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Google announces plans to open office in downtown Madison
Internet giant Google Inc. is opening an office in downtown Madison, becoming the second major high-tech firm in a week to expand to the city.
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MSDN has posted a video interview with Rob Short, the MIcrosoft VP in charge of the team that "architects the foundation of Windows Vista," and members of his team.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 19th Apr 2006 22:11 UTC, submitted by Jerry K
After more than 5 million downloads, Microsoft has decided to extend its free Visual Studio Express downloads indefinitely . In related news, they are running a contest too.
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Linked by Andy Tanenbaum on Mon 25th Sep 2006 05:41 UTC
How often have you rebooted your TV set in the past year? Probably a lot less than you have rebooted your computer. Of course there are many "reasons" for this, but increasingly, nontechnical users don't want to hear them. They just want their computer to work perfectly all the time and never crash.
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Savvis expects 2008 sales below Wall Street's views
After posting first-quarter sales below Wall Street's expectations, computer network service provider Savvis Inc. forecast full-year revenue well below analysts' estimates Tuesday, sending shares sharply lower after hours.
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"Ubuntu has become increasing popular amongst many Linux users, especially users trying Linux for the first time. Just why is Ubuntu so popular? I'll explore some of its features and distributions this month, including Kubuntu and Edubuntu, and
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Savvis swings to 1st-quarter loss as sales edge lower
Computer network service provider Savvis Inc. said Tuesday it swung to a first-quarter loss as revenue edged lower and the year-ago results were boosted by a hefty gain on a sale.
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Yahoo! Movies ( http://movies.yahoo.com ) has your exclusive look at new character posters and pictures from "The Dark Knight," opening in theaters this summer. Featured in their slideshow are posters of Batman (Christian Bale), The Joker (Heath Ledger) and Harvey Dent aka Two Face (Aaron Eckhart).
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Alienware Unveils Its Most Powerful Notebook Ever: the Area-51 m17x
MIAMI----Alienware® - the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook and entertainment systems - launches the Area-51® m17x, a commanding and aggressive addition to the newly redesigned Area-51 line of notebook computers.
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Fired DPI official sent sexually explicit e-mails
A former state official in charge of an agency's Internet policies used his work e-mail to seek sex from numerous women, including high school students, records show. The Department of Public Instruction fired Phillip Koenig in 2006 for violating numerous work rules by sending thousands of personal and inappropriate e-mails. Koenig had been the agency's technical services section chief, and his ...
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Warner Bros. puts TV shows online
LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros. is launching two websites to capture new ad revenue and a younger generation of viewers, the company said Monday.
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MySpace unveils new karaoke feature
NEW YORK -- You're sitting at home online and suddenly you get an irresistible urge. You absolutely have to belt out R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" and share it with the world.
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Internet betting companies win court case pitting them against Roland Garros
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Major online gambling companies successfully fended off a legal challenge from French Open organizers who wanted to stop them from offering bets on their Grand Slam tournament.
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Glen Iris Students Get Their Very Own Laptops
Birmingham's new laptops are now in the hands of students. 700 of the $200 XO laptops were handed out this afternoon at Glen Iris Elementary.
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Softbank to take 40 pct of China's Oak Pacific
TOKYO, April 30 - Japan's Softbank Corp is raising its stake in Chinese Internet firm Oak Pacific Interactive to 40 percent for a little over 20 billion yen ($192 million), a source close to the matter said on Wednesday.
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AT&T may subsidize 3G iPhone by $200 -- report
AT&T will begin offering a subsidy on iPhones with a two-year contract when the 3G iPhone is introduced, bringing the estimated, subsidized cost of the device to $200 ñ half of its current suggested retail price. According to CNN Money, the agreement would only be available through AT&T; Apple stores would not be eligible for the discounted rate. T...
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Interop: Microsoft Sees 200,000 Protocol Downloads
Senior VP Bob Muglia says Microsoft products will feature "open connections" that will allow outside developers to more easily write programs that interact with its own.
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Apple Updates iMac
CUPERTINO, Calif. – Apple updated its all-in-one iMac line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac.
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FormFactor swings to 1Q loss on weaker computer memory sales
(AP:LIVERMORE, Calif.) Microchip testing company FormFactor Inc. reported Tuesday it swung to a loss in the first quarter on weak demand for computer memory chips.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 1st May 2006 15:31 UTC
"In this mini-writeup, we will be discussing from a fairly objective position how Internet Explorer 7 now stands compared to the latest offerings from it's biggest competitors: Firefox and Opera. This isn't a comparison, there will be no 'winner', not in this article at any rate!"
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Feb 2006 17:10 UTC
One of the biggest reasons for many people to switch to a UNIX desktop, away from Windows, is security. It is fairly common knowledge that UNIX-like systems are more secure than Windows.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Dec 2005 09:25 UTC
Microsoft on Wednesday clinched Common Criteria security certification from the US government's National Information Assurance Partnership for six versions of its flagship Windows OS. At the Security Summit East here, Microsoft announced that all the products earned the EAL 4 + (Evaluation Assurance Level), which is the highest level granted to a commercial product.
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Microsoft designing application virtualization on server
Microsoft is working on application virtualization technology for the server that is designed to provide administrators the flexibility to quickly deploy infrastructure and even stream applications on-demand. The capabilities would be similar to the application virtualization capabilities available in the client side via Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid). ...
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'GTA IV' Takes Gamers on Wild and Crazy Spree
"Grand Theft Auto IV," the latest version of the controversial and outrageously popular series from game developer Rockstar, hit the street at midnight Tuesday. For an industry that has already set sales records in 2008, the release of the long-delayed but highly anticipated game will likely give Microsoft, Sony and Rockstar parent Take-Two even more sales fuel through the Spring.
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Despite layoffs, school district hires foreign workers
ABC7 confirmed there are employees from India working on the upgrade to the Lee County School District’s computer system. At a time when the district is laying off dozens of employees, why are they hiring foreign workers?
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