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Silicon Alley Insider creates start-up valuation index
How much is Facebook, Wikipedia, or Twitter worth? Silicon Alley Insider has created a real-time valuation index for the hot Web start-ups.
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Eco Everest featured on Earth.Google.com
The ‘Google Earth Outreach Showcase’ now features the Eco Everest Expedition 2008, which is raising awareness on the impact of climate change in the Himalayas.
OneWorld South Asia |
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Lawyers fighting to stay on case
A team of plaintiffs lawyers that includes a former high-ranking federal prosecutor denies infiltrating an insurance company's computer database to help build a case against the insurer after Hurricane Katrina.
The Clarion-Ledger |
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Top Aussie acts band together over music theft
A galaxy of Aussie music stars make a documentary to discourage illegal music downloads.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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DAILY EXPRESS NEWS
Penang : The Penang police are asking their Johor counterparts to investigate a death threat made on an Internet website against DAP national chairman Karpal Singh.
Sabah Daily Express |
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Meet Mr. Malware, and see how to avoid him
Dmitry Ivanovich Golubov has dodged a bullet in the Ukraine, and now the Godfather of Credit Card Fraud may have his sights on your data.
Cape Cod Times |
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Engineers build 'Guitar Hero' robot
The fascination of artificial intelligence has captivated people for years and was the focal point for the "Guitar Hero" playing robot, Slashbot, built by a group of Texas A&M engineering majors as part of their senior project.
The Battalion |
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Recycling progress: existent but slow
After months of not saying anything, Luke Rains had had enough.
The Battalion |
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MSI Wind U100 Notebook Photos
Tweaktown published product photos of the MSI Wind notebook. The MSI U100 is set to compete with Asus Eee PC. Quote: "Over the past month or so MSI’s Wind notebook has been widely documented over the web but until down specific details and photo...
I4U |
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Taiwan's Quanta Computer Q1 net up 18 pct y/y
TAOYUAN, Taiwan, April 29 - Taiwan's Quanta Computer , the world's largest contract laptop maker, said on Tuesday quarterly earnings rose 18 percent on solid demand for its notebook PCs.
Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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Daytrotter scores Web coup by catching Death Cab For Cutie
The Rock Island-based music Web site Daytrotter became a must-visit destination Monday for fans of the rock band Death Cab For Cutie.
Quad-City Times |
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Miley Cyrus apologizes for photos
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Miley Cyrus is taking issue with a photo of herself that's going around, and it's not another amateur, truth-or-dare Internet snapshot - it's the handiwork of Annie Leibovitz.
Colorado State Collegian |
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Utah's two biggest papers see circulation drop
The daily circulation at Utah's two biggest newspapers fell in the latest reporting period, a decline in line with most papers nationwide that have lost print readers to the Internet and other media.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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Germany's Freenet to buy Debitel for $2.5b
German internet and telecommunications provider Freenet has agreed to acquire mobile telephone operator Debitel for about 1.63 billion euros (US$2.54 billion), an Associated Press report said.
America's Network |
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Spain's defense ministrry orders ban on web surfing
Spain's Defense Ministry has ordered its staff to stop browsing sports and entertainment web sites while on duty, an Associated Press report said.
America's Network |
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tech briefs
Intel Corp. is ratcheting up the competition with smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. by teaming up with supercomputer maker Cray Inc., which for the past six years has used only AMD chips in its high-performance machines.
Times Leader |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Feb 2006 19:48 UTC
PC firmware, a murky world of interwoven software code that dates back to the original IBM PC and its clones, is about to be modernized . In a move that experts say promises to lead to fewer headaches for IT staff by creating more stable and manageable desktops and notebooks, the PC industry has begun transitioning to the United Extensible Firmware Interface.
New Mobile Computing |
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City buys software for police
Akron City Council approved the purchase of software aimed at improving the effectiveness of the computers in police cruisers.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Microsoft to get tough with Yahoo!
Wall Street expects Microsoft to enter a protracted period of "trench warfare" in its attempt to buy Yahoo! after the failure of its three-month-long attempt to bring the online company's board to the negotiating table.
Mail and Guardian |
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State lawmakers consider allowing bets on horses over the Internet
- A man paces in the dining room at Arlington Park, nursing a beverage while staring at the lineup of horses on the video screen as race time approaches.
Daily Herald |
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Digest: Yahoo, Microsoft let deadline pass
The top executives at Microsoft and Yahoo haven't held any recent discussions to break an impasse over Microsoft's 3-month-old takeover bid, Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said.
Houston Chronicle |
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Police beat
A $1,200 laptop was stolen from a vehicle parked on the 1200 block of East Wilson Street, it was reported at 6:36 p.m. Thursday.
Daily Herald |
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Suspect in online sex case booked
A Wisconsin teacher arrested in January on charges of exposing himself online to a detective in Kenner, when he thought he was talking to an underage girl, surrendered in Kenner Monday morning, police said.
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Briefs: Cops issue e-mail warning
Gurnee police Monday issued a community warning about what they say is the newest spam e-mail trick hitting computers. Police said the subject line has a person's name as part of the following on the subject line: "We caught you naked! Check the video."
Daily Herald |
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Microsoft Earnings Decline as Windows Sales Drop
Microsoft has reported 11% decline in net profit at $4.38bn for the third quarter, on revenue up 0.3% at $14.45bn. It said the drop in earnings was due to a 24% drop in Windows sales and lower revenue from its online advertising unit.
Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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