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Starbucks Offering Free iTunes Downloads
Starbucks Corp. is offering free digital music and videos to drive foot traffic into its stores. The Seattle-based company said Tuesday that it is teaming up with Apple's iTunes to put "Pick of the Week" cards in each of more than 7,000 company-operated stores nationwide.
HispanicBusiness.com |
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IBM's Q1 earnings jump 26 pct, company increases outlook
BOSTON - Quarterly profits at IBM Corp. leaped 26 percent and blew past analysts' forecasts Wednesday, with U.S. operations showing surprising strength given the faltering economy. The technology company also increased its earnings forecast for the year.
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News Summary - 4/17
Comptroller Peter Franchot said Wednesday he is extending the deadline for electronic filing of state taxes for residents of nine Eastern Shore counties who had Internet and phone service problems Tuesday night.
The Daily Record |
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Are mice kosher?
On Web sites for children, in honor of the Passover vacation: Music, games, stories - and education, too. Tell me a story Kerpoof makes a big effort to get all the kids to be creative.
Haaretz Daily |
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Darwin's private papers get Internet launch
The first draft of Charles Darwin's "On The Origin Of Species" is among a wealth of papers belonging to the intensely private man who changed science being published on the Internet on Thursday for the first time.
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Just Your Average $42,000 Digital Piano (With Net Connection)
Disklavier?s Mark IV is the first piano with an Internet connection and includes a variety of tricks.
New York Times |
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Revenue fears over Google ad-clicks
Growth in one of Google's key money-making areas has slowed almost to a halt, calling into question its business model and the future direction of its business.
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Ofcom sets out agenda for next-generation broadband
Ofcom suggests nation's sewers, electric pipes and underground telecom ducts could be used to carry new broadband cables
Guardian Unlimited |
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Gmail afflicted with remote access problem
Google acknowledges a half-hour glitch with its e-mail service. Many users complained of problems accessing Gmail with their computer-based e-mail software.
CNET |
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Jack Schofield: XP is dead - so don't plan on avoiding Windows 7
Jack Schofield: Analysts suggest that, at some unspecified point after 2011, Windows could collapse under its own weight
Guardian Unlimited |
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Pirate Bay launches uncensored blogging site
BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay launches blogging service where writers won't be censored.
CNET |
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Mac OS X on a Samsung Q1 UMPC
Blogger Kevin Tofel is currently trying to demonstrate a proof of concept by installing Mac OS X on an ultramobile PC ñ in particular, the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium ñ noting that most of the operating system's features map correctly to the corresponding controls on the device. While still in a very experimental stage, the Mac OS was able to recogniz...
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Experts split on 'cyberterrorism' threat
International experts have called for greater cooperation to fight threats to computer networks but differ on the definition of cyberterrorism, with a top British security official describing it as a "myth".
Stuff |
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Can I buy a non-Apple computer running Leopard?
We find out more about the mysterious Miami company is now offering 'hackintoshes' online
Guardian Unlimited |
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Ask Jack
Email hell Unlocking an iPod Searching Windows
Guardian Unlimited |
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Letters and blogs
A question of privacy Erroll's on a roll A small point ... Elementary, dear Adobe Tin woes solder on
Guardian Unlimited |
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Dellums to receive honor for anti-apartheid efforts
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums is being awarded a prestigious South African government honor for leading the struggle in Congress for the economic sanctions that helped end South African apartheid.
The Fresno Bee |
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Update About FCC Hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices to Be Hosted by Stanford Law School's Center for ...
STANFORD, Calif.----The Federal Communications Commission has announced the names of panelists scheduled to testify at a public hearing hosted by Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society on broadband network management practices and Internet-related issues Thursday, April 17, 2008 starting at 12 noon .
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Vivendi Gets EU Nod On Activision Acquisition
The European Commission said Wednesday that it has approved the proposed acquisition of Santa Monica-based online game publisher Activision by Viviendi S.A. of France. According to the EU, the Commission has concluded that the proposed transaction would not significantly impeded effective competition in Europe. In approving the deal, the EU cited Electronic Arts, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft as ...
socalTech.com |
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Gmail afflicted with remote access problem
Google acknowledges a half-hour glitch with its e-mail service. Many users complained of problems accessing Gmail with their computer-based e-mail software.
CNET |
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Nochi Dankner eyeing Leumi's stake in HOT
The IDB group of holding companies, which already has holdings in the cellular and Internet sectors via Cellcom and NetVision, is apparently now aiming for a finger in every telecommunications pie.
Haaretz Daily |
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Video game sells 100 million copies worldwide
"The Sims" video and computer game has sold 100 million units since its launch in 2000.
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul |
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Microsoft Across America Van
CYBERCity on Court Street in Binghamton hosted the van, which usually sees between 200 and 600 people each week.
News Channel 34 Binghamton |
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Tech Tip
Jamie Hess from the Computer Emergency Room gives his tech tip for the week.
News Channel 34 Binghamton |
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ESC keynoters: Soon, all design will be embedded design
SAN JOSE, Calif. — With 2008 marking the 20th anniversary of the Embedded Systems Conference , ESC has become an industry "essential." The question is how its role might shift in the next 20 years as virtually all design becomes embedded design.
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