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Microhoo stoush heats up as Icahn takes the gloves off
SAN FRANCISCO - Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo, investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the internet company's board after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft was angrily rejected.
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Chrissie Brodigan: Why iDidntGetScrewed Friday
Most everyone racing to the software and hardware upgrades did get screwed. How can a brilliant company deliver such a bad experience? Are we just suckers to have not seen the debacle coming?
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Free Laptop-Tracking System Hits the Streets
Adeona may have been the goddess of safe returns, but if a group of computer science professors and graduate students get their wish, they'll be viewed as the patron saints of secure laptop computer data, thanks to their new open source software service named after the Roman deity. Also, for those who worship at the altar of bargains, Adeona may indeed be a godsend: It's free.
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Two plays, art exhibit tap into our reality-obsessed culture
A promotional poster for 'Reality Show,' top, captures the spirit of the mixed-media collaboration by artists Jill Pangallo, Anna Krachey, Cecelia Phillips, Laura Turner and Jamie Wentz at the gallery Women and Their Work. Above: Cliff Miller and Jude Hickey star in 'I Google Myself,' a play about three dissimilar men who have the same name and find one another through the Internet search engine.
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No Deal! Yahoo Rejects Icahn-Microsoft Offer No. Two
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn brokered a meeting Friday evening between Microsoft and Yahoo to consider a new offer. Yahoo balked at Microsoft's $44.6 billion takeover offer in February, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ended purchase negotiations in May.
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"PlayStation Store Frustration"
Last night I decided I’d download a demo or two from the PlayStation Store as I have done many times previously, when I selected my demo I was prompted to download and install a new version of the PlayStation Network Downloader, so I did, and I restarted my computer for the update to take effect and then logged back into PlayStation Store to try again.
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"I'm loving Microsoft right now..."
for me, the point with the 16:10 thing isn't so much the aspect ratio (mine has a 16:9 letterbox mode), but getting native resolution. No longer will my eyes be tormented by something being rescaled twice.
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Tiffany Blue Over EBay Ruling
The online actioneer wins a trademark infringement suit filed by the high-class jeweler.
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Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Mon 14th Jul 2008 18:25 UTC
VirtualBox is an open-source virtualization alternative to Parallels and VMWare in the MacOS X arena. Here is a step-by-step screenshot tutorial to installing Windows XP using VirtualBox in MacOS X.
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Netflix coming to your Xbox 360
We have our doubts about Microsoft’s Xbox 360 strategy, which, in our opinion, lacks focus. But we cannot deny that the company has just made a brilliant move. Top-level Xbox Live subscribers, who are also Netflix subscribers, will be able to stream Netflix content through the console with no additional cost. Well, at least sort of. Could the Xbox 360 become what the Windows Media Center PC ...
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Cash-strapped school loses Aussie teacher
Bhubaneswar, July 14: The members of Orissa Association of the Blind learnt a tough lesson recently when their IT expert from Australia abandoned courses half way and left, unable “to cope” with the country or its lack of infrastructure.
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Scammers use e--mail, fax to pose as IRS
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Internal Revenue Service warns taxpayers about a new wave of scams using the IRS name in identity theft e--mails, or phishing, that have circulated during the last two months....
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Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board
(AP) -- Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected.
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Dell Propels Laptop Innovation with First Multi-Touch Convertible Tablet, Larger Solid State Drive
ROUND ROCK, Texas----Dell, continuing its laptop leadership, announced the industry's first convertible tablet with multi-touch capabilities on the award-winning Dell Latitude XT. Customers can download the easy-to-install multi-touch module at www.support.dell.com starting tomorrow.
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Dallas center at heart of immigration hiring surge 3:56 PM CT
DALLAS – Some 48 students fill each of the auditorium-style classrooms, their bulky Immigration Law Handbooks tabbed with dozens of colorful stickies and laptop computers within reach.
Dallas Morning News |
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Microsoft says Yahoo misrepresenting latest offer
Microsoft released a statement today accusing Yahoo of misrepresenting its latest offer to buy the embattled Sunnyvale Internet giant. Icahn's latest move Ongoing coverage
San Jose Mercury News |
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Dell Selling 128GB SSDs in Notebooks for $600 [Ssd]
Erica Ogg of CNet informs that hot on the heels of the $500 price cut for the Macbook Air's 64GB SSD, Dell is offering a 128GB SSD for $600 in their "Latitude, XPS, Alienware, and Precision laptop...
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Apple Doesn't Have a Problem With iPhone Cut and Paste, They Just Don't Care [IPhone 3G]
In an interview with Extreme Tech, Apple product head Greg Joswiak explained the lack of cut and paste in the iPhone: it's just not a priority right now. He says Apple worked its way as far down its...
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Microsoft and Netflix Unveil Partnership
Instantly Stream Movies and TV Episodes to the TV via Xbox LIVE. LOS ANGELES — July 14, 2008 — An exciting new home theater experience is coming to living rooms this holiday season.
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Xbox 360 Unveils Gameplay for Every Passion
Microsoft showcases groundbreaking approach to game shows; "Final Fantasy XIII" to be available on Xbox 360 at launch in North America and Europe.
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Are chipmakers in the mood to buy equipment?
Fab-tool capital spending is down, but not out. So, which chipmaker will buy IC-equipment in the near future and who will slam the door on vendors' faces?
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Will Siemens pull out from Fujitsu JV?
Siemens AG is reportedly in talks with Fujitsu Ltd over the future of their computer production joint venture Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC).
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Microsoft-Icahn-Yahoo Dealings Degenerate Into Traditing Public Accusations
In the latest and perhaps strangest escalation of name calling and "he-said/she-said" accusations, Yahoo, Yahoo insurgent shareholder Carl Icahn and Microsoft have all issued dueling press releases in the wake of the latest Yahoo rejection of the latest, somewhat unexpected Microsoft (now + Icahn) search takeover offer. Click to continue reading... ...
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AMD's takes $948M charge amid job cuts
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will take nearly a billion dollars in charges in its Q2 results including some related to a layoff of 10 percent of its workforce by the end of the year.
Electronic Engineering Times Asia |
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Cyber crime computer hacker to be sentenced
A young Whitianga computer nerd who pleaded guilty to charges relating to an international cyber-crime ring will be sentenced in the High Court in Hamilton today.
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