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Gphone May Really Happen, And Ammunition Group May Be Designing It
2007 was the year of speculation of a Google Phone, or Gphone. Handset manufacturer HTC was the center of attention around most of the rumors. But Google eventually squashed those rumors by announcing the Open Handset Alliance and Android. Instead of building an iPhone like device and service combined, they’d be backing an open source [...]
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O'Brien: Icahn will prevail in Yahoo struggle
The standoff is over. Shareholder activist Carl Icahn is going to win his proxy fight with Jerry Yang and seize control of Yahoo.
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Holy impressionist Batman! Batman: Gotham Knight is an animated direct-to-DVD (and judging by the rampant number of BitTorrent seeders and leechers, direct-to-hard drive for many) that bridges Batman Begins and The Dark Knight . This is an East-meets-West creation with top North American writers like David Goyer and Greg Rucka penning the six loosely connected stories with the art courtesy of ...
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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 game console with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349.
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Work Coach
Sexually explicit e-mails never belong in an office Q: My husband, "Jerry," works with three completely unprofessional women. They send e-mails about sex and try to trick male co-workers into viewing Internet porn. One of their e-mails said "meet the new employees," then showed a bunch of strippers.
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Internet propels Obama
Political analysts marvel at Barack Obama's mastery of the Internet, where he has found many of his 1.5 million donors and created the social networking site my.barackobama.com to mobilize masses of young voters.
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Kiwis snap up new iPhone
First sales of Apple's new iPhone kicked off in New Zealand on Friday with buyers, some of whom had camped in line for days, crowding outlets to buy the latest high-tech gadget to hit store shelves.
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Yahoo statement rejecting Icahn-Microsoft search buyout proposal
Yahoo issues a statement rejecting joint-proposal by Microsoft and Carl Icahn to buy the Yahoo's search business.
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Yahoo rejects a new Microsoft deal
Yahoo said Saturday it has rejected a "ludicrous" deal with Microsoft orchestrated by corporate raider Carl Icahn, who is bent on overthrowing the struggling Internet search pioneer's board.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Jul 2006 10:41 UTC
Last week, I wrote about my first impressions of SUSE Enterprise Linux Desktop 10, after only a day of usage. I was quite impressed by the whole package, claiming that "I can confidently say that this release candidate outshines Windows Vista's beta" and "I'd even go as far as to say that even Apple should be worried" . I still stand by those two statements, but after a week of daily usage, some ...
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Yahoo statement rejecting Icahn-Microsoft search buyout proposal
Yahoo issues a statement rejecting joint-proposal by Microsoft and Carl Icahn to buy the Yahoo's search business.
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Recent Original Stories
OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones.
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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 24th Sep 2003 01:45 UTC
For almost a week now, I've been using Slackware 9.1 (RC-1 released today ), and I am having a blast. Slackware doesn't have more than 6-8% of the Linux market these days, but it used to be one of the most-used distros back in the day.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 19th Feb 2006 16:26 UTC
This week, one of the most-commented stories on OSNews was the story about how 'Maxxus' cracked/hacked (take your pick) the Intel version of Apple's OSX once again. This sparked a lively debate over whether we should encourage Maxxus, or condemn his actions.
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Reuters Technology Summary
RedOctane execs on a roll with "Guitar Hero" DENVER - There were a lot of questions surrounding the "Guitar Hero" videogame when it first came out. Would gamers agree to pony up extra money for the special guitar-shaped controller needed to play it? Would the music industry agree to license master tracks? Would the addition of downloadable content be successful? The answer to ...
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Digital sleuths play key role in Brooke's case
Computers figured into the case of Brooke Bennett's disappearance from the beginning
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Yahoo rejects new proposal
Yahoo has rejected a proposal to sell its search business to Microsoft and hand over the remainder of the firm to Carl Icahn.
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Christian Bale dons the 'Batman' cape again
Chatty Internet fanboys aren't the only ones excited about the new batsuit debuting in "The Dark Knight," opening Friday. Bruce Wayne himself, Christian Bale, appreciated the upgrade the most.
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Xbox 360 goes 60GB, 20 gigger going for $299 while supplies last
Filed under: Gaming , Storage var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/xbox/Official_60GB_Xbox_360_20GB_model_299'; Word on the street was that the $299 price slash we've been hearing about wasn't about carving out a new pricepoint but instead making room for a new 60GB Xbox 360 in its place. Turns out the Mr. Word on the Street nailed this one, with Microsoft finally fessing up ...
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University of Malta invites applications for 2008 - 09 courses
Entrance to the University via the Gateway Building. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier The University is inviting all prospective students, including those awaiting results of their supplementary or other examinations and current University students waiting for their final examinations results, to submit their application for admission to courses commencing this October.
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Instant view: Microsoft bids for Yahoo
Microsoft Corp, the software giant, said on Friday it had offered to acquire Internet media company Yahoo Inc in a proposed cash and stock deal valued at $44.6 billion.
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Essential classifieds website dubizzle.com undergoes major re-invention
The definitive classifieds website in the UAE has undergone a major re-invention bringing Dubai to life online and creating virtual neighbourhoods on screen.
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Systec wins HP awards again
HP's Patrick Diaz (centre) flanked by Systec's Nuno Fernandes (left) and Raphael Micallef Trigona. Hewlett Packard has presented Raphael Micallef Trigona, managing director of Systec Ltd - the Largest Enterprise Distributor Award for 2007, for the six-country cluster communications data group (CDG).
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Dec 2005 19:28 UTC, submitted by Distro Reviews
"Unlike a lot of people, I get very excited when a new beta of Ubuntu/Kubuntu is released . It's amazing how Ubuntu has taken the Linux community by storm over the past couple of years. Finally, Linux is stepping up to be a real contender on the desktop."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Jun 2006 21:33 UTC
The popularity of Apple Computer's iPod digital music players is helping it sell more Macs, but so far it hasn't been enough to spark a rise in the company's share of the personal computer market.
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