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Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft proposal
Yahoo rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn that had called for a restructuring and and the sale of Yahoo’s search business to Microsoft
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New iPhone takes a bite at games
Apple's new iPhone 3G and accompanying App Store is set to put the company known for technology innovation into another lucrative space – gaming.
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Police impersonators flash a badge, fool a victim
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 (11:18 a.m.) A man forces his way into an apartment to rape the woman who lives there. A guy on a bicycle handcuffs and robs pedestrians, and another gropes random women on the side of the road.
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Microsoft cuts Xbox price by $50, plans 60GB model
Microsoft Corp. is trimming the price of its Xbox 360 video game console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive. Starting Sunday, Microsoft's mid-range Xbox 360 console with a 20-gigabyte hard drive will cost $299 in the U.S., down from $350. Blogs have carried rumors of the decision since June, when photos depicting the $299 price tag were posted to the Internet. An updated Xbox ...
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"I am faced with a challenge: I need to find a Linux distribution that is both small enough, efficient enough and easy enough to maintain for my laptop.
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TNA Knockout On Yahoo Front Page, Daivari's Contract, More
Jeremy Borash appeared on "The Pain Clinic" radio show over the weekend (available at FeelThePain.net) to talk about TNA. During his appearance, he notes that TNA has signed Daivari to a contract, so we're going to be seeing more of him after the World X Cup concludes tonight at Victory Road. When Daivari originally parted ways with WWE last October, one of his goals was to join TNA.
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Police impersonators flash a badge, fool a victim
A man forces his way into an apartment to rape the woman who lives there. A guy on a bicycle handcuffs and robs pedestrians, and another gropes random women on the side of the road. In each case, men pretending to be police preyed on victims who let down their guard because they thought they were being stopped by real officers. Officer impersonation is a nationwide crime, and it has flourished ...
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Yahoo rejects joint Microsoft, Icahn proposal
San francisco, July 13: Yahoo Inc said on Saturday it 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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Microsoft cuts Xbox price by $50, plans 60GB model
Sun, Jul 13, 2008 (11:06 a.m.) Microsoft Corp. is trimming the price of its Xbox 360 video game console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive.
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Markets (July 11)
OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT: Make the most of IT Consulting firm Everest on the offshoring opportunities for Indian companies in Europe.. Stephen Dunn, Managing Principal, Everest Group Europe, a global consulting firm, has a blend of information technology, process and business experience ...
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Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Herd 1 (Ubuntu 7.04 alpha 1 in English) has been released. Download links can be found in the release announcement . The Kubuntu variant has been released as well.
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U.S. Sen. Frank a hero to online gamblers
U.S. Sen. Barney Frank, D-Mass., is a hero for working to legalize the online gambling industry, officials in the Internet trade say.PokerSourceOnline.com Media Relations Director Dan Cypra said the representative of Massachusetts' 4th District has been an incalculable force in the fight for online gambling legalization in the United States, The Boston Globe reported Sunday.A deity might be a ...
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Yahoo! Rebuffs New Offer From Microsoft, Icahn
A restructuring proposal would give Yahoo!'s search business to Microsoft.
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Police impersonators flash a badge, fool a victim
A man forces his way into an apartment to rape the woman who lives there.
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Recent Original Stories
The potentially historic Microsoft-Novell pact announced last week, whereby Microsoft would grant patent peace to users of Novell's Suse Linux software in exchange for royalty payments paid by Novell to Microsoft, will be dead by mid-March, promises Eben Moglen, the general counsel of the Free Software Foundation.
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Twitter Congress Controversy
The New York Times, tomorrow, has an article about the controversy over using Internet communications tools like Qik and Twitter and whether they should be allowed to be used by members of Congress. read more
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Yahoo to Microsoft: No Thanks!
Yahoo formally rejected a proposal from Microsoft and Carl Icahn in a statement issued on Saturday. They had been given 24 hours to reach a decision by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Friday night. They reached a decision, but probably not the one that Ballmer and Icahn were looking for. Yahoo says that its advertising deal with Google offers "superior financial value, reports Kyung Bok ...
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Black Thunder lightning fast for Bonneville test
Alan Thoresen might have a GPS and computer to fine-tune the performance of his motorbike, but he is just as determined as the legendary Burt Munro to break a land-speed record.
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Yahoo Calls Latest Microsoft Offer 'Ludicrous'
Yahoo has rejected another offer from Microsoft to buy its online search operations as ludicrous.
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U.S. Sen. Frank a hero to online gamblers
WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barney Frank, D-Mass., is a hero for working to legalize the online gambling industry, officials in the Internet trade say.
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Yahoo turns down Microsoft's latest 'take it or leave it' offer
Yahoo Inc. said Saturday it rejected the latest attempt by Microsoft Corp. to buy its online search operations. (YHOO) (MSFT)
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Citizens clicking on cob Webs
Outdated: Some towns' Internet sites can be a trip back in time, not timely. Want to check what's happening in your township or borough?
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This article discusses the changed environment since Apple first introduced the clones, what new challenges Apple faces going forward, specifically in the corporate market, and how a targeted Apple clone market could help increase OS X's market share.
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TNA News: Former WWE Star Signs Contract With TNA, Knockout On Front Page Of Yahoo, Mitchell's Release, More
-- In case you missed it, Matthew posted a recap of an interview TNA announcer Jeremy Borash did with the "The Pain Clinic" radio show over the weekend (download available at FeelThePain.net).
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"Stardock released WindowBlinds 5.5 today . WindowBlinds is a program that enables users to customize the look and feel of the graphical user interface of Microsoft Windows.
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