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EU backs AMD in chip war
The European Commission has filed anti-trust charges against the world's largest chip maker, Intel, accusing it of using coercion to eliminate its leading rival from the market place.
Deutsche Welle |
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Legislators reach compromise on ticket scalping bill
Consumers looking for tickets to sold-out events will have some protection if they go shopping on the Internet under a bill headed to Gov. Mike Easley.
Winston-Salem Journal |
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Tougher Internet Sex Offender Law Headed To Governor
The House and Senate unanimously agreed Friday to a compromise bill that would bar sex offenders registered with the state from places such as MySpace and Facebook.
WITN 7 North Carolina |
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Markets (July 18)
OUTLOOK: Wipro Q1 net grows 25% at Rs 908 cr Muted growth forecast for Q2. Bangalore, July 18Wipro Ltd, the country’s third largest IT services provider, reported first quarter revenue marginally higher than what it had estimated. ...
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iPhones hot even in places Apple has yet to reach
NEW 1:30 p.m. MOSCOW -- 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.
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AT&T Brings Free Wi-Fi To iPhone. Not.
AT&T teased its iPhone customers with a false report on Friday that it was finally making good on its promise to bring free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users.
ChannelWeb |
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Internet scam targets sympathizers of dead soldier Fouty
SOUTHFIELD -- The Better Business Bureau of Detroit is investigating an Internet scam offering to sell a car owned by U.S. Army Spc. Byron Fouty, whose remains were found in Iraq last week.
Detroit News |
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Linus Torvalds' Followup On Software Security, Sensationalism And Self-Stimulating Simians
Linux creator offers apologies to OpenBSD developers, expands on his criticism of security programmers
ChannelWeb |
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Apple's iPhones hot even in Moscow, Beijing
In both countries, the device enjoys super-exclusive status, thanks to a thriving market for "unlocked" iPhones adapted for local use.
The Economic Times |
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Partial disk encryption not enough to keep some data secure
Use of disk encryption is a growing trend for individuals and companies alike. But new research carried out at the University of Washington points to a few cracks appearing when encryption is used in a certain way. The research covers encryption used only on a section of a hard drive, rather than a fully encrypted disk. [...]
Geek.com |
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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.
Miami Herald |
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ComScore: Microsoft US search share rose in June
(AP:RESTON, Va.) 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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Story Comments
With fuel prices soaring, there's been an ongoing debate in Indian newspapers about whether the era of low cost airlines is over. As is evident globally, it's not as if eras start or get over in a jiffy. Low cost airlines are here to stay as much are mobile telephony or the Internet.
Business Standard India |
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Sony to offer 'Graphic Splash' for select Vaio FW notebooks
Sony's upcoming Graphic Splash notebooks will be based on the Vaio FW multimedia PC introduced this week, and they'll be available for sale online for a limited time this fall, BetaNews has learned.
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Major Shareholder Backs Yahoo Board
San Francisco (dpa) - Yahoo's board received a major boost Friday in its effort to resist Carl Icahn's rebellion, as Legg Mason Capital Management, one of the company's largest shareholders, announced its support for the current leadership.
HispanicBusiness.com |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 22nd Oct 2005 17:42 UTC
Microsoft met with the OSI board this week to discuss their new Shared Source licences.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Oct 2006 16:14 UTC, submitted by Rob
Novell said on Wednesday that its recently released SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop will cost users over USD 300 less than Microsoft forthcoming Windows Vista operating system, and encouraged users to look at their desktop operating system options.
New Mobile Computing |
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Tech Winners & Losers: Google
Shares of the Internet giant were falling after analysts said it may not be immune to the economic downturn.
TheStreet.com |
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Major Shareholder Backs Yahoo Board
San Francisco (dpa) - Yahoo's board received a major boost Friday in its effort to resist Carl Icahn's rebellion, as Legg Mason Capital Management, one of the company's largest shareholders, announced its support for the current leadership.
HispanicBusiness.com |
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Recent Original Stories
"Two years ago, the number of developers writing applications for the Microsoft Windows platform fell, while the opposite was true for Linux - this has now become a trend . Instead of the Web stealing away Windows Users, as people have predicted for years, it's Linux and handheld devices.
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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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Future Now Launches the First in a Series of New Webinars with Google
Future Now Group, Inc. , a recognized leader in online marketing optimization, announced the successful launch of its webinar series with Google. The monthly webinar series is designed specifically for marketers and users of Google Website Optimizer.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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That new bus smell
Metro Transit is rolling out more than 100 new buses this summer. They've got traditional diesel engines, but they're built for the Internet age.
Minnesota Public Radio |
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Greenwood man arrested on child pornagraphy charges
State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) agents with the Computer Crimes Center have arrested and charged a Greenwood County man with two counts of 2nd Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
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Recent Original Stories
The European Union escalated its trans-Atlantic fight with Microsoft on Thursday, threatening new multimillion fines against the software maker over claims it fails to offer rivals a fair deal on licenses for helping servers work with Windows.
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