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EC commissioner criticises Microsoft 'closed shop'
Open standards are the future The European Commission's Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, has given her strongest statement to date in favour of software based on open standards, in a speech that took Microsoft to task over its competition practices.
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Recent Original Stories
This article reviews the Debian Linux-based Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. The basics of the internet tablet are covered as well as the new features available after the latest July firmware updates. Most notable new features would be a full fledged Skype client and SDHC support.
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Groups ask court to review laptop searches
US border agents should not be able to search travelers' laptops without a reasonable suspicion of illegal activity, despite a court ruling allowing such searches, two groups said.
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Enterprise 2.0: my $0.02
Enterprise 2.0 is over for another year and despite a poor start, the event turned out well. I attribute the poor start to the performance of Oracle and Microsoft: two of Jevon MacDonald's 'drag queens.' Both seemed tired, dated and out of touch with the mood of the new generation...
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Avanade releases fund management report publishing system
Avanade, a global IT consultancy, has launched a Fund Management Report Publishing solution to reduce the time investment managers need to spend on ...
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Yahoo seeks Google's aid after Microsoft talks die
SAN FRANCISCO---- Yahoo Inc. became Microsoft Corp.'s takeover prey largely because Google Inc. established such a commanding lead in the Internet's lucrative search advertising market.
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Iranian Simulation
Why do I think they'd get more flight training out of a $40.00 computer game? I may be a simple ground pounder but even I appreciate what kind of training goes into Air Force pilots.
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Premier IT group to host state-level quiz competition
Agartala, Jun 13: In order to promote modern academic activities beyond the prescribed syllabus among students in Tripura, the Northeast's premier IT group has organised its third All Tripura Mega Quiz on June 15 here.
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Sharp Puts Its 108-inch LCD on Sale
The world's largest LCD monitor can now be yours. Sharp has launched sales of its 108-inch LCD monitor for 11 million yen...
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Oil prices, Yahoo impact trading
NEW YORK Wall Street gave up a big early advance as the price of oil rose Thursday, with stocks closing moderately higher but also demonstrating how anxious investors are about inflation and the overall health of the economy. Bond prices fell sharply and yields shot higher in response to an upbeat retail sales report.
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Talent approves wireless Internet tower despite residents' complaints
TALENT — Planning commissioners approved installation of an 80-foot tall wireless internet microwave tower at the city's public works site Thursday despite opposition voiced in an earlier public hearing, written comments and a print media campaign.
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Cisco to buy Denmark-based IPTV software firm
MANILA, Philippines -- Cisco Systems has announced its pending acquisition of Divitech A/S in another move to strengthen its video-on-demand strategy.
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Yahoo `Damaged Goods' After Yang Fails to Revive Microsoft Deal
June 13 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang 's five-month conflict with Microsoft Corp. ended yesterday. The outcome may not be good for him or the Internet company's investors.
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Battle of the social networking redesigns - new look MySpace landing next week
Facebook's planned facelift has left poor old MySpace feeling a little bit glum, so it is treating itself to a spot of internet botox and collagen injections in order to widen its reach and win back traffic.
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New Active Directory tool on its way
Imanami releases merged version of existing tools. Group-management vendor Imanami has launched GroupID 5, a tool for managing distribution and security for groups in Windows, and said the software would be released later this year.
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Judge calls for own porn inquiry
LOS ANGELES — The criminal prosecution of a hard-core pornographer turned into a personal trial for the presiding judge, who called for an investigation Thursday into his own conduct for storing lewd photos and videos on a publicly accessible Web site.
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Symantec affirms first-quarter sales, profit forecast
Symantec, the world's biggest maker of security software, reaffirmed forecasts for first-quarter sales and profit as the company invests in faster-growing markets and technologies.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Palm to sell Centro, iPhone's Rival, through Verizon
Palm will sell its Centro e-mail phone through Verizon Wireless, the second-largest U.S. mobile carrier, stepping up its challenge to Apple's iPhone.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Microsoft drops plans to take over Yahoo
Yahoo announced late yesterday that it will display some advertisements sold by rival Google in a deal estimated to generate $800 million in annual revenue.
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Foreclosure Activity Increases 7 Percent in May According to RealtyTrac(R) U.S. Foreclosure Market Report
RealtyTrac® , the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its May 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows foreclosure filings -- default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions -- were reported on 261,255 properties during the month, a 7 percent increase from the previous month and a 48 percent increase from May 2007.
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Obama Web site tries to dispel rumors
WASHINGTON — Heard the one about how Sen. Barack Obama won't pledge allegiance to the flag? Now people can watch him do it — loud and clear, on tape, with his hand over his heart.
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Microsoft man takes a pop at PSP News by
Microsoft hardware boss Robbie Bach has had a bit of a go at the PSP, criticising the device for trying to do too many things at once. "The PSP is a reasonably successful product at the profit-and-loss level.
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'Rebel' judge lands in flap over Web site
In early December, Alex Kozinski, rumpled as always, leaned back in a leather chair in his San Francisco office, pausing to consider what he most wanted to accomplish as the new chief judge of the nation's largest federal appeals court.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th May 2008 09:02 UTC
Back in November of 2006, I wrote a piece about the One Laptop Per Child Project. I was afraid that the project's focus on creating a whole new paradigm (the Sugar UI) would ultimately intervene with the actual goal of the project: teaching stuff to kids.
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Yahoo, Google reach deal after Microsoft talks end
Yahoo! Inc. agreed Thursday to let Google Inc. sell some of the advertisements it runs alongside Internet searches, seeking to shore up sales after ending talks about a combination with Microsoft Corp.
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