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Microsoft Gives Yahoo Deadline on Offer 6 Apr 2008 Business Tech |
| Microsoft Corp. has sent a letter to the Yahoo Board of Directors setting a three-week deadline for moving forward on its buyout offer.
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| Yahoo Search Links to Dash Satellite Mapping for Cars 4 Jan 2007Business Tech |
| Yahoo and Dash Navigation announced plans to combine online searchs for local businesses with global positioning satellite (GPS) guidance systems for cars.
The Dash Express service to be rolled |
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| Toyota Creating Alcohol Detection System 4 Jan 2007Business Tech |
| Toyota Motor Corp. is developing a fail-safe system for cars that detects drunken drivers and automatically shuts the vehicle down if sensors pick up signs of excessive alcohol consumption, a news |
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| Cisco Says India to be Base of Globalization Drive 7 Dec 2006Business Tech |
| Global networking giant Cisco Systems announced plans to make India a base for its globalization drive as it forecast the country could account for half its future workforce growth.
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| UN Forum on Control of the Internet Opens in Athens 31 Oct 2006Business Tech |
| A year after the United States narrowly avoided a bruising row with the rest of the world over control of the Internet, round two of talks on the Web's future has opened in a UN-sponsored Forum |
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| Lenovo Investigates Sony Battery-run Laptop Fire 25 Sep 2006Business Tech |
| Lenovo Group Ltd.(0992.HK), the world's third-largest personal computer maker, said on Monday it is looking into a fire incident on a Lenovo laptop PC equipped with a Sony Corp. (6758.T) |
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| Nissan Sees Technology Cutting Accidents 21 Sep 2006Business Tech |
| New technology from Nissan could help drivers worried about missing a red light or being hit by cars darting out from hidden alleys. The world's automakers are all working on automatic braking |
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| Oracle First-quarter Profit, Shares Soar 20 Sep 2006Business Tech |
| Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison showed his notorious competitive streak Tuesday, when the business software maker reported first-quarter profit jumped 29 percent and revenue soared 30 |
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| Toshiba to Recall Sony Laptop Batteries 19 Sep 2006Business Tech |
| Toshiba is recalling 340,000 laptop batteries worldwide made by Sony Corp., the latest in a series of problems for the company.
While the latest battery problem causes the laptops to sometimes |
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| 9/11 Spawned Tech-security Market 4 Sep 2006Business Tech |
| During the Cold War, Canada's National Optics Institute developed a system to detect which type of enemy tank or fighter jet was approaching. After the Soviet Union's demise, such threats |
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| 20th Century Fox Announces First Blu-ray Titles 31 Aug 2006Business Tech |
| Film studio Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp., on Thursday announced its first eight movie titles that it will publish on the new DVD format called Blu-ray and which will be on sale by |
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Oracle Unveils Business Software 8 Aug 2006Business Tech |
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Oracle Corporation has increased its suite of business software designed for medium-sized businesses, including the well-entrenched JD Edwards product.
With more than 250 JD Edwards customers in |
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| Old-School Games on Xbox Live 27 Jul 2006Business Tech |
| The Xbox 360 is the most advanced video game console on the market right now. But apparently, high-def graphics and stereo surround sound aren't enough for everyone.
Microsoft Corp. recently |
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| Microsoft Ready to do the Robot 21 Jul 2006Business Tech |
| Maybe it's the robotic dog resting in the corner or the R2-D2 "Star Wars" droid on the floor, but Tandy Trower's office is not a typical workstation found on the Microsoft Corp. |
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| Google Launches Accessible Search 21 Jul 2006Business Tech |
| For visually impaired users, Web pages that are designed to be accessible can be more easily read by screen reading machines or by making the type larger. But well-designed accessible pages are not |
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| Intel's Core 2 Duo Chip Lives Up to Hype 18 Jul 2006Business Tech |
| The preliminary verdict for Intel's upcoming Core 2 Duo processors is in, with the bulk of independent chip reviewers giving the desktop chip a thumbs way up for performance. The evaluations, |
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| Microsoft, Nortel in Business Communications Pact 18 Jul 2006Business Tech |
| Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it was in an alliance with Canada's Nortel Networks Corp. as part of a push to run traditional business telephone systems on PC software.
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| Dell to Launch Office Color Printer in Japan 18 Jul 2006Business Tech |
| Dell Inc. the world's top personal computer maker, said on Tuesday it would enter Japan's office-use color printer market with products priced around half as much as those of its |
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| Absa Tightens Online Banking Security 16 Jul 2006Business Tech |
| Absa has upped its security measures on its internet banking site to protect customers from increasing internet fraud, the group said.
According to the bank, customers who choose the full suite |
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| Web Phones Pose Little Threat to Telcos 7 Jul 2006Business Tech |
| The ratings outlook for incumbent European telecom companies is stable and new technology, like Internet-based telephone services, poses little threat to the sector, according to a Moody's |
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