After years of brushing off the notion, Microsoft said on Thursday that it will open up its own line of retail stores.
Without detailing the plans, Microsoft said it has hired David Porter, a 25-year Wal-Mart veteran, to lead the effort. Sources say that Porter’s mission will be to develop the company’s retail plans and that [...]
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Microsoft follows Apple
February 13, 2009 – 1:49 am
French artificial heart
October 30, 2008 – 3:02 pm
French try plane technology in artificial heart. In the race to build a better artificial heart, French scientists have turned to technology from satellites and airplanes to create a heart that they say responds better to the human body. So far, the new device, shown at a news conference in Paris on Monday, has only [...]
123people search engine
October 25, 2008 – 6:03 pm
123people.com, a free search engine which scours the Internet and gathers and displays information about people, has expanded to the United States.
“After months of private beta tweaking and adding new features to improve the high powered people search, 123 People launches to the US public,” the European-based website announced in a blog posting at 123people.com.
123 [...]
Western Kentucky University
October 22, 2008 – 9:27 pm
Western Kentucky University was locked down for about three hours Wednesday after reports of gunmen on campus, but officials said they could find no evidence that shots had been fired or that anyone had a weapon.
Someone reported seeing people with weapons in a building on a satellite campus and police later received reports that shots [...]
Apple Will Be Fine
October 22, 2008 – 10:10 am
Steve Jobs: Apple Will Be ‘Fine’. Fourth-quarter earnings didn’t quite hit the target, but with iPhone and Mac sales strong, Jobs is optimistic Apple can ride out a downturn. Steve Jobs may not be sure how much the economic slump will hurt Apple,