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OKI Offers Polluxstar(R), a Text-to-Speech Software That Reproduces One´s Real Voice
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6703) today announced it has launched "Polluxstar(R)(1)"
wallstreet:online AG |
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Internet lies bug Stoops
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops made no bones about where he sits when it comes to the fictitious Internet story a Nebraska fan posted about Sooner quarterbacks Sam Bradford and Landry Jones.
The Norman Transcript |
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Stoops miffed by Web hoax
The dark side of the Internet -- specifically the message boards that have become a burr in the blanket of college football coaches everywhere -- took things to a new low earlier this month when a Nebraska fan allegedly posted a link to a fake story about two Oklahoma football players running afoul of the law. While it was apparently intended as a joke, Sooners coach Bob Stoops ...
Grand Island Independent |
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Anti-smoking efforts in developing nations get a boost
NEW YORK — Money-strapped smoking-cessation programs in developing countries like India and Indonesia are getting a multimillion-dollar boost from Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. On Wednesday, the billionaire philanthropists announced a $500 million investment to reduce tobacco use in countries where smoking is prevalent. Tobacco kills more than 5 million ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Facebook expands winning open platform formula
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg painted a vision of an Internet future with the website in its soul to a faithful throng of software developers at the Internet firm's annual "F8" conference..
AFP via Yahoo! Philippines News |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 25th Sep 2005 12:17 UTC, submitted by Anonymous
According to the Cola Coder , an upcoming update to ZETA 1.0 will enable booting from USB devices. This will not only allow installation of ZETA on laptops that do not have an optical drive, but it will also make it possible to install to and run ZETA from a USB memory stick.
New Mobile Computing |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 5th Dec 2006 17:35 UTC
Microsoft wants to make its Windows operating system available on the One Laptop per Child notebook computers, OLPC chairman Nicholas Negroponte said at the NetEvents conference in Hong Kong on Saturday.
New Mobile Computing |
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Shopping bag: Backyard birdhouse with camera
Shopping bag Backyard birdhouse with camera, $172 What it is: What are birds doing when they disappear inside a birdhouse? Find out. This Nature Show Birdhouse lets you see for yourself with a — well, a better-than-bird’s-eye view. Inside this pine box, there’s a small video camera hanging in a top corner, ready to transmit live video and sound to your TV or computer. You can even ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Amazon sales brisk despite U.S. economy
The online retailer announces its quarterly revenue climbed 41% to $4.1 billion, helped by a 35% increase in North American orders. Also, the company raises its fiscal 2008 forecast. Amazon.com Inc. showed that it wasn't being hurt by economic weakness and high fuel prices, reporting Wednesday that its second-quarter profit more than doubled and surpassed analyst expectations. The Internet ...
Los Angeles Times |
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Baidu Bangs Out Strong Quarter
China's dominant search engine posts 87% profit rise.
Forbes |
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Microsoft exec who led Yahoo buyout team to leave
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations and an instrumental player in the company's failed $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., is leaving the company.
Miami Herald |
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Bloggers try to block Memphis Police lawsuit
The lawyer for the anonymous blogger MPD Enforcer 2.0, whose identify is being sought by Memphis and Police Director Larry A. Godwin, said this afternoon that he hasn't decided whether to seek to quash the subpoena in Virginia or in Tennessee.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th Dec 2006 22:26 UTC
The first fruit of the recently announced Novell/Microsoft interoperability agreement arrived on Dec. 4, with Novell's announcement that its version of the OpenOffice productivity suite will now support the Microsoft Office Open XML format . The release candidate of Novell's modified version of OpenOffice.org 2.02 is now available for Windows for free download by registered Novell users.
OS News |
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Drilling domestically
I'd considered titling this column with the easy and obvious Shakespearean variation "To Drill or Not to Drill." But a quick Google search reveals that more than 23,000 incarnations of that phrase are already in use: the notion of drilling for more domestic petroleum is in the air.
The Gleaner |
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Study: Online banking riskier
Many banks are unwittingly training their online customers to take risks with their passwords and other sensitive account information, leaving them more vulnerable to fraud, new research shows.
Detroit News |
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Microsoft's Online Chief To Move On
SEATTLE, July 23 -- Microsoft on Wednesday said Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations and an instrumental player in the company's failed $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo, is leaving the company.
Washington Post |
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Popular business directory searches
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The Enid News & Eagle |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Oct 2007 20:34 UTC, submitted by Martin Ng
Asus has formally rolled out its Eee PC line of sub-notebook computers, a week after UK supplier RM - formerly Research Machines - spilled the beans on two of the models. The complete line-up comprises four computers.
OS News |
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Recent Original Stories
The cooperation between the XGL and AIGLX projects to bring better interfaces for the Linux desktop continues as David Reveman (Novell) of XGL has agreed to adopt many changes from the AIGLX project sent in by Kristian Hogsberg (Red Hat).
OS News |
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China's leading search engine says profit nearly doubled
BEIJING - Baidu.com Inc., China"s leading search engine, said Thursday its second-quarter profit soared 87 percent over the year-earlier period on rapid growth in revenue from smaller advertisers.
GMA News |
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Amazon shrugs off high gas prices, weak economy
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 (9:54 p.m.) Amazon.com Inc. doesn't seem to be bothered by high gas prices or the sputtering U.S. economy. On Wednesday, the Internet retailer reported second-quarter earnings that more than doubled and easily topped analysts' expectations.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Facebook to help some programmers, punish others
Wed, Jul 23, 2008 (9:54 p.m.) Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users' privacy.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Amazon profit doubles, beats estimates
By RACHEL METZ NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. showed that it wasn't being hurt by economic weakness and high fuel prices, reporting Wednesday that its second-quarter profits more than doubled and surpassed analyst expectations. The Internet retailer also raised full-year revenue projections.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Web Sites Attacked in Ex-Republics
Government Web sites in two former Soviet republics, Lithuania and Georgia, came under cyber attacks over the weekend.
New York Times |
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Google goes public with encyclopedia / Users can post on Knol service and share ad revenue
Google Inc. is taking the wraps off an Internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on any topic. The service, dubbed "Knol" in reference to a unit of knowledge, had been limited to an invitation-only...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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