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submitted by Lisa 223 weeks 3 days 16 hours 43 minutes ago
Yahoo board of directors decided at a meeting Friday to reject Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer for the company, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to the Mercury News.
The decision, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, was reached because the board believes the $31 per...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 10 hours 46 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - A project to allow companies to set up a website with almost any address has relaunched after a software glitch exposed sensitive details of applications last month, forcing it to shut down. In the most ambitious expansion of the Internet so far, the...(more)
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submitted by AB 265 weeks 6 days 19 hours 11 minutes ago
AP - A human rights group sued Yahoo Inc. Wednesday on grounds the U.S. search company assisted China's communist government with torture by revealing information that led to the arrest of dissidents.
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written by Robert Cauthorn for team CityTools info 249 weeks 6 days 18 hours 48 minutes ago
Folks, we're still assembling documentation on how the multiple languages work -- and yes, we're aware that some translations need work and we are working on it.
In any event, here is a quick version of how to use CityTools in multiple languages.
If you're not a...(more)
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submitted by Micca 198 weeks 6 days 13 minutes ago
he Zimbabwean government this week responded to the hyperinflation crippling the country’s economy by knocking 10 zeros of the value of currency.
From Friday notes with a face value of Z$100 billion will be worth Z$10, the equivalent of 50p.
But the inflated notes, which will be legal...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Batboy's revenge! 167 weeks 5 days 10 hours 28 minutes ago
The online forum and classified site Craigslist is once again under fire from law enforcement for running advertisements for erotic services.
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submitted by Grace 229 weeks 3 days 18 hours 17 minutes ago
Security researchers are tracking holiday attacks by the Storm Worm, a particularly insidious piece of computer malware that has been circulating around the world for about a year.
Earlier this week, the worm - actually a batch of malicious software code - started generating Christmas-related e-mail spam....(more)
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submitted by GG92 213 weeks 3 days 10 hours 51 minutes ago
PC World - A planned cyberattack against CNN's Web site fizzled out Saturday as the group backing the event called it off.
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submitted by Ari 202 weeks 3 days 20 hours 16 minutes ago
Four years ago, Geri Rebstock started using Yelp, a popular site for consumers to review local businesses and services. She critiqued her favorite veterinarian, a neighborhood print shop and an acupuncturist who took care of her bad wrist.
But Rebstock's reviews and personal account vanished from the...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 224 weeks 5 days 54 minutes ago
AFP - Microsoft Friday unveiled a hostile bid of 44.6 billion dollars for Yahoo in an effort to merge the world's biggest software company with a major Internet player to take on the Google juggernaut.
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 221 weeks 1 day 11 hours 3 minutes ago
Pakistan has ordered all Internet service providers to block the YouTube website for containing "blasphemous" content and material considered offensive to Islam, officials said Sunday.
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 248 weeks 3 days 16 hours 35 minutes ago
I've know Vin since... hmmm... about 1995 when we met in St. Louis. He's just about as smart as they come in New Media and this is a really nice read. Many of us greybeards in this space will read it and smile. Newcomers will get...(more)
