Posted by: clickry on: August 3, 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said on Saturday it would not back down “one iota” in its nuclear row with major powers, voicing defiance on the day of an informal deadline set by the West over Tehran’s disputed atomic ambitions. Western officials gave Tehran two weeks from July 19 to respond to their offer to hold [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 23, 2008
Microsoft has opened a new front in the battle with Google, the search engine group, in the increasingly ferocious struggle for control of the online services market. The software giant has said that users of its popular e-mail and instant messaging tools on mobile phones will display advertisements for the first time. Those using Windows [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 21, 2008
After vague statements over the last weeks about internal investments that will allow it to compete in search without Yahoo, Microsoft on Wednesday laid out more of its vision for improving on its current “underdog” position in search. While describing some new search technologies from Microsoft and some future ideas, executives were also cautious to [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 17, 2008
Epic Gillmor Gang today. Everyone went in with guns blazing over the data portability/ownership debate that has spilled out over the Facebook/Google scuffle. DataPortability founder Chris Saad was also on the call, but failed to take a leadership position in the debate (he did, however, weigh in with a blog post on the subject before [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 10, 2008
Food waste contributes to landfill, creating methane gas People are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales, research suggests. The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) found that salad, fruit and bread were most commonly wasted and 60% of all dumped food was untouched. The study analysed the waste [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 5, 2008
May 5 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.‘s decision to drop its pursuit of Yahoo! Inc. increases the pressure on Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer to make his money-losing Internet business succeed against Google Inc. Ballmer’s bid for Yahoo, the most-visited Web site, signaled that Microsoft was making little progress against Google in Internet search advertising, said [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 4, 2008
Capitol Hill insiders say the battle for congressional superdelegates is over, and one Senate supporter of Barack Obama is hinting strongly that he has prevailed over Hillary Rodham Clinton. While more than 80 Democrats in the House and Senate have yet to state their preferences in the race for the Democratic nomination, sources said Tuesday [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 4, 2008
This Saturday’s Kentucky Derby is right around the corner, so here’s your guide to everything Derby-related. First up: Drinks! Everybody’s know that the most important aspect of Kentucky Derby day is drinking. Here is the official Kentucky Derby Mint Julep recipe: Early Times Mint Julep * 2 cups sugar * 2 cups water * Sprigs [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 4, 2008
In this July 24, 2007 file photo, Lindsay Lohan, is shown in a booking mug released by the Santa Monica Police Department, Santa Monica, Calif., after her arrest on suspicion of drunken driving, (AP Photo/Santa Monica Police, file) Lindsay Lohan is not exactly toasting her latest public appearance. A mugshot of the 21-year-old actress, who [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 4, 2008
We all know the story about why people work at Google. Innovative technology, market power, one day in five to noodle around with your pet project, lavish benefits, blah blah blah. But why do they leave? The commute sucks. Well, at least that’s one of the five reasons headhunter firm Binc included in a list [...]
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