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It’s not the blockbuster that some industry analysts envisioned, but Yahoo has sealed its first deal under new Chief Executive Jerry Yang. Hoping to deepen its appeal to hard-core sports fans, Yahoo is buying Rivals.com, a Web site that provides extensive coverage of collegiate athletics. Financial terms of the acquisition to be announced Thursday aren’t being disclosed — an indication that the sales price is too small to dent Yahoo’s finances. Analysts believe Yahoo may be considering more dramatic moves after changing its leadership earlier this week.
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Original post by Andrew K. Burger and software by Elliott Back
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News Corp. honcho Rupert Murdoch has offered to swap the wildly popular social networking site MySpace in exchange for a stake in portal-in-flux Yahoo. Murdoch reportedly approached Yahoo with the offer of giving the portal ownership of MySpace in exchange for a 30 percent ownership stake of the combined Yahoo-MySpace. On the surface, the deal seems to address needs of both parties: Murdoch has been looking for ways to expand his media company’s online exposure; meanwhile, Yahoo has been eager to find the right social networking play.
Original post by Keith Regan and software by Elliott Back
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Without any sort of fanfare, AT&T has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, cheaper than any advertised plan. The DSL, or digital subscriber line, plan introduced Saturday is part of the concessions made by AT&T to the Federal Communications Commission to get its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth approved last December. The $10 offer is available to customers in the 22-state AT&T service region, which includes former BellSouth areas, who have never had AT&T or BellSouth broadband, spokesperson Michael Coe confirmed Monday.
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Original post by Peter Svensson and software by Elliott Back
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An anonymous reader writes “I had a surreal experience with Dell today. My boss asked me to order a new computer for our small, non-profit business. Wanting to support Dell in their decision to sell computers with Ubuntu installed, I decided to order one. First, I talked to a small business representative, who informed me that I could not order one of the Ubuntu-based computers through the small business department. I had to go through the “home and home office” department. I called the Home office department. I asked the representative if I could buy one of the ubuntu computers for my company. She said (and I quote), “these Dell computers are designed for personal use only, as long as you use it for personal use, you can purchase one.” So I lied and said I would…. Next, I tried to buy it on our business credit card. They would [...]
Original post by CmdrTaco and software by Elliott Back
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Terry Semel resigned from his CEO post at Yahoo late Monday, stepping aside to let cofounder Jerry Yang take the helm as the portal looks to keep shareholders happy, regain its early dot-com glory and better compete with rival Google. Semel arrived at the Internet company in 2001 with high hopes that his Hollywood background — he had been an executive at Warner Bros. — would help transform Yahoo, which many saw poised for long-term success as the rise of broadband made the Web a destination for entertainment.
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Original post by Keith Regan and software by Elliott Back
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jcatcw writes “Computerworld’s annual summary of the best places to work in IT lists companies that excel in five areas of employment: career development, retention, benefits, diversity, and training. According to the scorecard, the top five retention methods are: competitive benefits; competitive salaries; work/life balance; flexible work hours; and tuition reimbursement. Of the top 100 companies, 64 expect the number of U.S.-based IT staffers to increase in 2007, on average by 7%. Here is the whole list. The top three are Quicken Loans, University of Miami, and Sharp HealthCare.”
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Original post by kdawson and software by Elliott Back
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Mark Spencer never expected to be where he is today, but the Auburn, Ala., native is making a name for himself in the world of technology. Spencer is the founder and creator of Asterisk and the chief technical officer of Digium. The company, based in Huntsville, specializes in the development of private branch exchange hardware and open source telephony software. Digium is the primary developer and sponsor of Asterisk, The Open Source PBX.
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Original post by Lindsay Field and software by Elliott Back
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An anonymous reader writes sends us to Ars Technica for a dissertation on how detached and manipulative the discussion about copyright is becoming. “NBC/Universal general counsel Rick Cotton suggests that society wastes entirely too much money policing crimes like burglary, fraud, and bank-robbing, when it should be doing something about piracy instead. ‘Our law enforcement resources are seriously misaligned,’ Cotton said. ‘If you add up all the various kinds of property crimes in this country, everything from theft, to fraud, to burglary, bank-robbing, all of it, it costs the country $16 billion a year. But intellectual property crime runs to hundreds of billions [of dollars] a year.’” Ars points out how completely specious that “hundreds of billions” is.
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Original post by kdawson and software by Elliott Back
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Thunder crashes, lightning flashes and a camera zooms in on a shadowy, futuristic-looking, gray-and-black office. The camera follows a female avatar in slacks and a button-down shirt as she jogs from one cubicle to the next, up a spiral staircase and across a high gangplank as dramatic classical music plays in the background. This YouTube trailer could easily be a plug for a new shoot-’em-up video game, or a slasher flick. Instead, it’s promoting a video game called Innov8, which IBM will start selling in September.
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Original post by Aili McConnon and software by Elliott Back
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Linspire has become the latest Linux vendor to sign a deal with Microsoft, the two companies announced Wednesday. The pact promises a closer working relationship between the two software makers. For consumers, it brings greater interoperability and a technical collaboration that also includes intellectual property assurances, Microsoft said. “Delivering interoperable solutions for our customers is an important priority,” said Bill Hilf, general manager of platform strategy at Microsoft.
Original post by Walaika Haskins and software by Elliott Back
