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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Jul 2006 17:14 UTC
Speaking at a forum in South Africa regarding a plan for Microsoft to make major technology investments in the country, Bill Gates said there was an " 80 percent chance " Windows Vista would by ready for its planned January launch. He also had no qualms about delaying the OS further if necessary.
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Telecom N.Z. Third-Quarter Net Falls 28% on Prices (Update5)
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Telecom Corp. , New Zealand's biggest telephone company, said third-quarter profit fell 28 percent as it cut prices for calling and Internet services to combat rivals including Vodafone Group Plc. and Telstra Corp.
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UNH student spend a day and a half without technology
This is the first time that I've turned on my computer in the last 29 hours. Since 9:47 a.m. on Monday, I've been unplugged - no text messages, no instant messages, no e-mail, no Internet. It's now 4:54 p.m. on Tuesday and I'm sitting on my bed with my laptop pressed against my dark blue comforter.
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China allows access to English Wikipedia
Chinese authorities appeared to have lifted a block on the English-language version of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, but politically sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square are still off limits.
The Star |
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What's wrong with us?
Commentary: The NewsTools 2008 conference sets its agenda as participants identify (and sometimes, exemplify) problems confronting online journalists.
Online Journalism Review |
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Microsoft's Yahoo 'bid may turn hostile'
Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as early as Friday, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, the newspaper early Friday said the world's largest software maker may be preparing to go straight to internet pioneer Yahoo's shareholders.
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Microsoft likely to turn hostile in Yahoo bid
Following developments on Thursday, Microsoft is likely to pursue a hostile bid for Yahoo Inc takeover, people familiar with the proceedings said. Price will be a key factor if Microsoft turns hostile towards Yahoo. Microsoft's cash-and-stock offer was valued at $29.48 a share as of 4 p.m. on Thursday, on Nasdaq stock market composite trading. Yahoo had rejected this offer on the grounds of ...
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Michael Showalter in 15:43
Michael Showalter hopped on a small plane from New York to Manchester, N.H., rented a busted minivan for $5, and drove to the UNH campus to perform in the Strafford Room at 7:00 p.m. on April 24. Using his laptop and a microphone, he recounted amusing altercations with New York Times critics, his small stints on Law and Order, and some of his favorite and hilariously foul-mouthed Scrabble games.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 15th Aug 2006 23:21 UTC
RealNetworks will release open-source software this year that will let Linux computers play Windows Media files legally.
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Recent Original Stories
In comments confirming the open-source community's suspicions, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Thursday declared his belief that the Linux operating system infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property . In a question-and-answer session after his keynote speech at the Professional Association for SQL Server conference in Seattle, Ballmer said Microsoft was motivated to sign a deal with SUSE Linux ...
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Loan scammers working Internet, mail, cops say
ELLENVILLE — Three village residents were victimized this week by money scams through the Internet and mail, village police Chief Phil Mattracion said yesterday.
Middletown Times Herald-Record |
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Live concerts, internet are music industry's future
Live concerts and music on the internet will be key to the music business of the future, feels Ralph Christoph, an electronics music expert from Germany who is scouting for talent in India.
The Economic Times |
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Boston Find New Lead Singer
Power balladeers Boston are gearing up for another tour this year, and auditions have begun with new singer, 43 year old Tommy DeCarlo. Never heard of him? That's because until a chance discovery through the internet, DeCarlo was a credit manager at Home Depot in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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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 ...
Sun Microsystems' third-quarter loss stuns Wall Street Wall Street expected Sun Microsystems Inc.'s global sales base to help it weather the U.S. economic slowdown and turn a profit in the first three months of the year.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Kleeb extends grasp statewide
It’s 6 p.m., and the rangy figure clad in sportcoat, jeans and boots is creating a stir among the laptop set at The Mill. For some, it’s a flicker of recognition.
Lincoln Journal Star |
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National Examiners
Auctions and Antiques Examiner AuctionWally has been an auctioneer and appraiser for 25 years. He runs an antiques appraisal blog where he writes about the value of antiques and how to sell them. You can find him at www.auctionwally.com.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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Yahoo may announce Google ad deal soon, report says
Yahoo may announce Google ad deal soon, report says
MENAFN |
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 14th Jul 2005 11:53 UTC
This is a status update for the Debian GNU/Hurd port . While the port was limping along for a couple of years, it has picked up speed again. The current state is still far from being on par with Debian's established Linux ports, but it is mostly up to date and reasonably usable.
New Mobile Computing |
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Warnings Over The Future Of The Web
The open nature of the internet could also be its undoing, a leading academic has warned.
Ananova |
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Vernon official fired
By ROBERTA FUGATE and TOM HOWELL JR. VERNON — The Vernon Board of Education voted unanimously late Wednesday to fire school Business Administrator Thomas Papa, who had been arrested in Bergen County for allegedly trying to meet a 14-year-old girl after a month of sex-laced online chats.
New Jersey Herald |
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Microsoft's Yahoo 'bid may turn hostile'
Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as early as Friday, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
AAP via Yahoo!7 Finance |
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Intel and Nvidia co-sponsors in parallel programming initiative
Stanford is the next University that receives support from major IT companies to develop new techniques, tools, and training materials to exploit the parallelism capabilities of multi-core processors. And no, that headline is no mistake: The initial group of sponsors includes a colorful mix of rivals and partners: AMD, Nvidia, Sun Microsystems as well as Intel, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, showing ...
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Library plans new online catalog setup
We've come a long way from the card catalog. Soon, when you search for a book or DVD at the Akron-Summit County Public Library it will be as easy as using Google, officials say.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Ming says Tide aide helped set up TV talk with Saban
William Ming felt like a time machine had just shipped him into the future. There he was, sitting in front of a big-screen television in the Athens High computer lab, talking with Alabama coach Nick Saban.
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