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Movistar Argentina offers MSN Messenger

Argentinian mobile operator Movistar has partnered with Microsoft to offer its MSN messenger and hotmail email services, Movistar has said in a statement. “The company continues to be at the vanguard of Argentina’s technology revolution offering better and advanced solutions for its clients,” Movistar Argentina’s marketing director Darío Fainguersch said. The service will be free until the end of 2006,

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Will Microsoft Aquire Yahoo In 2007?

Well Jeremy Schoemaker thinks so with his 10 reasons why: The Search Algorithm Overture Yahoo Search Marketing Yahoo Publisher Network Flickr Del.icio.us The People Video Community Properties Business Directory Yahoo Just Cleaned The House Read his full post here which includes more details about each reason. As well as this post at the Internet Marketing Monitor Blog, which gives you 10 reasons as

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Soapbox and Messenger Integration

Today the MSN Soapbox Team have launched a new activity feature that will alow you to watch Soapbox videos on Windows Live Messenger in real-time with your friends. Which is much nicer than just sending them a link! This is how it works: If at any time you would like to watch a video with one of your Messenger contacts, just click on

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Cartoon legend Joseph Barbera dies at 95

Joseph Roland “Joe” Barbera, one half of the team behind such cartoon classics as Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo, has died, aged 95. He co-founded Hanna-Barbera Studios with William Hanna in the 1957 after the pair earlier worked on the Tom and Jerry series at MGM studios. Other classic characters to originate from Hanna-Barbera included The Jetsons, Yogi

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Digg post: PostgreSQL or MySQL?

I was just checking Digg.com and noticed on the frontpage with 390 Diggs was a post titled “PostgreSQL or MySQL?” and thought to myself wow how freaky would it be if it happened to point to the exact same link I and 4 others had been looking at the other week while we were doing some research for our University of Kent Final

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Windows Vista 101 Sweepstakes

Enter to win great prizes including new Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs, flat-screen monitors, and Xbox 360 game consoles. Winners will be chosen weekly, with one grand prize winner chosen each month. The earlier you enter, the more chances you have to win (U.S. and Canada). To qualify, complete Windows Vista 101 and fill out the entry form. Windows Vista 101

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The Windows Vista Demo Readiness Toolkit

The Windows Vista Partner Demo Readiness Toolkit (DRT) enables you to check out the product for yourself, and gain the expert skills needed to effectively demo it to your customers. It includes Windows Vista RC1 and Microsoft® Office Professional 2007 Beta 2, and has been pre-populated with settings and media to simulate an end-user PC experience. You will also find

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UK Windows Vista And Office 2007 Launch Tour

Just noticed on Ian Moulster’s Blog that from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th January the Microsoft UK developer team will be touring the country to bring the story to many organisations of all types. In that week the Microsoft UK developer team hope to deliver 12-15 sessions of around 90 minutes each depending on the amount of travelling between each location

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Skype users to get lie detectors

Callers using internet phone system Skype who might be tempted to tell a few porkies should beware – the user on the other end may have a lie detector. As Skype is set to offer the KishKish Lie Detector, which is made by BATM, as an add-on for customers. The software will analyse audio streams over a Skype call in real

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UK Developer Launch of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007

So on tuesday I visited Microsoft’s Technet Launch for IT Professionals of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System (aka the EVO Launch). And well now on the 19th of January 2007 I’ll be visiting Reading once again, this time for the Microsft’s MSDN Launch for Devolpers of Windows Vista and Office 2007. And with