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Technology NewsBlogs Becoming Regular Reading for Business Travelers2008-01-31 05:56 - It may be a little late to the game, but business travel is now the subject of a variety of blogs. ICANN Considers Plan to Stop ?Domain Tasting? 2008-01-31 05:55 - ICANN is considering keeping the annual fee it charges registries for a registered domain name, even if the domain name is forfeited during the grace period. HP Gives New Life to Used Printer Cartridges 2008-01-31 05:55 - Hewlett-Packard introduced the ?closed loop? process that manufactures new printer cartridges from recycled cartridges that are separated and rebuilt from scratch. Dell to Close All 140 U.S. Kiosks 2008-01-31 05:55 - Dell said it would close all of its U.S. kiosks, a concept it launched in 2002 to showcase computers, as it expands sales of PCs in retail stores. SAP Fourth-Quarter Profit Down 6 Percent 2008-01-31 05:55 - The software maker said its profit slipped in the fourth quarter even as sales edged higher, and forecast revenue from software sales and services of about 14 percent in 2008. Internet Disrupted in Egypt and India 2008-01-31 05:55 - A breakdown in an international undersea cable network disrupted Internet links to Egypt, India and Gulf Arab countries on Wednesday, and Egypt said it could take days to return to normal. Faulty Xbox yarn is nixed 2008-01-31 05:15 - Retailer EB Games hoses down reports suggesting that a spate of hardware defects with Xbox 360 video game consoles were straining its relationship with Microsoft. Slashdot Founder Questions Crowd’s Wisdom 2008-01-30 06:01 - The founder of Slashdot introduces a new Web service, Idle, and takes aim at a rival, Digg. VMware Shares Plunge by More Than 30 Percent 2008-01-30 06:01 - Investors reacted to a disappointing fourth-quarter earnings report that raised worries about the software maker’s ability to cope with tougher competition and a slowing U.S. economy. EMC Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises 35 Percent 2008-01-30 06:01 - EMC’s quarterly profit beat Wall Street expectations, as the seller of data storage hardware and software posted double-digit percentage gains across all its major business segments. 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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