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Technology NewsMicrosoft, Chasing Apple, Adds TV Shows to Zune Marketplace2008-05-07 05:55 - Microsoft said it will now sell TV shows, including popular NBC series, on the Zune Marketplace, bringing its selection of content a step closer to what Apple iTunes offers for iPod. Bits: Qwest Hangs Up on Sprint Nextel 2008-05-07 05:55 - Qwest said it has decided to start reselling mobile phone service provided by Verizon Wireless ? more bad news for Sprint/Nextel still struggling from its merger in 2005. Bits: MicroHoo, We Hardly Knew Ye 2008-05-07 05:55 - The Microsoft-Yahoo merger died before it had a chance to live, but that doesn?t mean the blogosphere is letting MicroHoo go without a wake. Bits: Now in Play: AOL, Facebook and Many Others 2008-05-07 05:55 - Now that Microsoft has abandoned its pursuit of Yahoo, both of those companies are now considering other acquisitions. The Apple of your iMac 2008-05-07 05:15 - A look back at the iMac G3 a decade after its launch. Librarians help scan world’s books 2008-05-06 06:01 - Librarians are making digital versions of the most fragile of the books to be included in Google’s Book Search. In a galaxy not so far, far away 2008-05-05 05:15 - Here are some exciting inventions that could change the world - if the boffins can get them to work. Viacom’s Profit Increases 33% With Help From a Video Game 2008-05-04 06:01 - Rock Band, a video game involving players emulating rock ?n? rollers with toy instruments, helped increase revenue by 16 percent at Viacom’s media networks business. Despite Loss, Nortel Sticks With Outlook 2008-05-04 05:55 - Nortel, which makes telecommunications equipment, reported a loss of $138 million, or 28 cents a share, compared with a loss of $103 million, or 23 cents a share, a year earlier. Higher Offer by Microsoft Brings Yahoo to Table 2008-05-04 05:55 - The companies are in active merger talks, people involved said, and Microsoft is said to have increased its offer. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 |
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