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Microsoft gets touchy-feely - Melbourne Herald Sun

June 7, 2008 in Business News, Science, Technology

Palluxo! - Mac Dose of All Things Apple

Microsoft gets touchy-feelyMelbourne Herald Sun - 7 hours agoComputer users will use their fingers, not mice or keyboards, to control the next version of Windows. Codenamed Windows 7, the new touch-based operating system was unveiled by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates at a recent digital conference in Florida, US.Microsoft Looks [...]

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Malaysians turn to Internet to fight fuel hike (Reuters)

June 7, 2008 in Business News, Technology

Reuters - Malaysians have turned to the
Internet to vent their anger at one of the biggest hikes in
fuel prices, and some are using it to rally support against the
measure in a country with tight restrictions on street
protests.
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Open Source Awards Accepting Nominations (PC World)

June 7, 2008 in Business News, Technology

PC World - SourceForge.net’s annual Community Choice awards highlight the most promising open source projects– and the most troubled.
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T-Mobile sues Starbucks over AT&T Internet deal (Reuters)

June 7, 2008 in Business News, Technology

Reuters - T-Mobile USA is suing Starbucks,
saying the coffee shop chain secretly colluded with AT&T to
offer free WiFi Internet access in its cafes despite an
exclusive agreement with T-Mobile.
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FTC opens formal probe of Intel chip business (AP)

June 7, 2008 in Business News, Technology

AP - Escalating the world’s largest computer chip maker’s legal woes, the Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal probe into Intel Corp.’s sales tactics, a victory for its much smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

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Amazon.com Web site has problems for more than 2 hours (AP)

June 7, 2008 in Business News, Technology

AP - Amazon.com’s Web site experienced problems in North America for more than two hours in the middle of the day Friday because of system issues, the online retailer said.

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German police investigate mom who put baby on eBay (Reuters)

May 24, 2008 in Business News, Technology

Reuters - German police are investigating a couple
after they offered their eight-month-old son for sale on
internet auction site eBay.
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Who’s Afraid of Firefox 3.0 Bugs? (PC World)

May 24, 2008 in Business News, Technology

PC World - Users are grumbling about bugs in the upcoming version of the open source browser, but it’s a must-have update nonetheless.
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Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data (AP)

May 24, 2008 in Business News, Technology

AP - Google Inc.’s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace.

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Microsoft to shut down book scanning operations (AP)

May 24, 2008 in Business News, Technology

AP - Microsoft Corp. is abandoning its effort to scan whole libraries and make their contents searchable, a sign it may be getting choosier about the fights it will pick with Google Inc.

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