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Ex-AOL chief may guide Yahoo
NEW YORK -- Given that he was ousted from the top job at a struggling AOL, Jonathan F. Miller might not seem a natural candidate to advise its Internet rival Yahoo Inc.
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Sandisk: Windows Vista not optimized for solid state drives
Sandisk says Windows Vista is not optimized for solid state drives, which will cause a delay in the roll-out of optimized drives.
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Consumer 3D Television Moving Forward
TheSync writes "Hollywood Reporter claims that SMPTE (the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) will 'establish an industry task force to define the parameters of a mastering standard for 3D content distributed via broadcast, cable, satellite, packaged media and the Internet, and played-out on televisions, computer screens and other tethered displays.' Already, Japanese Nippon BS ...
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Yahoo offers compromise to investor Ichan
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp. The compromise spares Yahoo from more bickering with Icahn, an acerbic billionaire who had spent the past two months spearheading a rebellion to replace the Internet ...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 16th Jan 2006 04:07 UTC
"Booting a computer from your USB flash drive may seem like a daunting task, but it is actually quite easy. With the right equipment and some basic knowledge this very useful technique can be taken advantage of in all sorts of different circumstances.
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Icahn calls truce in Yahoo battle
The battle for Yahoo ended in a truce on Monday, with the direction of the company still likely to be a source of future conflict.
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Fears for child steal accused
A WOMAN accused of stealing her internet lover's seven-year-old son fears for her safety in custody, a court has heard.
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Yahoo buys time with Icahn ceasefire
Yahoo bought some breathing space on Monday in its long struggle to remain independent, agreeing a ceasefire with Carl Icahn in return for giving up three board seats to the activist investor.
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Tech Bytes
OKLAHOMA Phone cards for soldiers project extended AT&T Inc. has pledged a second year of support for a cell phone recycling program that provides free phone cards to U.S. military families. For the past year, Cell Phones for Soldiers has benefitted from cell phones recycled in more than 2,000 AT&T stores. The charity has raised more than $2 million. CPFS collects and recycles wireless phones ...
The Oklahoman |
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by Pfeifer (2.76) on Wed 16th May 2007 11:50 UTC
The desktop is the most useless piece of the 'traditional' graphical user interface. It's so not-accessible, hidden most of the time beneath a zighora of windows.
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Apple hit by concern over margins
Strong Macintosh sales continued to drive profits at Apple as the computer maker reported its third-quarter results on Monday, but a tepid forecast sent shares in the computer maker lower.
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Entertainment briefs: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
TV NEWS Jimmy Fallon to start "Late Night” online BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Jimmy Fallon's debut as the new host of "Late Night” will come online. Fallon, who will take over the NBC show when current host Conan O'Brien replaces Jay Leno on "Tonight” next year, will hone his approach in brief Internet shows, "Late Night” producer Lorne Michaels said. read more
The Oklahoman |
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Road for retailers often better online
The Brown family's three brick-and-mortar stores are Zionsville institutions. The first, Brown's Antiques, opened in 1945, followed by Zionsville Lighting Center and Brown's on Main.
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Foxconn plan stirs anticipation in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County
• To view the Foxconn corporate Web site, click here. LAS CRUCES — The recent announcement that Foxconn, a Taiwan-based electronics company, will build a factory just across the border from Santa Teresa and could eventually provide up to 30,000 new jobs has folks in southern New Mexico excited.
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MMS leak gets worse for O2
NOT CONTENT with uncovering the original Google index of O2 customer MMS messages, Mailchannels has now released further information that was withheld in the site's previous article.
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Marketing method lets you attend a wine tasting - online
Last week, a new Massachusetts business held a wine tasting, co-hosted by a North Carolina importer and wine bloggers who live in Spain.
Cape Cod Times |
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The Blue Screen of Death just got deadlier
It used to be a mere annoyance, but the critical error screen in Windows is being used now to mask malware installation.
Cape Cod Times |
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Company plans to hire 480 for work-at-home support center
TERRE HAUTE N.E.W. Customer Service Co., which provides customer support in the consumer electronics, computer and wireless industries, is expanding its work- from-home program into west-central Indiana in a move that will add up to 480 jobs. The Virginia-based company said the new employees, who will be hired over the next three years, will work from home and provide customer service and ...
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Brocade deals for Foundry Networks in Cisco salvo
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. , dominant in an obscure corner of the data storage market, wants a piece of a bigger pie: Cisco Systems Inc.'s cash cow business of networking equipment that shuttles Internet traffic.
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3G iPhone drives eBay bidding frenzy
Pent-up demand for the iPhone 3G is manifesting itself on auction site eBay, where eager buyers are bidding in excess of $1,000 to get what's turning out to be a hot commodity.
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SENIOR CALENDAR
Seizure Surge, information about epilepsy among seniors by Epilepsy Resource Connection of Sedgwick County, 11 a.m. today, Downtown Senior Center, 200 S. Walnut. Beginning Computer, 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Downtown Senior Center, 200 S. Walnut. Fee $7 members; $10 others. Reservations, 316-267-0197. Bingo Party, 10 a.m. July 29, Linwood Senior Center, 1901 S. Kansas. Reservations, ...
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SAP closes TomorrowNow
GERMAN software maker SAP said it will shut down TomorrowNow, a subsidiary that provided support for Oracle software and was accused of stealing information from Oracle.
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CryptoLogic Integrates Poker Site Into Betsafe eWallet
CryptoLogic Limited(TSX: CXY)(NASDAQ: CRYP)(LSE: CRP), a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, today announced the complete integration of its poker site into Betsafe's online eWallet payment system.
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Web's Blue Collar Comedy site goes out of business
Funny or Die, the Will Ferrell-fronted online humor hub, has suffered a death in the family.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Amazon offers automatic credit for S3 outage
Ordinarily, customers would have to apply to get credit for an Amazon Web Services outage, but online retailer is handling Sunday's outage automatically.
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