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After 17 years with the company, Jim Allchin retired from Microsoft as of Jan. 30, 2007 – the day on which Microsoft officially released the Windows Vista operating system to consumers.
New Mobile Computing |
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DriverSide Announces Funding and Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9 -- DriverSide, the first full service Web site dedicated to saving consumers time and money by making the ownership or lease of an automobile hassle-free, announced today its newest board members Jeff Bell and Mark Silverman.
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VideoEgg Beefs Up Ads, Gets More Local and Interactive
VideoEgg, a company repositioned earlier this year to serve exclusively as an advertisement network for clients with a lean toward Web video, has unveiled today some new features added to its service that it claims will offer marketers the chance to create a “deeper engagement” level and thus make their respective campaigns more effective. First, there’s [...]
Mashable |
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Howaudio.com Introduces 2-Hour Tutorial On M-Audio's Torq Xponent
Torq Xponent is the cutting-edge DJ performance system that brings professional controls to the world of computer-based digital DJ'ing. Engineered by M-Audio's SynchroScience Design Group, the Torq Xponent package includes the fully integrated Torq DJ software.
Harmony Central |
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Adobe introduces businesses to the power of mashups
Genesis the start of new Web 2.0 initiative. Adobe is developing a mashup interface code-named 'Genesis' that will allow business users to pull together "workspaces" that combine assets like business application data, documents and analytics, along with collaboration tools such as instant messaging.
TechWorld |
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Teen couple 'murdered secret baby'
A teenage couple who met on the internet killed their baby hours after a secret birth, a court heard.
ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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New partner programme for Symbian
Perks include early access to source code. Symbian has launched a partner programme for software developers working with its mobile OS, as it seeks to attract more developers while the OS moves toward open-source availability.
TechWorld |
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Global businesses take to IP telephony
Almost three-quarters of business telephone lines shipped globally last year were at least capable of carrying IP traffic, new research reveals.
Infomatics |
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ZoneLabs details Microsoft patch workarounds
ZoneLabs has issued a preliminary advisory detailing workarounds for ZoneAlarm users who have been locked out of their internet connections by Microsoft's latest round of bug fixes.
Infomatics |
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Tech Firms Turn to Experimental Economists
News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Oil on the Trigger Finger Unmasking the Web of Lies Times ' Sulzberger Gets a Grilling Subscribe to Portfolio magazine For the last 15 years, economist Kay-Yut Chen has been quietly toiling away in Hewlett-Packard's labs, running experiments mostly on nearby Stanford students to help determine such things ...
Wired News |
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VMware Replaces CEO with MS Exec
July 9, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports on Tuesday, VMware rather suddenly replaced its co-founder and CEO, Diane Greene, with former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz.
Web Host Industry Review |
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Harvey County gets grant to upgrade 911 system
Harvey County Communications has received a grant for more than $174,000 from the state to upgrade its 911 system. The grant is part of the governor’s grant program. The money is raised by a 25-cent surcharge on wireless phone bills.
The Newton Kansan |
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Major Web Hosting Provider Launches Low-cost Groupware in US
A major Web hosting provider is bringing open-source groupware to the US market.
PC World via Yahoo! News |
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Into thin air — Why Silicon Valley Wi-Fi fizzled
It seemed like such a good idea — Internet for everyone, everywhere. So much so that cities across the United States announced plans for citywide Wi-Fi networks in an excited chorus starting in the early 2000s.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Avatars as communicators of emotions
Current interactive systems enable users to communicate with computers in many ways, but not taking into account emotional communication. A PhD thesis presented at the University of the Basque Country puts forward the use of avatars or virtual Internet personages as an efficient form of non-verbal communication, principally focusing on emotional aspects.
PhysOrg |
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Experts discover major Internet flaw
U.S. security experts have discovered a major flaw in the design of the Internet's address system that affects virtually every corporate computer network.The flaw in the Domain Name System could allow hackers to steer most people using corporate networks to malicious Web sites, The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.So far, hackers haven't taken advantage of the flaw, and the security experts ...
Moldova.org |
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With new ad deal Microsoft tries the Nixon approach to marketing [Quiet Majority]
Microsoft's plan to counteract Apple's pigeonholing of the company as "PC," the staid, gray suit-wearing office drone played by John Hodgeman in Apple's commercials? Start sounding more like Richard... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
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Last minute Arguments against buying an iPhone 3G
Apple will start selling the new iPhone 3G this Friday. There is of course a lot of hype again around the launch of this new iPhone. The hype is by far not as big as it was one year ago when the first iPhone launched. Putting the hype aside, should you rea...
I4U |
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Microsoft Promises XP SP3 Download Thursday
The delayed service pack update will go out in the automatic update.
PC World |
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Apple's new iPhone 3G: Still not perfect, but really close
Apple's new iPhone 3G: Still not perfect, but really close
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids |
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CareerBuilder.com Acquires Lesjeudis.com, the Largest Independent Online Job Site in France
CareerBuilder.com, the largest online job site in the U.S. and Lesjeudis.com, the largest independent online recruitment company in France, have joined forces to improve the recruitment experience for French job seekers and employers.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Century 21(R) System Launches New and Innovative Website
PARSIPPANY, N.J.----Century 21 Real Estate LLC, franchisor of the world's largest residential real estate sales organization, today announced the relaunch of its Web site, Century21.com.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Idaho man imprisoned for online sex charges
An Idaho fugitive convicted of lewd conduct with minors was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison with the help of Jackson County law enforcement, officials said.
The Mail Tribune |
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Botnets winning spam wars
The world's anti-spam systems are fighting a furious but hopeless battle against botnet spam, a new threat analysis from Commtouch has claimed. According to the U.S. company's zombie monitor, by the time that reputation and source analysis systems have identified compromised PCs and servers responsible for sending the spam that floods the Internet every day, most botnets will have ...
InfoWorld |
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Comcast and Vonage in Internet-traffic pact
Comcast Corp. today announced an agreement with Vonage Holdings Corp., the big Internet phone service provider, to develop ways to manage Internet traffic without damaging each other's businesses.
Philly.com |
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