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Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Microsoft CEO says four million Windows 8 upgrades since Friday

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday the company has sold 4 million upgrades to Windows 8, signaling a strong start for its new operating system which launched on Friday. Ballmer, speaking at a meeting for software developers at Microsoft's headquarters near Seattle, said hundreds of millions of Windows systems would be sold over the next year, and the company was seeing strong interest from business users. Ballmer already said on Monday that Windows 8...

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At a Glance: A list of Lucasfilm movies Newsday

The Co. announced it is buying Lucasfilm Ltd., the company behind the iconic "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" franchises, for $4.05 billion. Lucasfilm is already working on a new "Star Wars" trilogy, with a seventh movie planned for 2015. Below is a list of some of...

Race still factors in breast cancer survival Newsday

Racial disparities in breast cancer survival persist, even after factors such as education, neighborhood and socioeconomic status are accounted for, new research finds. However, in some cases, those factors did affect the rate of survival, according to the study. "The worse survival for...

Google's Nexus 10 Hits Apple Where It Lives TechNewsWorld

Google canceled its New York press event Monday due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, but that didn't stop it from announcing its new Nexus 10 tablet, along with the Nexus 4 smartphone and Android 4.2, an update to Jelly Bean. A step up in size from the Asus-made Nexus...

Auckland Convention Bureau Bid Fund Secures Conference Scoop

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 11:57 am Press Release: ATEED Media release 31 October 2012 Auckland Convention Bureau Bid Fund Secures Conference for Auckland Auckland has been selected to host a major international conference in 2016, with the help of the new Auckland Convention Bureau Bid Fund. The...

Family of brain-damaged worker takes Foxconn to court in China Sydney Morning Herald

'Robbed of dignity' and half his brain The father of a Foxconn worker left brain-damaged by a factory accident in southern...

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's tweet treat: Halloween photo of her son The Los Angeles Times

Yahoo workers got a treat Tuesday when Chief Executive Marissa Mayer Macallister, to a kids' Halloween party at the Sunnyvale, Calif., company called -- what else? -- YaBoo. Mom and son wore matching chili pepper costumes. Mayer, Yahoo's mom-in-chief, posted a picture of the pair on Twitter. The...

NYU Hospital Evacuated After Generator Failure, Patients At Other NYC Hospitals Relocated (UPDATE) Huffington Post

Details are still emerging about the evacuation of New York University's Langone Medical Center, the sprawling hospital complex in Manhattan, following the failure of both its main and backup power generators Monday night....

SmartStream First to Provide T+0 Liquidity Management Solution Business Wire

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist, today announced the launch of TLM Liquidity Management – the first solution to provide combined reconciliations and cash management with T+0 (Trade+ Zero settlement time) processing capabilities....

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