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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Oct 2006 21:13 UTC
"When eWEEK Labs looked at Internet Explorer 6.0 more than five years ago, we were so disappointed in the browser that we said the only reason to upgrade to it was because it was free.
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Telecom Asia Awards Winner: Grameen Phone
Adobe releases tools to improve Flash video search. This move will allow internet users to have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format, Adobe said...
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Telecom Asia Awards Winner: Grameen Phone
The Wi-Fi Alliance has introduced a program to certify voice handling on Wi-Fi networks, according to IDG.
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Fiber internet growth overtakes cable, says report
(Associated Press via NewsEdge) For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fiber-optic broadband service than for cable internet service, according to a British research firm.
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Microsoft buys web 3.0 search engine
Barely had the door closed on Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft HQ when the company announced it had bought Powerset, a privately owned outfit that is reputed to have developed an innovative suite of search tools.
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The park where hope grows
A bouquet of giant steel flowers, six or seven metres tall, has sprung up at one of Ottawa’s busiest intersections, punctuating the streetscape with cheerful flashes of fuchsia, mauve, purple, blue and red.
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Michael Dell buys US$100M in Dell stock in recent days, according to filing
DALLAS - Chief executive Michael Dell has bought about US$100 million worth of stock in Dell Inc., the shares of which rallied this spring, but are still near a five-year low.
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Portal: PKR adviser did not deny visiting condo
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has never denied going to the Desa Damansara condominium here where his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan claimed he was sodomised, Internet news portal Malaysiakini reported.
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Firefox download record official
The creators of Firefox 3.0 celebrate the news they have set a new world record for software downloads.
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Nvidia Plunges After Cutting Forecast on Growing Competition
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp. , the second-biggest maker of computer-graphics chips, plunged 20 percent in extended trading after cutting its second-quarter sales forecast because of a drop in demand and increased competition.
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Asus Eee desktop unveiled -- only with XP
Asus has announced the final specifications for the first Eee Box desktop version of its popular Eee PC subnotebook — and it will include Windows XP, which has now been given a reprieve on some desktops, as well as Eee PC-type notebooks.
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Ohio Law Enforcement Agency selects Bio-key's mobile reporting software
With this award officers on patrol will be able to complete incident and crash reports from laptops in their vehicles and transmit them wirelessly to headquarters, using Bio-key's MobileOffice mobile data solution.
Computer Business Review |
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Veteran jam band Widespread Panic part of the bill at inaugural Rothbury festival
DETROIT - Now this is the band you expect to see at a dusty, holiday weekend festival with a green tint: Widespread Panic, the long-running, long-touring group that carries a jam band torch for post-Grateful Dead generations. The band recently closed out the massive Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee with a 25-song set, which you can already purchase on their Web site. There you also could ...
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Nvidia Reports Problem With Laptop Chips
Nvidia said it will take a one-time charge to cover costs related to repair of defective GPUs used in notebooks.
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Learning Calendar
Computer clinic— 9:30 to 11 a.m. today, July 10 and 17; 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and July 16. Austin Free-Net teaches basics to beginning users. Arthur B. DeWitty Center, 2209 Rosewood Ave. Free. 236-8225, www.austinfree.net.
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Microsoft reportedly looking for help in bid for Yahoo's search business
Associated Press - July 2, 2008 8:25 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft reportedly hopes to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 22nd Nov 2006 18:16 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Novell and Microsoft recently entered into an agreement regarding software patents (really?) that betrays the rest of the Free Software community, including the very people who wrote Novell's own system, for Novell's sole financial beneift, according to Bruce Perens.
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Recent Original Stories
FreeBSD 6.2, one of the most popular versions of the free BSD Unix operating system, is out with new features and updates. It plugs holes and, in addition to the usual route of installing directly to a hard drive this time around, offers a LiveCD that can be used to rescue a broken system.
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Recent Original Stories
The OpenOffice.org team has released OpenOffice.org 2.0.4. This release is mainly a bugfix release. You can download it form the OpenOffice.org website , and if you want to know if your pet bug has been fixed, have fun digging through the changelog .
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Jun 2007 22:14 UTC
"If you visited the Plasma project's outdated Web site in past weeks, you might have gotten the impression that the team behind the project to revitalize the KDE desktop hasn't been up to much these past months.
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Recent Original Stories
A Microsoft-sponsored open-source project is expected on Friday to release a translator that will convert file formats between Microsoft Office and rival standard OpenDocument, or ODF. Microsoft started the project at SourceForge last year, relying on three partners to develop the code that lets a user open and save word processor documents in two different formats.
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Bangkok Post Horizons
Located on Wireless Road, the hotel is only a short distance from a string of embassies, shopping malls and the expressway. Both our room and the public areas were well maintained.
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Recent Original Stories
Just weeks after releasing Windows Vista Beta 1, Microsoft has shifted our paradigms again, unveiling a preview of beta 2 at the TechEd 2005 developer conference.
OS News |
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Telethra and ESPRE Solutions Partner to Make the Internet a Scalable and Secure Space for Next Generation Live Media ...
Telethra and ESPRE Solutions Partner to Make the Internet a Scalable and Secure Space for Next Generation Live Media Content Delivery and Collaboration
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BEACH GETAWAYS
The luxury resort on Phi Phi Island is offering a special package exclusively for residents of Thailand. Starting from 8,500 baht net per night for a Village Suite, the price is inclusive of breakfast for two persons and wireless Internet. It is available until October 31.
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