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A California judge has ordered a class-action discrimination case against online dating site eHarmony into mediation, attorneys for both sides confirmed Friday.
Ever run your MacBook or MacBook Pro without the battery installed? Most people don't, but some notebook users pop them out when their systems are running on AC with hopes of extending the life of their battery by a few months. But don't do this with the new MacBook Pro.
The Internet search market is showing signs of life. The best evidence of this perhaps is Google's own wiki-based enhancement to its search engine, Google SearchWiki. But does it work? In a hands-on test, yes. But the long-term implications are troubling.
MSI Computer said Friday that it will show off an upgraded MSI Wind netbook that is WiMAX capable at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. As of press time, the Wind is the current holder of the category's Editor's Choice award for the netbook category.
Microsoft said this week that it will extend its subscription-based offerings into desktop PC management, although details on the new service are sketchy.
Mayors in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday announced a series of initiatives aimed at making the region the electric vehicle capital of the U.S. by 2012. The flagship proposal? Power stations in three major Bay Area cities, all designed to provide refueling points for electric cars.
Microsoft says via a blog post that an additional update is expected before Internet Explorer 8 is expected in the first quarter of 2009.
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Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:36:49 GMT
AP - Two engineers from China were sentenced to a year in prison Friday for stealing computer chip designs from their Silicon Valley employers and trying to smuggle the secrets to their homeland to launch a government-backed startup there.
AP - The nearest Wal-Mart is two hours away, and only foul weather, a deer in the road or a Washakie County sheriff's deputy would slow down anyone with a mind to drive there faster.
AP - Word of mouth is one of the most common ways homebuyers and sellers find a real estate agent. Now, there are several Web sites that tout a more scientific approach: ranking agents based on criteria such as years of experience, how many sales they've closed, and the number of positive testimonials from past clients.
AP - The Pentagon has banned, at least temporarily, the use of external computer flash drives because of a virus threat officials detected on Defense Department networks.
CNET - A judge on Friday ruled tha Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will have to testify in a class-action suit over the "Vista Capable" logo program that Microsoft ran ahead of the launch of Windows Vista.
Reuters - Internet search giant Google Inc is known for hosting the most extravagant holiday parties in Silicon Valley, often drawing crowds of over 10,000 and prompting some employees to post ads for party dates on classifieds Website Craigslist.
Reuters - Nokia Corp plans to launch a mobile phone service in Japan next spring, a move expected to intensify competition among Japanese cell phone carriers, Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Saturday.
