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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 8th Jan 2007 23:34 UTC
As part of his keynote address on Sunday at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, Gates showed off Windows Home Server ( more info at Ars ) - a consumer device to serve as a central storage place for digital photos, music and other media.
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Google accused of deception in selling AdSense keyword ads
An advertiser sued Google Inc. in federal court Tuesday claiming the company deceived him and charged for ads displayed on third-party Web sites, even though he left blank an "optional" box that seemed to address the issue.
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MySpace unveils new karaoke feature
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.You now have that ability, thanks to the new MySpace Karaoke, to be launched Tuesday by the social networking site.
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Power Medical Interventions, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
LANGHORNE, Penn., April 30, 2008 -- Power Medical Interventions, Inc. , a leader in developing and commercializing Intelligent Surgical Instruments, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
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Google unveils eclectic mix of designs by prominent artists
Stay on top of breaking news! Sign up for ABC 7 News e-mail alerts. Google Inc. s once-austere Web site is turning into an eclectic art gallery.
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Israeli troops raid Islamic charities in West Bank
Israeli troops raided two charities linked to Hamas in the Occupied West Bank city of Hebron overnight and seized computers and equipment, the army said on Wednesday. "Our forces seized material from these two organizations which, under the guise of charitable organizations, actually worked to directly support.
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Cricket Sets May 13 as Las Vegas Launch Date
Cricket Communications announced that it will launch its wireless phone and internet services in Las Vegas beginning on May 13. Cricket offers cell phone service for flat rates and does not require contracts or credit checks. The company will ... (follow link to read)
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E-waste recycling faces several challenges, critics say
Many discarded electronic devices in the U.S. wind up being dismantled overseas using crude and unsafe methods, partly because of a lack of markets for some electronic materials, e-waste experts told a congressional committee on Wednesday.
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St. Louis Storytelling Festival
One of humanity's oldest forms of entertainment, oral storytelling, has benefited from the computer age. Fans of the art form can be at only one story session at a time during this year's enormous St. Louis Storytelling Festival.
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AOL's ad revenue rises slightly as income drops
AOL saw only a slight gain in its online advertising business for the first quarter of 2008, suggesting the company has a way to go in shifting away from its declining ISP (Internet service provider) business.
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NTELOS Holdings Corp. Reports Strong Wireless Subscriber Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA Growth for First Quarter 2008
WAYNESBORO, Va.----NTELOS Holdings Corp. , a leading provider of wireless and wireline communications services in Virginia and West Virginia, today announced operating results for its first quarter of 2008.
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Integration missteps at AOL led to first flat ad quarter
AOL made key mistakes that pushed down display-advertising sales and resulted in the Time Warner Inc. unit's first quarter of flat ad revenue since it began staking its future on the boom in online ads, executives said Wednesday.
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Integration missteps at AOL led to first flat quarter of advertising since ad-focus strategy
NEW YORK - AOL made key mistakes that pushed down display-advertising sales and resulted in the Time Warner Inc. unit's first quarter of flat ad revenue since it began staking its future on the boom in online ads, executives said Wednesday.
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Shutterfly Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFLY), an Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, today announced first quarter 2008 financial results for the period ended March 31, 2008.
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ASK A MEXICAN: Scotch and Tequila
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Dear Mexican: Consider the similarities between my people, the Celtic Scots, and yours, the Hispanic Mexicans.
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Akamai Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Revenue for the first quarter 2008 was $187.0 million, a 34 percent increase over first quarter 2007 revenue of $139.3 million, and a two percent increase over fourth quarter 2007 revenue ...
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DAMIAN'S LAIR: A Taxing Situation
by Damian Winthrop ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Dear Damian: There is a co-worker I've been lusting after ever since she joined our accounting division.
Nashville Scene |
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HELTER SHELTER: Skunk Funk
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: A while back, my friend Susan asked me to come by her office and help her with an urgent problem.
Nashville Scene |
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Stanford kicks off parallel programming effort
Six companies are contributing a total $6 million to kick off a three-year project at Stanford University to explore fresh models for parallel programming, one of three efforts recently funded by a computer industry increasingly concerned software will not be able to keep pace with the evolution of multicore processors.
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Checkpoint Systems, Inc. to Broadcast First Quarter 2008 Conference Call Over the Internet
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CKP), intends to release its first quarter 2008 results on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 before the market opens. In conjunction with the announcement, Checkpoint Systems will host a conference call on the same day at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, which will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet. Rob van der Merwe, President and Chief Executive Officer and Ray Andrews, ...
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Nvidia unleashes Cuda attack on parallel-compute challenge
More graphics processor providers should look at enabling the use of the Compute Unified Device Architecture (Cuda) programming language on their devices, says the chief scientist at Cuda developer Nvidia Corp., which is looking to open the language to speed massively parallel computing.
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Going Green: Green Computing
Whether at work or at home, computers have become a vital part of our daily lives. But many of us have developed computer habits which are damaging to the environment. One Onalaska woman has a few tips on how to change that.
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Citrix boss wants data center 'dinosaurs' to evolve
Service-oriented mammalians to survive IT recession Interop 2008 Day two of Interop Las Vegas 2008 opened with a modest IT proposal from Mark Templeton, President and CEO of Citrix.…
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The race is on to improve chip software
In the computer world's equivalent of "The Amazing Race," three rival teams of computer researchers are working on new types of software needed to better use computer chips that can process many tasks at the same time.
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New: Gymnastics coach guilty of child porn charges
A former St. Charles gymnastics coach has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.
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