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Cellphone Straitjacket Is Inspiring a Rebellion — First come the grumblings, then the torches and pitchforks. — Consumers have never been happy about their cellphone carriers and the services they provide — or refuse to provide. But they also have hardly the means to do anything, except switch from one carrier to the next.
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Google turns to X Factor's Fuller for push into TV — Internet giant Google is in secret talks with Simon Fuller, the British entrepreneur behind the Spice Girls, about a joint venture that could change the way TV is watched over the internet. — News of the collaboration will prompt speculation …
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IBM to Acquire Cognos to Accelerate Information on Demand Business Initiative — ARMONK, N.Y. & OTTAWA, Ontario—(BUSINESS WIRE)—IBM (NYSE: IBM - News) and Cognos® (NASDAQ: COGN - News) (TSX: CSN - News) today announced that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement …
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IBM takes out Cognos for $5 billion — Remember that last independent business intelligence company, Cognos? It's now a part of IBM's software unit. — IBM said Monday in a statement that it has acquired Cognos for $5 billion, or $58 a share. In just a month the two leading business intelligence players have been acquired.
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Should Sprint Send Silicon Valley a Super Poke? — Sprint Nextel's (S) rough patch is turning into a highway from hell. The exit of CEO Gary Forsee, questions about its plans for a WiMAX network and its aborted partnership with Clearwire (CLWR) have provided fertile ground for all sorts of rumors.
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Will Success, or All That Money From Google, Spoil Firefox? — Only a couple of years ago, Firefox was the little browser that could — an open-source program created by thousands of contributors around the world without the benefit of a giant company like Microsoft to finance it.
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Microsoft to ship Windows Server 2008, over time, in eight flavors — Microsoft is readying eight SKUs of Windows Server 2008, only some of which will include Hyper-V (the new name for Microsoft's hypervisor that was code-named "Viridian"). — According to ActiveWin.com …
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Microsoft reveals Server 2008 pricing, Hyper-V brand — Microsoft gave further details Monday of a group of server and virtualization products due next year that will set the tone for how well the company will compete in the enterprise software market. — It announced pricing and licensing details …
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Why Are Founders and Execs Leaving Second Tier Social Networks? — Employees generally don't leave hot startups. They lose some or all of their stock options, and they also lose the resume value of being associated with a startup brand. And that's doubly true for executive level employees.
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Intel's Fundamental Advance in Transistor Design Extends Moore's Law, Computing Performance — Sixteen Eco-Friendly, Faster and 'Cooler' Chips Incorporate 45nm Hafnium-Based High-k Metal Gate Transistors — Built using an entirely new transistor formula that alleviates the wasteful electricity leaks …
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Intel jabs bruised AMD with 12 new Xeons and desktop dynamo
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Eyealike Launches - Find Your Dream Date on Looks Alone — Update: Josh at ReadWriteWeb has a review on Eyealike as well. — For those of you looking for the perfect someone based on looks only, have I got the site for you! Launched in beta this morning, Eyealike allows you to upload a photo and find others like that photo.
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FCC Moves to Place Restrictions on Cable TV — Companies Push Back Against Plan to Cap Ownership, Reduce Costs for Programmers — The Federal Communications Commission is likely to impose a new regulation on the largely unregulated cable television industry, the first of what may be more to come.
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Barry Diller to Time Warner: Name Your Price for AOL — Q&A With IAC Chief in Wake of Spinoffs of Ticketmaster, HSN — Barry Diller is staking his future on the fast-growing, ever-changing online-advertising space. — His company, IAC, is spinning off four divisions into separate …
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O2 on iPhone: 8,000 activations on day one, 5-year contract — T-Mobile has already reported preliminary numbers from Germany's Friday iPhone launch, but what about O2? The UK iPhone carrier didn't do too shabbily either when compared to its own expectations.