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Big shareholder backs current Yahoo board
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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posted by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 4th Aug 2006 07:21 UTC
Last week we had a news item about a T9-like technology for PalmOS and PocketPC that its version 1.0 was released for free. Xrgomics, the company behind TenGO , sent us the new full version of the software, v2.0, plus TenGO Thumb for a quick review. Check it out!
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SIUC computer lab gets facelift
CARBONDALE - Mention the word "statistics" to most graduate students and you'll see them wince.
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"It may be a brave opinion but I predict that Ubuntu Linux and Windows Vista are going to be the two operating systems that will take over the largest chunk of the desktop OS market during the next couple of years.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 16th Dec 2007 00:02 UTC
Apple and Linux are engaged in battle – a battle to win over disgruntled Windows users. But who will win, and what will the consequences be for the loser? The most commonly held belief amongst Apple and Linux fanboys is that both factions are engaged in some kind of a war with Microsoft.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Jun 2007 21:47 UTC
El Reg takes a look at ten desktop computers , from Apple's Mac Pro to Dell's exotic XPS M2010 . The verdict: "The ten PCs we have looked at here represent a huge cross-section of the computer market and as such offer varied functionality depending on specific needs and budgets.
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AMD factory still on track
Company leadership change won't affect project, business and government officials say MALTA -- It's difficult to find someone between Austin, Texas and Albany who believes the change in leadership at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will have any impact on the company's plans to build a $3.2 billion computer chip factory in Saratoga County. In fact, many elected officials say that although Hector ...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 7th May 2007 03:14 UTC
Vernor Vinge, 62, is a pioneer in artificial intelligence, who in a recent interview warned about the risks and opportunities that an electronic super-intelligence would offer to mankind.
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Over 20% Mideast banks fall prey to phishing: Survey
19 July 2008 Over 20 per cent of banks in the Middle East region were victims of phishing and pharming during the last one year, according to a global online transactional security survey.
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Tahoe is testing ground for water scooters
Experienced scuba divers are zipping through the West Shore's 60-degree water this weekend holding onto underwater scooters being tested for speed and battery power.
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Japan firms to work out next-gen car battery norms
TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and other Japanese companies will work together to set up common standards for lithium-ion batteries being developed to power next-generation cars, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.
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Oregon's new data center lacking in space
SALEM -- The state of Oregon spent $20 million to build a data center to house government's vast computer operation under one secure roof. But the building isn't big enough, at least not now.
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Russia, China crave iPhones
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's slick iPhone.
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Yakima man is charged with downloading child pornography
Three felony charges have been filed against a man accused of using his computer to download child pornography. Anthony Scott Rossine, 33, of Yakima was arraigned Friday in Yakima County Superior Court on three counts of possessing depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
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Did you learn by watching YouTube?
Got a new talent you're just dying to share with the world? Did you learn it in just two minutes by watching an Internet video?
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Local Spanish-language paper aims for growth
El Sol, the weekly Spanish-language newspaper published in Stamford, aims to boost its circulation from 16,000 to 20,000 by late fall. Its circulation is up from 14,000 last year and El Sol plans to add an online product later this year, according to Alvaro Arteaga, El Sol's director.
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Audience gets in the act at Jacob's Pillow
BECKET, Mass. -- Got kids at home who can spend hours in front of a computer screen, making frogs hop from lily pad to lily pad or following paths deep into a mystical garden? Take them to Jacob's Pillow this week to step inside what is essentially a life-size computer game. The Italian company T.P.O. (Teatro Di Piazza D'Occasione) -- the name translates roughly as theater for the public ...
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Alleged racism attracts online attention
A local woman who said a racist hate-group targeted her grandchildren earlier this week claims to have received hundreds of anonymous phone calls since her story hit the airwaves and the Internet.
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Want an iPhone? It could take up to 3 weeks to get one
AT&T Inc., the exclusive U.S. mobile-phone service for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G, said customers who order the device may have to wait three weeks to get one.
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Google shows it's not immune to economic slowdown as stock falls
Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. slid in Nasdaq trading Friday after reporting profits below analysts' estimates, signaling that the slowing economy may be weighing on demand for computer-related products.
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Raasch : New Yorker Obama satire backfires
Most Americans probably never have cracked the cover of The New Yorker, but the liberal magazine's front this week stoked the blast furnaces on the Internet, talk radio and opinion cable.
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Shane Richmond On Private Eye And SEO - WRITES Shane Richmond in the Telegraph: When Private Eye dabbles in the internet the result is usually both comic and alarming. ...
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Try these 5 timesaving secrets for Word 2007
Whether at home or work, almost everyone uses Microsoft Word. But the program is overloaded with seemingly countless features hidden under a bevy of menus and tabs.
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Quick Money Sunflashes
TORONTO -- Financials led the way to a modest gain on the Toronto stock market yesterday as investors felt more confident about bank stocks following good news from Citigroup and energy stocks lent some support even as oil prices continued to retreat.
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Exclusive iPhone
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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