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MIT Reports Finer Lines For Microchips
MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods
ElectronicsWeb |
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Court Clears eBay in Sale of Counterfeit Items
Ruling against the jeweler Tiffany, a judge said eBay does not have to actively filter counterfeit items from its site.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Conference offers parents hope
DIXON - Alex Clevenger, 11, likes to research things online, swim, fish, and ride his motorized scooter, yet being in public places can be stressful. Likewise, he's an excellent speller with an above-average vocabulary, yet communicating with people can be difficult.
SaukValley.com |
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Icahn blasts Yahoo, details Microsoft deal
Activist shareholder Carl Icahn blasted Yahoo Inc on Monday for rejecting his joint proposal with Microsoft Corp, saying management was more focused on who would run the Internet company than on the details of the offer.
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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.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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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.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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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.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Speed Download Lite Supports RSS Newsreader
Yazsoft has released Speed Download Lite 1.0.2, an update to its "stripped down" download manager software for Mac OS X. It's...
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Ex-Mo. cop imprisoned in Internet sex case
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- A former Missouri police officer is headed to prison for 10 years for using the Internet to try to persuade an underage Illinois girl to have sex with him.
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ONN Sidewinder Video Report: Heavy Put Activity in Amazon (AMZN)
CHICAGO----The Sidewinder Report, the www.onn.tv daily options news program recorded live on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, today examined options trading in the following securities:
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Americans Viewed 12 Billion Videos Online in May 2008
RESTON, Va., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released May 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, reporting that U.S. Internet users viewed more than 12 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 45 percent versus year ago.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Plasma donations climb as economy weakens
Melissa Thomas calls it the "the easiest 90 minutes of my life." Sit in a recliner. Wrap up in a blanket. Watch a movie on a laptop or read a book. Get paid $100.
Everett Herald |
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City council to get more airtime and Web play
GALVESTON — Every detail of city council interactions will be televised and streamed online come October, as long as there’s enough money to fund it.
Galveston County Daily News |
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iCANADA: iPhone 3G best-selling handset weekend in Rogers Wireless history
Rogers Wireless, Canada's largest wireless carrier with Canada's fastest wireless network, celebrated the Canadian launch of the iPhone 3G last Friday to unprecedented popular demand.
CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance |
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2X Selects Azlan as Virtualization Distributor for Central Europe
2X Software announced that it has teamed up with Azlan. With the 2X Server Based Computing software portfolio, Azlan can now provide a fully integrated and highly reliable virtualization business grade solution to its customers.
SYS-CON Media |
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Does Yahoo Risk Missing the Window of Cloud Computing Opportunity?
Now, it's business 101 that the first entrant into a market does necessarily win and that so called 'fast followers' can quickly take over a market. In Cloud computing there are early guys (notably Amazon), the fast followers (notably Google), the weird followers (notably Microsoft and Apple who seem to view the cloud as simple data sync.)...and then there's Yahoo!.
SYS-CON Media |
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Yahoo shares fall on rejection of Microsoft offer
(AP:NEW YORK) Yahoo Inc. shares fell Monday after the struggling Internet icon revealed that it rejected Microsoft Corp.'s latest purchase offer, made with activist investor Carl Icahn.
INO News |
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UTStarcom announces second India deal
UTStarcom Inc. said on Monday that Aksh Optifibre Ltd., an Indian optical fiber cable manufacturer, will use its Internet Protocol TV equipment to deploy high-tech television services through Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. in Mumbai. (UTSI)
East Bay Business Times |
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Off to blog heaven
Australian woman described – at 108 – as world's oldest blogger dies
The Globe and Mail |
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Alliance & Leicester takeover bid targets £65m in IT savings
Spanish bank Santander is aiming for £65m in savings via IT standardisation should its £1.26bn bid for Alliance & Leicester (A&L) go ahead.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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More iPhones available this week
Apple says it had a "stunning" launch for its new-and-improved iPhone this weekend, with new stocks hitting Canadian stores on Tuesday.
CBC |
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Windows Vista winning the ugly way
If you work at a big company you'll be running Vista, like it or not.
CNET |
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Mashable’s Upcoming Guide to Conferences and Events
Here’s Mashable’s latest round-up of upcoming Web 2.0 events, parties, and conferences. Not on this list? Contact us and let’s establish a media sponsorship. July 15, 2008: Plans are in full swing for Mashable’s second stop on the U.S. Summer Tour in San Francisco. Mashable’s Pete Cashmore will probably take a cab [...]
Mashable |
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Why Microsoft and Sony should be scared of the Wii
Don Reisinger thinks Microsoft and Sony need to wake up and realize that the Wii is a major competitor. If not, they'll be destined to fail.
CNET |
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Nielsen Online Reports Topline U.S. Data for June 2008
Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, reports June 2008 data for the Top Parent Companies/Divisions and Top Brands.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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