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Bloomberg:
Microsoft Says MSN Marketing Chief Taylor Has Left (Update4) — June 20 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. said Martin Taylor, a protégé of Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer who was promoted to vice president in March to revamp marketing for the MSN Web sites and Windows Live services, has left the company.
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White light 'blinds' film pirates — A device that could foil movie pirates who covertly record films in cinemas has been developed in the US. — The prototype is able to locate the position of a digital camera, before overwhelming it with white light to render any recorded images useless.
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Mark LaPedus / EE Times:
IBM's 'frozen chip' claims speed record — SAN JOSE, Calif. — IBM Corp. and the Georgia Institute of Technology Tuesday (June 20) claimed they have broken the silicon speed record, thanks in part to a "frozen chip." — IBM (Armonk, N.Y.) and Georgia Tech (Atlanta) claimed that they have demonstrated …
Financial Times:
MySpace outlines European expansion — MySpace, the social networking site, is to use the UK as a beachhead for a push into Europe that will see it link up with "old media" companies and mobile phone operators to attract more users. — Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and chief executive of MySpace …
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Tale of a Lost Cellphone, and Untold Static — Dirty Harry had his .44. Sherlock Holmes had his brain. — Evan Guttman had his computer, the Web and a few thousand people he had never met. That was enough. — Three weeks ago, Mr. Guttman went on a quest to retrieve a friend's lost cellphone …
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Microsoft:
Microsoft and Creative Commons Release Tool for Copyright Licensing — The organizations announce availability of Microsoft Office add-in that enables easy access to Creative Commons copyright licenses. — REDMOND, Wash., and SAN FRANCISCO — June 20, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. and Creative Commons …
Paul R. La Monica / CNNMoney.com:
Growth guru: Avoid Google — Former star mutual fund manager Fred Kobrick says Google is a great search engine but not a good stock. Here's why. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - One of the most successful growth fund managers of the past few decades has a tip for investors about search engine giant Google: Don't buy it.
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Craig / craigblog:
Resolution from Cox and Authentium — I just spent a lot of time talking to the folks at both, and things look good; in brief, the problem involves a genuine bug, but was made much worse by lack of communication. It was not deliberate, just communication issues that are pretty human.
O'Reilly Network:
Welcome to Foo Camp — August 25-27, 2006 — We've invited about 250 Friends Of O'Reilly (aka Foo), people who are doing interesting work in fields such as web services, data visualization and search, open source programming, computer security, hardware hacking, GPS …
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Robotics Studio Provides Common Ground for Robotics Innovation — Community technology preview of Windows-based robotics development platform garners broad industry support. — PITTSBURGH— June 20, 2006 — Today at RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition 2006 …
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Fighting Microsoft's piracy check — Counterfeiters aren't Microsoft's only opponents in its effort to combat piracy: Some of its customers are against it, too. — The company is forging ahead with a program, Windows Genuine Advantage, tied to its free software downloads and updates …
kodak.com:
KODAK EASYSHARE P712 Digital Camera Unleashes Photographers' Potential with Precision Controls and Stunning Image Quality — Blazing Fast Auto-Focus System, 12X Image-Stabilized Lens, 7.1 MP Sensor Combine for Crisp, Clear Pictures Ideal for Sharing — Rochester, NY, June 20 …
Tony Smith / The Register:
Motorola moots USB rechargeable phone recharger — Motorola has reinvented the add-on extension battery as a USB device. At the Singapore-hosted CommunicAsia 2006 event this week, it unveiled the Portable Power P970 gadget, a power pack that plugs into any device with a mini USB port either …
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