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Microsoft E3 2008 press conference wrap-up
Highlights from the video game conference include news that there will be exclusive downloadable content for Xbox Live.
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Mobile Internet Penetration Has Reached Critical Mass Says Recent Study
According to a report released by market researcher, Nielsen, 40 million US mobile subscribers (15.6 percent) actively use the mobile Internet, making the US a leader in mobile Internet adoption. In 16 countries tracked, the US leads in penetration, followed by the UK (12.9 percent) and Italy (11.9 percent). More consumers are expected to catch on with increased positive mobile Internet user ...
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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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Intel Corp. releases new chip
Chandler facility to produce Intel's Montevina.
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Pelted with cyber-tomatoes
There was a time when a gripe about a university lecturer went no further than a grumble over a pint in the union. Now social networking sites such as Facebook, Bebo and Myspace have created a forum akin to public stocks for professors who, as their students would see it, do not cut the mustard.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 14th Oct 2005 10:56 UTC
Intentionally or not, Linspire may be trying to become the "Education Linux" distribution. The desktop Linux software maker, formerly known as Lindows, Thursday launched a new, low-cost licensing program for schools who wish to install a Linux desktop operating system as an alternative to the more expensive Microsoft Windows operating system.
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Teens herald the death of e-mail
Peter Deng isn't big on e-mail. The problem, he explains, is that the format is too, well, formal. "I use e-mail really sparingly," says the 17-year-old who will be a senior this fall at McClatchy High School in Sacramento. E-mail, he explains, is reserved for communicating with teachers or - oh, the irony - getting MySpace and Facebook notifications. Deng's pal Terren Wing sees it this way: ...
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Average Issue Readership General Public PARC Media Index 1997, Saudi Arabia
With technology opening the new doors of communication and the distribution of news and information, ArabNews Online is not bound by physical limitations. ArabNews Online is published by ArabNews from its offices located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is now available to readers around the globe.
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When are online student comments free expression, and when are they harassment?
When are online student comments about lecturers free expression, and when are they harassment, asks Kate Smith
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New Toshiba satellites
n Toshiba has introduced its latest satellite laptops. The Toshiba Satellite P300, Satellite A300, Satellite M300 and Satellite U400 laptop PC series have been updated
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Happy Birthday, Channel 3000!
Guess what? Your favorite local news Web site is now 10 years old. We thought you might like to find out how it all began.
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AT&T gives Time Warner Cable new competition
Time Warner is no longer the only game in town. On Monday, July 14, AT&T launched U-verse, a package consisting of phone, Internet, wireless and TV services.
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Microsoft, Icahn 'Set the Record Straight' on Yahoo
After Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's latest offer, the war of words continues with Microsoft saying Yahoo's account of the offer was inaccurate
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'I can't shake off that bad cough': world's oldest blogger logs off
Some older people have an aversion to the internet and its myriad forms of communication. Not Olive Riley, who began blogging last year at the age of 107 and posted more than 70 entries before dying in an Australian nursing home last weekend.
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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. Santander is understood to be preparing an integration strategy similar to that undertaken at Abbey , the UK bank it acquired in 2004.
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Microsoft remodels the Xbox experience
The next-generation games console war turned into a social networking battle on Monday as Microsoft unveiled a new interface for the Xbox 360.
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Lizza defends New Yorker cover
In an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball, the author of the magazine's most recent piece on Barack Obama said, "sometimes you need to hold a mirror up to these absurdities."
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Netflix's movie-streaming service among coming attractions to Microsoft's Xbox 360
LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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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Microsoft revamps Windows Mobile website
— Jun. 30, 2008 — Microsoft has rolled out some unheralded changes to its main global web site promoting the Windows Mobile operating system. WindowsMobile.com now features video tours, interactive guides to phone features, a database of devices, free software, and how-tos. ...
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CSC gets DHS deal worth up to $391 million
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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Further information
Facing a bevy of potential low- or no-cost competitors in the smartphone operating system space, such as Linux and an open-source Symbian , Microsoft needs to present Windows Mobile as the OS alternative that's worth paying for because it isn't fragmented.
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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 ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 21st Aug 2005 14:35 UTC
Microsoft has once again stirred up a hornets nest in the open-source community, this time approaching the OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) to work with it on a joint, independent research project to do some facts-based analysis of Linux and Windows.
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