Yahoo Backing Off of Asian Interests?
Last Updated on Thursday, 22 December 2011 10:15 Written by External Post Thursday, 22 December 2011 10:15
The New York Times offers the most complete coverage of this story. As currently being considered, it would not be an outright sale. The complicated deal would net Yahoo about $17 billion in cash and allow it and its partners to avoid having to pay taxes on it. According to the Times, the terms of the deal involve Alibaba and Softbank (the major stakeholder in Yahoo Japan) setting up new subsidiaries consisting of both cash and operating assets which Yahoo wants to run. Yahoo would swap out most of its stake in Alibaba and all of its stake in Yahoo Japan for these subsidiaries, effectively se…
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Slowing down online
Last Updated on Saturday, 29 October 2011 11:25 Written by External Post Saturday, 29 October 2011 11:25
A PIECE in the New York Times earlier in the week explained why Wi-Fi connectivity in hotels has been getting slower of late. It seems the runaway success of tablet computers has created an army of people who like nothing better to do than sit in their
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Death & Posters
Last Updated on Monday, 18 April 2011 05:19 Written by a2e Monday, 18 April 2011 05:19
You know when you buy a certain car (like my salmon-pink PT Cruiser), and then all you see are those cars on the road? Well, working with posters has totally improved my poster-eye in that now I can’t seem to escape them.
Take this Sunday’s New York Times, for example:
Yep, heading off the obituary section [...]
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Ireland gives Google traditional pogue mahone greeting
Last Updated on Friday, 1 October 2010 05:40 Written by External Post Friday, 1 October 2010 05:40
Google Maps Ireland went live yesterday, and it took the cream of Ireland’s media just minutes to find the first pic of a pair of Dubliners baring their hairy arses’ to Mountain View’s all seeing eye. The Irish Times [1] found this pair of moon-bummed
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US government to seek intercept powers on internet
Last Updated on Monday, 27 September 2010 11:07 Written by External Post Monday, 27 September 2010 11:07
The US government will seek to introduce a new federal law forcing internet, email, instant messaging and other communication providers that offer encryption to build in backdoors for law-enforcement surveillance, The New York Times reported on Monday.
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Google, Apple Settle Justice Dept. Hiring Probe
Last Updated on Saturday, 25 September 2010 08:00 Written by External Post Saturday, 25 September 2010 08:00
Ponca City, We Love You writes “The LA Times reports that under a proposed settlement with the Justice Department, six major Silicon Valley firms Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Intuit and Pixar would be barred from pledging not to ‘cold call’ one another’s
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14 September 2010 – Furniture Sale
Last Updated on Tuesday, 7 September 2010 12:20 Written by a2e Tuesday, 7 September 2010 12:20
Viewing Times: 12 September 2010 10.00am – 4.00pm 13 September 2010 10.00am-4.00pm 14 September 2010 8.30am-10.00am
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Fidel Castro, Internet News Junkie
Last Updated on Sunday, 5 September 2010 09:40 Written by External Post Sunday, 5 September 2010 09:40
pickens writes “The LA Times reports that 84-year-old Cuban ex-President . In a recent interview he called Web communication ‘the most powerful weapon that has existed’ and extolled its power to break a stranglehold on the media by ‘the empire’ and
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Anti-Google Video Runs In Times Square
Last Updated on Saturday, 4 September 2010 05:20 Written by External Post Saturday, 4 September 2010 05:20
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06 September 2010 – Costume, Silver Jewellery & Novelties
Last Updated on Saturday, 4 September 2010 12:00 Written by a2e Saturday, 4 September 2010 12:00
Viewing Times: 31 August 2010 10.00am – 4.00pm 1 September 2010 10.00am-4.00pm 3 September 10.00am – 4.00pm 6 September 2010 8.30am-10.00am
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