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Features and Case Studies
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one. In final instalment of ‘Securing Microsoft’, Ina Fried looks at the next generation of security threats.
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Microsoft-Yahoo: Ballmer: 'Is There A Better Way To Get To Scale More Quickly'
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer may be building a case for backing out of the offer for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), or so suggests WSJ ... Ballmer told the paper it's a matter of scale: "The question is, is there a better way to get to scale more quickly?" Microsoft has the technology but not the scale in customers and advertisers yet to be truly competitive with Google; doing it sans Yahoo ...
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The Right's America-Hating Preacher
One of the advantages that the American Right has achieved from investing tens of billions of dollars in media – from talk radio and cable TV, to print and the Internet – is the ability to define what is and what isn’t a “scandal,” a powerful factor in determining who wins national elections.
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Microsoft promises Yahoo move 'in very short order'
Microsoft's chief executive told employees he will not pay "a dime above" what he thinks Yahoo is worth and they will know the next move in the takeover quest "in very short order."
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Films to hit iTunes with releases on DVDs
Apple Store customers look at a display of iPods in San Francisco, California. Apple said Thursday it has deals with Hollywood studios to make popular films available for its iPods and iPhones via its iTunes online store as soon as the movies are released on DVDs.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 24th Aug 2005 20:45 UTC
Microsoft officials have admitted one of their biggest challenges in continuing to grow the company's Windows business is the impression among some of its installed base that older Windows versions are good enough.
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Intel Opens Software Marketplace for Small Businesses
Intel has set up an online store called Business Exchange that's meant to help small and medium-sized business find software...
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Microsoft promises Yahoo move 'in very short order'
Microsoft's chief executive told employees he will not pay "a dime above" what he thinks Yahoo is worth and they will know the next move in the takeover quest "in very short order."
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Taking the Complexity out of IT Security
To drive home the point that wired networks are so Pleistocene, Motorola fashioned the image of a dinosaur out of old Cat 5 cable and coat hangers to hype their 21st Century 802.1n wireless gear.
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Online preview ‘Postal,' ‘Speed Racer,' ‘Get Smart'
“Postal” (May 23 in some markets), www.movieset.com/postal. The real attraction is quality time with director Uwe Boll, who is using video logs to attack Internet critics who slammed his previous films. He gets “Postal” actor Vern Troyer to be a mini-Indiana Jones (“Postal” opens opposite big Indy), and you can enter a contest to win Troyer’s hat. Say what you must about Boll, but give him ...
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Perception problem for Windows Vista
Microsoft still faces an uphill battle to win over consumers, despite the progress it cites on Vista's performance and compatibility.
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FrontRunner fares don't scare away commuters
Posted: 8:38 PM- The good news for Utah's new train commuters: The kiddie parade has thinned and the lines are gone. The bad news: There's no guarantee the wireless Internet connection will work on any given train yet.
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Grandfather accused of molesting grandkids
Posted: 8:39 PM- A Sandy man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly molesting his 3- and 4-year-old grandchildren. He allegedly kept photos of the abuse on his computer.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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Films to hit iTunes with releases on DVDs
Apple said Thursday it has deals with Hollywood studios to make popular films available for its iPods and iPhones via its iTunes online store as soon as the movies are released on DVDs.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Costas Now : Sports Bloggers Need to Get a Life
Bob Costas used his HBO bully pulpit to again decry sports bloggers. Again, it didn't work. There’s a debate raging and kick yourself if you missed it. It's not the on-going Jeremiah Wright/Barack Obama saga. Hard to miss that since it’s been on the cable news spin cycle for several straight days. The same goes for the faux outrage over the Miley Cyrus pictures that seems to have parents in a ...
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New Zealand destinations top international travel survey (+photos)
Two New Zealand tourist sites have topped a big internet survey of the world's 100 best travel destinations. Milford Sound, the main tourist attraction in Fiordland, was voted the most popular worldwide destination with its beautiful mountains and scenery.
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Films to hit iTunes with releases on DVDs
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple said Thursday it has deals with Hollywood studios to make popular films available for its iPods and iPhones via its iTunes online store as soon as the movies are released on DVDs.
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Features and Case Studies
When you're in charge of buying 2,000 desktops should you go for an assortment of vendors, or stick to just one? City of Melbourne's desktop services manager, Ashe Potter, says using a single supplier is cheaper, easier and less hassle to manage.
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Recent Original Stories
Microsoft has shipped the first critical security update for Windows Vista, the next version of its flagship operating system.
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The Mac in the Gray Flannel Suit
More workers infatuated with iPods and iPhones are demanding Macs. Is business ready? Is Apple?
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Sydney's free Wi-Fi plans scrapped
The NSW government has scrapped plans to offer free Wi-Fi in Sydney, citing spiralling costs and overseas failures for killing the project.
ZDNet Australia |
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Keyboards dirtier than toilet seats
Some computer keyboards harbor more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, research has suggested.
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Comcast 1Q profit falls, but Internet, phone lifts stock
PHILADELPHIA -- Promotional offers and higher cable television spending fueled the first-quarter profits of Comcast Corp., which showed limited effects from an economic slowdown.
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Pentagon inspector faults U.S. oversight of BAE
U.S. technology going into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft may have been compromised by unauthorized access at facilities and computers belonging to BAE Systems Plc of the U.K., the Pentagon's inspector general said in a report.
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DRAM rankings: Samsung seeks to bury competitors
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. clung to its DRAM market lead in the first quarter, according to market researcher iSuppli, cranking up production as competitors retreated in response to weak market conditions and a U.S.
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