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YA-SNOOZE: CHANGES BARELY REGISTER
In a sign that deal fatigue is setting in among Yahoo! and Microsoft investors, three major developments in the saga emerged yesterday to little more than a shrug in their respective share prices. Activist investor Carl Icahn filed his proxy...
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Dell to launch multicolour-laptop line
Dell Inc., the world's second-largest maker of personal computers, will introduce a line of wedge-shaped laptops in 11 colours to win back market share from larger rival Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Farm-fresh produce one click away
SALISBURY -- In an effort to support local farming, the Maryland Department of Agriculture has released an Internet database that lists the locations and specialties of farmers markets and stores in the state.
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China Mobile says iPhone talks scale biggest hurdle
Hong Kong -- Talks to bring Apple Inc's iPhone to Chinese mainland have cleared their biggest hurdle and are now focusing on practical issues, the country's top mobile operator China Mobile Ltd said on Friday.
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Business newsmaker
News and information Web portal CANOE.CA has named four new executives to its Internet management team as it works to strengthen online content and services.
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GOOGLE STAFF GETS CONCIERGE
Google, long considered one of the best places to work - if you're the kind of employee that likes free hot lunches, and an on site spa - is getting perkier: The Internet giant is seeking to hire a "corporate concierge" for their workers. In the...
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Bio-sleuths track down the sources of outbreaks
At least 750 people in 32 states are sickened by contaminated tomatoes. A measles outbreak surfaces in San Diego County after a boy brings the virus home from a trip to Switzerland.
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Ham radio operators always at the ready
Most people today communicate with distant friends and family by telephone or through the Internet or e-mail, but members of the Worcester Emergency Communications Team swear by the airwaves.
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News Briefs
CHEROKEERescue squad to host fundraiserThe annual Cherokee Street Dance and Celebration will be Saturday evening downtown.Organizers said this year's musical entertainment will feature Zac Hacker. The entertainment begins at 7 p.m.
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Americans Conducted Nearly 7 Million Web Searches for the iPhone in April
Internet measurement firm, comScore has released a study on “iPhone”-related search terms based on data from their Marketer service, which showed that 1.3 million people conducted 6.9 million searches for iPhone-related terms in April 2008.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 15th Nov 2005 06:14 UTC, submitted by Anon_Poster
Windows and MSOffice are becoming a NASCAR car. Hysterical. This is a terrible, terrible idea. First off, companies will never allow it. The cost is in supporting the software, and you just _know_ recuiters will be running ads looking to hire talent away from an employer.
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Microsoft faces hard road ahead without Gates As he says goodbye, his company is struggling to find its way forward
Bill Gates is retiring, sort of. He is still only 52, and he is going off to spend more time guiding the world's richest philanthropy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Google doodle adds art to search engine
It all started when Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, way back in 1999 when Google was just the little company that could, decided to add a whimsical graphic of the Burning Man Festival to the Google logo on their Internet search engine's home page.
Nanaimo Daily News |
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Hamilton man facing jail over DVD piracy
A Hamilton man is facing jail and a $150 000 fine for suspected DVD piracy. Police raided a house in Enderly, and arrested the 28-year-old on Friday. Optical disc burning equipment, computers, and 300 DVD's believed to contain pirated movies have been seized. The man will appear in court next month.
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An ode to a top movie Web site
There are things that make modern life truly special: Tivo, Charles Barkley, SpongeBob SquarePants, etc.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Lynch on Gates: one man's verdict
Dr Mike Lynch founded Autonomy in 1996, a company which created search software designed to be used by big companies. His creation earned early investor, Sir Ronald Cohen a $1bn return on a $5m investment and by the time the company went public it was valued at $4bn.
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Police and Fire Report
ARMED ROBBERY: A Battle Creek City Cab driver was robbed of $20 by a man with a gun about 12:51 a.m. Tuesday, according to Battle Creek police. The driver, 58, said he had just dropped off two fares in the first block of Battle Creek Avenue when a man opened the door of the cab and pointed a gun and demanded money. He fled with $20.
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Synchronize directories with Komparator and KDiff3
If you work some of the time on your laptop and some of the time on your desktop box, making sure that your work is updated on both machines is a must. Many tools can help you accomplish this, from command-line tools such as scp and rsync to generic graphical applications like Konqueror or Krusader, to more specific tools like Unison. Komparator and KDiff3, a couple of KDE applications with ...
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Landmark decision expands web domains
New top-level domains approved by Icann Internet overlord ICANN has unanimously voted to begin the process of relaxing the rules for generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), in a move that means companies and other organisations eventually could run their own domains.
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Warning over dangerous Internet Explorer bug
IE6 users open to keystroke-logging hack An unpatched cross-site scripting bug in Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) could be used by hackers to capture keystrokes and steal other information, according to security researchers.
PC Advisor |
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Eee PC competitor to target emerging markets
Cloudbook maker Everex bought by Newmarket Everex, maker of the Cloudbook mini-laptop, has agreed to be acquired by systems integrator Newmarket Technology for an undisclosed sum.
PC Advisor |
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Besieged Yahoo to restructure once again
Yahoo on Thursday unveiled its second major overhaul in less than two years, as the beleaguered Internet company continued to battle a shareholder revolt led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Microsoft to buy phone software developer
MobiComp to help Microsoft's mobile credentials Microsoft has agreed to acquire mobile software developer MobiComp. The Portuguese company makes a range of software for portable devices, including a tool enabling users to post to websites such as Facebook from their mobile.
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Intel snubs Windows Vista
Chipmaker has "no compelling case" to upgrade Intel is refusing to adopt Windows Vista as its OS of choice across the company, according to reports.
PC Advisor |
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MoD implements new data security measures
New recommendations to prevent lost laptops The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has detailed how it intends to implement a number of recommendations made by the Information Assurance Advisory Council regarding its data security.
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