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Michael Dell buys $100 million in stock
Chief Executive Michael Dell has bought about $100 million worth of Dell Incorporated in recent days.
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Canadian Contact Center Outsourcer Boosts First Call Resolution Rate with Altitude Software IP Solution
Optima Communications International Inc., a Canadian contact center outsourcer specialized in customer relationship optimization, has experienced a strong increase in its First Contact Resolution (FCR) rate, after deploying the Altitude Software’s IP Contact Center suite at its locations.
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Caroline Kennedy: The reluctant operative
The question bounced around the Internet and tumbled from the lips of Washington insiders: Why would Barack Obama choose Caroline Kennedy, a reluctant public figure with little affection for modern politics, to vet the next Democratic vice presidential candidate?
Muzi |
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Wi-Fi hot spots coming
The Ohio River levee and Marietta Aquatic Center could become Wi-Fi hot spots in a few months if City Council approves funding requested by information services director Scott Steinel on Wednesday.
The Marietta Times |
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Computer-Like Mechanism Identified That Drives Neuron Expression For Taste And Smell
Thanks to salt and hot chili peppers, researchers have found a calculus-computing center that tells a roundworm to go forward toward dinner or turn to broaden the search. It's a computational mechanism, they say, that is similar to what drives hungry college students to a pizza.
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Skillweb helps NFT Logistics keep track of consignments
Based on 2020ePOD software, Skillweb's service enables the customers of NFT Logistics to track their films. NFT Logistics can track its films-transporting vehicles at various stages from the receipt of the films through the cross-shipping network and then on to cinemas.
Computer Business Review |
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Potential New Drug Candidates To Combat 'Bird Flu' Identified By UC San Diego Researchers
As the specter of a worldwide outbreak of avian or "bird flu" lingers, health officials recognize that new drugs are desperately needed since some strains of the virus already have developed resistance to the current roster of anti-flu remedies.
Medical News Today |
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Zoran's APPROACH(R) 5C Multimedia Processor Powers LG's Secret Black Label Phone With High Quality Image Capture
Zoran Corporation announces that its APPROACH® 5C multimedia processor powers LG's Secret, the newest and third handset of the Black Label Series, 5 megapixel camera phone.
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THE AUTHORITY ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND LOSS PREVENTION
ADD OH ISSUE HEADLINES ON YOUR DESKTOP! You can now add HLR headlines to or or any other RSS reader by using our feed. Also receive a custom newsletter on just the industry you are interested in.
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.Mac Bookmark Sync Deadline Extended to July 6
Apple has extended the deadline for .Mac subscribers to synchronize their Bookmarks to July 6, giving users a few extra days to make sure they don't lose any Web page links they marked with the .Mac Bookmarks feature. Apple will be disabling .Mac Bookmarks as part of the transition into the new MobileMe service
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Recent Original Stories
"The 17" iMac has almost everything a silencer could want. It's quiet, efficient, good value, and can even run Windows. the iMac is a computer for the connoisseur, just as Apple intended.
New Mobile Computing |
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Service back on in west Oak Ridge
AT&T completed repairs on a cable that was cut Tuesday and all telephone and Internet services to customers in west Oak Ridge were restored by Wednesday morning.
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Recent Original Stories
Sun Microsystems is the latest company to become a patron of the Free Software Foundation . The FSF's corporate patron program allows companies to provide financial sponsorship for the FSF in return for free license consulting services.
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Recent Original Stories
Apple's switch to Intel could lead to a merger that spawns a big power player in the personal computer, home media, and entertainment industries.
OS News |
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Health alert as NHS Lothian loses patient records
Private records containing medical histories of 137 patients have been lost by a health service worker, the NHS said today. Copies of letters sent to Edinburgh GPs by NHS Lothian over two years were stored on a computer memory stick in breach of data protection rules.
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IBM unveils Cognos Business Intelligence Software
Type verification code in the box and submit. Bangalore: Cognos, an IBM company, and a player in business intelligence and performance management solutions, has unveiled IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence software, for the first time, for Linux on System z.
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Microsoft after Gates
After 33 years spent building Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) into the most recognizable name in computing — and his own personal fortune into the world’s biggest — Bill Gates relinquished the company’s helm last week.
Canadian Business |
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Schools take recycling to heart
The Hingham public schools are practicing sustainability in an entirely different way from how they were even two years ago.
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Check Point Software to Announce Second Quarter Financial Results on July 22, 2008
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.----Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. , the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that it will release its second quarter financial results for the period ending June 30, 2008, on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, before the U.S. financial markets open.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Michael Dell buys $100 million in stock
DALLAS -- Chief Executive Michael Dell has bought about $100 million worth of Dell Incorporated in recent days. Those shares are still near a five-year low after having rallied this spring.
News 8 Austin |
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Microsoft Office Subscription Service launched
Microsoft Equipt, a comprehensive security and productivity software subscription service for consumers, has been launched by Microsoft.
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Optus reveals iPhone 3G price plans
Australian mobile carrier Optus on Thursday announced an extensive range of price plans for the iPhone 3G, in preparation for its July 11th launch. Pre-pay deals see the 8GB iPhone 3G marked at $729, and the 16GB model at $849; unlike most countries, there is also an option to fully unlock the device for use on other networks, for an additional $80...
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L.A. Times outlines 'painful' cuts
17% of newsroom staff to leave by Labor Day The Los Angeles Times plans to cut approximately 150 positions—or about 17 percent—from its print and Internet newsroom staff and reduce the number of pages it publishes each week by 15 percent, Times Publisher David Hiller and Editor Russ Stanton informed staff Wednesday.
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Your personal ad photo -- don't do this
As any savvy online dater knows, you can spend hours crafting the perfect combination of wit, sophistication, and charm, but all your pretty words won't mean squat if your photo reeks.
CNN.com |
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IBM digs mainframe 'black hole'
Martin Courtney, Computing , Thursday 3 July 2008 at 13:48:00 Acquisition of rival PSI may lead to complete market domination IBM has acquired rival mainframe vendor Platform Solutions Inc (PSI) for an undisclosed sum. Both companies have agreed to drop outstanding legal disputes over intellectual property (IP) rights against each...
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