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Microsoft: Machiavellian or Muddled?
Microsoft is either cunningly devious or deeply confused. Those are the only conclusions I can come to after reading the muddled statement that Microsoft put out this morning in response to Carl Icahn’s latest letter to Yahoo shareholders.
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Game maker to release licensed Facebook Scrabble
Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday that this month it will release an authorized Scrabble application that Facebook members can plug into their profile pages in an attempt to combat Scrabulous, an unauthorized version of the word game that has flourished on the site.
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EA Launches Free Online Scrabble
Hasbro has teamed up with EA to bring its classic boardgame to the online landscape through EA's casual portal, Pogo.com. Best of all, it's free . Facebook users will also be happy that a Facebook application will be coming later this month, though the fate of Facebook's current Scrabble-clone, Scrabulous, is unknown. Futhermore, EA says it's not done yet; expect to see more Hasbro-licensed ...
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Eds: UPDATES with additional background, quotes. ADDS Internet note. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Like many families, the state's school districts are feeling pinched by rising food prices, and it's pressuring them to increase what they charge students for lunches.
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Microsoft Backs Play To Dump Yahoo Board
Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 1st Jul 2008 19:06
David Finkelstein, VP of Sales & Marketing of Xandros , was very kind answering some of our questions about their upcoming product, Xandros Desktop 2.0. Dive in to read our quick chat and get more info directly from Xandros.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 17th Sep 2006 21:22 UTC
"Some buyers of Apple's new MacBook notebook are hopping mad about random restarts and heat problems that don't fit with Apple's image. Still, Dell might be happy to have Apple's current problem and a bit of its banked reputation.
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This is release 0.3.1 of ReactOS , an open source effort to develop an operating system that is compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003). Mainly, the work focused on rewriting certain parts of the ReactOS Core (kernel, HAL, bootloader, etc).
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CSC markets Alert to the NHS
Computer Sciences Corporation has stepped up its marketing of a Portuguese electronic patient record (EPR) system called Alert to NHS trusts in the North Midlands and East of England.
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posted by Adam S on Tue 6th Aug 2002 03:52 UTC
Just a few weeks after the beta release of the next version of their Linux based OS, Red Hat has released 7.3.93 of their software, once again, code-named Limbo.
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APCMag sums up the information we already have on Windows 7 . "We're still in the long dark before 7's dawn, but the earliest signs are encouraging: a new streamlined kernel, an inbuilt VM for running old software, a revised and simplified UI... There's every chance that Microsoft intends Windows 7 to rise from the ashes of Vista and be what Mac OS X was for Apple."
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Microsoft backs Icahn's bid to oust Yahoo board
Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company.
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Google Lets You Monitor Access To Your Gmail Account
Gmail has introduced a new privacy feature that will let users see how many computers their account is open on, and also allows them to sign-out remotely. Basic information is displayed as part of the page’s standard footer, and users looking for more detailed information can view a log that displays the most recent [...]
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Be all that you can be -- on the Internet [America, Fuck Yeah]
The U.S. Army does indeed get 70 percent of its recruiting leads online now. But not necessarily because aspiring soldiers watched one of the Army's videos produced by ad agency MRM. Still, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Napkin shows New York ubergeek Jakob Lodwick encouraged IAC employee to two-time Barry Diller [Confirmed]
Once an oversharer, always an oversharer — no matter what it costs, personally or financially. When IAC fired Jakob Lodwick — the Internet's own Howard Roark — from Web video site Vimeo, IAC agreed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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UK’s most spammed person bombarded with 44001 emails a day
Spam emails are the scourge of any Internet user, but chances are your email inbox isn’t bombarded with nearly as many emails as one British man. Colin Wells, a workshop foreman, has been named England’s most spammed person by anti-spam provider ClearMyMail. Wells receives 44001 spam emails a day and that works out to about 16 million messages a year, but thankfully, he doesn’t have to worry ...
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Computers Rule, but Workers Needed Who Can Deal with Them
DECATUR -- Computers rule the workplace. Yet numbers have fallen off of students pursuing a career in information technology, and as a result, businesses are noticing a shortage of skilled workers in the field, according to a recent article in USA Today.
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Ex-WSJ editor takes reigns at Washington Post
Brauchli, who is 47, is to succeed Leonard Downie Jr., who has led the Post for 17 years and will retire Sept. 8 at the age of 66. Brauchli will be in charge of both the Post's print and online editions.
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Back Up Your Windows Mobile Phone For Free With PIM Backup [Software]
Backing up your phone may not be as important as backing up your computer, but one day will come when you leave your cell in a cab and you'll be really happy you've got all your info somewhere else...
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Microsoft Plans To Ship Service Pack 3 Of Windows XP Soon
Microsoft is apparently trying to prevent problems similar to the ones that followed the release of the software to the general public in May.
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BlackBerry Thunder's new OS pictured? Maybe not.
Filed under: Cellphones If the old saying that you can't believe everything you read holds true, then it must be doubly so for images you see on the internet. Such is possibly the case in the latest batch of leaked pictures doing the rounds on the old information superhighway. Lately (i.e. today) shots of RIM's new touchscreen phone -- the Thunder -- have surfaced showing off what's ...
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Facebook's scrabble players can go legit
NEW YORK - As Facebook has blossomed into a hot internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends - or at least, an Indian-created unauthorised version of the word game that Scrabble's owners have tried to shut down.
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Facebook furore as Palace youngster reveals his plan to millions
Some transfers come to light only when a footballer is spotted relaxing on the yacht of a rival club's billionaire owner or dining at the favourite restaurant of their chief executive, but a young Crystal Palace player has moved the whole business into the modern era by posting details of a proposed move on his Facebook page. Ashley-Paul Robinson, an 18-year-old winger who has been with the ...
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Microsoft willing to restart Yahoo talks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Monday it would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo , but only if a new Yahoo board is elected -- a big boost for financier Carl Icahn's board slate.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 13th Jun 2007 10:35 UTC
Ars has reviewed the new MacBook Pro . "The latest MacBook Pros are a solid upgrade from their predecessor, thanks to the new Santa Rosa platform. If you already have a 17" MacBook Pro and aren't dying for the higher-resolution display, don't bother upgrading.
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