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Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Mon 28th Jul 2008 18:42 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Business PC buyers are still overwhelmingly opting for XP, computer giant HP has revealed. Yet at the same time, Microsoft is claiming that Vista is selling faster than XP ever did ... so where's the truth?
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The Google Knol Threat to Content Businesses - How a Wiki Plug-in Might Level The Playing Field
Does Knol ( our review ) make Google into a “content company”? Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis makes a compelling case . You can say he is conflicted, because his Mahalo venture has a lot to lose if Knol succeeds. Or you can say that he knows of what he speaks, because he is in the eye of the storm. Jason’s view that Google is the closest we have to an operating system for the web makes sense. ...
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World’s cheapest laptop goes on sale
A Taiwanese manufacturer is selling what is possibly the world’s cheapest laptop..
iTNews |
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Local stocks: Merger and acquisition talk surrounds Embarq
Is Sprint spinoff Embarq in play? Embarq, the former Sprint unit that sells local phone service and high-speed Internet connections in parts of 18 states, is cutting costs and focusing on rapidly growing niches while confronting continued deterioration in its home phone business.
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Broadband Regulation Could Crimp Cablers, ACA Says
Orlando, Fla. – The “rejuvenation” that independent cable operators have enjoyed by expanding into broadband service could be impacted by possible federal regulation, a lawyer for the American Cable Association warned Monday.
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Developing story
Well, folks, the story of last year’s confrontation with Cape County Auditor David Ludwig over using his computer to view scantily clad woman and porn on the Internet has a bit more detail ... and it’s a rapidly developing story.
Southeast Missourian |
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Dell takes on Mac mini with Studio Hybrid
Dell tonight leapt into the mini desktop business with the Studio Hybrid [link ready soon]. The system is described as the company's "first step" in eco-friendly PCs and uses notebook components to dramatically reduce both its size and power draw; where a tower uses a 300-watt supply, the Hybrid uses well under 65 watts and is 80 percent smaller t...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th May 2006 22:14 UTC
Microsoft has said that the version of IE7 for Vista will differ slightly from the one for XP and down.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th May 2007 22:17 UTC
Some of the changes in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2008 are a response to features and performance advantages that have made Linux an attractive option to Microsoft customers.
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Aunty puts her favourite children and five new channels online
ABC viewers can now watch television online, with the launch last night of an internet platform that streams five new ABC channels onto computer screens.
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Beijing-Based Artist Cao Fei Presents Projevt at Serpentine Gallery
LONDON.- Beijing-based artist Cao Fei (born 1978) is fusing fantasy with the contemporary Chinese city in her construction of RMB City, an experimental art community in the internet-based virtual world of Second Life.
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Top Scoops
Wammo talks to Director of AUT's Institute of Culture, Discourse and Communication (ICDC) Professor Allan Bell talking about the World Internet Project New Zealand data.
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Facebook fends off attack of the clones as it tries to expand business globally
MOSCOW --In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself. Clones of the wunderkind social-networking website -- some of which resemble Facebook right down to color, font and layout -- have popped up in local languages around the world.
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Google Rival Lays an Egg
So much for Cuil (pronounced “cool”), a search engine that supposedly was going to give Google a run for the money. The brainchild of three ex-Google employees, Cuil debuted on Monday with a public relations drum roll and $33 million in venture backing.
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Newsletter Subscription
Sign up for our ARN newsletters! The premier provider of daily news to the IT channel, covering business, technology, products, and services. With the momentum Juniper Networks currently is enjoying and the availability of an executive like Microsoft's Kevin Johnson , the time was right for Chairman and CEO Scott Kriens to give up day-to-day operations.
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Good Green Grades for B.U.
Binghamton University receives top recognition for being environmentally friendly --a good green grade, you might call it. The 2009 Green Rating Honor Roll Award was given by the Princeton Review, in its first-ever "green rating" of colleges. The award was based on B.U's environmental efforts, ranging from recycling to energy saving practices. The award salutes only six public institutions every ...
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Feds Propose Fines For Wisconsin Computer Recycler
MADISON, Wis. -- An Indonesian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for trying to export dozens of assault rifle scopes out of the United States.
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Business
In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself. Clones of the wunderkind social-networking web site - some of which resemble Facebook right down to colour, font and layout - have popped up in local languages around the world.
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Feds Propose Fines For Wisconsin Computer Recycler
JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Federal workplace regulators have proposed $127,000 in fines against a Janesville computer monitor recycler. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleged that CRT Processing LLC exposed workers to carbon monoxide, lead and cadmium.
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An Opera Critic Samples Bayreuth on the Web
On Sunday, for the first time, an opera performance was streamed on the Internet live from the Bayreuth Festival. Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" was made accessible to the first 10,000 people prepared to part with the sum of $77. Joe Public's chance of buying a "real" ticket for this event is virtually nil — the waiting list for Bayreuth runs into many thousands — so this is a ...
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Academics to get a glimpse of Microsoft's Sphere
Those attending this week's Faculty Summit in Redmond will have a chance to see the spherical surface computer that Microsoft has been cooking up in its labs.
ZDNet Asia |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 14th Sep 2006 19:49 UTC
Usually, we do not report on .mp3 players. However, sometimes we cannot go around them. Today is one of those times: Microsoft has launched its supposed iPod killer , the Zune.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Feb 2007 22:45 UTC
Jim Allchin, who officially quit Microsoft after 17 years of service Wednesday, posted on the Windows Vista Blog about how he thinks his day will look in the near future . "3:15 PM: Went to drive the afternoon carpool run.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 27th Jul 2005 19:09 UTC
Today, Microsoft released the first beta of Windows Vista. PC Mag reviews it . "After several years of waiting to see the successor to Windows XP, code-named Longhorn, we've finally gotten our hands on Beta 1 of what now will be called Windows Vista."
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Recent Original Stories
Jambi ships as a single Java library, or JAR (Java Archive) file, plus a handful of tools, including an interface layout and design tool, and an Eclipse plug-in. Trolltech uses its vaunted Qt C++ library as the GUI engine and puts Java wrappers around it.
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