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The OpenOffice.org team has released OpenOffice.org 2.0.4. This release is mainly a bugfix release. You can download it form the OpenOffice.org website , and if you want to know if your pet bug has been fixed, have fun digging through the changelog .
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`The city has gone crazy`
Chinese bloggers are debating everything from salad bans to Beijing's beautification. Most of us may be twittering excitedly about the Olympics but Kevinkclee, a Beijing blogger, is exasperated.
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El Reg has made a few phonecalls to the big Microsoft OEMs, and confirmed that Microsoft will ship Vista to OEMs before Christmas 2006 . It seems like only the retail version of Vista wil be delayed until January 2006 2007. When Microsoft delayed Vista about a week ago, it excluded the corporate version from that delay, saying that version will ship in November.
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CTA adds 15 new routes to Bus Tracker
(Crain’s) — The Chicago Transit Authority on Monday will add 15 bus routes to its Bus Tracker program. The addition means that arrival times for nearly half of all 153 CTA bus routes can be tracked via the Internet at www.ctabustracker.com. The Bus Tracker program allows riders ...
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SAG stakes fight on made-for-Internet content
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. In a letter to SAG's 120,000 members, Doug Allen, the guild's executive director, claimed the offer would allow nonunion actors into "almost all new media productions for the ...
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The CEO of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is stepping down . Hector Ruiz had been just the second person to lead AMD after company founder Jerry Sanders. He'll be replaced by the chip maker's No. 2 executive, Dirk Meyer.
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Affordable Nehalem out to clobber 45nm AMD
THIS WEEK, the "Alpha Male" of AMD, Captain Dirk, took over the troubled ship.
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"Hijackthis - advice"
My laptop is now running so unbelievably slow that I'm sure something nasty is running on it. It's also crashing a lot recently. I'm running Avast, Zonealarm, Spybot S&D and Spyware Terminator, so it's reasonably well protected, but I still think some nasty little thing has got through.
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SAG stakes fight on made-for-Internet content
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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ComScore: Microsoft US search share rose in June
Microsoft Corp. marginally expanded its share of the U.S. search market in June, while Google Inc. had a small decline, according to estimates released by ComScore Inc. Friday.
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Capstone Turbine Corporation Announces Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for Its 2008 Annual Meeting of ...
CHATSWORTH, Calif.----Capstone Turbine Corporation , the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced that the proxy materials for its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders have been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and are now available online pursuant to the Notice and Access rule of the SEC by going to the ...
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Aussie was called world's oldest blogger
(AP) -- A 108-year-old Australian woman who was promoted as the world's oldest blogger has died two weeks after making her last post about ''singing a happy song,'' her great-grandson and her online forum said.
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Sector Snap: Chip stocks mostly decline
Shares of chip makers mostly fell Friday, with Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s dropping the most, after the company reported a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss.
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No, Kleiner Perkins won't give your Web 2.0 startup money [Venture Capital]
In the latest issue of Fortune, a feature about venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins pointed out that the company has yet to make any investments in Web 2.0. The firm which was an early investor in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Google to buy Russian contextual ad company
Google Inc. said Friday that it signed an agreement with Rambler Media Ltd. to buy its Russian contextual ad service ZAO Begun for $140 million.
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Disney - Amazon Video On Demand Is Launched
Amazon on Thursday launched a beta version of its new Amazon Video on Demand service, which allows users to watch any of 40,000 movies and TV shows on their PCs or Macs. ...
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Wall Street falls as techs disappoint; Citi up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Friday as Google Inc and Microsoft Corp drove a technology sell-off on fears their disappointing quarterly results signaled weakness in business and consumer spending.
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How To Start Your Very Own Real Estate Blog
Rather than concentrating on your own area of specialty to market your real estate business, you can practically triple the profit by setting it up on the Internet using blogs.
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When you have doubts, reboot
After retirement, we often become more interested in computers because we can use them for occupying some of our spare time during the day. But sooner or later something goes wrong with our desktop pal, and it’s most often operator error.
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Malware bad guys tout new trojan guaranteed to evade filters
A new Trojan making the rounds could potentially cause problems for security vendors if its guarantee of undetectable operation hold up under fire. Hackers are now offering customized versions of the Limbo 2 trojan for sale—and guaranteeing the result. Read More...
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Libbey Inc. to Broadcast Its Second-Quarter 2008 Conference Call on the Web
Libbey Inc. will broadcast its second-quarter 2008 earnings conference call live over the Internet on Friday, August 1, 2008, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. The webcast will be accessible from the Investor Relations section of www.libbey.com.
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Stuck on hold, Russians and Chinese prize unlocked iPhones as status symbols
MOSCOW (AP) _ In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here — but they are still begging for one item: Apple Inc.'s slick iPhone.
The Morning Call |
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Google Reinforces Its Russian Front With Ad Company Acquisition
The deal to buy ZAO Begun, a Russian contextual advertising service, marks Google's first publicly disclosed acquisition since last October.
InformationWeek |
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Yahoo Rallies Shareholders Against Carl Icahn
Yahoo is using a new tactic in its battle to keep Carl Icahn from breaking up the company and replacing its board of directors.
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SAG stakes fight on made-for-Internet content
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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