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Technology NewsIBM and Novell Try to Ease Marriage of Linux and Mainframe2008-02-02 05:55 - Novell is teaming with IBM to make it simpler to install SUSE Linux 10 on to System z servers. Microsoft Is Building a Spaceship Out of Spare Parts 2008-02-02 05:55 - A look at the key assets that will have to be combined: Most of them are unusually delicate machines with lots of interdependencies that well could be thrown off by a combination. Copyright charges laid again Pirate Bay 2008-02-02 05:15 - Four men linked to the popular file-sharing site Pirate Bay have been charged by a Swedish prosecutor with conspiracy to break copyright law and being an accessory. Web offers a marketplace for budding Hemingways 2008-02-02 05:15 - The marketplace for bad poetry, purple prose and the occasional artistic treasure has never been so vibrant. Myanmar Arrests Blogger, Watchdog Says 2008-02-01 06:01 - Nay Myo Latt was taken into custody after writing about the suppression of freedoms following last fall’s crushing of pro-democracy demonstrations, Reporters Without Borders said. On Demand, on Time and for a Fee, an Army of Tutors Appears 2008-02-01 05:56 - Sick of doing 5th-grade homework? Get an online tutor for your child. Beauty Blogs Come of Age: Swag, Please! 2008-02-01 05:56 - As more women turn to blogs for advice on beauty, and magazines like Allure and Glamour have started their own beauty blogs, the cosmetics industry has stopped seeing bloggers as bottom feeders. Phishers Use DNS Tricks to Direct Users to Bad Sites 2008-02-01 05:55 - The Anti-Phishing Working Group said in a new report that it saw a sharp rise in November in malware that directs users to DNS servers controlled by phishers. F.T.C. Goes After Alleged MySpace Hijackers 2008-02-01 05:55 - The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to require an alleged Web page hijacking operation to obey previous orders barring unfair and deceptive practices. Cost Cuts Push Lenovo Profit Up 198 Percent 2008-02-01 05:55 - In 2008, Lenovo expects double-digit sales growth despite a possible U.S. slowdown, due to its bigger presence in faster-growing markets such as China and India. 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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