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What's On Tonight: Hannah Montana, Cops, Robin Hood, SNL

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:45:00 +0000

At 7, Syfy has the movie Open Graves . At 7:15, ESPN2 has College Football , Florida vs. Vanderbilt. At 7:30, Disney has a new Hannah Montana . At 7:45, ESPN has College Football , Florida State vs. Clemson. At 8, ABC has College Football , Connecticut vs. Cincinnati. ...

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Health Care Reform: The House Republican Alternative

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:18:10 +0000

House Minority Leader John Boehner and his House Republican colleagues have just unveiled a 230 page “Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute” to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s massive 2032 page health care bill (H.R. 3962). Voting on the substitute and the main bill in the U.S. House of ...

Rover found this 34 hours ago on blog.heritage.org

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House bill calls for ISPs to block some fake financial sites

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:45:47 +0000

Internet Service Providers cry foul when they discover language in a bill moving through the House of Representatives that forces them to identify and block specific fraudulent financial sites.

Rover found this 2 days ago on blogs.zdnet.com

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Step by step to Convert AVI to WMV, MPG, MP4, MOV for editing in Sony Vegas

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:59:29 +0000

Here you can find import AVI to Sony Vegas apps and learn how to improt dvd, avi, 3gp, 3g2, mp4, flv, mkv, tod, mod, mts, m2ts, tr, ts, trp, wmv, asf, m4v, ect. to Sony Vegas.

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Windows 7 busts the 3 per cent share barrier • Channel Register

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:28:39 +0000

Microsoft's kind of make or break Windows 7 launch pushed the OS to a stonking 3.48 per cent market share by the end of last month, figures from tracker firm Net Applications show. The firm's figures showed Windows 7 popping up on 3.67 per cent of PCs it encountered on the 31st. Windows 7 has ...

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iTunes Store

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00:00 +0000

One Moment Please. Connecting to the iTunes Store. Loading We are unable to find iTunes on your computer. If iTunes doesn't open, click the iTunes application icon in your Dock or Windows Task Bar.

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Adobe Photoshop Mobile Android Demo (video)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:00:48 +0000

From http://mobile.photoshop.com/android/howtovideo.html?sdid=FBN UA

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Official Google Docs Blog: Data Liberation, "Mark as viewed", and New!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:22:47 +0000

Monday, October 26, 2009 1:30 PM A couple weeks ago, we launched a multi-file uploader to make it much easier for you to put files into the cloud. Today we're launching a new feature to make it much easier to get your content out. That's right, it's our first major offensive on the Data ...

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ImageMaster: Project Description

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:18:21 +0000

ImageMaster is a .Net C# application for reading and writing disc images (*.iso files).

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Microsoft lifts GPL code, uses in Microsoft Store tool

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:18:21 +0000

Update 11/7: The example I provided yesterday (ReadBytes) was replaced with a new one. Note that it is only an example. I’m not here to prove my case in a huge exhaustive post for you. That’s left as an exercise for the reader. GNU logo with taped-over Microsoft Store logo While poking through ...

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Dejal Simon Standard and BlogAssist featured in TheMacBundles

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Dejal Systems, LLC today announced that Dejal Simon is available as part of TheMacBundles, a bundle of great Mac products. Simon is the essential server monitoring tool for Mac OS X. It checks websites and many other kinds of services for changes or failures, with lots of notification and ...

Rover found this 2 days ago on mac.blogdig.net

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Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

It was one of the most sought after applications on the Internet until it was leaked earlier today. And now that it’s out there—and it is all over the place, easily findable by anyone able to use a search engine—we can all move on with our lives. Yes, Microsoft COFEE , the ...

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Clippings from Craig Mundie's stop at UW

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, finished up his 2009 Microsoft College Tour at the University of Washington on Thursday. He spoke to a packed audience at Kane Hall Room 120 and demoed a few prototype technologies Microsoft Research is working on.

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Rarely seen Steve Jobs

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:04:22 +0000

At age 21, in 1976, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in Jobs' family garage in Los Altos, Calif. Jobs' father removed his car restoration equipment and brought home a wooden workbench that served as Apple's first manufacturing base. Jobs returned to the empty garage in 1996 to be ...

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My Thoughts on the Skype Settlement: Winners & Losers Scorecard

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:10:06 +0000

The final results are in : eBay and private investors led by Silver Lake Partners have struck a deal with Skype founders and JoltID, the technology company controlled by Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They are also transferring the ownership of intellectual property ...

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Update Fixes IPhone Sync Problem With Windows 7 for Some

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones. Earlier this week, Intel, Microsoft and Apple said they were investigating the issue, which people are complaining about on an Apple forum. The problem ...

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SixthSense Creator Releasing Code for Super-Cool Wearable Gesture Interface Device

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Remember the scene in the movie Minority Report where Tom Cruise uses hand gestures instead of a mouse to interact with a computer screen displayed on the wall? The idea isn't really that far-fetched and software developer Pranav Mistry has been working on making it a reality. Mistry is ...

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Update: Hulu Will Not Charge for All of Its Content (But Probably For Some)

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:05:29 +0000

hulu A few days ago I wrote an article about how News Corp. Deputy Chairman Chase Carey made a statement that Hulu would start charging for content. Naturally, people were not pleaseed, although some admitted that they would be willing to pay for certain types of content. EW now has some ...

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Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:33:46 +0000

Now that we in the northern hemisphere have had some time to digest the Windows 7 hype and settle in for the coming winter, we thought we would get some more hard data regarding Windows 7 security. On October 22nd, we settled in at SophosLabs and loaded a full release copy of Windows 7 on ...

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Skype founders keep 14% of company, LinkedIn gets a redesign, Boxee beta to be available December 7

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Skype's founders and eBay have come to an agreement on the terms of the sale of Skype to private investors . The founders will retain 14% of the company, not 10% as originally stated. Soon Skype will no longer be the property of eBay; that was a short-lived and fruitless arrangement if we've ...

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All Is Forgiven: "It's a Clean Slate," Says Andreessen About Lawsuit-Mad Skype Co-Founders

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:27:13 +0000

Silicon Valley legend and now VC Marc Andreessen was making the interview rounds this morning, after the settlement between the litigation-addled co-founders of Skype and all the various people they were suing was announced this morning . He’s been tight-lipped until now, due to the ...

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I Love the Smell of Settlement in the Morning: Skype Founders Set … (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:01:33 +0000

At this moment, the must-read stories in technology are scattered across hundreds of news sites and blogs. That's far too much for any reader to follow. Fortunately, Techmeme arranges all of these links into a single, easy-to-scan page. Story selection is accomplished via computer algorithm ...

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EBay Settles Suit of Sale of Skype

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:15:41 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO EBay has formally settled the litigation around its sale of the Skype online calling service. The founders of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, will drop their lawsuits against the company and a consortium of buyers whose bid to purchase 65 percent of Skype was announced ...

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Windows 7 outsells Vista by 234% during initial days

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:09:01 +0000

According to 1 market research outfit, Windows 7 has outsold Windows Vista by 234% in their first few days of sales. Not surprising is it? The question is whether or not this is sustained and makes significant inroads into the business market where Microsoft makes a great deal of its income ...

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Will Microsoft become the General Motors of software?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:11:48 +0000

It has near-monopoly status and nimble, disruptive competitors. We’ve seen this movie before. By Jay R. Galbraith, president and founder, Galbraith Management Consultants The more I learn about the current situation in software, the more Microsoft’s position seems to mirror General Motors’ ...

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Microsoft Windows 7 smashes sales records

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:41:41 +0000

Windows 7 has been a bigger seller than its predecessor Windows Vista new industry figures show

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mircrosoft - Bing

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:41:41 +0000

Microsoft Support The Microsoft Help and Support home page is your portal to help and support for Microsoft products. Download the latest updates and find top issues, error messages, and ... support. microsoft .com Microsoft Download Center Download the newest and most popular products and ...

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Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:03:57 +0000

Only suckers pay retail. You don't have to pay full price for Widows 7. Most people have much better options available, I've researched deals in three separate categories: upgrade offers available to anyone, special deals just for students, and subscriptions intended for technical professionals ...

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October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:51:52 +0000

Windows 7 arrived two weeks ago and so far it's selling quite well. With Mac OS X 10.6 becoming available less than three months ago, and Ubuntu 9.10 arriving last week, we feel it's a good time to start watching the market share for operating systems, in addition to our monthly posts on browser ...

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The Beatles on iTunes on December 15th!?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:52:50 +0000

Chevy just mailed us that according to the Swiss Radio "Suisse Romande", Beatles catalog will be avialable on the iTunes Store on December 15th. There is no additional information available, but one can assume that Apple Corp will have to swallow the pill and accept to upload its catalog on the ...

MacDailyNews found this 37 hours ago on hardmac.com

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Windows 7: The 64-Bit Question - Reviews by PC Magazine

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:49:30 +0000

Windows Vista ushered in the era of mainstream 64-bit computingand almost no one realized it. That's because, although 64-bit versions of Windows XP had been available for a while, it was only with Vista that PC manufacturers finally got wise to the fact that practically all the hardware out ...

AppScout found this 38 hours ago on pcmag.com

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NPD: Vista Launch Sold More PCs than Windows 7

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:49:30 +0000

Microsoft managed to move more standalone Windows 7 software units in its first week of sales than it did with Vista, but Windows 7-based PC sales were not as high as they were with Vista, according to Thursday data from the NPD Group.

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Andreessen On Skype: “This Is One Of The Most Important Companies On the Internet.”

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:07:48 +0000

Earlier this morning, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis settled their lawsuits with eBay and a syndicate of investors in return for a 14 percent stake in the company they founded. The lawsuits were complicating the spin-off of Skype from eBay because the Skype founders still controlled the ...

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Comcast may own NBC soon

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:03:00 +0000

According to the New York Times, Comcast is set to own NBC Universal and all channels that are part of it as early as next week. This could change the entire television landscape and pretty much give us less of a selection in terms of entertainment. The rumor is that Comcast is going to keep ...

Rover found this 4 days ago on tvsquad.com

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Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:53:50 +0000

Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free) | Ed Bott%u2019s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com . I installed Windows 7 on my backup computer, so that I could test it, and compatibility with my stuff, over time. I am still using Windows XP on my principal system. If it isn't ...

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Bizarre lawsuits connect Apple with Sarah Jessica Parker, Lil' Wayne

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:02:27 +0000

Apple is the defendant in two recent, offbeat lawsuits, including one filed by an artist who alleges he invented and named the iPod and iPhone in the 1980s, only to have Apple and actress Sarah Jessica Parker steal his trade secrets.

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Forbes names Jobs "CEO of the Decade"

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:59:00 +0000

Forbes bestowed a significant honor on Steve Jobs today, naming him their CEO of the Decade . Forbes outlines the incredible leaps in business, technology and industry Apple has made since Steve's return. For anyone who might not remember, the 90's were not kind to Apple and nearly everyone ...

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Dell Announces Adamo XPS, A Dazzling Gift Idea for Style

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:35:19 +0000

Dell Announces Adamo XPS, A Dazzling Gift Idea for Style-Minded This Holiday Season ROUND ROCK, Texas--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Last spring Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) set the computing industry abuzz with the introduction of its Adamo brand, and along with it the world’s thinnest laptop PC. Today, the world ...

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Steve Jobs Named ‘CEO of the Decade’

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:59:00 +0000

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was named “CEO of the Decade” by Fortune Magazine. The magazine calls the 2000s “the decade of Steve.” Despite surviving a very public death watch, being tossed out of his own company in the 1980s and what Fortune calls “his own often ...

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Microsoft Linux: Why one free software advocate wants it

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:53:59 +0000

A lot of open source advocates like to rage against the machine at Microsoft , but when a former Microsoft Research employee says that Windows 7 won't stop Linux from market domination, that's an opinion to note. Keith Curtis, author of the book After the Software Wars , says just that. But he ...

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Windows 7 234% better than Vista at launch

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:05:00 +0000

In its first few days of sales, Windows 7 has obliterated the number managed by the previous version of the OS, Vista. Admittedly it's only sales in the US, but in the first few days of being made available to the public Windows 7 has sold 234 per cent more copies than Vista managed in the ...

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eBay Inc. and Silver Lake Investor Group Settle Skype Litigation with Joltid Limited

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:34:44 +0000

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY - News ) today announced that the investor group led by Silver Lake, which had previously entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Skype from the company, has reached a settlement agreement with Joltid Limited ...

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PC demand did not grow significantly after Windows 7 launch, say PC vendors

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:58:07 +0000

Demand for PCs and hardware did not turn strong after the launch of Windows 7 in late October and is unlikely to do so in 2009 due to most Windows Vista users not needing to replace their PCs in order to upgrade to Windows 7, while some users are waiting for Microsoft to release Windows 7's ...

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Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:50:15 +0000

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing ...

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Download details: Exchange Server 2010 Delivering Productivity_Demo Showcase

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:56:12 +0000

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 demonstrations showcase core business pillars for Anywhere Access, Protection and Compliance, and Flexible and Reliable solutions. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 enables you to achieve new levels of reliability and performance by delivering features that ...

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Windows 7 sales 234% higher than Vista's first few days according to NPD

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:15:00 +0000

Looks like Windows 7 is off to a much stronger start than Windows Vista, with the NPD Group claiming the first few days of sales saw a 234% increase over Vista's start. Part of that can be attributed to special deals and low-cost pre-sales -- total revenue was only 82% higher -- but it's hard ...

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Samsung finds 4 out of 5 European businesses are not taking steps to reduce wasted office resources

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:15:57 +0000

Samsung Electronics has today released the results of a European-wide survey, which reveals that businesses are not taking the proactive steps required to reduce wasted paper and toner in the office printing environment. The survey of more than 4,500 public and private sector workers reports that fo

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Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10%

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:11:23 +0000

eBay has just announced that it has reached a settlement with the founders of Skype , clearing the way for the sale of the Internet communication company to a consortium formed by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners , Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. ...

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Zoho takes pride in Microsoft's 'Fake Office' zing

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0000

The predictions of pent-up demand for Windows 7 appear to have been borne out, at least by the first week of sales figures from NPD Group . The market research firm estimates total Windows PC unit sales jumped 49 percent year-over-year for the week that Windows 7 launched and 95 percent from ...

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Report: RealNetworks Lays Off 70

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:27:53 +0000

Layoffs , Jobs , digital media Gregory T. Huang wrote: Seattle-based RealNetworks is cutting 4 percent of its worldwide staff today, about 70 out of 1,700 jobs, according to All Things Digital . The report cites the economic downturn and cost-cutting as reasons for the move. Last ...

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