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Reuters Business Summary
Microsoft says willing to restart Yahoo talks NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc , but only if a new Yahoo board is elected -- a big boost for financier Carl Icahn's board slate. Microsoft, which broke off months-long talks in early May to buy the Internet company for $47.5 billion, said it would ...
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Global warming link to flat-screen TVs
A toxic gas used to make flat-screen televisions and laptop computers could have a bigger greenhouse impact than the world's largest coal-fired power plants, according to new scientific research.
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Just how many ’brains’ does a PC need?
SAN FRANCISCO — Just how many "brains" does your personal computer need, anyway?
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EA tries to legitimize Facebook Scrabble
n Video game maker will release application that network members can use
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Wikipedia opens online library on human genes
A group of US researchers has laid out the foundations for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of open-access encyclopedia Wikipedia.
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Microsoft, Yahoo mull media partner options
SAN FRANCISCO / NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo, Inc. have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negotiations with each other broke down, sources familiar with the companies' thinking said yesterday.
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IBM buys Platform Solutions, end lawsuits against each other
SAN FRANCISCO -- IBM announced yesterday that it has bought Platform Solutions, Inc., acquiring its California rival's technology and ending lawsuits which the firms had filed against each other.
BusinessWorld Online |
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Gels to protect women from HIV may help men more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gels aimed at helping women protect themselves from the AIDS virus may end up helping men as much or more, researchers predicted on Monday.
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Resellers: Cisco not tackling counterfeit products
The company is refusing to engage with resellers to tackle counterfeit Cisco products available through online auctions, according to some resellers.
ZDNet Asia |
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Mom-and-pop multinationals
Improved software and services allow the smallest businesses to outsource work around the globe.
ZDNet Asia |
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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 22nd Jan 2004 09:02 UTC
Today we host a long and interesting interview with President & COO of Lindows.com , Kevin Carmony. We discuss about the desktop, the OSS community, Microsoft, LindowsOS 5 and much more.
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Google homepage link mollifies privacy campaigners
Privacy bodies have welcomed the addition of a link on Google's homepage to the company's Privacy Center Web page.
ZDNet Asia |
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Gels to protect women from HIV may help men more
Source: Reuters By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - Gels aimed at helping women protect themselves from the AIDS virus may end up helping men as much or more, researchers ...
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Web 2.0 Summit now courting clean-tech start-ups
Conference theme reflects the "greening" of Silicon Valley, using the Web and tech to address environmental and social challenges.
ZDNet Asia |
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Recent Original Stories
eComStation 2.0 RC5 is available for download for users with Software Subscriptions Services subscription. For those who don't know, eComStation is the next evolution of the OS/2 operating system.
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Internet program teaches harms of bullying to elementary students
Anne Kasdorf was fed up with the "your mama" jokes and the name calling. So when the teacher at Gaenslen Elementary...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Beating Scrabulous at its own game
Electronic Arts is planning to release its own Scrabble application for Facebook.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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Microsoft backs bid to oust Yahoo board
Microsoft threw its weight behind efforts to dump Yahoo's board, saying that a successful shareholder rebellion may see it renew its bid.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd May 2008 13:02
Rockbox is a replacement firmware for various audio players, that opens up new features and fixes devices shortcomings. We don't think of these devices as personal computers, but they are; and Rockbox is an alternative operating system.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 29th Dec 2006 20:36 UTC
Ford Motor Co. will unveil next month a hands-free Bluetooth wireless system and in-vehicle operating system developed by Microsoft as an option for its entire Ford brand lineup.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 6th Nov 2006 18:26 UTC
"Someone just asked me whether, now that Novell's become buddies with Microsoft, I'll be turning away from Novell/SUSE as one of my favorite Linux distributions. My answer is no. I'm sticking with SUSE Linux on both my desktops and servers.
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MacDailyNews - Where Mac news comes first
Apple punishing Canada’s Rogers over confiscatory iPhone rates? "After raising the ire of its customers with what are believed to be overly-expensive iPhone 3G plans, Canadian provider Rogers Wireless is allegedly being punished by Apple with fewer shipments," Aidan Malley reports for AppleInsider.
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Gels to protect women from HIV may help men more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gels aimed at helping women protect themselves from the AIDS virus may end up helping men as much or more, researchers predicted on Monday.
Reuters.co.uk |
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Agent: Man accused of buying fish toxin sought hit
(AP) CHICAGO - A man accused of buying a highly poisonous fish toxin while posing as a research doctor once solicited someone over the Internet to kill his wife in exchange for $8,000 and an AK-47 assault rifle, prosecutors said Monday.
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Agent: Man accused of buying fish toxin sought hit
CHICAGO (AP) — A man accused of buying a highly poisonous fish toxin while posing as a research doctor once solicited someone over the Internet to kill his wife in exchange for $8,000 and an AK-47 assault rifle, prosecutors said Monday.
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