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The antitrust regulator in South Korea will begin a crucial hearing on Tuesday (Monday evening US time) to determine whether Microsoft violated the country's fair trade rules by bundling its instant messenger and Media Player programs into its Windows XP platform.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 21st Dec 2005 18:12 UTC
"One can't wander through the aisles of an electronics retailer or down the hallways of an office without walking past any number of PCs with Intel Inside stickers. As a brand-building endeavor, Intel Inside has been a success by any definition.
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Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile Friday
SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc. as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
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Ballmer knows what Yahoo is worth
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said he knows how much he would spend to buy Yahoo and accelerate his company's Internet play. But he is not telling anyone else.
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Brocade and Microsoft Form Virtualization Alliance
Brocade has released a management pack developed in collaboration with Microsoft to optimize data and server resources, whereby the company's data center capabilities will be integrated with Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager 2008.
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Microsoft Plans New Moves on Yahoo
Microsoft is allocating $1.5bn for staff retention of Yahoo employees if its unsolicited buyout goes ahead, according to a Wall Street Journal article.
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City of Houston's computer contractor shuts down
SimDesk Technologies, the company that provided online computer applications to Houston residents through a controversial contract with the city, has gone out of business. The service was shut down Thursday, according to the company's Web site and an e-mail circulated to customers. No one answered the phone at the company on Thursday.
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Driver in wreck may have been high
An 18-year-old Mandeville driver allegedly was "huffing" an aerosol computer cleaner before his car -- carrying three teenage girls -- failed to make a turn off U.S. 190 in Covington, shattered a concrete divider and crashed into two cars, authorities said.
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Radiology company settles in man's death - roanoke.com
Jay Lynn Brandon died after an off-site radiologist said his aneurysm was not life-threatening. A company contracted with Carilion Clinic hospitals to interpret X-rays over the Internet has agreed to pay $500,000 to the estate of a Roanoke man who died after a physician failed to diagnose his internal bleeding.
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Seagate sets 5-year target for 2-billionth drive
Hard drive maker sees flash-based drives only as "incremental" growth for both the industry and company, according to a Seagate executive. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com
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Microsoft leans towards hosting takeover
Microsoft appears to be siding with a hostile takeover approach to the current Yahoo situation, an insider revealed late Thursday. According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has yet to give an official word either way, but could come to a final decision tomorrow. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is faced with either pursuing hostile negotiations or...
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St. Charles man gets jail for child porn
A rural St. Charles man will serve 1½ months in the Kane County jail and four years on a strict probation regimen for attempting to send sexually explicit images of children via the Internet.
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Cyber Cops Look for More Victims of Internet Crime
After nearly two years on the run, tips from Fox 13 news viewers led to the arrest of David Ryan Michaelis. Michaelis has allegedly confessed to having sex with a child he met on the Internet. Cyber cops now want to know if there are any more victims. Fox 13's Scott McKane has the exclusive details in this Utah's Most Wanted.
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Illinois man pleads guilty to cyberstalking Bears player's model wife
AURORA -- An Aurora man has been banned from most Internet use and sentenced to 60 days in the Kane County Jail after pleading guilty to sending threatening e-mails to a Playboy magazine model.
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WiMAX Expands to Idaho Falls
Digital Bridge Communications has expanded its wireless Internet service to Idaho Falls. The announcement came as BridgeMAXX cut a wire at their Idaho Falls office Thursday. "Internet is the fourth utility.
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There's no debate that Lautenberg's stalling
TRYING TO GET Sen. Frank Lautenberg to agree to a debate is like using a dial-up Internet connection. You get connected fast enough, but waiting for a response from the server takes a very long time.
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Microsoft Ready For Hostile Bid; Announcement Could Come Tomorrow
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is now leaning a hostile bid to take over Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), and the announcement may come tomorrow morning, WSJ reports, citing sources. But the situation is still fluid and could change. Earlier today MSFT CEO Steve Ballmer was also making a case of backing out of the bid, if the need comes.
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Microsoft seen to go hostile on Yahoo and Yahoo to go Google Ads
Despite Microsoft's ultimatum to Yahoo running out, there is no official next move yet from Redmond. The WSJ has published reports now that cite sources close to the matter that Microsoft leans towards hostile takeover of Yahoo at this point. An annou...
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iTunes movie downloads to be available day of DVD release
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Inc. said Thursday that new movies from a slate of major studios will now be available for purchase over iTunes the same day they're released on DVD.
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Features and Case Studies
Talking builds walls. Doing removes them. How are CIOs removing the walls between business and IT? Download the Global CIO Leadership study. Imagine making sense of all the data you have, extracting key insights, and then delivering them to the right people in time to positively influence results.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 14th Aug 2005 13:41 UTC
ExtremeTech explains how to build a rendering farm out of old computers . "At its core, a render farm is pretty simple: Seven or so machines on a network, a network-accessible storage location, a rendering app, and a queue manager. Putting it all together should be equally simple, right?"
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Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile Friday
Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc. as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
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Recent Original Stories
If you are looking for a desktop Linux with all the ease and user-friendliness of OS X, Linspire Five-O is a great option. It may not be the best for advanced users, but home and SOHO users will be happy with its performance, support, and great looks, the review says.
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Affairs position offered
Damon R. Sims believes people can't succeed in Student Affairs behind a desk or computer.
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Randy Helvey
• Occupation: Teacher at Park Avenue School in Yuba City. I'm a librarian, computer lab technician, a reading teacher and a sports coach. I wear a lot of hats.
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