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Statement on July 12 Fine Announced by European Commission — Fine not appropriate; key issue not compliance, but clarity of March 2004 decision. — REDMOND, Wash. — July 12, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. issued the following statement by General Counsel Brad Smith, following the decision …
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Microsoft hit with 280m euro fine — Microsoft has been fined 280.5m euros ($357m; £194m) by the European Commission for failing to comply with an anti-competition ruling. — The software giant will appeal against the fine which follows a long-running dispute between it and EU regulators.
John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley:How about a $357 million fine? Is that "clear" enough for you?
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Glenn Chapman / Mail&Guardian:
Yahoo! cries foul as MySpace pulls top ranking — The MySpace website deemed a virtual clubhouse where teenagers bare details of their lives has eclipsed internet oldster Yahoo! as the most popular website in the United States, a research firm said on Tuesday.
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Bruce Gain / Wired News:
Park the Beamer by Bot — Driving your car into a cramped parking space can be a harrowing experience, but BMW says it has developed a robotic parking system to solve the problem. — The luxury carmaker's parking-assist technology will park your car for you as you stand outside and watch …
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Xbox putting 1980s arcade games online — Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 may exemplify the high-tech future of video game consoles, but the company is hoping some of its avid players still pine for the good old days of "Pac-Man" and "Frogger." — Microsoft plans today to offer …
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Mike / Techdirt:Microsoft Discovers That Nostalgia Sells When It Comes To The Xbox
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Bobbie Johnson / Guardian Unlimited:
Is Intel killing PC gaming? — I'm just heading back to London after a quick visit to the Develop in Brighton conference, where some of the gaming industry's biggest developers are banging their heads together. — I was there to hear Mark Rein of Epic (they make games like Unreal Tournament) …
Bill Slawski / Search Engine Watch Blog:
New Search Patent Applications: July 11, 2006 - Google Patent Filings by the Dozen — Twelve Google patent applications where published this past week, including seven that focus upon geographical information and local search. — (1) How good a match ads may be to the content on pages …
advancedmp3players.co.uk:
Samsung Z5 Speaker Docking Station … The Samsung YA-DS100 Z5 Speaker Dock (£59.99) is currently Out Of Stock — All prices include VAT — This product is currently expected to arrive in stock on Wednesday 16 August, 2006. You can still purchase this product now …
Gizmodo, The Gadget Guide:
Spy Camera Sunglasses Records What You See — It's amazing to see the lengths that people will go to snoop on their fellow man. These sunglasses promise to record exactly what you're looking at thanks to a built-in video camera. The camera, which uses MPEG4 to encode video, has a 92-degree field-of-view.
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Woodcrest to power Apple's next-gen Mac Pro desktops — Apple Computer has selected dual-core Xeon server processors from Intel Corp. to power its next wave of high-performance professional Mac Pro desktops, AppleInsider has confirmed. — The 64-bit chips — formerly code-named "Woodcrest" …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
MySpace may face legislative crackdown — Politicians on Tuesday accused MySpace.com and other social-networking sites of failing to protect minors from sexual predators and other malign influences and said a legislative crackdown may be necessary. — During a hearing before a House …
news.sel.sony.com:
SONY BEGINS SHIPPING "BYTE-SIZED" USB DRIVE — Micro Vault Tiny Offers Up to 4GB Storage Capacity — PARK RIDGE, N.J., July 11, 2006 - Sony Electronics is taking the notion of compact to the next level with its "byte-sized" Micro Vault® Tiny drive. Measuring roughly ½ inch wide …
Lakshmi Sandhana / Wired News:
This Is a Computer on Your Brain — A new brain-computer-interface technology could turn our brains into automatic image-identifying machines that operate faster than human consciousness. — Researchers at Columbia University are combining the processing power of the human brain …
Wired News:
Condé Nast Buys Wired News — Lycos is selling its Wired News unit to Condé Nast Publications for $25 million, Lycos parent Daum Communications announced in Korea late Tuesday, a deal that brings Wired.com and Wired magazine under the same owner after an eight-year separation.
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crisscross.com:
Cell phone makers to unify charger specifications — DeepAir - the mobile market in Japan is different to elsewhere. Handsets cannot be freely bought and used with a provider of choice. Handsets here are made under license from the telephone providers who provide a basic set of specs …
Hollywood Reporter:
Rather eyeing online gig — AOL might have a new message for the Internet: You've got Dan. — The Time Warner-owned Internet company is in negotiations with representatives for veteran CBS anchor Dan Rather to play a role in original programming for its online video offerings, sources said.
Scott M. Fulton, III / TG Daily:
A chat with Michael Dell: Alienware and XPS to stay separate — Grapevine (TX) - While custom PC builder Alienware may benefit from the much-increased purchasing power of its new corporate parent, Dell Computer, the development tracks of the two companies will remain separate.
Lee Odden / Online Marketing Blog:
Interview with Laura Lippay of Yahoo — Spotlight on Search Interview with Laura Lippay, SEO Program Manager for Yahoo — We've been on a bit of a "Spotlight on Search Interview" hiatus the past few weeks, but I can assure you this one is worth the wait.
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