Computing On The Cloud: Who Owns Your Files? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:27:00 -0400 Cloud computing — whereby users work and store information on the Internet — is becoming more and more popular. But what happens if you get locked out of your Flickr account? Why eBay Wants To Be Amazon Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400 EBay may soon be giving up the gavel as the world's biggest online auction site. The company is announcing a major overhaul that would make it easier for merchants to sell items for a fixed price. We examine the company's shift to a business model that emphasizes buying over bidding. 'Marketplace' Report: Fun Gadgets In Rough Times Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400 Rather than going out in the evenings, Americans appear to be spending time and money on new gadgets. The U.S. government says consumer electronic sales were up 4.8 percent in July.
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Intel, Yahoo join forces on Internet-TV venture Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Hoping to plant their flags on the screens of Internet-connected television sets, Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. unveiled a new project Wednesday to populate those screens with tiny programs called widgets.
Researchers produce blood in lab from stem cells Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 The discovery marks a technical advance but has a long way to go before it can be considered an alternative to donor blood.
Scientists said Tuesday that they had devised a way to grow large quantities of blood in the lab using human embryonic stem cells, potentially making blood drives a thing of the past.
Hewlett-Packard's profit rises 14% on strong computer sales Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 The company's revenue increases 10% from the year-earlier quarter.
Hewlett-Packard Co. rose above the economic gloom Tuesday and reported a 14% rise in quarterly profit thanks to strong computer sales.
404VML Provides XML-based Graphics for the Web - Introductory article from MSDN: Vector Markup Language, new to Internet Explorer 5.0, lets the user generate vector-based images on the fly using some simple XML.
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VMLmaker - A driver designed to produce VML format files from a wide variety of Windows applications.
Meta Description: [ VMLmaker - publish vector graphics directly to the WWW, view CAD drawings in a www browser, import vector graphics into office products.
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company was formally gone. Former CEO Richard Miller invited a bunch of ex-VML employees to a send off get together. It ...