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Microsoft Follows in the Footsteps of McDonald’s and Wal-Mart
Microsoft just released earnings that were mediocre but not any worse than was expected. It said that the balance of the calendar year would not be much better
CNN staffer to ‘tweet’ during London Marathon
The race will be hard enough without the rain that’s in the forecast, but one participant in Sunday’s London Marathon is challenging himself further by planning to "tweet" while he runs. Pete Wilkinson, a digital news producer at CNN.com in London, says he has no idea whether his plan will work — and whether he’ll even be able to type out the updates into his mobile phone and send them to his Twitter account, but he’s going to try anyway
Yahoo to slash workforce as sales drop
Internet search company Yahoo Inc. announced Tuesday that it would slash 5 percent of its workforce, as it reported a first-quarter profit that fell sharply from a year earlier but still managed to beat Wall Street’s forecasts. Shares of Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) rose more than 5 percent after hours.
Twitter, WordPress execs in Iraq to help country use new media
Mobile phone use is nearly universal in Iraq. However, the country is served by various phone networks, resulting in a "bit of comical" situation — many residents carry at least two phones from separate providers to ensure that they are always connected
5 Steps for Domino’s Digital Defense
The video clip is stomach-turning. A Domino’s employee in Conover, N.C., is seen assembling sandwiches, spraying snot on them, sticking cheese up his nose before placing it on a piece of bread and passing gas on a slice of salami.
How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?
Hannah Pauline Tarley, a ponytailed 17-year-old violinist, smiles for the camera. Then she plays the opening notes of an excerpt from Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 as she sways in a room decorated with stickers and posters of the Beatles and the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
Google improves Gmail for iPhone, Android
Google has released a new Web-based version of Gmail that gives iPhone and Android phone users a more sophisticated version of the online e-mail service, including access to messages that’s faster and that works even when offline. Google demonstrated the Web-based mobile version of Gmail last week and announced its availability Tuesday on the Google Mobile blog. “You’ll notice that it’s a lot faster when performing actions like opening an e-mail, navigating, or searching.
YouTube, Sony Pictures in talks over feature films
YouTube is in talks to acquire licensing rights to full-length content from Sony Pictures, home of such films as "The International" and "Spider-Man," sources familiar with the negotiations told CNET News. Details about what a final agreement could look like are sparse, but any partnership between the two powerhouses would likely benefit both. Representatives from both companies declined to comment
Gang of villagers chase away Google car
Google’s ambitious plan to offer a 3-D street level view of communities across three continents hit a snag when angry residents of a UK village blocked the search engine’s camera car from photographing their homes. Fearing the appearance of their well appointed properties on the Web site would attract criminals scouting for burglary targets, villagers in Broughton, north of London, summoned the police after spotting the car.