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Linked by alcibiades on Tue 30th May 2006 20:40 UTC
Dell and its business model has been the focus of a lot of comment on Apple oriented forums in recent months. The Dell model is said to be unviable, and Dell's recent news is said to prove this.
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My Adulterous Affair With Craigslist (Don't Tell eBay...)
Craigslist versus eBay! Who will win in this no-holds-barred cage match of the ages? If you have read any of my previous writings about my thoughts on eBay you know that I refer to it as the Internet’s Wal-Mart and a business that has come a long way from its origin.eBay used to be a place you could sell used items around your house for a profit. Lately, however, eBay has pandered to the ...
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Tax holiday extended for software firms
Finance Minister P Chidambaram threw an extra year of corporate tax exemption to software exporters on Tuesday, cheering up companies cribbing about the impending sunset in the scheme for firms registered with the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI).
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 6th Nov 2005 11:45 UTC
The Ubuntu Below Zero conference is in full momentum this week and Kubuntu has been prominent throughout. In his opening remarks at the start of the conference Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced that he was now using Kubuntu on his desktop machine and said he wanted Kubuntu to move to a first class distribution within the Ubuntu community.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jan 2006 18:33 UTC
Microsoft will omit anti-virus protection in Vista, the next version of Windows, which it plans to ship late this year. As with previous versions of Windows dating back to Windows 2000 at least, Redmond is promoting Vista as a landmark improvement in Windows security.
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@ EconSM: Social Video Explosion
In progress: Panel moderator Robert Scoble opened by asking our guests for an overview of the emerging social video space. Loic Le Meur , CEO of webcam video commenting startup Seesmic, said "about 200 blogs" had adopted the site's new video commenting plugin, allowing anyone with a webcam to respond to a blog post by recording video, in the last three days. Le Meur: "We are focusing on ...
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British launch of Grand Theft Auto IV marred by stabbing
British police were Tuesday hunting the attacker of a man stabbed as he walked by shoppers queuing to buy the latest edition of the notoriously violent computer game "Grand Theft Auto IV."
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British launch of Grand Theft Auto IV marred by stabbing
British police were Tuesday hunting the attacker of a man stabbed as he walked by shoppers queuing to buy the latest edition of the notoriously violent computer game "Grand Theft Auto IV."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Apr 2006 20:56 UTC
Microsoft said the weaker earnings came as it invests money in its services push and also as it tries to ramp up production of the Xbox 360 games console.
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Recent Original Stories
Over the past few years SATA has become a standard interface on hard drives and is starting to show up in many peripheral devices. Today we're taking a look at two similar hard drives to see if there's a performance difference between SATA and the older Parallel IDE standard.
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New online charter school to hold information session in Greenville
A new online charter school will hold an information session for parents and students from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 407 N. Main St., Greenville.
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A LAN in Every Home
Drive to wire computers, TVs and entertainment using existing electrical, phone and cable lines.... Download a VMWare LAB MANAGER STARTER KIT, FREE! Virtualize the test lab while cutting costs. Get your Free Virtual Lab Starter Kit today.
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Microsoft Expands Management Capabilities
The company looks to bridge the divide with the open-source community through Opeerations Manager enhancements.... Tech brief: Collaboration reaches the Tipping Point Learn why online collaboration has reached the Tipping Point and how it’s accelerating business.
eWeek |
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Microsoft builds hard drive scanner for police
Microsoft has built a USB thumb drive for the police that scans computer hard drives.
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Rogers Communications profit up; to bring iPhone to Canada
Canadian firm Rogers Communications Inc. said Tuesday it doubled its first-quarter net income on strength in its wireless postpaid business.
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Mae Vion Meyer announces for Bandera County Tax Assessor/Collector
In 1977 I was hired by Tax Assessor Collector Marguerite Stevens and worked for her until 1989. Then in 1989 Bandera County saw a need to automate the county with computers and installed me as the Director of the IT department where I worked under the County Judge.
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Microsoft Very Quiet, but Something Is Happening
News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Why Airline Mergers Don't Fly Tech Observer: Amazon Selling Music on GTA IV Abandoned Homes: The Myth of the Walk Aways Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Microsoft has been radio silent since Yahoo's doomsday clock struck midnight last weekend. No chariots-cum-pumpkins, no big bombs—just dead air. Even ...
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Tax warning over social networking sites
AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age , Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 17:17:00 Taxman could soon be looking at social networking sites to figure out if there are undeclared earnings. The taxman could soon be looking at social networking sites to research the lives of taxpayers, according to tax specialists CCH Fee Protection.... > Read the full article
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Cray Will Add Intel Processors To Supercomputers
Cray and Intel announced Monday a multiyear agreement to develop new supercomputers. Cray CEO and President Peter Ungaro said the agreement has the "potential of bringing together Intel's powerful silicon expertise and Cray's industry leadership" in scalable high-performance computing (HPC) systems.
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Scottish Water outsources business transformation
Janie Davies, Computing , Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 17:17:00 Four-year deal will improve water group's operations and cut costs Scottish Water has outsourced its application development projects and programmes in a four-year framework agreement. The business transformation project will improve the organisation's water and sewerage connections service, streamlining the... > Read ...
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BSI produces new standard for web site development
Neon Kelly, Computing , Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 17:14:00 The best practice guidelines will help businesses to maximise return on investment A new British standard has been produced to help businesses manage and organise their web sites. The British Standards Institution (BSI) and online content firm Magus have developed a set... > Read the full article
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Microsoft builds hard drive scanner for police
Iain Thomson, vnunet.com , Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 17:11:00 USB thumb drive can extract vital evidence Microsoft has built a USB thumb drive for the police that scans computer hard drives. The Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor can be used in police raids to map hard... > Read the full article
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What if software could simulate wireless nets?
Scalable Network Technologies QualNet and Exata provide what are said to be accurate software simulations of wireless network behavior and operations, respectively, so that developers can "what if" before building expensive hardware infrastructures.
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eQuest & NAS Recruitment Announce Partnership
eQuest, the global leader in job posting and Internet recruitment management services, and NAS Recruitment Communications, the industry leader and innovator in employment branding, recruitment marketing and career site development, announced today the launch of a strategic partnership to offer expanded services to their respective customers.
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AOL announces Open Voice APIs
On Tuesday, AOL introduced Open Voice Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that could bring mainstream VoIP a step closer to cell phone use. The APIs would endow third-party developers and VoIP device makers with open standards that would in turn allow them to integrate AOL Instant Messenger's Call Out service into softphones, SIP-enabled hard...
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