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China’s Baidu.com fights to rescue reputation (AP)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

AP - Baidu.com has been the star of China’s Internet world. But now the search engine dubbed “China’s Google” is scrambling to rescue its reputation after state TV accused it of letting unlicensed suppliers of medical products pay for higher rankings on its results page — without alerting users.


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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (AP)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addresses the annual Microsoft shareholder's meeting Wednesday<b>,</b> Nov. 19<b>,</b> 2008<b>,</b> in Bellevue<b>,</b> Wash. Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc.<b>,</b> Ballmer said Wednesday<b>,</b> though he told shareholders that the company would still be 'very open' to a collaboration on Internet search. <b>(</b>AP Photo/Elaine Thompson<b>)</b>AP - Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be “very open” to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving by 19 percent.



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E-mail in zero G: NASA develops network for space (AP)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

AP - In space, no one can hear you scream. But scoring an Internet hookup suddenly isn’t out of the question.


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`Fake Steve Jobs’ stops blogging as the ‘Real Dan’ (AP)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

AP - It was bad enough when Dan Lyons stopped sharing his musings about the technology scene in a hilarious satire of what Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs would be like as a blogger.


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Antivirus firms shrug at Microsoft’s free security suite (CNET)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

CNET - Updated 1:15 p.m. PST with Symantec comment.


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Obama campaign e-mobilizes for the future (AFP)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

US President-elect Barack Obama speaks during a meeting in Chicago on November 17<b>,</b> 2008. The US presidential election may be over but Obama is staying in touch with his Internet legions and mobilizing them for the future.<b>(</b>AFP/File/Saul Loeb<b>)</b>AFP - The US presidential election may be over but Barack Obama is staying in touch with his Internet legions and mobilizing them for the future.



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New Xbox Experience Launched To Battle Sony’s Offering (NewsFactor)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

NewsFactor – Microsoft launched its New Xbox Experience on Wednesday, expanding the existing service to compete with Sony in turning the video-game console into an entertainment hub.


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Japan’s DoCoMo eyes ‘Google phone’ launch next year (AFP)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

A customer looks at a demo model of the new T-Mobile G1 phone during a launch party in October 2008 in San Francisco<b>,</b> California. Japan's top carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. aims to launch next year a cellphone developed with Internet search giant Google<b>,</b> an official said Wednesday<b>,</b> a move that could counter Apple's iconic iPhone.<b>(</b>AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan<b>)</b>AFP - Japan’s top carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. aims to launch next year a cellphone developed with Internet search giant Google, an official said Wednesday, a move that could counter Apple’s iconic iPhone.



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Microsoft, Novell eye Moonlight beta, system management (InfoWorld)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

InfoWorld – Marking the two-year anniversary of their controversial interoperability agreement, Microsoft and Novell this week are announcing upcoming availability of both the beta version of Moonlight, which puts Microsoft’s Silverlight rich Internet application technology on Linux, and the general release of Advanced Management Pack for Suse Linux Enterprise for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.


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Microsoft Will Replace OneCare with Security Software (NewsFactor)
Posted on 11.19.08 by templeton @ 7:00 pm

NewsFactor – Microsoft plans to stop accepting paid subscriptions to Windows Live OneCare in mid-2009. The security software is slated to be replaced by a free offering code-named Morro, which will focus on providing consumer PCs with core protection from viruses, spyware, rootkits, trojans and other forms of malware.


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