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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 11th Jan 2006 18:06 UTC
"Today Apple announced the MacBook Pro. It has quite a few changes compared to the previous PowerBook. For one, it uses an Intel Core Duo (formally known as Yonah) chip. This is a dual core processor and no, unlike what Steve Jobs stated, this does not have two processors.
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Outside groups compete for political ad time
For months, Barack Obama ( web news bio ) and Hillary Rodham Clinton ( web news bio ) have dominated political advertising. Increasingly, they are not alone.
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Dell plans to cut jobs overseas
Dell Inc. told employees in Europe, the Middle East and Africa that it plans to cut between 4 percent and 5 percent of its regional work force by the end of the year.
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Internet Scam Targets Online Sellers
A new internet scam warning from the Lubbock Better Business Bureau. This one targeting individuals trying to sell things online. Nineteen-year-old Estavan Arcos says this was his first experience selling anything online.
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Yahoo explains Decker bonus for rocky year
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday offered justification for President Sue Decker's $1.1 million bonus for 2007, a challenging year for the Internet giant that saw a shake-up in its top ranks as its stock price retreated.
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Recent Original Stories
VMware today released a beta version of the new VMware desktop product for the Mac, codenamed Fusion . It supports a wide variety of x86/x64 guests, and is cross-compatible with virtual machines created in VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server and VMware Infrastructure 3. It supports Virtual SMP, drag & drop of files between OS X and virtual machines, and supports all USB 2.0 devices.
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Recent Original Stories
Nigeria has officially ordered and paid for one million of the One Laptop per Child devices, according to the Nigerian Vanguard newspaper. The deal is the first actual order for the project that aims to provide Linux-powered laptops to children in developing economies.
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Yahoo's embattled CEO received traditional $1 salary in 2007
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang added the chief executive's job to his work load last year, but his salary remained unchanged at US$1 - a token payment he has accepted for years because the Internet icon already has made him a billionaire.
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Rogers Carrying The iPhone To Canada
Carrier wins deal to provide Apple's hot cell phone.
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Americans unloading precious belongings to make ends meet
NEW YORK - THE for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, 'Please buy anything you can to help out.'
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LONDON - A customer purchases the 18 certificate computer game 'Grand Theft Auto IV' at the Zavvi store, Oxford Street on the day of its release on April 29, 2008 in London, England.
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@ EconSM: Interview: Ron Grant, President, AOL: Bebo Will Return Us To Our Roots
AOL president Ron Grant, appearing on our EconSM panel, suggested new acquisition Bebo would be used to thread social features throughout AOL's new-look websites. In a later chat with my colleagues David Kaplan, Staci Kramer and I, Grant expanded on the philosophy and talked about the "turnaround" for a content-conscious AOL .
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Recent Original Stories
Steve Jobs writes about Apple's efforts to become a more enironmental friendly company . "Apple has been criticized by some environmental organizations for not being a leader in removing toxic chemicals from its new products, and for not aggressively or properly recycling its old products.
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Linked by Adam S on Mon 29th Aug 2005 21:37 UTC
Linuxwatch.com is running a great story called " Five Reasons NOT To Use Linux ." It includes a nice list of reasons why one might want to steer clear of Linux, along with a nice comparison to how easily these reasons are addressed in Microsoft Windows.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 1st Nov 2005 08:32 UTC
The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Microsoft, refusing to hear the software company's request that its liability in a patent-infringement case be limited to domestic sales of its web browser.
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Linked by on Wed 1st Feb 2006 19:53 UTC
A demonstration of the next release of Novell's Linux for desktops drew cheers and applause Wednesday, although the final version of the software is not expected for some months.
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Last minute tax returns clog up online service
OTTAWA - In the final hours before the April 30 tax deadline, many Canadians rushed to file their returns online - causing the system to overload. Those filing at the 11th-hour experienced frustrating delays Tuesday night but Revenue Canada Agency said the system was working.
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Senior techies
Who says only the young are computer-savvy? PRASANNA RAMAN and RIDZWAN A. RAHIM meet two retirees who can hold their own in this Age of the Internet.
The New Straits Times |
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WBIE names Tremblay president
Videogames market researcher DFC Intelligence is now forecasting that over the next few years Nintendo's systems will supplant Sony's systems as the leader in most major European markets.
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Zainal and wife Jane Arshad, who helps him with the scripts and research for his video projects. Who says only the young are computer-savvy? PRASANNA RAMAN and RIDZWAN A. RAHIM meet two retirees who can hold their own in this Age of the Internet.
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Dream job at Microsoft too good to be true? Yep.
The poorly written ads sounded too good to be true. "Microsoft Corporation is now seeking for [sic] bright jobseekers who think big and dream big to fill out many open positions."
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Yahoo's embattled CEO received traditional $1 salary in 2007
SAN FRANICSCO (AP) - Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang added the chief executive's job to his work load last year, but his salary remained unchanged at $$1.
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Top Local Stories
Here are the top local stories at this hour: Former Alabama Governor is barred from traveling without prior approval, the first batches of many X/O laptop computers are distributed at Glen Iris Elementary, commissioners approve free bus rides beginning Thursday and Mayor Langford says he is not worried about threats of civil lawsuits arising from SEC probe.
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Microsoft Updates Tools to Manage Linux, VMware
Microsoft kicks off its annual management conclave by touting public betas of three management products.
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Watchdog demands MSN Music mea culpa
Run some Google ads, Steve The Electronic Frontier Foundation is demanding that Steve Ballmer make a public apology to all people silly enough to purchase tunes from MSN Music, Microsoft's long-defunct iTunes wannabe.…
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