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Forbes Names Microsoft’s Steve ...

May15
2012 Written by Slashdot

New submitter _0x783czar writes "Microsoft haters gleefully have latched on to the latest scoop that a Forbes columnist has named Steve Ballmer the worst CEO. It seems that the article has leveled some strong accusations of irresponsible and ineffective business practices; claiming that Microsoft has not progressed over the last 12 years of [...]

Kodak Basement Lab Housed Small Nucle...

May14
2012 Written by Slashdot

McGruber writes "The Rochester (NY) Democrat-Chronicle has the interesting story of the Eastman Kodak Co.'s Californium Neutron Flux Multiplier, which was housed in Building 82 of Kodak Park in Rochester, NY. The multiplier contained 3½ pounds of highly enriched (weapons-grade) uranium. Kodak used it to check chemicals and other materia [...]

Microsoft Invests $300 Million In Noo...

Apr30
2012 Written by Slashdot

First time accepted submitter NGTechnoRobot writes "In a turn for the books the BBC reports that Microsoft has invested $300 million in Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader. The new Nook reader will integrate with Microsoft's yet-to-be-released Windows 8 operating system. From the article: 'The deal could make Barnes and Noble's Nook e-book read [...]

BORAX: 115 Years of Cleaning and Fixi...

Apr25
2012 Written by Blogging With Jeffrey

What is Borax? Good question! It’s been around for over 115 years and I never heard of it until about 6 months ago. I came across a homemade recipe for laundry soap and it called for Borax. So, I went searching for some Borax. After finding it at a local store, I used it to make the homemade laundry soap I had a recipe for. It work [...]

Facebook Purchases 650 AOL Patents Fr...

Apr23
2012 Written by Slashdot

eldavojohn writes "Not two weeks after Microsoft purchased 925 patents and patent applications plus licenses to AOL's portfolio for $1 billion, Facebook has now acquired 650 of said patents and patent applications for $550 million to which Microsoft retains a license. So, was Microsoft's $450 million worth it? According to their press [...]

Google Actually Patenting Its April F...

Apr06
2012 Written by Slashdot

theodp writes "On April Fools' Day, Google joked it was partnering with NASCAR on self-driving cars. Google Racing, the search giant joshed, had its roots in Project Caddy, which demonstrated the viability of self-driving golf carts. And in the future, Google added tongue-in-cheek, your kids will travel unattended in driverless-car car pools [...]

Google Strikes Deal With Paramount

Apr04
2012 Written by Slashdot

redletterdave writes about more movies being made available on Youtube's rental service. From the article: "Google announced a new deal with Paramount Pictures on Tuesday, which will make more than 500 movie titles available for rental on YouTube and the new Google Play platform. The deal was made even though Google is still embroiled [...]

Facebook Countersues Yahoo Over 10 Pa...

Apr03
2012 Written by Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes "As expected, Facebook today filed its own patent infringement lawsuit against Yahoo. The social networking giant is claiming the online giant infringes on 10 of its patents. This is a countersuit and will likely lead to some sort of settlement between the two parties. Facebook says Yahoo is infringing on a wide ra [...]

Yahoo Files Patent Infringement Suit ...

Mar12
2012 Written by Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from an article over at ZD Net: "As expected, Yahoo today filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook. The online giant is claiming the social networking giant infringes on 10 of its patents. Yahoo is hoping to secure some portion of Facebook's revenues moving forward. 'Yahoo! has invested [...]

Do Not Use Text-Enhance.com or Follow...

Mar10
2012 Written by PortalTaxi Admin

Text-Enhance.com - Hackers! Publisher’s of Adware! You should not Join their site, buy their advertising or click on their text ads. When you purchase advertising and put your ads on a site or blog you are doing business with them. When you put those ads on a web site or in a blog with out the permission of the publisher you are st [...]

Bing Now Nearly As Good As Google &md...

Mar10
2012 Written by Slashdot

Bing Now Nearly As Good As Google — Says Microsoft

An anonymous reader writes "Harry Shum, who oversees research and development for Microsoft's Bing search engine, believes his company has now matched Google's ability to build software platforms that can harness the power of tens of thousands of servers. — 'For many years, we've really tried to play the catch-up game,' Shum says. 'And [...]

Microsoft Seeks Patent For "Sear...

Mar05
2012 Written by Slashdot

theodp writes "So, how does one search for images that aren't tagged with keywords? Google does offer its sometimes-spotty search by image, but what if you don't have an image handy that looks like what you're searching for? Microsoft, reports GeekWire, offers a solution that's 'a little like playing Pictionary with a search engine — d [...]

Chevy Volt Meets High Resistance, GM ...

Mar03
2012 Written by Slashdot

Hugh Pickens writes "The Hill reports that GM has announced to employees at one of its facilities that it is suspending production of the Chevy Volt for five weeks and temporarily laying off 1,300 employees. Back when GM launched the beleaguered electric car, it boldly targeted sales of 10,000 in 2011 and 60,000 in 2012 but GM only sold 7,67 [...]

Pure Bloggers .com ? Who is This?

Feb26
2012 Written by Blogging With Jeffrey

Anyone know anything about Purebloggers.com? Pure Bloggers Dot Com? I received an unsolicited email the other day from Purebloggers.com inviting me to join their social-network. They boasted about being the biggest blogger and companies network but can’t find much in search on them. They might be legit, but not sure. I did join and p [...]

Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Stop opposing ...

Feb22
2012 Written by PortalTaxi Admin

Reported by Change.org, Cally Houck’s two daughters, Raechel and Jacquie, rented a PT Cruiser from Enterprise Rent-a-Car in 2004. What they didn’t know about their car was it had been recalled for serious safety problems a month earlier, and that Enterprise didn’t fix the car. Raechel and Jacquie’s rental car caught on [...]