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U.S. Bancorp to Present at the Lehman Brothers Global Financial Services Conference
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) announced today that Richard K. Davis, chairman, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the Lehman Brothers Global Financial Services Conference. The presentation will begin at approximately 2:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York City. The presentation will include information about U.S. Bancorp's ...
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U2 tracks leaked online after Bono boob
Four songs from U2's upcoming album were leaked on to the internet after frontman Bono played them too loudly on his stereo at his villa in the south of France.
Stuff |
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Metallica 'happy' about early album leak
Death Magnetic - the long-awaited new album by hard rock act Metallica - has leaked onto the internet, but the band says it is "happy" about it.
Stuff |
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Personal information on new hires stolen in burglary at Oakland school headquarters
OAKLAND -- Thieves broke into the Oakland school district's human resources offices overnight and stole up to 12 computers containing the personal information of an estimated 100 new hires, school district officials reported today.
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Microsoft cutting Xbox 360 prices
NEW YORK-- Microsoft Corp. is cutting the price of its Xbox 360 gaming console beginning Friday, with the cheapest version selling for $200, making it less expensive than the Nintendo Wii, which retails for $250.
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CW Randamity
Google is taking over the world, Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant, and Josh Harnett gets busy and caught on camera. Plus, 90210 isn't going over so well in one zip code.
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Amazon Customers Can Now Instantly Watch Ad-Free Movies and TV Shows on Macs, PCs and Compatible Sony BRAVIA ...
SEATTLE----Amazon.com, Inc. , today announced that customers can now instantly watch ad-free movies and television shows on Macs or PCs with Amazon Video On Demand, Amazon’s digital video service offering thousands of movies and television shows.
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"Google Maps Mobile is awesome!"
Downloaded this whilst on holiday (in the middle of rural Spain) and was gobsmacked to find that, despite not having a GPS enabled mobile device it located my position pretty accurately (say within 300M). w00t!
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Microsoft to cut Xbox prices
Microsoft Corp plans to cut US prices of its Xbox 360 video game machine, lowering the price of its entry-level console to $50 below Nintendo Co Ltd's top-selling Wii, BusinessWeek reported.
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The Napbook: A Laptop Case That is Soft Enough to Sleep On [Laptops]
Like the Pillow Book before it, the Napbook is designed to make catching a quick nap in a public place more comfortable—but the benefits don't stop there. By lying on it, you run less of a risk...
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Xbox 360 Price Cuts Officially Arrive Sept. 5 [Xbox 360]
The across-the-board Xbox 360 price cuts rumored since last month just got official from Microsoft, with every model getting a nice $50 drop. The new pricing scheme is: • Xbox 360 Arcade -...
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Search FT.com
Microsoft’s founder turned his company upside down 15 years ago because he grasped what the internet might do to his business. He may have been right too early, and he may have overreacted, but the unveiling of Chrome shows his instincts were good, writes John Gapper
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Google sees new browser as defensive move
Google launched its web browser in part to stop its rival, Microsoft , from “Balkanising” the internet by carving it up in ways that favoured its own services, the internet company’s chief executive officer said on Wednesday.
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The Moment Is Now: At $199, Xbox 360 Invites Everyone to Play
Microsoft announces new, low prices for Xbox 360. REDMOND, Wash. , Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imagine if friends and families had the ability to instantly watch movies from Netflix, live out their musical fantasies through "Rock Band 2" (Harmonix/MTV Games) and "Lips" (iNiS Corp./Microsoft Game Studios), star in their own Hollywood classics with "You're in the Movies," or have the power ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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'Bloggers 13' want near free-for-all
GOOD, but not good enough.
Straits Times |
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Inside
GOOGLE has shown off its slick new Web browser, called Chrome.
Straits Times |
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Terminal 5 becomes giant Wi-Fi hotspot
T-MOBILE HAS TURNED the whole of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 into one giant Wi-Fi hotspot.
The Inquirer |
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Astra revives forgotten sounds
SOUNDS THAT HAVE been dead for years are being revived electronically thanks to a new computer modelling project.
The Inquirer |
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Student, 16, hacked into school computer system
School officials said they don't believe the Murfreesboro teen accessed any personal information.
WKRN Nashville |
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U.S. Bancorp to Present at the Lehman Brothers Global Financial Services Conference
U.S. Bancorp (15622;NYSE:USB) announced today that Richard K. Davis, chairman, president and chief executive
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Analyst: NAND flash market has 'fallen apart'
While the market remains strong for many semiconductor categories, the NAND flash memory market has "fallen apart" over the past two months, according to Bryan Lewis, an analyst at Gartner.
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Computer Glitch Closes Albany High
ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED THE NEXT TWO DAYS...AS MAJOR GLITCHES WITH DISTRICT SOFTWARE PREVENTED STUDENTS FROM GETTING THEIR SCHEDULES BY THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES. FRESHMEN WENT THROUGH ORIENTATION TODAY, BUT DID SO WITHOUT SCHEDULES. ALBANY SCHOOL DISTRICT SPOKESMAN RON LESKO SAYS TECHNOLOGY OFFICIALS BELIEVED THEY COULD FIX THE GLITCH BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE FINAL DECISION TO CLOSE ...
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Vulnerability Exposed in Google Chrome Beta
A few hours after the launch of the Chrome public Beta, security researcher Aviv Raff found a hole in the new browser.
Tom's Hardware |
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Xbox 360 to be lowest-priced next-gen video game console
Microsoft plans to drop the price of its entry-level console to $199, lower than Nintendo's Wii and the first next-gen machine to break $200.
CNET |
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iTunes 8 coming at next week's Apple event?
A new version of iTunes could accompany new iPods next week and give lazy mixtape creators a way to put together playlists from their libraries.
CNET |
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