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Google 2nd quarter profit rises 35% (9:20 a.m.)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc.'s earnings growth bogged down more than investors anticipated during the second quarter, raising worries that the ailing US economy is starting to sap the Internet search leader.
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How Bebo's world view is netting the sponsors
The online host of a new reality program say it is changing the way advertisers think, writes Paul McIntyre.
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Market punishes Google for less than stellar results
Google's earnings growth bogged down more than investors anticipated during the second quarter, raising worries that the ailing US economy is starting to sap the internet search leader.
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Intel Celebrates 40 Years of Innovation
Intel Corporation celebrates a milestone anniversary today by looking 40 years in the past and 40 years into the future. To celebrate this milestone, Intel unveiled the World Mural Project, a digital artwork that captures the vision ...
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SAG stakes fight on made-for-Internet content
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday gave its most detailed explanation yet for its rejection of a final contract offer by Hollywood studios, citing shortfalls in pay and union jurisdiction on made-for-Internet productions.
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Huh? He's a weird burger and a net cult
In under a year, Ben Huh has become an unlikely web hero whose obtuse sense of humour has spawned a legion of cult websites fed for free by an army of loyal geek followers.
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Features and Case Studies
Alan Noble is the engineering and site director for Google Australia. ZDNet.com.au sat down with him to find out about the future of Web, and what Google really thinks about Microsoft's move into online applications.
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Fast-Booting OS for Usually-Off Appliance PCs?
An anonymous reader writes "I have some older computer equipment at work that I want to re-purpose as application appliances. The machines will sit, unpowered, until needed, then powered up. No way around the 'sitting powered off' — company directive. What is the quickest-booting OS I could use for them? I know about LinuxBIOS, but that would require new hardware, which does not go along which ...
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Bloggers can hide or delete offending remarks, Election Court told
KUCHING: An ICT expert told an Election Court here yesterday that blog-site owners can hide or delete offending remarks on their blog sites.
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IBM Profits Grow 22% in Second Quarter
International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer-services provider, reported a 22% increase in second-quarter profit and boosted its full-year forecast as sales climbed in emerging markets. Net income rose to $2.77 billion, or $1.98 a share, from $2.26 billion, or $1.55, a year earlier, the Armonk, N.Y-based company said yesterday in a statement. Sales gained 13% to $26.8 ...
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Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects
Well, eight days, and a joint effort to help prevent phishing and two major arrests related to identity theft, and I feel like we've made a decent attack on the identity theft culture. Score one for the good guys for once. Just a day after reading...
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Bloggers amplify voices, put money where mouse is
Bloggers are converging in Austin for the four-day Netroots Nation 2008 conference in an effort to coalesce and promote liberal and progressive opinion.
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IBM quarterly profit up 22%
IBM reported a 22 per cent rise in quarterly profit, blowing past Wall Street targets and raising its 2008 forecast.
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Microsoft 4th quarter profit soars 42%
Microsoft has said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 42 per cent, helped by strong sales of its Office and Windows software, but the company offered a soft outlook for the current quarter.
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Recent Original Stories
The results of the LinuxQuestions member's choice awards are in.
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Bloggers amplify voices, put money where mouse is
It's no surprise that the nation's liberal bloggers decided to link up in Austin to hold their third annual Netroots Nation 2008 conference: It's a natural fit where techie meets progressive hipster.
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Photos: A brief history of drives
Hard drives weren't always so compact or so capacious, as a quick pictorial tour through the museum of hard drives at the HDS SAN Technology Centre in Odawara, Japan, reveals.
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IBM quarterly profit up 22% 18 Jul 2008, 0724 hrs IST,REUTERS
BOSTON: IBM reported a 22 per cent rise in quarterly profit, blowing past Wall Street targets and raising its 2008 forecast, as emerging markets used its services, software and equipment to expand, and larger countries turned to technology to save money.
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Acer Ships Ginormous 8920G Gemstone Notebooks; 16:9, Dual HDDs, Blu-ray Included, Hernia Belt Not [Gemstone]
Acer's now shipping the 8920G Gemstone laptops, and they're even more impressive than we'd thought. While not the biggest screen we've seen on a portable, they sport an impressive 18.2-inch LCD at...
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Microsoft raises bet on unprofitable online unit
Microsoft Corp. outlined plans to boost spending on its online businesses Thursday, even as new financial results showed the company's payoff in that area falling short of its expectations.
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Screen Actors Guild draws line over ad-supported Internet streams, union jurisdiction
LOS ANGELES (AP): The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday gave its most detailed explanation yet for its rejection of a final contract offer by Hollywood studios, citing shortfalls in pay and union jurisdiction on made-for-Internet productions.
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E3 2008: 360 GH World Tour, Rock Band instruments 'totally compatible'
Neversoft's Brian Bright says Harmonix's instruments can be used with Microsoft's version of upcoming rhythm game, which will adjust for play with rival's drum set; World Tour instruments also work with first Rock Band.
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Big 3 mimic each other at E3: more, more and more
One word sums up the announcements made by the Big Three gaming companies at the E3 this week: more. During their flashy news conferences, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony all announced plans for more games, more sequels, more exclusives, more connectivity and more ways for gamers to use their systems for stuff other than gaming.
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Web Site Names SF Most Walkable City In U.S.
An international Web site has named San Francisco the most convenient U.S. city for residents to run errands on foot, but a local group say that does not mean it's the most pedestrian-friendly.
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Ask Engadget: Best LCD monitor under $400?
Filed under: Ask Engadget , Displays Tired of looking at that tired old CRT monitor? Anxious to get a screen with a bit more screen real estate? So is Paul -- have a look: "I was wondering if you all could help me out in deciding on a monitor. I'd like it to be at least 19-inches, bigger is better, but the main thing is to have a nice resolution. I currently have a 1,280 x 1,080 17-inch ...
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