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Icahn: Replace Yahoo board to get Microsoft deal
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Web site lets drivers reserve parking spots
Hunting for parking in many San Francisco neighborhoods requires patience and perseverance, and a tiny car doesn't hurt, either. But a new Internet startup hopes to ease the pain of finding a place to park - for a price, of course. The founders of GottaPark...
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Adult Themed Rooms Pop Up In Google's Lively
The graphics in Google’s 3D chat world Lively shine, but behind the scenes the Lively team also seems busy squashing minor and major early-release bugs. And since some days, Lively got its first social phenomenon, too: the almost meme-like creation of cyber sex rooms. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, or is there? read more
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Icahn: Replace Yahoo board to get Microsoft deal
Associated Press - July 14, 2008 11:35 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Activist investor Carl Icahn said Monday that replacing Yahoo's board of directors would ensure an acquisition deal with Microsoft.
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Relevant or not? Voters to decide how important library is
The question of the importance of libraries in the Internet age may be answered by voters come November.
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In Bid for Yahoo, Microsoft Turns More Aggressive
Shareholders searching for détente in the battle between Yahoo and Microsoft are unlikely to find it in Microsoft’s new proposal to buy Yahoo’s search business.
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Advertising in Europe Softens, and More Goes to the Internet
European advertising executives are worried that European marketers will slash ad budgets, as many of their counterparts have already done in America.
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Buy.com Deal With EBay Angers Sellers
The golden era of the small seller on eBay, hawking gewgaws and knickknacks from the basement or garage, is coming to a noisy and ignominious end.
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Wet t-shirts shots of Miley Cyrus surface
Miley Cyrus has sparked further outrage after new raunchy pictures of her were leaked onto the internet. The 15-year-old star of hit US TV show 'Hannah Montana' has allegedly been photographed in the shower which has made her long white T-shirt see-through, revealing she isn't wearing any underwear.
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Cameroon: Some Cameroon Members of Parliament are currently being trained in Kribi.
Over 40 members of the Cameroon branch of the Parliamentarians Network for the Sustainable Management of the Central African Forest and Humid Ecosystems (REPAR Cameroon) are currently acquiring skills at a workshop in Kribi on the computer and the use of some tools of the information and communication technologies.
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Yahoo spurns Microsoft again
SAN FRANCISCO - 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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Google Notebook Adds Bookmarklet for Quick Clipping [Organization]
Google Notebook already offers quick-clipping tools for Firefox and Internet Explorer users (although the IE7 version requires adding the Google Toolbar), but the recent addition of a "Note This"...
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Web site lets drivers reserve parking spots
Hunting for parking in many San Francisco neighborhoods requires patience and perseverance, and a tiny car doesn't hurt, either. But a new Internet startup hopes to ease the pain of finding a place to park - for a price, of course. The founders of GottaPark...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-14 16:07 Icahn gears up for proxy battle w/ Yahoo management
NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Investor Carl Icahn Monday detailed his arguments for the removal of Yahoo's management team in a letter urging shareholders to remove the current board favor of his own slate of nominees.
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Robot chef gets a boost from wireless kitchen
The most advanced robot butler yet can carry out simple tasks in a real kitchen, helped by electronic ID tags and, eventually, an online database
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Cloud Computing Agreement: Net One Systems & 3Tera
Net One Systems, Japan's largest network integrator, and 3Tera, a grid computing technology and cloud computing services, announced today that the two companies have signed a multi-year agreement naming Net One Systems as the exclusive distributor of 3Tera's AppLogic in Japan. Starting immediately, Net One Systems will offer cloud computing infrastructure and services using 3Tera's AppLogic. ...
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PowerColor PCS HD4850 graphics card packs 2GB of memory
Filed under: Gaming , Peripherals Remember how we all swooned over Diamond's ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT in June of last year? At the time, that was pretty much your only shot at seeing 1GB of memory on a single graphics card. Fast forward to now, and we've got what's widely believe to be this planet's very first 2GB card. The PowerColor PCS HD4850, which is based on the RV770 core, ...
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Barclays Reports 1m UK Customers Online, Zero Fraud Smart card vendor Gemalto credited with ensuring security. By Orla ...
Barclays Bank, the world's fourth largest financial services firm, reported it has one million customers online in Britain and zero cases of fraud.
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Barclays Reports 1m UK Customers Online, Zero Fraud
Smart card vendor Gemalto credited with ensuring security. Barclays Bank, the world's fourth largest financial services firm, reported it has one million customers online in Britain and zero cases of fraud.
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Yahoo Rejects Microsoft, Icahn
The company has refused a combined, take-it-or-leave-it offer from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn to buy its search operations
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Zone Alarm Update Fixes Microsoft Patch Problem
Microsoft last week shipped a security update that prevented users of the popular ZoneAlarm firewall products from getting online. ZoneAlarm maker Check Point Software initially told users to uninstall the Microsoft patch, but it has since issued version 7.0.483.0 to fix this problem. If you have ZoneAlarm set to automatically notify you of software updates, the new version should be offered ...
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GOZIRRA IT Consulting Acquires Dallas Based OG2
Dallas based IT Consulting firm GOZIRRA announces the acquisition of OG2, Inc.
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USA Basketball and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced a new agreement that makes the global communications company an ...
This wide-reaching agreement will provide AT&T and its customers with exclusive USA Basketball team online and Video on Demand content. Along with exclusive wireless and online content, AT&T will also feature its products and services through special USA Basketball-themed marketing materials.
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Apps we love
A work-around for an iTunes shortcoming, tracking your gigabytes so you don't top your bandwidth cap and a tool to help you write your own Wiki
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LivePerson to Host Free Webinar on Holiday Readiness and Increasing Average Order Value for Online Retailers
Commerce Experts From Solid Cactus®
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