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Murdoch won't pursue Yahoo
Takeovers News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch ruled out renewing any discussions to help Yahoo! fend off a possible takeover attempt by Microsoft. “We're not interested in Yahoo,” Murdoch told reporters Friday at the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash., will probably fail in any attempt to buy Yahoo, he said. News Corp. and Yahoo were in talks about a ...
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Al Qaeda Tape Warns of Increased Attacks in Afghanistan
An Internet audiotape purported to be from an Al Qaeda commander who escaped from a U.S.-run prison in Afghanistan warns of increased attacks against international forces in the violence-plagued nation.
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Recent Original Stories
Sun has released the 1/06 update for the Solaris 10. You can check out what's new (whatever happened to ye good ol' changelog?) or download it (here I was going to put something about whatever happened to ye good ol' direct download, but nevermind).
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Sep 2007 21:01 UTC
It does not happen every day that news related to computer technology - news we report on every day - makes its way to the headline news programs and newspapers here in my home country, The Netherlands.
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A few options for electronics recycling
QUESTION: Where can you recycle a computer keyboard?
The Longview News-Journal |
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Gadget fans flock for iPhone
Technology fans worldwide waited in lines Friday for the latest incarnation of the cell phone from a company called Apple. Those who arrived late to the party were left without. All AT&T stores in the area - the lone U.S. carrier for the much-anticipated iPhone 3G - reported shortages of the device, and shortly after noon, they were gone from store shelves.
The East Liverpool Review |
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Tap Into the 12-Million-Teraflop Handheld Megacomputer
A single worldwide computer -- think of it. We are even now collectively assembling this megacomputer from our billions of net-connected devices. Its software is our collective online behavior. Forget Web 3.0: The One Machine is the next stage of tech evolution.
Wired News |
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Nathan Green is blogging his life away ... until February
Nathan Green's life is an open book. Or at least an open computer screen. Since February, the 20-year-old Massillon man has been recording his life at www.LiveLifeStory.com in two-hour blocks. He will continue to update his life every two...
The Plain Dealer |
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Chattanooga: Judge dismisses Comcast lawsuit
A Chattanooga judge on Friday threw out Comcast’s lawsuit seeking to block EPB from offering cable, telephone and Internet service to residential customers.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
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BEYOND BORDERS: Bookseller reinvents its image with Wareham concept store
The latest of Borders’ nine concept stores opened Thursday at Wareham Crossing. In a new digital center, customers can download MP3s and burn them onto CDs. Computer kiosks enable shoppers to buy airline tickets and print out recipes.
Fall River Herald News |
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Chattanooga: IPhones sell out in flash
It was around 5 a.m. Friday, and Andrea Odle couldn’t sleep. Lying in bed, she just stared at the ceiling, thinking about the iPhone 3G.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 19th Jul 2005 03:36 UTC, submitted by her friend Brad
In the dawn of the end of IBM's OS/2 Stardock's CEO Brad Wardell pays his respects to the venerable operating system by writing a long article about the history of the OS. Stardock was one of the major third party software houses for OS/2 back in the day and so Brad has lived OS/2 from up close.
OS News |
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Bad Reception: New iPhone not so user friendly upon premier
The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown yesterday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.
Winston-Salem Journal |
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Fed financing broadens for broadband access in North
Another $700,000 has been earmarked by the Senate Appropriations Committee for continued work to bring broadband Internet access to the three most northern counties in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Union Leader |
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Customers wait hours to get latest version of Apple's iPhone
By the time the AT&T Wireless store at Turkey Creek opened for business Friday, the first customer had been waiting for five hours. "He was there since 3 o'clock in the morning," said Jim McHargue, AT&T director of sales for Central and East Tennessee.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Startup Of The Week: Neocleus
Neocleus offers a hypervisor to run multiple operating systems on PCs and laptops.
InformationWeek |
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Get Remote Wi-Fi Right
With a little specialized know-how, it's possible to have secure wireless LANs at remote sites.
InformationWeek |
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iPhone Frenzy Gives Way to Activation Glitches
ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) – The newest version of Apple's iPhone hit store shelves Friday morning amid a lot of anticipation and excitement. For many customers, that excitement was short-lived when they tried to activate the new phones.
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Current Newswire:
"I have been quiet about Linux this week because I have been busy trying several new versions. In the process, I have learned quite a bit more, and started to think about the philosophy behind Linux, operating system choices, and Free / Open Source software in general.
Linux Today |
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New 3G iPhones Causes Headaches for Costumers
The new 3G iPhone was released in 21 countries today. The new version of the iPhone is faster and cheaper then it’s predecessor. This time around, the iPhones were supposed to be activated at AT&T and Apples stores.
KMID Midland |
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When the Phone Goes With You, Everyone Else Can Tag Along
John Arispe cruised slowly along in his car, one eye on the road, one eye on a glowing blue dot on a digital map of the Springfield Mall neighborhood in Northern Virginia, displayed on the screen of his sleek new Apple iPhone 3G. As he moved north on Frontier Drive, the dot moved with him. He tur...
Washington Post |
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FCC Chairman Seeks to End Comcast's Delay of File Sharing
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said yesterday he would seek to stop Comcast from its practice of slowing Internet access of users sharing large files, but he won't levy a fine against the cable service provider.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th May 2007 22:17 UTC
Some of the changes in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2008 are a response to features and performance advantages that have made Linux an attractive option to Microsoft customers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Jan 2008 11:59 UTC
"Windows Vista didn't make a smooth market entrance; in fact, nearly every aspect of the operating system has been attacked since its release on January 30, 2007. Multiple SKUs allegedly confused customers, anti-DRM groups disliked Vista's Protected Video Path and its overall DRM friendliness, and Microsoft's definition of 'Vista Capable' got the company sued.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 16th May 2007 22:55 UTC
Nearly 40 million copies of Windows Vista have been sold in the first 100 days following its release, more than twice the sales of Windows XP over the same time period, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said in his opening keynote here at the 15th annual WinHEC.
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