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Web star famed for silly dance aims for charity
Matt Harding has won cult celebrity status by filming himself dancing badly around the world to the amusement of millions of Internet viewers but now he wants to get serious —raising money for laptops for the poor.
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Government Computer News
EQUIPMENT INVENTORY is perhaps a network administrator’s most painful task. But it is also necessary if one wants to have any hope of knowing which computers need replacing or whether all operating systems have updated service packs.
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Irish Computer Society secures funding for PC courses Mobile devices to drive internet usage
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Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert showdown
Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet...
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UPI NewsTrack Business
U.S. stocks start week on up note, then fall … Weather, Iran push oil prices up … Icahn, Yahoo! reach agreement … Roche to buy rest of Genentech … News from United Press International.
UPI |
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Yahoo Strikes Compromise Deal With Icahn
SAN FRANCISCO (dpa) - Internet services company Yahoo said Monday it had struck a compromise deal with major shareholder Carl Icahn, giving him and his associates three seats on the board.
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Shaw Announces Wireless Spectrum Auction Results
Shaw Communications Inc. is pleased to announce that after almost eight weeks of competitive bidding, the auction for Spectrum Licences for Advanced Wireless Services has concluded.
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HiWired Named PC Magazine "Editors' Choice" for Online Tech Support Services
NEEDHAM, Mass.----HiWired, Inc., a leader in remote technical support and computer repair, has been awarded the Editors' Choice rating by PC Magazine in a July review. HiWired provides consumers and small businesses with immediate, expert support for the PC and any technology that integrates with the PC, including wireless networks, iPods, digital cameras and smartphones.
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Ex-Google Angels: Sharing the Wealth
They struck it rich, and now they may want to help your company do the same.
TheStreet.com |
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Microsoft's Netflix Deal Keeps PCs in Loop
Microsoft and Netflix generated lots of buzz last week when they announced plans to let Xbox Live subscribers watch more than 10,000 movies and TV shows on demand, through their game consoles, from the movie-rental company's online library of streaming content.
HispanicBusiness.com |
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Notebooks underpin continued strong PC growth
Low-cost ultra-portables have contributed to a surge in PC shipment growth, which outperformed expectations with a 24.5 per cent increase for Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the second quarter of 2008.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Level 3 Selected by Funcom as Exclusive CDN Provider for the Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures Online Game
Level 3 Communications' Content Markets Group today announced that it has been selected by Funcom, a leading independent developer and publisher of computer and console games, to be that company's exclusive provider of content delivery network services for the Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures online game launch and ongoing content patching.
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Fallon to start with an online 'Late Night'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Jimmy Fallon's debut as the new host of "Late Night" will come online, not on television.
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Sector Update: Internet Sector Suffers After Yahoo! Decision
Topping the list of the best performing sectors this afternoon is the Biotech HOLDRS Trust (BBH), boosted in part by Genentech (DNA) gaining more than 13% on news that Swiss drug giant Roche Holding will buy 44% of the company it doesn't already own for %2443.7 billion...( Read More )
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Georgian president suffers cyberattack
Political tensions with Russia have been blamed for distributed-denial-of-service attacks against the Georgian president's website
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Harris buys Municipal Software Group's assets
N. Harris Computer Corp. has completed its acquisition of British Columbia's Municipal Solutions Group. The Ottawa-based company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toronto-based Constellation Software Inc., said it has bought substantially all of the assets of the software company.
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Is Internet Radio on its Last Legs?
Choosing a radio station was once a right of passage for the American adolescence. It was what bound you to your friends, disassociated you from your parents and attracted to you whatever partner had the misfortune to have you. Regional in range, determined by frequency, traditional radio was completely national in scope, cities to suburbs, Natick to Nashville. And then, like with the overnight ...
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Microsoft may come out winner in Yahoo and Icahn settlement
Microsoft may find a sympathetic ear on any future buyout or asset acquisition proposals for Yahoo's search business, say sources.
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Battle is Over: Icahn Will Join Yahoo Board
Just last week we said that the proxy fight between Carl Icahn and the Yahoo board was going to drag on until at least August. In a surprising twist of event, it now seems the battle is almost over, as Yahoo today announced an agreement with Icahn, who will get a seat on the Yahoo board. The board will be expanded from 9 to 11 members. At the shareholder meeting in August, 8 of the 9 ...
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Jimmy Fallon Wetting Late Show Feet Online
Spending thirty years at one institutional American TV spot is so for the Carson era long gone. Late night talk show hosts in the new era move around a bit, leaving noobs at the helm more frequently. Because Jimmy Fallon will need some time to develop as smooth a stride as his predecessor, veteran producer Lorne Michaels is slapping training wheels on "Late Night" by letting Fallon wobble ...
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Adopt Our 'CIA in Exile'
One of our goals at Consortiumnews.com has been to give our readers the insights of former U.S. intelligence analysts who are now outside the system, partly because they told unwelcome truths when they were inside.
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Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. The Center City District is running a pretty cool contest: submit your best photos from Center City Sips and you could win $200 worth of Center City restaurant gift certificates. (Via RJ) The AV Club takes a look at 20 cases of The Darrin Effect , that being, when a character is recast and the result ...
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Canada Airwave Sale Ends After Raising C$4.25 Billion (Update1)
July 21 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian telephone companies bid C$4.25 billion ($4.24 billion) for wireless airwaves after 331 rounds of a government auction that ended today, an amount that was almost triple some analysts' estimates.
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Government Computer News
LET ME TELL you a tale of a fine technology that was released too late and is trying to make a comeback in a different form.
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Government Computer News
DOLPHINS USE IT to find undersea mines. Bats use it to keep from crashing into cave walls. So why can’t we use sonar to navigate the pitfalls of document scanning?
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