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New study finds catch shares improve consistency, not health, of fisheries

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Catch share programs result in more consistent and predictable fisheries but do not necessarily improve ecological conditions, according to a new study published online this week by the journal Proceedings of the National ...


Strategies for Retailers Fighting Price Wars

Strategies for Retailers Fighting Price Wars

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (10) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- All retail companies want to maximize their profits, while at the same time maintaining high market share compared with their competitors. One way to do this is by promising to offer the lowest ...


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Japan's Panasonic wins control of ailing Sanyo

Technology / Business

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panasonic Corp. announced Thursday it had secured a controlling stake in smaller rival Sanyo Electric Co. in a 4.6-billion-dollar takeover that revamps Japan's troubled electronics industry.


Student ordered to destroy downloaded music files

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- A college student found guilty of copyright infringement has to destroy files he illegally downloaded years ago.


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Microsoft search engine Bing suffers brief outage

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

US software giant Microsoft has blamed a problem during testing for a half-hour outage of its new Web search engine Bing.


Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report (AP)

Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report

Technology / Business

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Some of the computer-industry's biggest players - such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. - have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits.


EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27

Technology / Business

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.


Google Docs

Los Angeles OKs plan to use Google Web services

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Los Angeles City Council has tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and other Internet services.


Yahoo! and Microsoft launched a joint offensive against Google in July

Microsoft's Bing increases US search share

Technology / Internet

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Microsoft's new search engine Bing posted a slight increase in its share of the US search market in August, the third month in a row of modest gains, according to online tracking firm comScore.


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Google users loyal: comScore

Technology / Internet

created Aug 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

The planned Microsoft-Yahoo! online search tie-up has promise but must overcome people's fierce loyalty to market king Google, industry tracker comScore said Friday.


Windows washer: Meet Microsoft's antidote to Vista (AP)

Windows washer: Meet Microsoft's antidote to Vista

Technology / Software

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (16) | comments 24

(AP) -- Julie Larson-Green hopes you'll like Windows 7. If not, well, now you and a billion other people know whom to blame.


Bing has gained search market share

Bing gains search market share, nears 10 percent

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.


Review: Yahoo's shift to Bing could be risky bet (AP)

Review: Yahoo's shift to Bing could be risky bet

Technology / Internet

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- Is Microsoft's Bing really a better search engine? Since it debuted last month, it has earned praise for the smart way it presents results and how it lets users preview Web sites without clicking ...


Gottfrid Svartholm Varg(C) and Peter Sundin(R) from The Pirate Bay

Prosecutor seeks prison terms in Pirate Bay filesharing case

Technology / Internet

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

A Swedish prosecutor on Monday called for one year jail terms for four men charged with running The Pirate Bay, one of the world's top websites for illegal downloading.


Bing logo

Microsoft ads say search is sick, Bing is the cure

Technology / Internet

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (9) | comments 13

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is inventing a new malady for which its new Web search site, Bing, is the only cure.