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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 7th May 2007 03:14 UTC
Vernor Vinge, 62, is a pioneer in artificial intelligence, who in a recent interview warned about the risks and opportunities that an electronic super-intelligence would offer to mankind.
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Linked by Jeff Rollin on Thu 31st Aug 2006 18:44 UTC
I downloaded a few VMware images for use in VMware player. The mouse (a PS/2 type) did not work either in ReactOS or in Syllable, but did work in PC-BSD (all in VMware Player).
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LAKE ELSINORE: Videos of council meetings to be put online
LAKE ELSINORE ---- Lake Elsinore City Council meetings will be broadcast, or "streamed," on the city's new Web site, a months-in-the-works reboot that will be launched later this year. Streaming meetings online allows anyone with Internet access to w
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Facebook could see a standoff over Scrabble
C-O-M-P-E-T-E. Developers of a highly popular but unauthorized version of Scrabble for the online hangout Facebook vowed last week to do just that, now that a video game maker has weighed in with an official version of the word game.
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Online catalog's triumph over cards has benefits
Raise your hand if you remember the days of the card catalog. Every library had one -- a large handsome wooden file cabinet of numerous drawers constructed to just the right size to hold thousands of index cards.
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Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price, releases new model
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Yahoo Rejects Joint Proposal From Microsoft, Icahn (Update2)
July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. , owner of the second-most popular search engine, rejected a restructuring proposal by Microsoft Corp. and billionaire investor Carl Icahn that would have included the sale of Yahoo's search business to Microsoft.
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Indian Railways to provide internet service in Kerala
Indian Railways is set to join the bandwagon of internet providers in Kerala with a special provision for those browsing education sites.
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Icahn applies Oracle-BEA playbook to Yahoo-Microsoft bid
Investor activist Carl Icahn takes a page out of his successful Oracle-BEA playbook to illicit a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo - but lightening doesn't strike twice. Does he still have resolve to wage a proxy fight to oust all of Yahoo's board?
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Internet promotes free speech, unless, that is, it's controversial
NEW YORK -- Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer won't cuff you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
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Unlikely ace for online gambling
Barney Frank does not play poker or blackjack. The games bore him, and he thinks he would be terrible at them even if he tried. He's never played a slot machine, doesn't go to casinos, and has never tried to gamble online.
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Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as bad blood boils
Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Aug 2006 13:04 UTC, submitted by Dennis Chay
Although open-source software can be customized to meet a company's specific needs, its inherent complexity could dent the profitability of independent software vendors, says Microsoft.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Nov 2005 22:22 UTC
"Contrary to what was expected from recent Novell announcements, Novell executives are apparently slicing deeply into the Linux heart of the company.
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Icahn applies Oracle-BEA playbook to Yahoo-Microsoft bid
Investor activist Carl Icahn takes a page out of his successful Oracle-BEA playbook to illicit a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo - but lightening doesn't strike twice. Does he still have resolve to wage a proxy fight to oust all of Yahoo's board?
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Recent Original Stories
"Recently a blog post entitled 'Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy' has come across my feed-radar a few times. It's yet another in the long line of 'Linux ain't ready yet' jeremiads and it doesn't really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?"
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Wireless Worries
Drivers who use hands-free cellular devices while driving may be doing themselves a favor in the long run.
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Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price, releases new model
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp cut on Sunday the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349.
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Yahoo rejects joint Microsoft, Icahn proposal
Yahoo has rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft Corp and activist investor Carl Icahn that would have involved selling its search business to the software maker.
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Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft-Icahn restructuring proposal
Yahoo Inc. said late on Saturday that it rejected a restructuring proposal from Microsoft Corp. and the investor Carl Icahn, and the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet-services giant called on Microsoft to bid for the whole company.
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Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as bad blood boils
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 (12:42 a.m.) Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise.
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Grand Prairie Good Kid
My hobbies are: working on and building computers, playing games, and going to the gun range.
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Peaches Geldof sells off clothes on eBay
Get on t'internet quick ... Peaches Geldof is flogging her cast-offs on eBay. She's renting a new pad in Islington with two girl pals, and they have more clothes than will fit in the flat.
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Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft-Icahn restructuring proposal
Yahoo Inc. said late on Saturday that it rejected a restructuring proposal from Microsoft Corp. and the investor Carl Icahn, and the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet-services giant called on Microsoft to bid for the whole company.
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The Wedding
The introduction: One day during her sophomore year in January 2003, at the University of Delaware, Courtney went to the Harrington computer lab to write a paper. She noticed a guy working there and thought he was cute.
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