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Two interesting newsbits from the PPC world. Firstly, Genesi has announced that it will develop a dual 970MP (dual-core G5) server, named Open Server Workstation, following their Open Desktop Workstation . Secondly, Freescale has said that their dual-core G4 processors have been delayed until the second half of 2006.
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Constellation Software Inc. Acquires Solutions by Computer Inc.
Constellation Software Inc. announced today that it has completed the purchase of certain assets of Springfield, Massachusetts based Solutions by Computer Inc., a privately held corporation.
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Constellation Software Inc. Acquires Solutions by Computer Inc.
TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Constellation Software Inc. announced today that it has completed the purchase of certain assets of Springfield, Massachusetts based Solutions by Computer Inc. , a privately held corporation.
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Culp, Inc. to Broadcast 2008 Fiscal Fourth-Quarter Conference Call Live on the Internet
HIGH POINT, N.C.----Culp, Inc. today announced that it will provide an on-line, real-time webcast and rebroadcast of its fiscal 2008 fourth-quarter conference call on Thursday, June 19, 2008.
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Two Dozen Officers Disciplined For Computer Porn
Two dozen Metro Police officers have been reprimanded or demoted in connection with an investigation of inappropriate computer usage.
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Computer Models Show Major Climate Shift as a Result of Closing Ozone Hole
A new study led by Columbia University researchers has found that the closing of the ozone hole, which is projected to occur sometime in the second half of the 21st century, has significant implications for wind patterns in the Southern Hemisphere, and therefore, the global climate.
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GTA IV, Wii Lead Video Games To New Heights
The economy may be trending downward, but video-game software and hardware sales in the U.S. keep going up. Game sales are up 37 percent over the same time last year, according to the NPD Group, a leading market-research firm. Hardware sales are up 34 percent. Projected as High as $23 Billion On Thursday, NPD said video-game sales in May were about $1.1 billion, bringing total sales for ...
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Deja Vu! Yahoo Again Ends Talks with Microsoft
Yahoo and Microsoft once again announced Thursday that talks between the companies have ceased. According to Yahoo, discussions with Microsoft regarding an acquisition or a partial purchase have officially concluded. An end to the Microsoft-Yahoo discussions is familiar to tech-news watchers who have been monitoring the months-long drama. The latest round failed after several meetings and ...
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A tame reading in the core consumer price index boosted the dollar and pressured oil prices
A trio of tech titans were in focus ahead of the bell this morning, as investors reacted to news that Microsoft's (MSFT) bid to acquire Yahoo! (YHOO) was officially off the table...( Read More )
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Yahoo To Show Google Ads Alongside Search Results
On Thursday, Yahoo reached a deal with Google to advance the company's open strategy in the search and display marketplace. Yahoo will run Google-supplied ads alongside its own search results and on some of its Web properties in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement is non-exclusive, giving Yahoo the ability to display paid search results from Google, other third parties, and Yahoo's own Panama ...
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Microsoft offered $1 bln for Yahoo search
SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp offered Yahoo Inc $1 billion (513 million pounds) in cash to buy its search business in a deal that would have delivered $1 billion in additional annual operating income to Yahoo, a source familiar with Microsoft's thinking said on Friday.
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McClatchy, US Airways, Exxon, Yahoo among big movers on the stock market Friday
June 13, 2008 - 4:27 p.m. Shares rose, even after a Wachovia analyst cut his rating on the owner of The Sacramento Bee, along with the newspaper sector, and predicted a decline in advertising revenue.
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Yang Sums It Up, IPhone Goes 3G
Yahoo CEO and cofounder Jerry Yang probably spoke for more people than he could possibly imagine when he said, "clearly it is...
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US judge declares mistrial over his own sex website
A US judge declared a mistrial Friday in an obscenity case after it was revealed that he had posted sexually explicit material on the Internet.
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Politician Gravel, YouTube Star
By now, we've all heard about the ways political candidates have used the Web to raise money or connect with voters. But...
PC World |
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HTC phone has slide-out keyboard and TV output
— Jun. 04, 2008 — HTC has announced a Windows Mobile 6.1-based phone that features the company's signature "TouchFLO 3D" user interface.
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Axiomtek's AX12280 has a single SODIMM slot
The device uses Intel's 910GMLE northbridge and ICH6-M southbridge, and supports up to 1GB of 400/533MHz DDR2 memory. It is available with 600MHz or 1GHz Celeron processors with 512K second-level caches, or a 1GHz Celeron with no second-level cache.
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Microsoft offered $1 bln for Yahoo search
Fri 13 Jun, 2008 20:38
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Yang Sums It Up, IPhone Goes 3G
Yahoo CEO and cofounder Jerry Yang probably spoke for more people than he could possibly imagine when he said, "clearly it is...
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Google Doesn't Index All File Extensions
When it comes to file extensions, not all are created equal. If your URL ends a certain way, there's a good chance that page won't be crawled, says Google's head webspam fighter Matt Cutts. Cutts posts on his blog that Google will crawl/index any common file extension so long as it doesn't have a history of being generally useless. These include .html, .htm, .php, .asp, etc. But .exe? Not ...
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Closing Glance: Internet software, services stocks
(AP:NEW YORK) Most Internet software and services stocks gained Friday, but Yahoo Inc. shares declined after the company said that its takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. had ended and it instead announced an ad deal with rival Google Inc.
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Author makes donation to hospital
Submitted photo Roger Lee, center, an accomplished author and native West Virginian, recently returned to Mason County, where he began speech therapy. He recently made a donation to Pleasant Valley Hospital for a new aquatic therapy pool liner and a computer monitor.
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News.com Daily Podcast: Is it really the end of Yahoo-Microsoft?
Some analysts say the Yahoo-Google ad deal could push Microsoft into making a hostile bid.
CNET |
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Microsoft officially unhappy with Yahoo-Google deal
Nearly 24 hours after the deal is announced, the company finally goes on the record as saying it raises competitive issues.
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Rock Band gets Pixies’ Doolittle album June 24
Harmonix has announced that it will be offering its third full downloadable album, the magnificent “Doolittle” by the Pixies, on PS3 and Xbox 360 at the end of June. “Wave of Mutilation” will be omitted from the release as it is already available for the game, putting the 14 track package at a 1520 Microsoft Points [...]
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