Fairfield, California, hacker has pleaded guilty to launching a Valentine's Day 2007 computer attack that nearly knocked an anti-phishing Web site offline. Gregory King, 21, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to two counts of "transmitting code to cause damage to a protected computer," for launching distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks against the Castlecops ...
InfoWorld |
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Solar power promises Blackberrys that never need charging
James Murray, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 14:16:00 Could solar panels and long life batteries soon confine mobile phone chargers to history? Worrying about the battery in your mobile phone, iPod or Blackberry running out at an inconvenient moment could soon be a thing of the past, according to one of the...
vnunet.com |
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Woman admits using Frederick firm's charge cards for spree Posted 9:21 a.m.
FREDERICK - A former bookkeeper at a Frederick business has admitted using her employer's credit cards for more than $40,000 in purchases on the Internet auction site eBay.
Carroll County Online |
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Security Hole Exposes Utilities To Internet Attack
Researchers say a software security hole could allow attackers to cut power to cities or cause a nuclear power plant to malfunction by attacking the utility's remote computer controls.
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs |
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VoIPowering Your Office: Driving the Big Green trixbox, part 1
The fine folks at Fonality (I like saying that for the alliteration and spray effects) sent me a trixbox Pro server to test. This is a prefab hardware and software bundle, ready to plug in and go to work.
IT Management |
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Government Tries To Revive Web Porn Law Called Outdated
Federal lawyers are trying to convince a federal panel to revive a 10-year-law designed to keep children away from online pornography. It was previously banned for blocking too much legal speech.
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs |
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Reporter's Notebook: Miguel Contreras
This will be my last notebook regarding the Department of Homeland Security and its immigration and customs agencies. I am using the last Executive Order issued on June 9, 2008 by U.S. President George W. Bush regarding the immigration E-Verify system.
The Narco News Bulletin |
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Meredith Corp. Boosts Bandwidth With AT&T
AT&T Inc. has announced that Meredith Corporation , one of America's leading media and marketing companies, has signed a networking services contract with AT&T. The three-year agreement worth more than $3 million extends and expands a long-standing relationship.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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SIA Forecast: Semiconductor Sales on Record Pace Despite Slower Growth
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Healthy demand from key end-markets will keep worldwide semiconductor sales at record levels through 2011, the Semiconductor Industry Association said today. Continued strong competition in memory chips - principally DRAMs - will result in slower growth in 2008.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Raketu Debuts Mobile Social Networking Integrated With VoIP and Communications Services for BlackBerry Users
NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/11/08 -- Raketu, a leading global Internet communications , information, entertainment , and social networking company, today debuted its social networking integrated communications web application optimized for the BlackBerry® . The new web-based application allows BlackBerry (TM) users to participate and share with their friends, family and business ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Tractor Supply Selects Motorola to Provide a Nationwide Enterprise Wireless LAN to Enhance Mobility
SAN JOSE, Calif. ( Map ) - SAN JOSE, Calif. , June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT ) and PartnerSelect Business Partner Quest Solution and PartnerSelect Premier Independent Software Vendor (ISV) StepOne Systems, today announced that Tractor Supply, the largest retail farm and ranch chain in the United States , has deployed an end-to-end ...
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