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Unified comms 'primary threat' to IP phones
Robert Jaques, vnunet.com , Monday 14 July 2008 at 12:04:00 But UC not negatively affecting IP telephony yet Established IP telephony vendors are not being adversely affected by the arrival of unified communications offerings from Microsoft and IBM, analysts report....
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Acer in talks to supply netbooks with built-in 3G to operators
Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, is in talks with several 3G (third-generation) network operators at home and in Europe to supply Aspire one netbooks with built-in 3G. The company is discussing supplying its mini-laptops to Chunghwa Telecom and Taiwan Mobile in Taiwan, as well as T-Mobile International, Vodafone Group and Orange in Europe, an Acer representative said. The ...
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Yahoo rejects MS proposal, seeks bid for entire company
Yahoo on Saturday night rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn that had called for a restructuring and the sale of Yahoo's search business to Microsoft. The Internet company that had fought Microsoft's hostile bid for months has now suggested that the Redmond, Washington, software giant make an offer to acquire all of Yahoo. The proposal had been made Friday ...
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The nightmare of sleep deprivation may soon be over
The etiquette of internet dating is familiar to a surprising number of people in their forties and fifties, but remains something of a mystery to older generations. Answering an advert to find a companion or spouse may seem extraordinary to many of them.
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Ramea man charged in Internet luring case
More charges may be coming in the case of a Ramea man accused of attempting to lure a child over the Internet.
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Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft deal
Yahoo announced on Saturday night that it rejected a joint-buyout proposal by Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn.
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Parkcharter bei Ebay
Einen Freizeitpark ganz für sich allein – wer diesen Traum schon einmal hatte, kann ihn nun für möglichst viel Geld realisieren. Das Legoland Günzburg versteigert ab heute über das Internet-Auktionshaus Ebay einen Vollcharter für einen Tag.
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Bartering in the 21st Century
Skip the cash middleman and trade your stuff in person or online.
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Yahoo! rejects! Microsoft! again!
Saturday night's alright for proxy fighting Yahoo! rejected another takeover offer from Microsoft and Carl Icahn on Saturday after it was given less than 24 hours to respond to the joint offer.…
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Small game developers get on fast track
LOS ANGELES - Movies and music from small, independent creators push the pop-culture envelope with fresh ideas. Now, game developers are set to do the same with a wave of low-priced - and often offbeat - titles on the new online video-game system networks from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony.
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Optical networking heralds superfast internet
A discovery by the Centre for Ultra-high Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems at Sydney University's School of Physics could radically speed up internet traffic.
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If you browse with Internet Explorer, get the latest version
Microsoft's market-leading browser isn't as safe as Firefox or Opera, but you can enhance your security by updating IE regularly.
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The Fall of Google, the Rebirth of Microsoft and the Changing Face of Apple and Linux
Sometimes it's the little things that can cause you to rethink how you look at a company. For much of this decade Microsoft has been the "evil empire" with Apple, Linux and Google on the side of the Force. With Microsoft doing some positive things, Apple's decision to raise iPhone prices, Google's attack on single parents and Richard Stallman's attack on Bill Gates' philanthropy, these entities' ...
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Service Channels
Pingdom has released a report, showing Microsoft to be more reliable than competitors Ubuntu and Apple.
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Microsoft unveils 60GB Xbox 360
Microsoft has tripled the amount of storage on its Xbox 360 with a 60GB version which will sell at the current price of the 20GB model. The new unit will cost $349, while the 20GB will drop to $299 until stocks are depleted.
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Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCs
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is out with his guesstimate of Apple iPhone 3G sales over the weekend, but what his survey really reveals is how the device is winning over PC owners. First, we're all a bit fatigued on the iPhone so I'm one and done...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th May 2006 16:25 UTC, submitted by Michael Zandstra
Apple has released the long-awaited and seriously overdue replacement for its iBook consumer laptop product line. Dubbed the MacBook , it comes with an Intel Core Duo processor (1.83 or 2.0Ghz), 13.3" widescreen display, 512MB RAM, and an Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics card.
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Linked by Quentin Hartman on Mon 14th Jul 2008 09:58 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
So you thought Linux was the key to the Eee PC's success? Not so, according to ASUS . "The bulk of the requests and requirements we see in the marketplace are for the model with Windows rather than Linux," says Henry Lee, Acer's senior product manager.
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Truckers go green, save gas money
To cool off inside his cab, North Carolina truck driver Ken Kafer hooks up his rig to a contraption that looks like a giant exhaust pipe for a clothes dryer. Besides air conditioning, the yellow hose funnels TV and even Internet connections through a window into his cab at a truck stop. The best part, Kafer says, is that he doesn't need to keep his diesel engine on. So-called “electrified truck ...
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Google Trends Subverted Again. This Is Getting (ʎllɐǝɹ) Embarrasing
Last week a Swastika appeared on Google trends as a top queried term (leading to an endless debate as to whether the symbol was offensive or not). Google removed the symbol and returned our email query saying that a link on a a popular Internet bulletin board was to blame: The Hot Trends list is automatically [...]
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Gaia Raises $11 Million For Its Teenage Virtual World
Gaia Online, an online world and social network aimed at teens, has raised $11 million in a Series C funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners. Since our Virtual World Roundup last summer, the site has seen impressive growth, with a reported 5 million unique users monthly. Gaia Online is a self-described “teen hangout” that [...]
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Best Buy's $20 Ubuntu: Good or Bad for Linux?
Well, every once in a while something slips by the notice of even the best journalistic organization, and such appears to have been the case on a broad scale recently regarding the sale of a certain software package on the shelves of Best Buy. Fortunately, the Linux blogosphere is always on duty.
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Bill Slawski, Cre8asite Forums Administrator Steps Down
Over the weekend, we learned that Bill Slawski, aka bragadocchio, has stepped down from his administrative duties at Cre8asite Forums . Bill has been with Cre8asite Forums, pretty much since the start, back in the Yahoo club days - as a moderator in the Yahoo forum. Bill said he will be stepping down from moderating but will hopefully continue to be active in the forums as a typical member. ...
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'Oldest' blogger dies, aged 108
Australia's Olive Riley - said to be the world's oldest Internet blogger - dies at the age of 108.
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Sensex ends down 139 points; Infosys drops 7%
The BSE IT index plunged 6% to 3,676. The NSE Nifty ended with a marginal loss of nine points at 4040.
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