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Microsoft Unveils Windows Azure at Professional Developers Conference — Company releases comprehensive Azure Services Platform for the cloud, offering unprecedented power of choice and open connections for developers. — Today, during a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional …
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PDC: Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ozzie announces ‘Windows Azure’
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WORLD FIRST review of Inspiron Mini 12: Dell's super-slim netbook! … Let's set the scene. I'm in Shanghai attending a regional Dell event with selected media, analysts and partners. During a break between sessions I grab a much-need coffee in the ante room.
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Dell Inspiron Mini 12 First Impressions; The $600 MacBook Air??
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Netflix finally brings ‘Watch Instantly’ to Macs via Silverlight — In a move that seemed like it would never, ever, ever happen, Netflix has finally managed to bring its streaming video technology (and decent library) to Macs everywhere, thanks to Microsoft's Flash-esque also-ran, Silverlight.
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Introducing Google Earth for iPhone — Even before we introduced Google Earth back in 2005, the team had long dreamed of being able to carry the Earth around in your pocket. Well, today that dream becomes a reality as we introduce Google Earth for iPhone and iPod touch.
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To Survive, Net Start-Ups Slow Their Metabolism — SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley has always been a land of big, bold dreams. In the first Internet boom its start-ups either grew fast or died trying, sometimes spectacularly. The casualties of the bust, like Pets.com and Webvan, became legendary.
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Time to Leave the Laptop Behind — For more mobile workers, phones increasingly give them much of what they need — with a lot less hassle — It's time to think about leaving your laptop at home. — For years, mobile workers have been ditching their desktop computers for laptops that they can take wherever they go.
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Cable operator Cox to launch cellphone service — NEW YORK — Cox Communications (CCI) plans to rock the wireless phone business Monday by unveiling plans to launch cellphone service in the second half of 2009 that ultimately will make the No. 3 cable operator a rival of AT&T, (T) Sprint Nextel (S) and Verizon.
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Verizon's third quarter on target; iPhone dings wireless churn — Updated: Verizon's third quarter results were in line with Wall Street estimates courtesy of a solid performance in the telecom giant's wireless business. But wireless churn was up as the company did take a hit due to the popularity of the iPhone.
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Apple to sweeten Snow Leopard with more Cocoa — According to developer build notes leaked on the web, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard's new Finder and “almost all” other graphical apps will be delivered using Cocoa. Here's why, and what benefit this additional use of Cocoa will provide to users.
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LinkedIn Search: Finding that former colleague of yours just got easier — I'd like to announce today the launch of our new search platform, currently released to a small percentage of our LinkedIn users. In addition, a certain percentage of the remaining users can explore the new search experience …
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Reducing the clicks in uploading from mobile phones — MILAN: Starting his week, you will be able to shoot a video with your mobile phone and then - click, click, click - upload your latest exploits to YouTube. — Sony Ericsson will introduce a new phone to be sold in Italy by 3 Italia that allows you to do just that.
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Twitter Goes Mainstream — A lot more people — and businesses — are finding new ways to tweet — One of the hottest technologies in Silicon Valley is also one of the simplest. — The online service from Web start-up Twitter Inc. prompts users to do one thing: answer the question, “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less.
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Microsoft readies pre-beta release of ‘Windows 7 Server’ — Microsoft is readying a beta of Windows Server 2008 R2, a k a “Windows 7 Server,” and will share some more details about the features and rollout plans for that product during the company's Professional Developers Conference kick-off keynote on October 27.
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Microsoft About To Open Surface For Developers In Search For Killer App — At this week's Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft is set to make a slew of announcements about its product lines, and hopefully show a glimpse of some exciting new ones. One of the first gems to, um …
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The possibilities of a ‘portable eye’ — Inventor says device for blind has much broader uses — The KNFB Reader lets users photograph printed material, then reads it back. (George Rizer/ Globe Staff) — When Peter Alan Smith pulls out his phone in a crowded Back Bay restaurant …
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Police will use new device to take fingerprints in street — Civil rights campaigners say images must not be added to databases — Every police force in the UK is to be equipped with mobile fingerprint scanners - handheld devices that allow police to carry out identity checks on people in the street.
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With Smartphones, Cher Wang Made Her Own Fortune — No one is ever going to call Cher Wang “poor little rich girl.” — The daughter of one of the richest men in the world, she never made headlines as a profligate jet setter sponging off her father's wealth.
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Online Video Streaming Going Mainstream — According To Recent Findings from Ipsos MediaCT's MOTION Study, Online Video Services Are Building a Mainstream Audience as the Number of Women and Older Adults Streaming Video Online Increases … New York, NY - Over the past six months …
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Finally Truphone for Blackberry Is Ready — Truphone, the service that allows you to make cheap long distance phone calls using VoIP technology on a mobile phone, is now available to users of BlackBerry devices as a beta offering. This product is called Truphone Anywhere for Blackberry.