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Plausible Rumor: Microsoft May Buy Back Shares
Once upon a time, Microsoft was willing to pay around $45 billion for Yahoo. All sorts of shenanigans have taken place since then, but the main sum remains untouched, and a new rumor has it that a stock buyback may be in the works. read more
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Program makes computing easier
Three new computer stations at Immanuel Senior Residences are changing the way residents think about the Internet.
The Danville Commercial-News |
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HP Buys Wireless Network Infrastructure Company
HP said Monday it plans to buy Colubris Networks, furthering the consolidation of wireless networking companies.
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Linux Today - Is Microsoft Trying to Kill Apache?
[ Thanks to steve hill for this link. ] "I am largely immune to conspiracy theories.
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Earnings roundup: Valspar, Greenfield Online
Valspar Corp., which makes paints and coatings, said Monday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 17 percent as one-time charges and rising sales costs offset strong growth in its coatings unit.
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Google's Yahoo! Deal Rankles
NEW YORK While many agency executives are on vacation, some are busy teaching a crash course in ad economics. The students: attorneys with the Department of Justice.
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'Trusted Transparency' Can Transform the Spread of Healthcare Information into an Effective Treatment for Growth
CHICAGO----An Internet search for "migraine headache treatment" delivers more than 20,000 results. Some 400,000 articles are added to the medical annals each year. Which of those sources is a migraine sufferer or physician to trust?
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Majority of Active Malware Attacks Go Undetected, Says New Report
A recent test of leading anti-virus vendors over a thirty-day period has revealed that more than half of all malware threats on the Internet go undetected, according to a report issued today by cyber intelligence firm, Cyveillance. Data for the test was compiled from thousands of active malware threats that Cyveillance says it detects daily and was then fed through each of the vendors' ...
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GoAmerica Appoints Former FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy to Board of Directors
HACKENSACK, N.J. , Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GoAmerica, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOAM), a provider of relay and wireless communications and professional interpreter services for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-disabled persons, today announced the appointment of Kathleen Q. Abernathy to its Board of Directors.
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Host.net Closes Previously Announced Acquisition of WV Fiber
BOCA RATON, Fla.----Host.net, a leading provider of colocation, network transport and transit services, announced today that it has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Nashville, TN based WV Fiber, a global IP transit and MPLS transport company on July 17th 2008.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Honeywell Hand Held Dolphin 7600 Mobile Computer Offers Seamless And Secure Wi-Fi Access For Light Industrial ...
Devicescape Software today announced its role in enabling Honeywell to deliver secure wireless network access for the HandHeld Dolphin 7600.
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The Enterprise Software Market: It's the Channel, Stupid
In the eternal quest to find the next orchard, the one replete with all that proverbial low-hanging fruit, the entire enterprise software market has focused its considerable energies on the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market.
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Google Maps Users Cannot View Maps Created by Others
In a Google Groups thread, users are reporting that they are not able to share or view maps that are created by others. This error has been reported since July 29th and a number of users are impacted (but others are not). After heated discussions on the thread and 56 messages with a number of members trying to illustrate the problem, Maps Guide Mike says that this is a bug that was indeed ...
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Google Provides More Information about Personalized Results
A WebmasterWorld member points out that Google has been a little more open with regards to personalized search results. For example, when you do a search, you might see something like this, where Google says that these are searches based on your web history: When you click on "More details," Google gives you more information about personalization: Google announced this ...
Search Engine Roundtable |
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Congratulations Apple, you made the iPhone less stable than Windows Mobile
After a couple of weeks, I gave in and picked up an iPhone 3G at the Apple store just over a week ago to personally give it a try. It is a good device, but the only two improvements over my original iPhone are the 3G support and GPS. The...
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NBC's Olympics coverage a winner on TV and online
NBC's Olympics coverage a winner on TV and online
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Twelve Fixes Coming For Patch Tuesday
Microsoft will be issuing 12 fixes on August's Patch Tuesday, seven of then deemed critical.
DesignTechnica |
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U of I offers several computer classes
The University of Illinois Extension, Vermilion County, Internet Masters will present several computer classes this fall.
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Extreme Networks makes tender offer
(AP:SANTA CLARA, Calif.) Extreme Networks Inc., which makes computer network components, said Monday it is seeking to repurchase $100 million of its stock through a so-called modified Dutch auction tender offer.
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Intel Names Next-Generation PC Chips
Intel announced today that desktop processors based on the company's upcoming new microarchitecture (codenamed ‘Nehalem') will be formally branded ‘Intel Core processor.' The first products in this new family of processors, including an ‘Extreme Edition' version...
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Fire kills worker at Kuwait oil refinery
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 11, 2008 (AFP) - A flash fire on Monday in a Kuwait oil refinery killed one worker and injured another before it was brought under control, the state-owned Kuwait National Petroleum Company said.
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ICFJ report explores the complexities of Iran
A new online report released by the Washington, D.C.-based International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) seeks to help journalists gain insight into the complex issues surrounding Iranian politics, economics and society.
Payvand Iran News |
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Greenfield Online 2Q profit falls on higher costs
(AP:WILTON, Conn.) Greenfield Online Inc., which provides marketing companies with Internet surveys, said Monday second-quarter profit fell 33 percent, hurt by costs related to litigation and a pending takeover.
INO News |
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Iran Unveils Computer Games, DVD Sites
Computer games as well as a DVD containing data on Iranian cultural sites were unveiled by the Tebyan Art and Cultural Institute during a ceremony. -Fars
Payvand Iran News |
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Yahoo’s Advisory Bill: $36 Million and Growing
Jerry Yang and his fellow Yahoo s have spent plenty of time and energy in recent months dealing with Microsoft ’s unsolicited takeover offer and the proxy fight it inspired.
New York Times |
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