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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Jan 2008 11:59 UTC
"Windows Vista didn't make a smooth market entrance; in fact, nearly every aspect of the operating system has been attacked since its release on January 30, 2007. Multiple SKUs allegedly confused customers, anti-DRM groups disliked Vista's Protected Video Path and its overall DRM friendliness, and Microsoft's definition of 'Vista Capable' got the company sued.
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Poll: Public cool to Michelle, doesn't know Cindy
The public hasn't taken to Michelle Obama yet, especially whites. And it's got a question about Cindy McCain: Who is she? People are divided over whether they like the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, with 30 percent seeing her favorably and 35 percent unfavorably, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released Wednesday. They tilt positively toward the ...
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Internet: Investigators ramp up inquiry into Yahoo's ad link with Google
Officials suspect monopoly for companies which between them account for three in four online searches
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One in five children have bullied someone online
Playground bullies are moving online, with one in five children admitting they have tormented someone in cyberspace, a survey has found.
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Multi-millionaire Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia gets married [Caption Contest]
Sabeer Bhatia, the Hotmail founder who gleaned a cool $400 million in the email startup's sale to Microsoft, got married this year to the gorgeous Tanya Sharma, heiress to the Baidyanath Group... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Xandros to swallow Linspire
The company that once raised Microsoft's ire with its Linux-based Lindows operating system is being purchased by another of the smaller Linux players.
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Microsoft seeks allies for fresh Yahoo bid
The company also reportedly has met with Carl Icahn in recent days, urging the billionaire to keep pressing his proxy fight in an effort to motivate Yahoo's board.
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Thorold opts out of agreement for wireless service
Thorold’s Confederation Heights will be wired once again. The Standard learned Wednesday that city council decided during an in-camera meeting last week to pull the plug on a one-year pilot project with ReliaClear Canada Inc. to provide free wireless broadband Internet service to the neighbourhood. Mayor Henry D’Angela [...]
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Average Issue Readership General Public PARC Media Index 1997, Saudi Arabia
With technology opening the new doors of communication and the distribution of news and information, ArabNews Online is not bound by physical limitations. ArabNews Online is published by ArabNews from its offices located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is now available to readers around the globe.
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Microsoft-Yahoo On Again, Again?
Microsoft Corp is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal that would effectively lead to Yahoo's breakup, the Wall Street Journal said.
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Microsoft seeks partner to break up Yahoo!
Microsoft has spoken to a number of rival media organisations about forming a coalition to break up web search engine Yahoo! since withdrawing its partial offer for the firm three weeks ago.
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Newsletter Subscription
Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. Within weeks after its introduction , a security researcher has cracked the Tip2Pay fingerprint payment system for Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn.
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Google to Filter Child Porn on Orkut
Internet search company Google signed an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors on Wednesday to help combat child pornography on its social networking site Orkut, an accord that the company believes is the first of its kind internationally.
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Express your ‘Zelf’
If you're looking for fun this summer, try ZooKazoo (www.zookazoo.com). This online adventure destination just launched in April. It encourages social
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Divorce court hears how Christie Brinkley's husband was 'hooked on internet porn'
Christie Brinkley's husband spent almost £2,000 a month on internet porn sites using their 13-year-old son's identity, a court heard yesterday.
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Unlicensed Computer Repair Businesses Cited
The Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair says it cited more than two dozen unlicensed computer and appliance repair businesses in the Sacramento area during a sting.
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".7z roms?"
I just downloaded a couple mega drive roms and they're all in some '.7z' format and my emulator (Generator osx) won't play them.. Anyone know a Mega drive emulator for os x that will play them?
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Bootcamp 531 - Tweaking the Eee PC
Keep abreast of the latest issues in computer technology with Rick Maybury.
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Recent Original Stories
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 28th Oct 2006 17:28 UTC, submitted by Tyr. "Leading PC manufacturer Acer has accused Microsoft of ratcheting up the cost of Windows by effectively forcing consumers to opt for the Premium version of Vista.
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Recent Original Stories
"This is extraordinary news for all nerds, computer scientists and the Open Source community: the source code of the MULTICS operating system (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service), the father of UNIX and all modern OSes, has finally been opened [get it here ]. Multics was an extremely influential early time-sharing operating system started in 1964 and introduced a large number of new ...
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Recent Original Stories
"With the release of Windows Vista, using your PC to watch and record TV has become a whole lot easier. Now, for the first time, Windows Media Center comes bundled with Home Premium and Ultimate versions of the standard Desktop operating system.
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Recent Original Stories
Complaining about Windows Vista is a national past time on Internet forums these days. Windows Vista 'costs too much', 'has onerous product activation', 'requires too much hardware', etc. These complaints are often followed up by a very simple boast: 'I'm just going to switch to Linux'.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Jun 2006 19:56 UTC
As was to be expected, a flurry of reviews of Ubuntu Dapper Drake, released yesterday. LinuxForums reviews Ubuntu and Edubuntu/Kubuntu , while ReviewLinux sticks to just plain Ubuntu : "Dapper Drake is a huge step forward since Breezy Badger. I was impressed in many ways.
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Victory predicted for Microsoft's Hyper-V
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Wednesday 2 July 2008 at 23:51:00 Microsoft poised oust VMWare, says analyst Microsoft will see its Hyper-V virtualization system overtake market leader VMware, according to one industry analyst. Joe Clabby, president of Clabby Analytics, said in a recent report that Hyper-V holds...
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