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June 20, 2007 by Brad.
TechCrunch is reporting that MySpace and Yahoo are in talks to merge, with MySpace getting 25% of the combined company’s stock. That values MySpace at a cool $12 billion.
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June 20, 2007 by Brad.
ThinkFree obviously has its reasons for not offering email or calendar, while Zimbra’s real power is more on the email, calendar and web services side, rather than documents and spreadsheets. In fact, although I put a ‘Y’ mark for Zimbra in documents and spreadsheets, neither product can import and export data from standard formats such as Word a
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June 20, 2007 by Brad.
A Venezuelan techie apparently has set a new record for longest WiFi link. Networking guru Ermanno Pietrosemoli established a wireless connection between a PC in El Aguila, Venezuela, and one in Platillon Mountain, a distance of about 237 miles, mostly using off-the-shelf equipment and a few hacked parts.
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June 20, 2007 by Brad.
IDC has released a new study that profiles ten relatively small, emerging software companies in Canada that it deems particularly worthy of note.
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June 20, 2007 by Brad.
There are a bunch of other online video editing tools, and we’ll take a brief look at some of them below (though again, don’t expect Avid).
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June 20, 2007 by Brad.
Blockbuster’s decision to support Blu-ray in all of its 1,450 stores is having a bigger impact than it seems. A tipster at an unnamed retailer tells us they’ve had more HD DVD player orders cancelled over the last few days than they’ve seen over the entire lifecycle. The kicker? All of them were cancelled because of the Blockbuster announcement.
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June 20, 2007 by Brad.
Here my horrible story of customer service from t-mobile…had one yourself? DIGG IT! Make them hear the story.
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June 20, 2007 by Brad.
“What we have announced today is a plan that will deliver to 99 percent of the Australian population very fast and affordable broadband in just two years’ time,” Howard said.
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June 20, 2007 by Brad.
Reports are surfacing that AMD is seriously considering a move out of the chip fabrication business, focusing its efforts entirely on chip design. It would be a risky move on AMD’s part, even if it would ameliorate some of the company’s cash flow problems.
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