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Head of Yahoo Incubator Leaves for Start-Up
“In leaving, I’m confident that Brickhouse is in good shape. The product teams (Fire Eagle and Yahoo Live) are focused and cranking,” Mr. Dickerson wrote on his blog Tuesday. Mr. Dickerson said he will be chief technology officer of Etsy, an online storefront for handmade goods, he said.
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Yahoo Posts Losses
Yahoo Inc.'s second-quarter profit fell 18 percent, the latest sign of the financial decay that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future. Yahoo shares edged up 5 cents in extended trading after slipping 27 cents to finish Tuesday's regular session at $21.40. The company earned $131 million, or 9 cents per...
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Nigeria: Afribank Receives Best Supportive Bank Award
Afribank Nigeria Plc has received the "Best Supportive Bank Award" from the Management of Omatek Computers Plc. The Award was presented to Afribank by Omatek to mark its 21 years of computer business in Nigeria.
AllAfrica.com |
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Riding the Digital Signage Trend the SaaS Way
Digital billboards and digital signage networks in retail are driving the rapid expansion of outdoor/out-of-home advertising, rivaling the Internet as the fastest-growing advertising medium. What's fueling this growth? The ability to reach the elusive consumers while they are out of home, and especially while they are shopping.
E-Commerce Times |
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VMware to turn ESX into freeware
Angelica Mari, Computing , Wednesday 23 July 2008 at 11:57:00 Decision to offer the hypervisor for free follows poor financial results and increased competition from Microsoft Virtualisation specialist VMware announced sluggish growth for the second quarter of 2008 and anticipated slow expansion for the near future as businesses hold back from signing large deals.... ...
vnunet.com |
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Inkubook Photo Book Maker Launches Public Availability
Inkubook, the New Online Photo Book Builder, Allows Anyone to Collaborate and Create Drop-Dead Gorgeous Books in Minutes. [PR.com - July 23, 2008]
PR.com |
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The Road to 4G: WiMax Leads the Way
A host of companies are progressing with efforts to develop and prove 4G wireless technologies. Eagerly anticipated, what exactly constitutes 4G is yet to be determined. Though this process is driven in the main by international industry associations, no one group's efforts span all the evolving technology and international definitions and standards that will go into defining and applying it.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Could peace be near for YouTube and Hollywood?
Hard as it may be to believe, sources say Google's YouTube and its entertainment critics may be finding ways to bury the hatchet.
CNET |
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CEO's health weighing down on Apple shares
It is no longer sufficient for a business or the broader economy to remain in good health to keep the share prices flying, it also needs the person heading the company to keep healthy as is the case with Apple Inc, the maker of iPod music players and Mac computers.
Business Standard India |
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FarFinder - better than Back to My Mac
Back to my Mac may be useful, but a new solution promises an alternative means for Mac users to search the contents of their machines remotely. Flying Mac's FarFinder 1.1 introduces a new remote Spotlight search feature, meaning its users can search the contents of their Macs using any web browser, on any platform, including the iPhone.
Macworld UK |
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Games for Windows Live to Get Marketplace
23 Jul 2008: Subscription now free!
Spong |
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BEN, The Automotive Industry Charity, At the British International Motor Show
LONDON - July 23, 2008: For the first time ever BEN will be holding an Online Motorsport Auction on its stand.
The Auto Channel |
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Sheriff to Address Internet Safety
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd will speak about Internet Safety at 6 p.m. Aug. 10 at Calvary First Church, 4550 E. Johnson Ave.Free hot dogs, chips and drinks will be provided at 5 p.m. by the Haines City Beef O' Bradys.For more information, log onto www.calvaryfirst.org or call 863-229-8065.
The Lakeland Ledger |
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McAfee: SMBs are naive to security threats
One third attacked four times in three years Small businesses have a naïve attitude to PC security, according to anti-virus software manufacturer McAfee.
PC Advisor |
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Dell goes full steam ahead
BANGALORE, INDIA: Having garnered a huge pie of the corporate market space, Dell India, is aggressively focusing on the small and medium businesses (SMBs) segment.
CIOL |
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Convicted 'Spam King' gets 4 years
Soloway particpated in 'high level of spamming activity' 'Spam king' Robert Soloway has been sentenced to 47 months in prison.
PC Advisor |
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CTG's profits more than double
Profits at Computer Task Group more than doubled in the second quarter, prompting the Buffalo-based company to raise its 2008 earnings estimates for the second time this year.
The Buffalo News |
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Sky Offers New Music Service
British satellite TV and broadband company Sky is offering a subscription Internet music service with music from Universal.
DesignTechnica |
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Agencies expect landgrab as Google BPF ends
Search and media agencies are on alert as the end of Google's Best Practice Funding (BPF) programme creates a potential landgrab for major search accounts.
Mad.co.uk |
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Security flaws plague majority of e-banking sites - research
Over three quarters of banking Web sites contain fundamental design flaws that could put customers at risk from cyber thieves, according to a study ...
Finextra |
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U.S. newsreader faces jail after leaking saucy emails of 'anchorbabe'
A veteran newsreader has been charged with hacking into his glamorous co-presenter's emails and leaking them to the press.
Daily Mail |
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Vista Adoption Stymied Despite SP1
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----KACE™, the leading systems management appliance company, today announced results from a recent survey that revealed 60 percent of the IT administrators polled have no plans to deploy Vista -- almost 10 percent more than originally reported in the November 2007 survey on the same topic.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Child porn found in search of Selwyn teacher's home
A computer found inside the LaSalle home of Selwyn House teacher Richard Doucet turned up evidence he collected child pornography, police allege.
Montreal Gazette |
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Linked by Smith Johnson on Tue 25th Sep 2007 20:53 UTC
The internet is abuzz with the news that Apple intends to break iPhones containing third party applications. Unlocked phones are also likely to be victims of the next software update.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 19th Aug 2005 17:43 UTC
Microsoft has turned this on because they desperately want to have an answer to BitTorrent and Kazaa out there so that users will use theirs rather than anyone else's.
New Mobile Computing |
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