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Technology NewsOffshore Outsourcing’s Next Wave: How High?2008-02-16 06:01 - Just how much back-office work can be sent abroad, and how quickly, is a matter of some debate. But everyone thinks it will grow explosively as earlier waves of outsourcing did. HP Builds Blade System for Memory Intensive Apps 2008-02-16 06:01 - Hewlett-Packard is beefing up its Integrity BladeSystems with a new model released this week that’s intended to handle memory and CPU intensive applications. SIIA Sues eBay-Based Software Sellers 2008-02-16 06:01 - The Software & Information Industry Association has filed nine lawsuits against software sellers for allegedly selling pirated software on eBay. Microsoft deal may be a duty 2008-02-16 06:01 - Yahoo’s board seems to be looking for any way possible to escape takeover by Microsoft, but in the end directors’ duty may be simply to take what’s on offer. Bloodbath in the Valley 2008-02-16 06:01 - Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have seen their fortunes shrink by $US16 billion since the start of the year. Who’s the daddy? Website must reveal IDs of sex auction winners 2008-02-16 06:01 - A woman in Germany who became pregnant after an online sex auction has won a court battle to force the website that hosted the sale to reveal the names of the winners, so she can find out who’s the father. Will Microsoft Reorganization Scare Yahoo? 2008-02-16 06:01 - Microsoft’s new reorganization splits responsibility for its online offerings between four executives, most of whom also are responsible for parts of the Windows operating system. Amazon’s S3 Cloud Has a Dark Lining for Startups 2008-02-16 06:01 - Amazon’s S3 online storage service was down for several hours, taking startups and other customers out with it. The Birds, the Bees and Hardcore Business 2008-02-16 05:55 - The co-chairman of Vivid Video, the pornography film studio, plans on Saturday to take Google and Yahoo to task for being purveyors of smut to minors. Google Tests Video Ads on Search Results Pages 2008-02-16 05:55 - On Thursday, Google started testing ads that also include video clips. It is looking at graphic ads and those with interactive maps as well. 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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