Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday. | |
 Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave (Update) May 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer ... | |
Microsoft appeals $1.4B EU antitrust fine May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order. | |
Smart fortwo micro car receives top crash scores May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The 2008 Smart fortwo micro car, the smallest car for sale in the U.S. market, has earned top scores in crash tests conducted by the insurance industry. | |
 DNA fingerprinting simplified May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Agarose gel electrophoresis? Most teenagers wouldn’t have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. When Andrew was 12, his father ... | |
 Craigslist countersues eBay, saying it broke antitrust laws May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Online classifieds giant Craigslist countersued its minority owner, eBay Inc., on Tuesday, alleging the online auctioneer is violating federal and state antitrust laws. | |
ComScore puts Google sites at No. 1 for first time May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Google has surpassed Yahoo to become the most popular Web site in the United States, according to comScore Inc.'s rankings by the number of unique monthly visitors. | |
 Report: Investor to lead fight against Yahoo board May 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reportedly has decided to lead a mutiny against Yahoo Inc.'s board in an attempt to pressure the directors into reviving negotiations to sell Yahoo to Microsoft Corp. | |
Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case 22 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor girl who then committed suicide. | |
Undergraduates develop 'dirt-powered' microbial fuel cells to light Africa May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana from May 6 to 8, 2008. The innovation, microbial fuel ... | |
Next generation of business software could get more fun May 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Once upon a time, people bonded with their co-workers on office softball teams and traded gossip at the watercooler. OK, so those days aren't gone yet. But as big companies parcel Information Age work to people in ... | |
SEC charges Broadcom co-founders in stock options probe May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Securities regulators on Wednesday charged Broadcom Corp. co-founders Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli with falsifying the company's reported income, leading to what is believed to be the largest accounting ... | |
Clear Channel, banks, buyers in settlement talks May 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. and its prospective buyers are talking with banks to try to settle a dispute over whether the banks must fund promised loans for the $19.5 billion takeover, the radio and outdoor ... | |
Electronic voting system tested by Newcastle University May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
An electronic vote capture and counting system, designed to overcome the problems which have dogged computerised voting systems throughout the world, notably the touch screen voting machines in the US and pilot schemes run ... | |
Sharp Achieves the World’s Highest Power Density for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Sharp Corp. has achieved the world's highest power density, 0.3W/cc, for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for mobile equipment. This new technology enables efficient power generation from a small cell volume. The use of ... | |
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