| Gates: Microsoft shifts focus after Yahoo deal collapses
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 AP - Microsoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc., Chairman Bill Gates said Friday.
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| Fri, 09 May 2008 10:47:00 GMT |
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| Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards
(AP)
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 AP - Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced Thursday.
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| Fri, 09 May 2008 06:52:32 GMT |
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| Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo
(AP)
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 AP - Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. ? a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo.
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| Fri, 09 May 2008 06:48:49 GMT |
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| With Microsoft mum, analysts mull next moves for Live Search
(AP)
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 AP - Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer.
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| Thu, 08 May 2008 21:04:28 GMT |
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| Cablevision plans wireless broadband network
(AP)
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| AP - Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area in the New York region. |
| Thu, 08 May 2008 20:41:45 GMT |
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| Sun: Java ubiquity an advantage in RIA battle
(InfoWorld)
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| InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is counting on the ubiquitous nature of Java to help its JavaFX technology compete in the rich Internet application (RIA) space against rivals Adobe Systems and Microsoft. |
| Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT |
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| Freeway Web site editor adds RSS Feed action
(Macworld.com)
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| Macworld.com - Softpress Systems on Thursday announced the release of Freeway 5.1, a new version of its Web design software for Mac OS X. A free update for 5.0 users, Freeway is available in Express and Pro versions for $79 or $249 respectively. |
| Fri, 09 May 2008 11:30:01 GMT |
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| Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are
making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their
mobile phones instead.
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| Fri, 09 May 2008 11:20:06 GMT |
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| OpenOffice.org Beta Fails the Office 2007 Test
(PC World)
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| PC World - The free office suite's support for Microsoft's XML-based Office 2007 file formats leaves much to be desired. |
| Thu, 08 May 2008 23:11:00 GMT |
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| Flomerics surges after rejects Mentor cash bid
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Shares in British engineering software
firm Flomerics Group surged on Friday after rejecting a
buyout offer from larger U.S. rival Mentor Graphics, saying it
would explore interest from several other parties. |
| Fri, 09 May 2008 08:48:22 GMT |
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| MySpace lets users take profile data outside site's walls
(AFP)
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 AFP - MySpace announced Thursday it is opening the gates of its popular online community by letting users automatically transfer profile information to other social-networking websites.
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| Thu, 08 May 2008 23:23:31 GMT |
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| Video games don't create killers, new book says
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Playing video games does not turn
children into deranged, blood-thirsty super-killers, according
to a new book by a pair of Harvard researchers.
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| Fri, 09 May 2008 11:31:01 GMT |
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