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by garymax (2.2) on Mon 14th May 2007 02:37 UTC
Microsoft is doing all it can to enter into agreements with companies who use Linux because it believes that Linux infringes more than 235 of its patents. However, before these big name companies pay tribute to someone or some entity to whom it may NOT be owed is, to put it bluntly, stupid.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 2nd Aug 2005 00:02 UTC
People aren't worried about OS X piracy, and there are plenty of ways to make that difficult; this will likely only make it illegal not difficult. People are worried they'll download: Pop Chick D sings "I Want Your Body" from iTMS and it will only let them listen to it 5 times a day.
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Recent Original Stories
We covered earlier about Apple suing Psystar the creator of Open Computer. Now we have more details of the complaint . Apple's complaint is now available online (registration required).
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Yahoo profit falls, 2008 outlook remains intact
Yahoo Inc posted a nearly 19 percent fall in net profit, and net revenue short of lowered Wall Street expectations, as it faced a weakening economy and the distraction of Microsoft Corp's pursuit.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 23rd Jan 2007 21:17 UTC
Microsoft disclosed Monday that over one in five Windows installations were deemed non-genuine through the company's Windows Genuine Advantage program, which requires users to validate their operating system before downloading updates from the company.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 12th Aug 2006 07:13 UTC
Between the full desktop version, the subscriber's ad-free version, the normal mobile version (via autodetection), the very lite mobile version and the WAP version of OSNews, here is one more: http://osnews.com/pda . This version is built around our RSS feed and it's geared towards cellphones (like the Motorola RaZR line) that can't quite manage to render our normal mobile front page (28 KB ...
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Microsoft looks AARP right in the eye
Vista is to Microsoft as heart bypass surgery is to the old. Yes, it will keep you alive, but it’ll suck the life out of you in the process. There was a time when there were people who knew how to make a personal computer. You would have thought that Microsoft would know, but Vista proves that they don’t get it. On the other hand, nature abhors a vacuum, unless it is a Dyson, so where are the ...
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Bill Gates builds up to give it all away
SEATTLE - Across the street from the Space Needle and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's tribute to Jimi Hendrix and rock music, Allen's old friend Bill Gates is building his headquarters for charitable giving, something sure to become another Seattle tourist attraction.
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Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 22nd Jul 2008 17:54 UTC
David Williams over at iTWire has done a comparison of Windows vs Linux . It is performed by doing functionally identical tasks in both the OSes. This comparison is not a fair one by any measure.
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Recent Original Stories
We covered earlier about Apple suing Psystar the creator of Open Computer. Now we have more details of the complaint . Apple's complaint is now available online (registration required).
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Internet Memorial Dealer Begins Campaign to Stop Abuses by Cemeteries and Funeral Homes
On behalf of consumers across America who are victims of abusive sales practices by cemeteries and funeral homes, Prestige Memorials announces a new "get tough" policy. (PRWeb Jul 22, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1007374.htm
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Yahoo Disappoints Wall Street
A nearly 19 percent drop in net profits gave Yahoo investors no joy during the Internet company's second quarter earnings call. read more
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Yahoo Q2 Profit Down, Below Analyst Views
Yahoo's performance isn't as bad as many investors feared after its rival, search and advertising leader Google Inc., posted second-quarter earnings that disappointed Wall Street last week.
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Lawmakers tweak privacy language to keep business community on board with IT bill
Privacy revisions made to a House bill promoting electronic medical records and other health information technology may forestall a significant loss of support from the healthcare business community.
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DC Universe Online Unveiled at Comic-Con
Choose to Fight For or Against Iconic Heroes and Villains at the World Premiere Demonstration of DC Universe Online by Sony Online Entertainment
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Stocks rise as oil's drop trumps earnings
NEW YORK - Stocks rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday as oil prices slid over $3 a barrel, taking the edge off a raft of disappointing earnings from American Express and others as well as a weak outlook from iPod maker Apple.
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Taste Hawaii Online Travel IQ Contest
SAN FRANCISCO----TasteHawaiiOnline.com is a Hawaii-themed website with a mission to stimulate world friendship through travel. To celebrate the website’s recent expansion, they have launched the ‘You Choose The Island’ contest to challenge their travel club members’ travel knowledge.
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SAVING THE PLANET, ONE COMPUTER AT A TIME
Necedah company formed to deal with "e-waste."Judy Suhr, Necedah, gave a report at the last Mauston School Board meeting about the Juneau County Advanced Leadership project she accomplished.She began Collaborative Services Corporation which hosted a recycling drive for electronic equipment this spring. The business, located in the MVP building at N9246 Highway 80, Necedah, collected 19,700 ...
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Yahoo Second-Quarter Profit Drops as Spending Rises (Update2)
July 22 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. , the Internet company that added activist investor Carl Icahn to its board yesterday, posted an 18 percent drop in second-quarter profit after spending more on developing new projects.
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Apple's iLife '08 update: iMovie, iPhoto, iWeb
Apple today released software updates for iLife 8.0, the software suite that ships with most Macs. The release is largely aimed at fixing bugs and compatibility issues, although iPhoto 7.14 (77.1MB) includes "new holiday greeting card and postcard themes for use with Apple print products." Also released: iLife Support 8.3 (5.5MB), iWeb 2.04 (36.3MB...
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JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む
Microsoft Corp. will let independent developers sell video games for the Xbox 360 console—and keep most of the profits—beginning this holiday season, the company said Tuesday.
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Man wins divorce from angry wife in YouTube video
NEW YORK - A Broadway mogul whose wife trashed him in a widely viewed Internet video was granted a divorce from her Monday. A Manhattan judge gave Philip Smith a divorce from Tricia Walsh-Smith on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Eds: UPDATES throughout with additional background, quotes. ADDS byline, Internet note. Moving on general news and political services.
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Yahoo profit slips to US$131m in Q2
SAN FRANCISCO - STRUGGLING Internet pioneer Yahoo reported on Tuesday that its second-quarter profit slipped to 131 million dollars (S$178 million) and called on investors to have faith in better times ahead.
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Belo Corp. Invests in ResponseLogix(TM)
DALLAS , July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) announced today that it has made a minority equity investment in ResponseLogix, Inc. and entered into a multi-year agreement to resell the ResponseLogix Internet-based lead management system to its automotive advertisers.
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