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NetApp Reports Strong Financials
Wed, 21 May 2008 20:33:25 -0400
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Workday to Mobilize HCM
Wed, 21 May 2008 19:14:51 -0400
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HP-EDS Merger Could Bring Massive Job Cuts
Wed, 21 May 2008 18:57:01 -0400
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Bugs Bite Apple iCal Application
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Instead of Yahoo, Microsoft spotlights aQuantive
Wed, 21 May 2008 09:21:06 -0700
The prospect of a Microsoft-Yahoo combination, with all its questions on how to "integrate" the two companies, is again bubbling to the...
Oil prices pass $135 after report of supply drop
Wed, 21 May 2008 18:20:23 -0700
Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon. Supply worries, rising demand and a slumping dollar are conspiring to make filling up the car - and paying for just about everything else - a growing burden for Americans.
Fed sharply lowers outlook for U.S. growth; sees higher inflation, jobless rate
Wed, 21 May 2008 16:32:32 -0700
The Federal Reserve today sharply lowered its projection for economic growth this year, citing blows from the housing and credit debacles...

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Microsoft Offers Rebates to Shoppers Using Its Search
Thu, 22 May 2008 04:46:55 -0000
Microsoft is taking a new approach to jump-starting its search engine: offering rebates to people who use it to find and buy some products.
Google Says It Will Defend Competitive Rationale of a Yahoo Deal
Thu, 22 May 2008 04:49:29 -0000
How can Google, the Internet search and advertising giant, contend that teaming up with Yahoo in search ads would not invite an antitrust challenge?
Open-Source File Format Is to Be a Part of Microsoft Office
Thu, 22 May 2008 04:47:15 -0000
Under pressure from European regulators and others, Microsoft is to say it will give customers the ability to use documents in Open Document Format — the main rival to the Microsoft Word format.

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Surprised astronomers catch a dying star
Wed, 21 May 2008 18:16:41 -0400
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TVA vulnerable to hacking, GAO says
Wed, 21 May 2008 17:10:11 -0400
The nation's largest publicly owned utility company may be vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a new report.
Professor makes breakthroughs, ballads
Wed, 21 May 2008 09:15:47 -0400
"Attracted by your gravity, your body's so compact / Pulling me inward, prepare for close contact," Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher sings in his song about a deep-space object known as a black hole.

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Nanotubes, Like Asbestos, Could Threaten Health
Wed, 21 May 2008 10:40:00 -0400
Tiny tubes made of carbon atoms have promised to revolutionize industry. But a new study in mice suggests that one kind of nanotube produces biological changes like those caused by asbestos.
Toyota Leads Race for 'Green' Cars
Wed, 21 May 2008 06:00:00 -0400
The sale of the one-millionth Prius emphasizes Toyota's early lead in hybrid vehicle sales. But Honda plans to introduce a low-cost hybrid car in the U.S. market early next year. And Nissan and GM will follow a year later.
Google, Apple Go Head to Head in Ultimate Frisbee
Tue, 20 May 2008 16:41:00 -0400
Every few weeks during the spring, stalwarts of the Internet economy — companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and Yahoo — meet on an open field to shout out their brand loyalties and throw things at each other. It's not the downturn in the economy that has blood pressures high. It's ultimate Frisbee.

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Rural homes dominate broadband UK
Wed, 21 May 2008 23:11:34 -0000
Rural households are now more likely to have a broadband connection than residents of towns, says Ofcom.
Microsoft offers cash back search
Wed, 21 May 2008 19:49:55 -0000
Microsoft is offering shoppers cash rebates to use its new service in a bid to close the gap on market leader Google
Net downloads to get age ratings
Wed, 21 May 2008 12:14:28 -0000
Games and videos downloaded from the web are to be policed by a voluntary age rating scheme.

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A tech 'renaissance' in Europe
Wed, 21 May 2008 14:51:13 -0400
May 21 - Central and Eastern Europe has quietly become a hub of innovation for start-ups and top tech companies alike.
Touchphones put finger on success
Wed, 21 May 2008 01:28:29 -0400
May 21 - Touchscreen mobile phones are the sector's next killer application, and Asian makers and consumers are joining the party.
The Google of Europe?
Tue, 20 May 2008 14:09:58 -0400
May 20 - A Slovenian start up called Zemanta is "feeling lucky" after winning international investment for its innovative technology.

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'Indiana Jones' and the computer-generated jungle
By DERRIK J. LANG Thu, 22 May 2008 04:47:26 -0000
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In these hallowed halls, Indiana Jones almost seems out of place. A banner with a two-dimensional cutout of the swashbuckling archaeologist swings through the lobby of Industrial Light and Magic, where life-size replicas of Darth Vader and Bobba Fett from "Star Wars" stand guard....
Facebook preparing for redesign to clear clutter
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Wed, 21 May 2008 22:45:27 -0000
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Having nearly tripled its audience and added about 20,000 new applications over the past year, Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout is about to undergo a housecleaning....
Microsoft lures search traffic with cash rebates
By JESSICA MINTZ Wed, 21 May 2008 19:37:21 -0000
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is offering cash rebates when people make purchases after using its search engine as the software maker begins to reveal how it plans to take on Google Inc. following the failure of its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo....

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HP introduces new 'green' label for products
Wed, 21 May 2008 21:00:00 -0700
The Eco Highlights label will flag the company's most environmentally friendly peripherals, like a completely recyclable printer.
GamePie: GameFly's social Facebook application
Wed, 21 May 2008 20:19:00 -0700
GameFly launches a Facebook application that allows gamers to share what they are currently playing; review and score games that they have played in the past; and make a wish list of games that they want to play in the future.
Carbon trading our way out of hunger crisis
Wed, 21 May 2008 18:05:00 -0700
A seemingly magical chemical combined with a carbon trading network is one company's hope for ending world hunger and reducing global warming.

 

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