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Kick the oil habit and make your own ethanol |
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Yahoo - Computing - 2008-05-09 11:00 AM |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new company hopes drivers will kick the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that won't spike food prices. |
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Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans |
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Yahoo - Computing - 2008-05-09 11:00 AM |
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead. |
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Free software takes on Microsoft Office |
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Yahoo - Computing - 2008-05-09 11:00 AM |
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony -- a free suite that he downloaded from an International Business Machines Corp website (http://symphony.lotus.com). |
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Facebook users willing to let employers see profiles |
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Yahoo - Computing - 2008-05-09 11:00 AM |
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TORONTO (Reuters) - While many Facebook users may be secretly surfing the social networking site on the job, many Canadians say they are willing to let their employer look at their profiles, according to a poll released on Wednesday. |
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MySpace's fashionable child launches new designers |
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Yahoo - Computing - 2008-05-09 11:00 AM |
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LONDON (Reuters) - Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world's answer to the social networking Web site MySpace.com. |
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"Guitar Hero" helps Activision rock Wall Street |
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Yahoo - Computing - 2008-05-09 11:00 AM |
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activision Inc posted a quarterly profit on Thursday that blew past expectations as demand for its "Guitar Hero 3" and "Call of Duty 4" video games made up for a complete lack of new releases. |
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Tethered gadgets threaten Internet future: academic |
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Yahoo - Computing - 2008-05-09 11:00 AM |
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LONDON (Reuters) - The rise of gadgets such as the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation which helped to build the Internet, a leading Oxford academic has warned in a new book. |
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MySpace to let users share profile across the Net |
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Yahoo - Computing - 2008-05-09 11:00 AM |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's (NWSa.N) MySpace social network will let users choose to share their public profile information, such as pictures, videos, and text, across the Web to spread its service beyond its own borders. |
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"Grand Theft Auto" sales top Hollywood movie |
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Yahoo - Computing - 2008-05-09 11:00 AM |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" scored over $500 million in global receipts its first week in release, selling over 6 million units to become one of the most lucrative entertainment launches in history. |
