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Yahoo IM for Vista beta: now with voice calls 30 Apr 08, 23:05 ET The Vista version of Yahoo Messenger 9 has moved from "preview" to "beta" and gets voice and SMS support. It's one of the few Vista-specific programs available. more Police Search for Man Accused of Aggravated Kidnapping 30 Apr 08, 22:23 ET A Lubbock man is wanted after police say he kidnapped and beat up his girlfriend, then hacked into her e-mail account to help him bond out of jail. Now, police say there are new felony charges against the suspect in connection with the case and they need your help tracking him down. more IBM aims to lighten the (energy) load at data centers 30 Apr 08, 22:05 ET Big Blue is ramping up its business of selling power-saving technologies with new tools designed to track and cap data-center energy consumption. more Adobe toys with standardizing DNG raw photo format 30 Apr 08, 22:05 ET Adobe's Digital Negative format hasn't caught on widely. Standardizing might help, and Adobe has given DNG to a major standards group to evaluate. more White House loses e-mail during 'upgrade,' gets sued 30 Apr 08, 21:05 ET After e-mail upgrade results in two lawsuits and a high-level resignation, a judge says he wants more answers from White House in lost e-mail fiasco. more Report: Microsoft board fails to decide on Yahoo 30 Apr 08, 21:05 ET The Wall Street Journal reports late Wednesday that Microsoft's board wrapped up its meeting without deciding on the fate of its Yahoo bid. more Schmidt: Google couldn't keep up with new hires 30 Apr 08, 20:05 ET Google is slowing down its pace of hiring so employees don't get lost in the cracks. But it's not slowing down its cushy benefits. more Microsoft still moving in slo-mo on Yahoo 30 Apr 08, 19:05 ET The software maker's board is said to be meeting Wednesday, but so far no word on what they've decided. more Colorado Penny Stock Spammer Gets Jail Time 30 Apr 08, 18:10 ET PC World - A federal judge has ordered convicted spammer Eddie Davidson to just under two years in prison for sending out a large volume... more Pioneer's HTS-LX70 home theater system is stylish, but costs a lot 30 Apr 08, 18:05 ET Pioneer has released the HTS-LX70 home theater system, which features stylish looks and a sky-high price. more From Net access to flowers: United Media buys FTD 30 Apr 08, 18:05 ET In what appears to be an odd pairing, United Media, which owns dial-up Internet provider NetZero, is buying florist FTD for $456 million. more Criminals try to "copyright" malware 30 Apr 08, 17:54 ET AP - Even criminal hackers want to protect their intellectual property, and they've come up with a method akin to copyrighting - with an appropriate dash of Internet thuggery thrown in. more Interpol: Olympics Cyberattack Not a Major Threat 30 Apr 08, 16:10 ET PC World - With cybercrime now a global phenomenon, perhaps it will take a global police organization to keep it in check. more Report: Microsoft board met Wednesday 30 Apr 08, 16:06 ET Microsoft's board is meeting Wednesday to evaluate its options for taking over Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported. more 6th annual Street Dance, live music, barbecue Saturday 30 Apr 08, 15:55 ET It’s a perfect time to dance under the stars in Wickenburg! The Chamber is sponsoring the sixth annual “Out Wickenburg Way” Barbecue and Street Dance on Saturday (May 3) from 6 to 10:30 p.m. at the Ortega Parking Lot in our historic downtown. more Equipment. 30 Apr 08, 15:54 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 Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd Oct 2006 20:39 UTC, submitted by anonymous 30 Apr 08, 15:18 ET "The security industry and trade press have directed a lot of attention toward the 'Zero-day attack', promoting it as THE threat to guard against. more Schmidt in CNBC interview: We're concerned about Microhoo 30 Apr 08, 15:06 ET In a taped appearance on the cable news outlet, Google's CEO makes it clear he isn't keen on Microsoft acquiring Yahoo. more Yahoo, Microsoft and Google share up in late trading 30 Apr 08, 15:06 ET Shares of Yahoo, Microsoft and Google were on the rise in late morning trading, as the software giant moves closer to revealing its plans to push Yahoo to the negotiating table. more Psystar's Open Computer arrives at CNET 30 Apr 08, 15:06 ET The Open Computer, a Mac OS X Leopard desktop not made by Apple, arrives at the offices of CNET Reviews in New York. more First Solar aiming at $1 billion in revenue this year 30 Apr 08, 15:06 ET Despite experts saying a fall is imminent, First Solar continues to climb. more Wikimedia Foundation restructures its board 30 Apr 08, 15:05 ET Under the terms of the changes, the board will add two "chapter-selected" seats and will formalize Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales' spot with a "community founder" seat. more Obscure Microsoft product halts Windows releases 30 Apr 08, 14:20 ET A compatibility glitch with the latest versions of Windows has cast the spotlight on Dynamics Retail Management System, a tool to help mid-size retailers manage their stores. more Radiohead won't repeat 'In Rainbows' giveaway 30 Apr 08, 14:06 ET Thom Yorke tells Hollywood Reporter that the promotion was a "one off." more Blu-ray player sales down despite end of format war 30 Apr 08, 14:05 ET Standalone player sales not benefiting from HD DVD's exit from the market. more Proposed new piracy penalties advance in House 30 Apr 08, 13:06 ET House panel unanimously backs bill that would appoint new intellectual property enforcers and allow the feds to seize equipment used to commit infringement. more Hackers learn to threaten computer hardware 30 Apr 08, 13:05 ET AS IF computer viruses and worms aren’t enough of a nuisance, malicious hardware, which will be much more difficult to detect, could soon become a threat too. more iPod survey is back open 30 Apr 08, 12:21 ET Please take our iPod survey in preparation for a story next week examining the future of the device that revived Apple. more Switching, virtualization, and more at Interop 30 Apr 08, 12:21 ET Attendance is down at Interop Las Vegas 2008, but the networking industry is making the best out of it. more Seagate: 1 billion hard drives and counting 30 Apr 08, 12:20 ET The storage device maker hits a milestone. more IT & Telecoms 30 Apr 08, 12:17 ET Originally published in The 2007/08 URMIA Journal , published annually by the University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA). more Stimulus checks may be scam bait 30 Apr 08, 11:46 ET Scammers intent on conning consumers are busy trolling for your piece of the government's economic-stimulus payment. more The Functional Qualification Company, Certess, Announces TAB 30 Apr 08, 11:30 ET CAMPBELL, Calif.----Certess, Inc., the provider of functional qualification tools for systems on a chip and intellectual property blocks, has formed a technical advisory board to guide their long-term technology strategy as they tackle the problem of quality assurance in the verification of integrated circuits and SoC's. more EHI's industry news roundup 25.04.08 30 Apr 08, 11:13 ET E-Health Insider's industry news round up for the week ending 25 April 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments and awards. more SAP's Business ByDesign taking the slow road 30 Apr 08, 11:06 ET SAP announced that the phased roll out for its on-demand enterprise suite, Business ByDesign, is moving much slower than previously expected. more Confirmed: Mister Wong acquires Lifestream.fm 30 Apr 08, 10:06 ET The German social-bookmarking site made the purchase in order to get a foot in the hot 'social feed' market, representatives told CNET News.com. more The artsy side of Google: Designers and innovators create iGoogle themes 30 Apr 08, 10:06 ET A new campaign from Mountain View draws attention to its iGoogle personalized homepages by introducing 'themes' designed by a few dozen artists and pop culture figures. more Recent Original Stories 30 Apr 08, 09:57 ET "There's lots of innovation going on in security - we're inundated with a steady stream of new stuff and it all sounds like it works just great. Every couple of months I'm invited to a new computer security conference, or I'm asked to write a foreword for a new computer security book. more Robots to swarm English village in huge contest 30 Apr 08, 09:06 ET U.K. Ministry of Defense to sponsor its version of DARPA Challenge this summer. more Slashdot parent company experiences overnight outage 30 Apr 08, 09:06 ET SourceForge Inc., parent company of several geek site staples, appears to be in the midst of a server outage. more Time Warner to split off cable services 30 Apr 08, 08:05 ET The media company says slow ad sales at AOL partially offset gains in cable, phone and broadband. more An iPod arrives, with a virus 30 Apr 08, 07:05 ET CNET News.com's Ina Fried orders a refurbished iPod from Buy.com. It came on time, but with an unwelcome extra file--a Windows virus. more Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 8th Feb 2006 18:25 UTC 30 Apr 08, 07:00 ET "At the recent ShmooCon hacking conference, an unknown hacker took control of [a] researcher's computer, disabling the firewall and starting up a file server. more Sony Ericsson brings Flash, Java together for phones 30 Apr 08, 03:05 ET Developers would be able to create applications using pieces of both technologies with new technology developed by Sony-Ericsson. more Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 1st May 2006 16:02 UTC 30 Apr 08, 02:21 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 Another team joins race to advance chip software 30 Apr 08, 02:05 ET Stanford is partnering with six PC and chip makers to create software that will allow chips to more efficiently process many tasks at the same time, according to a report in the New York Times. more Report: Microsoft earmarks $1.5 billion to keep Yahoo employees 30 Apr 08, 01:05 ET Microsoft expects to spend upward of $1.5 billion to retain Yahoo employees, should it be successful in its unsolicited takeover attempt of the Internet search pioneer, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. more

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