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Telstra’s Chinese acquisition to grow Sensis revenue
Telstra’s 55 percent acquisition of two Chinese Internet businesses will help it meet its ambitous revenue targets for its Sensis division.
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Joint music venture challenges Apple
RealNetworks and MTV Networks are looking to take a bite out of Apple's dominance in the music business with the launch of a new store that allows people to listen to full-length tracks before making a 99-cent purchase.
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IHG and Ishraq Steer Development of limited service hotels in Middle East
Leading on from the success of Express by Holiday Inn Dubai Internet City, the 171 room Holiday Inn Express Dubai Safa Park will cater to the growing demands for limited service hotels, offering competitive pricing, quality accommodation for both business and leisure travellers and the reassurance that an international brand brings.
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Reuters Technology Summary
Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod NEW YORK - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday. The songs will be sold in MP3 format, which means users of the Rhapsody service will be able to play them on iPods. ...
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Schools to get technology boost
Charles Pinckney Elementary School in Mount Pleasant has 41 interactive, computerized white boards, or Smartboards. Almost every classroom has one. James Island Middle, where more than half the students live in poverty, doesn't have a single Smartboard in the school.
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OptiCon (OPCN) Begins Demonstrations Of New Software To Fiber-Optic Providers
OptiCon Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company has begun demonstrations of their new R-3.8.0.0 software to key fiber-optic providers across the country. OptiCon's latest version will ensure compatibility with the latest oracle database products, Microsoft Operating Systems and the newest GIS technology from MapInfo
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Startup looks to make doctor visits a click away
Roy Schoenberg is betting patients will want to visit a doctor or specialist through Web teleconferencing without leaving home.
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Doodles And Picture Pins New Key To Online Security
Forget pins and passwords - the new secure way to access your data may be through a doodle.
SKY News |
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Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.
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Better Lifehacker Firefox Extension Enhances This Site and Its Siblings [Lifehacker Code]
Live on the East coast and want to see Lifehacker's post timestamps on Eastern time? Sick of having to check the "preview comment" box every time you write a comment? In the tradition of the Better...
Lifehacker |
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Device puts steering at the tip of the tongue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only the tip of the tongue, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Under Armour retail push ups competition with Nike
Under Armour Inc. isn't in the business of selling computers or produce, but the company is looking to Apple and Whole Foods as it opens new retail stores.
BizJournals |
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Lo-Jack For Laptops?
More than 600,000 laptops disappear in airports in the U.S. every year. Some may have your personal data. Dell has a solution to that problem.
InternetNews.com |
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MSI Wind Mini-desktop With Intel's Atom to Debut in July
MSI will start selling the Wind mini-desktop in Asia and Europe in July.
PC World via Yahoo! News |
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Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.
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Ridge offers room to roam, with Microsoft not far away
People who live in the 98053 ZIP code don’t wear their wealth on their sleeves.
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600 take summer classes online
City steps up lessons via computer to help freshmen recoup credits While hundreds of other city summer school students have been struggling to pay attention to teachers' lectures for the last two weeks, Shavounta Hudson will be able to stop and start her lessons with the click of a computer mouse come Monday as Chicago Public Schools expands online courses.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 23rd Sep 2007 13:42 UTC
Linux users want two things for their hardware: drivers; and easy access to those drivers. The first is finally happening; and now, thanks to a Dell Linux project called DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support), the other is on its way.
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Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. The Computers Off Australia (COA) campaign and labeling initiative was launched nationwide in Sydney today, with the aim of encouraging organisations and individuals to implement power management practices on their home and office computers to reduce the ...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th Dec 2007 07:49 UTC
PureMobile sent us in a 16GB iPod Touch for the purposes of this article. This is one of the few times an - essentially - mp3 player comes with a powerful operating system (other examples include the Linux-based Archos and Sandisk offers). Read on for more.
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Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP today
REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers today, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.
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Jerry Yang is out of choices and he wants Microsoft
After rebuffing Microsoft's advances, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has painted himself into a corner. But his best hope of escape now has little interest in helping him. Read More...
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Trying to pick up the pickup truck pieces
DEARBORN, Mich. — Every morning, just after getting coffee, Mark Fields fires up his laptop to pore over a computer model showing real-time U.S. auto sales figures. On this morning in the middle of May, the man who heads Ford Motor Co.’s Americas operations has seen enough. The line on a chart showing subcompact car sales for the first two weeks of the month goes almost straight up. The one ...
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Verizon Gets Rhapsody Subscriptions, DRM-Free Downloads [Verizon]
Verizon customers with certain VCAST phones have some new options for buying music, thanks to Rhapsody. First off, the $15 per month, all-the-songs-you-can-guzzle subscription service is offered on...
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Apple will continue to have rich harvest
Q. I'm considering the purchase of 200 shares of Dell computer or 25 shares of Apple, and I can't make a decision. I even thought about buying 12 shares of Apple and 100 shares of Dell and still can't make up my mind.
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