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Leading article: Computer power
The last day in the office is an emotional time. But how much harder must it be if you founded the company yourself? And what if that company is one of the largest and most profitable in the world? That is how Bill Gates will be feeling today when he says goodbye to his full-time role at Microsoft.
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We're really on the subject of software installation issues on OSNews lately, and this story, making its rounds on the internet, fits in quite well. Back in the day, during the antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft, Microsoft had to make a whole slew of corporate email public.
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Business software reseller association, the Consulting Alliance, is on a recruitment drive to sign up members across the country. The group has appointed association manager, Roland Maynard, to help coordinate marketing activities and promote awareness of the group.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 19th Aug 2006 16:11 UTC
MSDN's Channel 9 has two videos in their 'Going Deep' series which dive, well, deeper into Singularity , the operating system in development at Microsoft's research department.
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Now that Java has a fully open sourced implementation in RedHat's IcedTea, Neil McAllister questions whether an open Java even matters : "Even as Java has stretched outward to embrace more concepts and technologies - adding APIs and language features as it goes - newer, more lightweight tools have appeared that do most of what Java aims to do.
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Recent Original Stories
We're really on the subject of software installation issues on OSNews lately, and this story, making its rounds on the internet, fits in quite well. Back in the day, during the antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft, Microsoft had to make a whole slew of corporate email public.
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GenCorp to Webcast Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Results
GenCorp Inc. announced today that its analyst conference call to discuss second quarter earnings results will be webcast live on the Internet at 2:00 p.m. Pacific on Monday, June 30, 2008.
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Loyalty is his number one strength. He still drives Ford cars because his father used to work for the company
Despite his role as chief executive at one of the most influential companies in the world, Steve Ballmer is relatively unknown outside the technology industry - having always been eclipsed in the public eye by one of his oldest friends, Bill Gates. But when Gates steps out of his Microsoft office for the last time today, leaving the company in the hands of his former college buddy, 52-year-old ...
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News sites should invest in journalism, says Lords report
The boom in online news sites does not mean the UK should relax its media ownership laws, according to an influential House of Lords report. It is even more important that the regulator, Ofcom, and the government should protect and promote quality journalism, it says. The Lords communications committee warns that the race to pursue advertising cash on the internet is damaging "news ...
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Internet Org Paves Way For Hundreds Of New Domains
The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old address system.
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Yahoo Shakes Up Management Amid Shareholder Unrest
Yahoo Inc. is setting up a new chain of command amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet icon's snub of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
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Judge Orders Facebook Rivals To Accept Settlement
Facebook Inc.'s long and embarrassing legal tussle with three men who accused founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their social networking concept may soon end, now that a judge has ordered the parties to accept the settlement they reached.
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Domain name shakeup may bring new net goldrush
For more than a decade the internet has been a world of dotcoms, dotnets and dotcodotuks. That could all change, however, with a new scheme to liberalise the way websites are named, creating a whole new generation of addresses such as .bank, .sport and .news. The group which oversees the way the internet is organised yesterday announced its plans to open up the so-called "top-level domain" ...
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News sites should invest in journalism, says Lords report
Boom in online news sites does not mean media ownership laws should be relaxed, says report
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Manny Pacquiao has no interest in trying on Pretty Boy's crown as pound-for-pound champion
LAS VEGAS - When Floyd Mayweather Jr. abruptly retired three weeks ago, he left a vacancy atop an imaginary list. From sports bars around the globe to the Internet's innumerable boxing crevices, fight fans love to argue about their hypothetical rankings of the world's best pound-for-pound boxers.
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Hypergeek turns hardcore cage fighter
Many people who have just completed a PhD in theoretical computer science might be content with settling down to a life working at a top IT firm or high academia.
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Internet org paves way for hundreds of new domains
(AP:NEW YORK) The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old address system.
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Monster.com is a big player in online job recruiting
By Johnny Green Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 7:18 p.m. Monster.com is a highly recognizable name on the internet. The company started in the late 1990's and has helped millions of people find jobs around the world. It also helped employers recruit potential workers.
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Elisa Bray: Caught in the Net
If you're not braving the tradition of rain and mud at Glastonbury this weekend, you can follow the festival excitement online from the comfort of your own home computer. Since 1997 the BBC has held the exclusive deal with the festival for live broadcasting, which means you won't be finding other sites offering coverage of live performances (though no doubt there will be thousands of clips on ...
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Microsoft rolls out XBLA DRM fix
Xbox 360 owners granted ability to transfer Live Arcade game licenses from old system to new.
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DNC: Bloggers Under the Big Tent
DENVER - When bloggers arrive to cover the Democratic National Convention this August 25-28 in Denver, they will have, for the first time, a central location to capture the nonstop action: The Big Tent, a new media center created by local organizations, national blogs, Digg, Google and YouTube.
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Rentfusion Offers Gefen HDMI v1.3 Solutions
DMN Newswire--2008-6-26--National computer and audiovisual rental company, Rentfusion, is utilizing select Gefen connectivity solutions for its customers exhibiting at events held throughout the United States.
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UN's ITU & Microsoft Plan Increased Collaboration
26 June 2008 - The head of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Chairman of Microsoft Bill Gates have discussed enhancing their collaboration on using information technology to spur development around the world.
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Internet UNMASKED!! regional roadshow 2008 begins
The Web Developers Association of New Zealand (WDANZ) begins its nationwide roadshow with events in Rotorua, Tauranga and Gisborne, the first week in July.
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Reports: Intel to skip Vista upgrade
In another blow to the maligned operating system, Intel plans to skip a wide-scale Vista deployment, according to two reports.
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