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High Expectations For Final Star Wars Movie

Just over a week to go until Star Wars Episode III Revenge of The Sith opens! Lots of pre-reviews are appearing around the net…

Sears Looks For Alternatives For Orchard Separation

Sears Holdings announced that it plans to pursue alternatives for the separation of the company’s Orchard Supply Hardware business.

Georgia Governor: No Smoking Please

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed a statewide smoking ban on Monday marking an end to his inability to makes a decision on the issue. This marks an ongoing, nationwide trend limiting places where people are allowed to smoke cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.

Personalize Your Google Search

When you search with Google, it sees you as any other Google user. It has no idea what your interests are. Therefore, for the same search words Google will deliver the same results to you and everyone else in the world searching with the same language and country selections.

How To Keep Your Blog Alive When Traveling

One of the downsides of being a stay at home sole blogger is that on days when you can’t blog (because you are on holidays, sick or.moving house – your blogging can grind to a standstill.

New AdWords Policy Affects Content Publishers

A new AdWords policy enacted by Google could have long-ranging, perhaps negative affects on content providers and publishers, blogger or otherwise.

Display Ads Increase Relevant Searches

A recent Yahoo study has discovered companies using the display ad method of online advertising can garner search engine presence improvements because of increased recognition caused by using these ads.

Blogging: When It’s Not a Good Idea

Blogging can be a bad idea. Business blogs are not the answer to everything. I’ll bet you never thought you would read those sentiments on this blog.

getconf

“getconf” returns the value of certain system variables. According to the man page (which you may not have on your system) it queries system configuration variables which are either:

Wall Street Journal Gets Small

Editions in Europe and Asia to adopt tabloid format; some job cuts will also take place in a reorganizational move.

Microsoft Extends Reprieve To Pirates

Owners of pirated copies of Windows XP have an opportunity to trade it for a free licensed version.

PeopleSoft Founder Leading A New Charge

Those pricey enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications have several drawbacks. Dave Duffield has an answer.

Google Botches DNS Update

A glitch in the DNS records for the well-known search engine caused browser lookups to fail for a period of time.

FCC Broadcast Flag Mandate Rejected

The District of Columbia’s Circuit Court says the regulatory agency overstepped its authority.

Mozillas FireFox Full of Lead: Secunia Says Holes Exist

Internet security firm Secunia found holes in internet browser Firefox from the Mozilla company. The problems present two of the first big security problems for the browser that continues to grow in popularity.

Feedster Issues RSS Tutorial For Safari Users

Some have questioned whether or not RSS content would continue its rise in popularity, or would it taper off like many Internet fads that have come and gone. Apparently, RSS is here to stay, and its following appears to be getting stronger and stronger.

NYSE Seat Owner Files Lawsuit To Prevent Merger

New York Stock Exchange seat owner, William Higgins filed a lawsuit to prevent its merger with Archipelago Holdings.

Barclays Buys Back Into South Africa

Barclays is buying a majority stake in Absa for $5.5 billion as the bank makes its return to South Africa.

ChevronTexaco Lets The Texaco Go

ChevronTexaco Corporation is dropping Texaco from its name and will now just be called Chevron Corporation.

Qwest VS. Verizon: One More Round For MCI
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MCI stockholder are having problems with the Verizon bid to take over the telecommunications company. Several leading shareholders are urging Qwest not to give up the fight quite so easily. With a $1.3 billion in difference between the two bids, this fight isn’t over.

War Rages On Over Judicial Filibuster in Senate

The parties line up their artillery as the Senate draws closer to the nuclear option. The president has renominated several candidates for judgeships who were filibustered in his first term and Senate Democrats say they will filibuster them again.

50 Cent On the Mizz-oble; G-Unit Enters Mobile Gaming, Fo Shizzle.

Rap icon, 50 Cent, and his group G-Unit, overwhelmingly popular in hip-hop circles, have made an agreement with mobile media company, Zingy, to create a series of mobile phone games based on the group members.