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Ex-Googler creates 'Cuil' search engine, but results fall short of rivals
New search engine Cuil has opened to the public, and with it, the requisite comparisons and challenges to Google, former employer of Cuil's engineering team.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Jul 2008 22:55 UTC, submitted by Chavez
While Microsoft has only just begun fighting the perception problems surrounding Windows Vista, the company is already thinking and planning way beyond its latest operating system.
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Anil may join 'One Laptop Per Child' project
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of 'One Laptop Per Child' project, is likely to meet ADAG chairman Anil Ambani soon to persuade him to join the project.
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SRC announces start of fall classes
With the fall semester just weeks away, staff at Spoon River College are busily preparing for the influx of new and returning students. Fall semester classes start Aug. 25 at the college’s sites in Canton, Macomb, Havana and Rushville and online.
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Weather buff gives Auburn attention TV stations don't
Last Thursday was a day of unusual sky colors in South County Notebook Land.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.
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Tip of the Trade: Clusters with Condor
Clusters and distributed computing can operate in a number of ways. At one end of the spectrum are full-time dedicated clusters. Alternatively, you can get distributed power on the cheap if you set up a part-time cluster using spare cycles on networked desktops.
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Award-Winning Sales Simplicity Software Gains Widening Acceptance as CRM & Sales Automation Standard for Canadian ...
CHANDLER, Ariz.----Sales Simplicity Software, the widely acknowledged North American leader in Sales Automation, CRM, Marketing and Reporting tools for home builders, today announced widening acceptance of its products as the de facto standard for Canadian homebuilders.
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SingleHop Pre-Sells New Server Line
July 28, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Chicago-based managed hosting provider SingleHop has announced it is accepting pre-orders for its upcoming "Supercharged Server" line, pegged by the company as "the future of dedicated servers."
Web Host Industry Review |
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Satyam to go for board revamp in Aug
India’s No 4 software exporter Satyam Computer Services is set to reorganise the composition of its board of directors next month in a bid to streamline the day-to-day operations and management of the company.
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Qaeda slams Saudi king over interfaith dialogue
A key al Qaeda figure denounced Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, saying in an Internet video that an interfaith dialogue the monarch called for aimed to replace Islam with a "modern faith" acceptable to Jews and Christians.
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Jacada Announces Details Of Second Material Agreement With O2 UK
ATLANTA and LONDON – Jacada Ltd. (Nasdaq: JCDA), a provider of unified desktop and process optimization solutions for customer service operations, today provided details of a material contract previously announced on June 11, 2008. Jacada has expanded its relationship with O2 UK by signing a second material contract with the mobile communications services provider.
ContactCenterWorld.com |
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Pa. to make Internet payday lenders comply with state laws
Internet payday lenders in Pennsylvania and other out-of-state companies that make consumer loans to Pennsylvania residents will need to be licensed by the Department of Banking and comply with state laws by Feb. 1, Secretary of Banking Steve Kaplan said.
Philadelphia Business Journal |
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Friday’s remote solar eclipse will be on Internet
WASHINGTON (AP) - A total solar eclipse will darken some of Earth’s skies on Friday, but geography, weather, the economy and even the Olympics are combining to make it a hard and expensive for people to see it.
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Fabrik Launches ‘eco-friendly’ Hard Drive
Fabrik on Monday announced its SimpleTech [re]drive, a new 500GB external drive with USB 2.0 connection. It costs $159.99.
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Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Redlasso, the other YouTube, has shut down its beta site due to a lawsuit from Fox and NBC. Amazon.com has teamed up with The Dandy Warhols to sell music via texting . Think your life sucks? Be glad you’re not a comicbook artist . Two words: Tron 2 . Woman finds metal screw in ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Jan 2007 21:09 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So, why do only a handful of people run Linux instead of Windows? Here are my top-four reasons why Windows wins and Linux loses."
New Mobile Computing |
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Agents use U-Hauls to take away items from Russo and Dimora houses
Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer FBI and IRS agents carry personal items out of Cleveland councilman Jimmy Dimora's Independence home to a U-Haul. They took approximately 26 boxes, a computer hard drive, a refrigerator and a framed #28 jersey. Federal agents...
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Eds: RECASTS lede; UPDATES with additional background; quotes. ADDS byline, Internet note; will be led.
Hays Daily News |
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SOFTWARE TOOLS: OMAP goes open-source with $149 board
Houston—Texas Instruments (TI) today announced four new development kits for its OMAP35x family. The boards include a $149 open-source kit, an evaluation module for DaVinci video codecs, and a pair of third-party development boards.
Embedded Systems Programming Magazine |
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Al-Qaeda chemical expert believed killed in Pakistan: officials
A Pakistani journalist browses a internet site collecting information about Al-Qaeda weapons expert Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar in Islamabad.
TODAYonline |
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donga.com[English donga]
The People`s Association for Measures against Mad Cow Disease has posted a copy of a class action lawsuit filed with the Seoul Central District Court by a group of merchants running businesses near Gwanghwamun on its Web site since Friday, causing damage to the involved merchants.
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Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search
(AP:SAN FRANCISCO) Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.
INO News |
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Video shows NYPD cop assaulting cyclist
A stunning video posted on the internet shows an NYPD cop shoulder checking a cyclist to the pavement in an apparently unprovoked attack during a demonstration in Times Square.
New York Daily News |
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Climate Savers Computing Initiative Gains Momentum With Additional UK Support
Climate-friendly IT service provider S3 Consulting has joined leading global charity World Wildlife Fund as a member of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. The Initiative is a global movement backed by companies such as Dell, EDS, Google, HP, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Pacific Gas and Electric, and the World Wildlife Fund that is dedicated to reducing the energy consumption of computers by ...
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