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Mozilla ponders separate organization for Thunderbird (Macworld.com)

Posted on: Thursday, July 26th, 2007 in: Apple/Macintosh

Macworld.com - The Mozilla Foundation is thinking about creating a separate organization to take control of its Thunderbird e-mail application, allowing it to concentrate on development of the Firefox Web browser.
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Humans Beat Computers in Poker — Barely - New York Times

Posted on: Thursday, July 26th, 2007 in: Sci-Tech

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Humans Beat Computers in Poker — BarelyNew York Times -Jul 25, 2007Phil Laak, a professional poker player, taking on Polaris, a computer program developed by a team of researchers. By JOHN MARKOFF VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 25 - For anyone stuck on a casino stool, playing hours of video poker, rest assured: …Humans narrowly beat […]

Don't be alarmed: 29000 sex offenders on MySpace - Salon

Posted on: Thursday, July 26th, 2007 in: Sci-Tech

Don't be alarmed: 29000 sex offenders on MySpaceSalon -Jul 25, 2007There are about 600000 convicted sex offenders in the United States. As of this month, 29000 of them had profiles on MySpace. The number comes from a group of state attorneys general who threatened MySpace with legal action if it didn't scrub its …MySpace Defends Efforts […]

NewsGator Offers iPhone Newsreader (TechWeb)

Posted on: Thursday, July 26th, 2007 in: Apple/Macintosh

TechWeb - The Safari-based software is one of several coming on the market used to organize and access RSS feeds from Web sites.
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Apple Macs fuel record quarterly profit (AP)

Posted on: Thursday, July 26th, 2007 in: Technology Top Stories

AP - All eyes have recently been on the iPhone, Apple Inc.’s newest family member, but the company’s fiscal third-quarter results showed the elder Macintosh computer was still flexing its muscles, helping to drive record profits that blew past Wall Street’s expectations.

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Apple's iPhone: Not So Hot After All? (NewsFactor)

Posted on: Thursday, July 26th, 2007 in: Apple/Macintosh

NewsFactor - AT&T and Apple are demonstrating an old adage: What goes up must come down. The same two companies that saw shares rise in the midst of iPhone hype are watching their shares take a hit in the wake of fewer-than-expected iPhone subscriptions.
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