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San Francisco Named Most Walkable City In U.S.
A Web site that scores the nation's major cities on how easy it is for pedestrians to walk around has placed San Francisco at the top of the list.
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Yahoo fires another volley at 'agitator' Icahn
Yahoo Inc. made one of its most pointed attacks yet against billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who is trying to wrest control of the Web portal, calling him a corporate agitator who can't make up his mind about what to do with the company. In a letter to...
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‘Mystery shopper’ scam hits close to home
Local and state authorities are warning of another scam, this one involving a fake "mystery shopper" program. Deputy Dennis Wilkinson of the Seneca County Sheriff's Office said an area resident has been hit with the scam. The woman found what she thought was a legitimate program on the Internet.
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TECH CHRONICLES / A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech)
BlogHer conference starts today in S.F. with a global presence Ladies, start your laptops. The BlogHer 4 convention is rolling into San Francisco, where hundreds of female bloggers from across the globe will share their insights on all things blogging - from...
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Earnings: Google's earnings a letdown
Google's quarterly earnings growth slowed more than anticipated, raising worries that the ailing economy is starting to affect the Internet search leader.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Wipro Q1 net up 25% at Rs 908 crore
Wipro Limited, the $5 billion software to soaps major, has reported a 25 per cent increase in its net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal as against the corresponding period of last fiscal. The topline has increased by 43 per cent.The net profit has smarted up to Rs 908 crore (Rs 9.08 billion)for the first quarter, while the topline has moved to Rs 5,967 crore (Rs 59.67 billion).
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Yahoo blasts Microsoft, investor
In a letter to shareholders, Yahoo termed "stupefying" Microsoft's attempts to acquire the Internet company.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Court house wireless internet access praised
Jury duty took Anthony Perella away from his office, but that didn't mean his work had to wait. The warehousing company executive spent his downtime at the Morris County Courthouse staying on top of e-mails and online reports, thanks to a new wireless internet connection in the building.
Morris Ledger |
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E.V.'s economic giant Intel turns 40
This story was written on a computer with an Intel processor inside.
East Valley Tribune |
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Shortcuts helpful for BlackBerry users
If you're a BlackBerry user, you're probably getting tired of hearing about all the things Apple's iPhone can do. But don't despond: Your current trusty e-mailing device has a few tricks up its sleeve that you may not know about.
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Economic worries loom over Google’s 2Q earnings
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 (9:42 p.m.)
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AMD changes CEO as turnaround pressure intensifies
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 (9:42 p.m.) Under Hector Ruiz's leadership, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose to challenge larger rival Intel Corp. as never before in AMD's nearly 40-year history.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Some common tech myths busted
SINGAPORE: Have you heard the rumour about using your mobile phone as a digital key to unlock your car? With myths like this one propagating at the speed of spam, it can be hard to tell fact from fiction.
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Microsoft 4Q profit rises, Web ad business rocky
Thu, Jul 17, 2008 (9:42 p.m.) With a Yahoo Inc. search deal uncertain at best, Microsoft Corp. plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more than expected in the next year to whip its unprofitable online operations into shape.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Online ad group adds to sector’s worries
Fears about a spreading cyclical slowdown in some areas of online advertising and e-commerce reverberated through Wall Street on Thursday after ValueClick , which runs the largest independent online advertising network, pre-announced weak earnings for the latest quarter and slashed its financial forecasts for the rest of the year.
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Linked by Adam S on Wed 28th Sep 2005 12:44 UTC
A storm in a teacup if you ask me, any manufacturer would live with 1% of faulty devices. Reacting after 1 week of complain is pretty good. I haven't heard much about Creative admitting to ..SELLING PLAYERS WITH VIRUS INCLUDED?????
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I'm special and you're special, too
In light of the overly-generous speechifying in the current presidential campaign, the "I'm special" mentality of all too many folks could be hazardous to our health and future.Remember when nearly everyone believed the Earth was flat? You don't? Did your cell phone lose its bars? Did your television, radio and computer go on the fritz? Oh wait, Al Gore had not invented the Internet yet.
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Samsung collaborates with Sun on server SSDs
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has collaborated with Sun Microsystems to develop a single-level-cell NAND flash memory device for use in solid state drives that offer much higher endurance levels than any other flash memory device on the market today.
Digi Times |
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Realtek and C-Media to benefit from resignation of ADI
Analog Devices (ADI) recently notified clients that the company will halt all further development of its PC Audio Codec chip product line. Taiwan-based audio chip suppliers Realtek Semiconductor and C-Media Electronics are expected to benefit from the announcement, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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Lite-On IT expected to ship up to 5 million Xbox 360 DVD-ROM drives in 3Q08
Lite-On IT delivered four million DVD-ROM drives used in Xbox 360 consoles in the second quarter of 2008 and the shipment volume for the third quarter is estimated to increase by 20-25% to 4.8-5.0 million units, according to component suppliers in Taiwan.
Digi Times |
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Taiwan international Internet bandwidth rose to top 222Gbps at end of 2Q08
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Digi Times |
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Intel Bloomfield CPU pricing reveals pleasant surprise
In order to speed up adoption of quad-core CPUs, Intel is planning to offer its upcoming 3.2GHz Extreme series Bloomfield processor at US$999 in thousand-unit tray quantities, US$500 cheaper compared to the current top-end Core 2 Extreme QX9770 which sells at US$1,499, according to sources at motherboard makers.
Digi Times |
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AMD changes CEO as chip maker struggles
SAN FRANCISCO - Hector Ruiz was pushed aside Thursday after six tumultuous years as CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the chip maker tries to pull itself out of a deep financial hole caused by a questionable acquisition and a major product gaffe.
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U.S. video game sales seen up 53 percent in June
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 53 percent in June from a year ago, with Konami Corp's (9766.T) "Metal Gear Solid 4" helping to fuel a dramatic increase in the number of Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 units sold, market researcher NPD reported on Thursday.
Muzi |
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Books You Participate In
"These 'choose your own adventures', half work of fiction, half roleplaying game, appear to be enjoying something of a resurgence, perhaps partly due to nostalgia and partly due to a generation weaned on the internet looking for the same interactivity in books."
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