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Google-Yahoo advertising deal should be blocked, says Microsoft
The search advertising deal between Google and Yahoo should be blocked, Microsoft has told a US congressional committee. By Jemima Kiss
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Oct 2007 20:03 UTC, submitted by Geonon
Microsoft has apologized for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search tool on users' desktops without approval.
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are all these applications really required ?"
"Ever tried this query in Google: "Linux-like environment for Windows" with inverted commas? If you have, it gives exactly 13700 results. Now try the same other way around. Google "Windows environment for Linux" but don't use the quotes from previous query. It yields approximately 1150 results.
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Sony adds online movies to PlayStation 3 consoles
Sony on Tuesday added online movie sales and rentals to the repertoire of PlayStation 3 videogame console features.
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AnMed patient arrested for disrupting ER in Anderson
AnMed Health Medical Center officials testified Tuesday in Anderson Municipal Court that a 22-year-old emergency room patient tampered with a computer and stole medical supplies.
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Videogame console giants jockey for throne
Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are waging battle at the Electronics Entertainment Expo, each claiming to be the true king of videogame consoles in a booming multi-billion dollar industry.
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Lawmakers eye probe of Yahoo-Google ad pact
Congress waded into the escalating fight over the future of Yahoo, demanding to know whether the internet company's advertising partnership with Google, intended to keep Yahoo out of the clutches of Microsoft, raises antitrust concerns, an Associated Press report said.
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Miyamoto flattered by Microsoft's avatars
GamesIndustry.biz is the world's most read and influential games industry website. But don't just take our word for it!
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Sony unveils PlayStation video service
Sony has unveiled a movie download service for its Playstation Network. The new service will allow users to both rent and purchase standard and high-definition movies and TV shows for its Playstation 3 console.
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Apple iPhone 3G unlocked already
A group from Brazil has managed to unlock Apple's iPhone 3G handset just days after its release. The unlocked iPhone is displayed and demonstrated in an online video on a Portuguese-language news blog.
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Computer Weekly to give evidence to Lords on government spin
A House of Lords committee has asked Computer Weekly to give evidence at a hearing in Parliament today into openness and the quality or otherwise of government...
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Schoolgirl may be paralysed by disease that mother diagnosed on internet after doctors left baffled for six months
A schoolgirl who has been left bed-ridden with a serious illness for six-months, was only diagnosed after her mother looked up her symptoms on the internet.
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Viacom agrees to YouTube privacy deal
Shaun Nichols, Information World Review , Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 10:33:00 User names to be left off viewer log Google and Viacom have reached an agreement to omit user information from a YouTube log which the search giant has been forced to hand over....
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Current Newswire:
[ Thanks to Falko Timme for this link. ] "In our scenario, we need each master and slave server(s) as both “authoritative” and “caching”. So it is very important to understand that how to achieve these with djbdns. Unlike bind, djbdns uses individual IP for each kind of dns service.
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Adeona service offers free tracking for lost laptops
Losing your laptop, or worse, having it stolen can be both a stressful and very upsetting experience. It may have sensitive business information on it, personal details that could be used for ID theft, or irreplaceable data such as family photos and video footage. Adeona hopes to minimise the problems of a missing laptop, and hopefully [...]
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Symantec releases public Norton 2009 betas
The company claims Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 are faster, lighter and will be updated more regularly
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Google-Yahoo advertising deal should be blocked, says Microsoft
The search advertising deal between Google and Yahoo should be blocked, Microsoft has told a US congressional committee. By Jemima Kiss
Guardian Unlimited |
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Man jailed for uploaded kiddie porn
Uploading the rape of a young girl and other smut onto the Internet and possessing images of child pornography has landed a Calgary man a 17-month jail term.
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Barnegat man arrested in online child sex sting
A Stillwater Road man was one of six New Jersey residents arrested in an online sting by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office targeting adults engaging in sexually explicit dialogue with people who they believed were children under the age of 16.
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Profit Rises 25% at Intel on Strong Global Demand
Intel reported a sharp rise in profit and said strong demand worldwide for computer chips would continue in the current quarter.
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Apple Sues Mac Clone Maker Psystar
Apple has sued Psystar, the computer maker that in April started selling Intel-based systems with Mac OS X pre-installed, for copyright and software licensing violations.
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Profit Rises 25% at Intel on Strong Global Demand
Intel reported a sharp rise in profit and said strong demand worldwide for computer chips would continue in the current quarter.
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Recent Original Stories
"Microsoft has lost a head-to-head competition with OpenDocument Format supporting software , with the decision of the Bristol, England City Council to convert its 5500 desktops from Office to Sun's ODF compliant StarOffice office suite.
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Recent Original Stories
"I am faced with a challenge: I need to find a Linux distribution that is both small enough, efficient enough and easy enough to maintain for my laptop.
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Google and Yahoo Defend Ad Alliance at a Hearing
At a Congressional hearing, Google and Yahoo lawyers argued that their advertising partnership did not violate antitrust laws and would help to keep Yahoo competitive.
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