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    The Internet at 40: History Began With Its First Crash 30/10/2009 09:24:00

    Why do we today celebrate today -- October 29 -- as the Internet's 40's birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the Internet was used for the very first time -- and crashed.
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    Yahoo still considers itself a contender 26/08/2009 04:07:00

    Remember Yahoo? Apparently the company forgot to read my post about how its star has faded, and it isn't yet ready to shut the doors and call it a day. Yahoo still feels it has a trick or two up its sleeve and deserves a seat at the grownups table with Microsoft and Google.
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    Sun is setting for Yahoo search 14/08/2009 00:25:00

    After a rollercoaster ride love/hate relationship between Microsoft and Yahoo over the past year, and various rumors and potential overtures between Yahoo and Google, the arrangement between Yahoo and Microsoft's Bing search engine is a nail in the coffin of Yahoo search.
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    What the Microsoft-Yahoo-Bing Deal Means for You 30/07/2009 01:49:00

    So what's it mean for computer users now that Microsoft and Yahoo today finally are announcing their long-anticipated marriage of Microsoft's Bing search engine and Yahoo's premium search advertising tools? Will this change our lives?
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    Parents need to talk to kids about Internet use, experts say 08/07/2009 03:45:00

    Summer vacation is in full swing in large parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and it's time for parents to talk to their teenagers about staying safe during the extra hours they will spend online, three online safety experts said.
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    10 operating systems the world left behind 03/04/2009 09:02:00

    You're not really supposed to love an operating system. It's like your car's hydraulic system, your digestive system or the global financial system. It's supposed to do its job -- and not get in your way while you're doing yours.
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    AOL closes China R&D base as economy slides 12/03/2009 10:48:00

    America Online will close a research and development base in Beijing but keep trying to break into China's market amid the sliding global economy.
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    Top 50 tech visionaries 22/05/2008 10:20:00

    It's easy to look at a laptop, an iPod, or a laser printer as nothing more than a tool to get work done with or to while away your free time on, but these and many other high-tech devices didn't fall off a tree. They emerged following years of hard work--and in some cases, an entire career devoted to a single technology--by inspired researchers, designers, and developers.
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    AOL acquires search company Sphere Source 16/04/2008 07:59:37

    America Online Tuesday announced that it has acquired Sphere Source, a provider of contextual-search tools that offers related content to publishers.
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    Four underwhelming mergers that might give Microsoft-Yahoo pause 07/02/2008 09:50:24

    We're in the midst of the "greatest-ever merger wave," according to an article published last month by The Economist, a publication that is supposed to know about these things.
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    Firefox, IE execs spar over vulnerabilities 20/07/2007 08:38:02

    An Internet Explorer (IE) program manager and the head of Mozilla's security added their voices to the browser blame game Wednesday, each saying that the other's application is at fault for multiple Windows zero-day vulnerabilities.
 
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