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Grabbing some love upstairs at Google [Geek Love]
"You asked if I was headed upstairs for a meeting and I said, "not exactly. I am here for GoogleApps." Oh, Pink Scarf Girl. We want to find your Missed Connections "Moment" Man, too. White, male,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Haviland Telephone gets second look as broadband provider
Virtually all concerns Media Center Board President Janet West had held previously over Haviland Telephone being the “right fit” to provide services for the broadband capabilities needed to enable the WiMAX wireless Internet service planned for Kiowa County were answered to her satisfaction during a conference call of July 15.
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Big shareholder backs Yahoo board over Icahn
One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn. With Friday's announcement, Legg Mason Capital Management Inc. became the biggest major Yahoo shareholder to publicly declare it will vote for the nine current directors - a group that has ...
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IT chiefs grapple with application management
MAIDENHEAD, UK: IT leaders in large UK companies are struggling to put in place effective application management , according to new research from Quest Software Inc.
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iRobot Reveals Findings of National Survey on at-Home Work-Life Balance at Blogging Convention
Americans are more concerned than ever about the time they spend working inside their homes and the dwindling amount of time spent on leisure activities, according to iRobot Corp.'s (Nasdaq:IRBT) "Balance at Home" survey. The national survey of consumers, conducted by StrategyOne on behalf of iRobot, indicates that Americans spend 40 percent of their in-home waking hours tending to household ...
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San Francisco System Lockout Called 'Misunderstanding'
The lawyer representing an engineer who allegedly locked up San Francisco's computer system said Friday that he has been willing to reveal the password all along. Terry Childs, 43, has been held on $5 million bond and pleaded not guilty Thursday to four counts of tampering with a computer network. A Misunderstanding? Erin Crane, Childs' court-appointed lawyer, called the case a big ...
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Cuba and Venezuela to lay undersea Internet cable
Cuba is teaming up with Venezuela to lay fiber-optic cable to bring high-speed Internet access to the island nation, according to documents recently made public.
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AMD Reports Second Quarter Results
AMD (NYSE:AMD) today reported second quarter 2008 revenue from continuing operations of $1.349 billion, a seven percent decrease compared to the first quarter of 2008 and a three percent increase compared to the second quarter of 2007. As part of its previously communicated review of its non-core businesses, AMD decided to divest its Handheld and DTV product businesses, and therefore is ...
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Tech stocks sink as Google and Microsoft disappoint, Dow up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Technology stocks fell on Friday and drove the Nasdaq down 1 percent on disappointing earnings from Google and Microsoft , while Citigroup's smaller-than-expected loss pushed up the Dow and helped keep the broader market near the unchanged mark.
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Cuba and Venezuela to lay undersea Internet cable
Cuba is teaming up with Venezuela to lay fiber-optic cable to bring high-speed Internet access to the island nation, according to documents recently made public.
CNET |
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Big shareholder backs Yahoo board over Icahn
One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Tri-City Herald |
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Stocks Close Mixed Following Earnings From Google, Microsoft and Citigroup - U.S. Commentary
(RTTNews) - After turning in a choppy trading day, stocks ended Friday's session mixed, following the release of quarterly earnings from several major companies. The mixed day came following two standout sessions, sending the day up more than 480 points.
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Big shareholder backs Yahoo board over Icahn
Fri, Jul 18, 2008 (1:42 p.m.) One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
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Mo. Woman Pleads Guilty In Plot To Swipe Baby
A 20-year-old Kansas City-area woman pleaded guilty Friday to snatching a pregnant teenager she met online in a foiled plot to steal her unborn child.
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Google's Gmail Contacts to Get SyncML
Google has recently made improvements to its Gmail Contacts program. One update will halt Gmail from automatically adding email addresses that you send messages to to your contacts list. This will cut down on duplicate entries and cluttered contacts ... (follow link to read)
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Pasco County To Relaunch Web Site
NEW PORT RICHEY -- It's new! It's improved! Pasco County is preparing to unwrap its redesigned county government Web site with more features for its increasingly tech-savvy residents.
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Hacker runs up big phone bill for library
DUXBURY, Mass. -- A computer hack has run up a phone bill of more than $15,000 at the Duxbury public library.
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'Big Give' for free school supplies
Drew Friend has a challenge for everyone who shops Sunday at the Tylersville Road Kroger: spend at least $5 to purchase a packet of school supplies that will be sent to Crayons to Computers.
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Citi, Schlumberger, Google, Mattel are big movers
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Citigroup Inc., up $1.38 at $19.35
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Plus de 3 milliards de bénéfices au premier semestre de l’année
Dans un communiqué mis sur son site Internet jeudi dernier, le groupe Emaar a annoncé un bénéfice net de 3,315 milliards de dirhams (902 millions dollars) au premier semestre de l’année en cours. Un résultat légèrement en hausse par rapport à celui l’année 2007 (893 millions dollars).
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Web Pics Come Back To Bite Defendants
Prosecutors are using damaging pictures on Facebook and MySpace to cast doubt on a defendant's characters.
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Congressman Wants Opt-In Rule for Web Tracking
The chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet said he thinks online monitoring services working on behalf of the advertising community should be required to obtain clear approval before tracking the online activities of individuals.
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Medicaid system leaves many without checks
TALLAHASSEE -- Glitches and a rocky transition to a new state computer system that manages 2.3 million Medicaid patients has left some contractors who provide services to the state's most severely disabled without a paycheck for weeks.
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San Francisco System Lockout Called 'Misunderstanding'
The lawyer representing an engineer who allegedly locked up San Francisco's computer system said Friday that he has been willing to reveal the password all along.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Tech stocks sink as Google and Microsoft disappoint, Dow up
Technology stocks fell on Friday and drove the Nasdaq down 1 percent on disappointing earnings from Google and Microsoft, while Citigroup's smaller-than-expected loss pushed up the Dow and helped keep the broader market near the unchanged mark.
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