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Google's Marissa Mayer appointed to board of local modern art museum [Nouveau Gauche]
Marissa Mayer's high opinion of her own good taste will be getting that much more insufferable now that she can tell people that she's on the board of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Call it... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 14, 2008
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
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Latest Technology Headlines
Cellphones, Cameras, Computers and more. UPDATED 7:25 p.m. Comment from Viacom added. A week after Google and Viacom both said they hoped to agree to make YouTube viewing data anonymous before Google hands the information to Viacom, no agreement has been signed.
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eBay beats Tiffany in court case over trademarks
(AP:NEW YORK) EBay Inc. scored an important victory in court Monday, as a federal judge said companies such as jeweler Tiffany & Co. are responsible for policing their trademarks online, not auction platforms like eBay.
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Yahoo's current board versus Icahn's challengers
Carl Icahn moved ahead with his attempt to overthrow Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors by submitting his final list of candidates Monday. The nominees remain the same as those he first provided in May, except the list has been whittled from 10 to nine candidates to reflect Yahoo's decision to reduce the size of its board. Here's a look at the incumbents and the Icahn-led opposition:
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Fable II finished and coming in October
Peter Molyneux showcases ambitious new RPG at Microsoft's E3 Media Briefing
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Scotiabank to buy online stock brokerage E-Trade Canada for C$444 million
Kristine Owram, The Canadian Press July 14, 2008 - 5:43 p.m.
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E3 '08: Portal 2 confirmed for XBLA
Cult title coming to Xbox Live Arcade by the end of the year
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Dell's Latitude XT tablet goes multi-touch with a free upgrade, offers 128GB SSD for $649
Filed under: Displays , Laptops , Storage As promised , Dell is offering a free software upgrade for its Latitude XT tablet, unleashing the multi-touch capabilities of its capacitive touch screen at last. The free download allows you to do two finger scrolling, zooming and use programmable double tap functions directly on the screen. Dell's also adding a new 128GB SSD option for ...
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Microsoft updates Xbox 360, announces Netflix deal
LOS ANGELES - At risk of losing its lead in the video game wars, Microsoft is hoping to spur sales of its flagging Xbox 360 console.
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Novellus Reports First Loss in More Than Four Years (Update2)
July 14 (Bloomberg) -- Novellus Systems Inc. , the maker of equipment that helps turn silicon wafers into computer chips, reported its first quarterly loss in more than four years after customers cut back expansion plans.
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COPS: DRIVER'S LICENSES RUN WITHOUT REASON
SEBRING - Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton fired road patrol deputy John Stock on Friday, after an internal investigation into a citizen complaint revealed he used a mobile computer in his patrol vehicle to run the driver's license information of people for non-law enforcement reasons. The complainant alleged Stock had made complaints on him to the Florida Department of Children and ...
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Yahoo's current board versus Icahn's challengers
Carl Icahn moved ahead with his attempt to overthrow Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors by submitting his final list of candidates Monday.
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CSC gets DHS deal worth up to $391 million
(AP:WASHINGTON) Information-technology services provider Computer Sciences Corp. on Monday received a contract from the Department of Homeland Security to provide secure managed data center services.
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Xbox 360 to get save-to-HDD feature
A MAJOR feature that Microsoft has announced at E3, and reported in the official Xbox 360 Gamerscore Blog, is the ability to copy games to your Xbox 360 hard-drive.
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Microsoft's Xbox 360,Sony Playstation Are No Nintendo Wii
Microsoft and Sony can make all the noise they want at the E3 Media and Business gaming extravaganza in Los Angeles but I know the Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation and they are no Wii.
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Xbox 360 to get major GUI overhaul
THE XBOX 360 dashboard has been looking slightly lacklustre compared to the Playstation's slick XMB implementation, and Microsoft has finally realised the 360 needed an updated GUI.
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Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days
(AP:NEW YORK) Apple Inc. said Monday it sold 1 million iPhones in the first three days its newest model was on the market. "IPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend," said Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, in a statement.
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Intel and Nvidia to work together on Nehalem
GPU maker Nvidia has been in the press a lot lately, for its tight-lippedness on the failure rates of its 8-series mobile GPUs, its dire competition with AMD/ATI, and its new Rambus patent litigation. Today, however, brought some good news.
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Intel's Centrino 2 (aka Montevina) arrives tonight
Whatever you do don't buy a new computer this afternoon: Intel's long-anticipated new chipset/wireless/CPU combo , formally named Centrino 2 and previously known by the code name "Montevina," officially arrives this evening after nearly a month of delays. Virtually every computer maker will have upgraded models for sale come tomorrow... and big discounts on older machines that are still ...
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E3 Log: Microsoft's Soft-Wii Attack
Xbox 360 will open up to everyone with a redesigned Xbox interface.
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Craig Wireless reports third quarter results and announces new financing and option agreement regarding Spectrum ...
Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. , released its third quarter unaudited financial statements for Fiscal 2008, for the three months ended May 31, 2008.
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On-line resource portal for PhD students
A unique web-based cyber community to support Mäori PhD students will be launched at a symposium, in Palmerston North on Wednesday.
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XBox 360 to stream Netflix movies
Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs.
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Xbox 360 unveils gameplay for every passion
LOS ANGELES — July 14, 2008 — The world of Xbox 360 just got bigger, broader and more exciting than ever as Microsoft unveiled a host of games that will make anyone’s heart race at E3 Media and Business Summit (E3) in Los Angeles.
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