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Equipment. 2 May 08, 23:25 ET Subscriber shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use of GreaterKashmir.com Interactive and all charges related thereto. more The Silicon Valley triangle: Google, Yahoo and Microsoft 2 May 08, 23:05 ET It appears that Yahoo and Google are trying to check Microsoft, but it would only be strategic for Yahoo if Microsoft ends up paying a higher price. more Indian army to boost cybersecurity 2 May 08, 21:01 ET NEW DELHI, May 2 (UPI) -- The Indian army said it has decided to boost cybersecurity of its information networks. more Is Microsoft preparing a Zune update? 2 May 08, 20:05 ET Photos posted to Zunerama show what are claimed to be flash animation and new "videos" and "listeners" tabs. more Spam reaches 30-year anniversary 2 May 08, 20:00 ET The first junk e-mail or spam message was sent across Arpanet 30 years ago this weekend. more Antivirus holes, browser spies are highlights at Microsoft's BlueHat hacker sessions 2 May 08, 19:06 ET Microsoft developers hear from top security researchers about problems in Windows, browsers and antivirus software at two-day BlueHat confab on Microsoft's campus. more Ellison tops tech exec salary list 2 May 08, 19:05 ET The Oracle CEO topped the Forbes annual executive compensation list with $192.9 million in 2007. That should really help with work on the house. more Update by Thom: 2 May 08, 18:33 ET Microsoft is facing an early crisis of confidence in the quality of its Windows Vista operating system as computer security researchers and hackers have begun to find potentially serious flaws in the system that was released to corporate customers late last month. more 'Wii Fit' for Mother's Day gift? You shouldn't have 2 May 08, 18:05 ET It may not send the right message. more Data for 6,000 UCSF patients gets exposed online 2 May 08, 18:05 ET Patient data exposed on the Internet for months after UCSF gives records to third party for help in targeting potential financial donors, newspaper reports. more Recent Original Stories 2 May 08, 18:03 ET Earlier this year, stealth malware researcher Joanna Rutkowska created a stir at the Black Hat Briefings when she demonstrated a way to infect Windows Vista with a rootkit and introduced Blue Pill, a new concept that uses AMD's SVM/Pacifica virtualization technology to create '100 percent undetectable malware'. more EIC Squared: Microhoo; Google and Big Blue; and Sun's blues 2 May 08, 17:06 ET This week on the EIC Squared podcast, Larry and I discuss the latest reports surrounding the Microsoft-Yahoo mating dance and the IBM-Google connection. more OptiSolar sets sights on world's largest solar farm 2 May 08, 16:06 ET Central California's San Luis Obispo County could become home to 550 megawatts of low-slung photovoltaics. more Yahoo-Microsoft face-to-face talks are on 2 May 08, 16:06 ET In person talks between Yahoo and Microsoft are under way in the San Francisco Bay Area as the software and search companies consider their alternatives. more Time to flip out: Clamshell BlackBerry 'Kickstart' rumored for T-Mobile 2 May 08, 16:05 ET Rumors start to pick up about a clamshell RIM BlackBerry codenamed Kickstart, as pictures surface on the Web with T-Mobile branding. more Headhunter dishes on why people leave Google 2 May 08, 16:05 ET Why leave Google? The bad commute is one of five common gripes listed by departing Google employees, according to headhunting firm Binc. more Intel-Nvidia screamer has lots of processors--and fans 2 May 08, 16:05 ET A $12,000 Intel Skulltrail-based system using two top-line quad-core QX9775 processors and a bevy of Nvidia GPUs devotes a disproportionate amount of real estate to fans. more Memo Stirs Pot In High School Cheating Scandal 2 May 08, 15:05 ET A blistering e-mail about student cheating from an administrator at Rancho Bernardo High School is angering some students and parents. more Study reveals shocking truth: Most Facebook apps are silly, pointless 2 May 08, 15:05 ET Statistics firm Flowing Data tells us what we already knew already, that the "useful" Facebook applications just aren't all that prolific. more Apple losing money in new movie deal 2 May 08, 14:05 ET Films that Apple will offer the same day the DVDs come out will be sold for at least 50 cents more than Apple paid. It's not uncommon for retailers to sell new products at a loss. more Microhoo: By the numbers 2 May 08, 13:35 ET Six days after Microsoft's alleged "deadline" on the Yahoo bid, little of substance has happened. News.com's Ina Fried looks at what has changed this week, numerically speaking. more Firm fined $45,000 over alleged H-1B favoritism 2 May 08, 13:05 ET Computer consulting firm placed ads that "expressly favored" temporary visa holders over U.S. citizens and other longer-term residents, says Justice Department. more Judge apologizes, agrees to pay Tom Siebel $100,000 2 May 08, 13:05 ET Apology brings an end to a 12-year legal saga that started out as a wrongful-termination lawsuit against Siebel Systems, now owned by Oracle, and its founder. more Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 25th Jun 2007 20:40 UTC, submitted by anonymous 2 May 08, 12:31 ET "I was somewhat surprised (but pleased) at the level of interest back when I published my Windows Vista - 90 Day Vulnerability Report. It was about the earliest span of time I thought might give us some indicators, and the indicators did look good. more More rumors that XBox 360 will add Blu-ray drive 2 May 08, 12:20 ET A Taiwanese publication is reporting that a subisidiary of Asus, Pegatron Technoloy, is going to be making the internal Blu-ray drives for an upcoming version of the XBox 360. more Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 1st May 2006 16:02 UTC 2 May 08, 12:18 ET "Daines was browsing the Web when he clicked on a series of links that promised pictures of an unreleased update to his computer's operating system. Instead, a window opened on the screen and strange commands ran as if the machine was under the control of someone - or something - else. more Yahoo shares jump as Microsoft decision awaits 2 May 08, 12:05 ET Redmond isn't likely to announce any "big" market-moving news until after the bell closes--at the earliest. more Sprint Nextel hires new CFO 2 May 08, 12:05 ET Beleaguered wireless carrier names a former Eastman Kodak executive as its new chief financial officer as it tries to get back on track financially. more Civil servant gets through porn like lightning 2 May 08, 11:02 ET A JAPANESE civil servant was been fined and demoted after techies discovered he'd viewed an impressive 780,000 pornographic pages in just nine-months. more GM spreads bets with investment in second ethanol start-up 2 May 08, 10:20 ET Looking to prime the pumps for its FlexFuel cars, the Detroit-based automaker forms a partnership with Cambridge, Mass.-based cellulosic-ethanol specialist Mascoma. more Linked by Alcibiades on Wed 4th Jan 2006 18:04 UTC 2 May 08, 10:17 ET Like a lot of people who have worked in the business, I find myself in conversations about computer security with people who are having problems or know people who have problems. more Amazon.com sues N.Y. over new online sales tax 2 May 08, 10:05 ET As expected, Seattle-based e-tailer asks the New York state supreme court to overturn a new law that expands tax collection requirements for out-of-state companies. more The office moves online with software 2 May 08, 09:46 ET Online-based software, especially office productivity suites, are starting to garner  interest from consumers, and from businesses, to a lesser degree, with some no- and low-cost options. more MTI Micro debuts fuel cell for GPS devices 2 May 08, 09:05 ET As CNET News.com reported earlier, fuel cell manufacturer has an embedded methanol fuel cell designed for the navigation gadgets. No word when it will hit the market, though. more Japanese civil servant in web porn frenzy 2 May 08, 08:25 ET Iain Thomson, vnunet.com , Friday 2 May 2008 at 13:08:00 Official told to get a grip A Japanese civil servant has been fined and demoted after viewing a staggering 780,000 pornographic websites over a nine-month period.... >  Read the full article more Google offers snapshot of VisualRank efforts 2 May 08, 08:05 ET It's a tough nut to crack, but the system being worked up by Google researchers aims to out images by means of visual cues rather than by associated text. more For 30 years now, you've been getting spam 2 May 08, 06:29 ET AFP - This week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face -- and other anatomical regions -- of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago on Saturday. more Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Sep 2006 21:38 UTC 2 May 08, 05:46 ET Two US software firms are asking the European Commission to take action against Microsoft's new Vista operating system , the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. more Recent Original Stories 2 May 08, 04:01 ET Amid the hype surrounding the release of Windows Vista, Mac users are taking solace from the fact that Mac OS X is still a champ on many fronts. Here are some reasons why reviewer John C. Welch opts for Apple. more Report: Fastest AMD chips run with circuit-board fix 2 May 08, 03:05 ET A report from review site AnandTech says AMD's high-end quad-core Phenom processors can work, with modifications, on a number of low-end motherboards with built-in graphics. more Report: TSMC to boost MEMS business (think iPhone, Wii) 2 May 08, 02:20 ET TSMC, the largest contract chip manufacturer in the world, will crank up its MEMS foundry business. These tiny devices are used in Apple's iPhone and the Nintendo Wii. more Report: Microsoft latest leaning is to go hostile 2 May 08, 01:05 ET Microsoft is leaning toward a hostile attempt to acquire Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports, while giving itself a lot of leeway for other outcomes. more

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