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Yahoo board emerges unscathed from annual meeting
(AP:SAN JOSE, Calif.) Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors' rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
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Incoming Oklahoma freshman who rapped about guns, shooting people kicked off team
NORMAN, Okla. - An incoming freshman player at Oklahoma was dismissed from the football team Friday by coach Bob Stoops after a video of him rapping about guns and shooting people appeared on the Internet.
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E-mail Scam Asks Midcontinent Users for Passwords
A new email scam is circulating the virtual world, and it`s very similar to others we`ve told you about in the past. This current fake email says it`s coming to you from Midcontinent Communications.
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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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IBM Gets Cloud Computer Fever
Chicago (IL) - IBM, on the heels of an announcement earlier this week by HP, Intel and Yahoo to build a huge cloud computing playground for researchers, reached deeper into its pockets to invest in new cloud computing centers in the United States and Japan.
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Yahoo board re-election results in - board does better than last year
Despite the hoopla around the Yahoo shareholders meeting, the company directors were re-elected by a higher percentage than last year, according to results released by the company.
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"360's the better platform" for contemporary games - Carmack News by
Id Software technical director John Carmack has said that it's easier to realise the potential of the Xbox 360 hardware but that the PS3 has certain theoretical advantages, and he speculates that Blu-ray could play a decisive role in the console war in future.
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Yahoo board emerges unscathed from annual meeting
Fri, Aug 1, 2008 (2:27 p.m.) Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors' rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
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Yahoo board emerges unscathed
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors' rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s US$47.5 billion takeover bid.
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Yahoo directors re-elected by wide margin
Fri, Aug 1, 2008 (2:27 p.m.) Yahoo's shareholders have re-elected the Internet company's entire board despite hard feelings about the directors' rejection of a takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.
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Virginia company sues over Mo. records fees
A Virginia company hired to overhaul the computer system for Missouri's driver's license and motor vehicle records has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law capping fees for buying those records.
Jefferson City News Tribune |
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Yahoo shareholders re-elect board
Yahoo Inc. shareholders re-elected all of the company's nominees to its Board of Directors at the annual meeting held Friday at the Fairmont San Jose. (YHOO) (MSFT)
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FCC Hammers Comcast On File Sharing
Washington — A sharply divided Federal Communications Commission voted Friday that Comcast violated agency policy by blocking and degrading file-sharing applications used by Internet customers.
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McCain's Technology Outlook
John McCain may not use e-mail or the Internet very much, but he has an understanding of technology from serving as chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology. He envisions technology solutions for education, health care, homeland security and other issues.
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Bal Seal Outreach Program Prepares Engineering Hopefuls for the Future
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.----Aspiring Southern California engineers are honing their computer design skills and getting a jump on college studies with the help of a new program launched by Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
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Hu says China stands by Olympics Games pledges, web curbs lifted
President Hu Jintao said China would stand by pledges made when it was awarded the Olympics as Games officials deflected fire...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-01 22:24 Yahoo: holders re-elect all board nominees; Icahn named to board
SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Yahoo Inc. said late Friday shareholders have re-elected all of the company's board nominees at Yahoo's annual meeting.
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Yahoo Holders Re-Elect Board; Yang Gets 85% of Votes (Update1)
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. investors re-elected the Internet company's board, with 85 percent of votes supporting Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang after he fended off a proxy battle with billionaire investor Carl Icahn .
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Stockholders Re-elect All of Yahoo!’s Nominees to the Board of Directors
So, there you go, amidst some tongue-lashing and verbal beating more particulary thrown at Roy Bostock, Yahoo’s nominees to the Board of Directors, all of them were re-elected by the stockholders. The stockholders also approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as Yahoo’s independent registered public accounting firm but rejected the proposed pay-for-superior performance principle for ...
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Stoops boots incoming freshman off Oklahoma's team
An incoming freshman player at Oklahoma was dismissed from the football team Friday by coach Bob Stoops after a video of him rapping about guns and shooting people appeared on the Internet.
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Business Taxes, Computer Spam Top New Laws
About 30,000 small businesses will be off the hook for business personal property taxes and insurance brokers will be required to tell their customers how much commission they make on each policy they sell under new laws that go into effect Tuesday.
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Lawmakers demand info on Web tracking practices
(AP:WASHINGTON) A congressional committee wants the largest U.S. telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits.
INO News |
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China lifts some web restrictions
After nearly a week of controversy and outrage over broken promises, China and the International Olympic Committee said Friday that foreign reporters covering the Beijing Olympics now have access to some websites that previously had been blocked.
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Wi-Fi TV Offers Businesses Internet TV Stations for $2,000 and Seeks New Sales Reps
Wi-Fi TV Inc. (1427281;PinkSheets:WIFT) has created a price breakthrough in full-featured global Internet
wallstreet:online AG |
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No Shocker: Yahoo Board Members Comfortably Re-Elected
So there was little drama at today's shareholder meeting and the results were never in doubt. Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has just released its vote tallies confirming that all of the incumbent directors were re-elected by a wide margin. The full vote totals can be found in the release. CEO Jerry Yang received the support of 85.4 percent of the votes cast. Chairman Roy Bostock got 79.5 percent. The ...
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