Microsoft has made an unsolicited US$44.6 billion offer for Yahoo in a move to boost its competitive edge against Google in the online services market, reports AP. “The unexpected announcement Friday comes as Yahoo and Microsoft have fallen behind Google in the race to capture online advertising dollars. The deal could also give lift to the entire technology market,” AP notes.
Read MorePhoneValet Home Edition 1.1 enhances iPhone integration, international
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OGDENSBURG, NY and OTTAWA, ON, February 1, 2008 – Today Parliant
Corporation shipped PhoneValet Home Edition 1.1, an intelligent telephone
assistant that comes with all the features a busy family could want to
organize their calls.
End monthly voicemail fees with PhoneValet Home Edition, which simplifies
life by announcing callers aloud and emailing messages left in each family
member’s personal voicemail box.
Raleigh, North Carolina (February 1, 2008) — Pariahware, Inc. has
introduced v2.0 of File Stitcher for both Mac OS X and Windows. File
Stitcher is a utility that provides users an easy way to merge either MP3
files or text files together.
“File Stitcher has been a great product for those in the music industry.
Not having to re-encode MP3 files saves users a lot of time,” stated
Christian Miller, President of Pariahware, Inc.
iFixit has disassembled the MacBook Air. High resolution disassembly photos
and component information are online at:
http://www.iFixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Air
The first look contains high resolution photos of the MacBook Air’s
internals, including Intel’s custom low-footprint Core 2 Duo processor.
This guide adds another installment to iFixit’s revolutionary
do-it-yourself laptop repair manuals, the Fixit Guide Series. Fixit Guides
are available for Apple laptops, iPods, and the iPhone.
Today’s featured promo on MacUpdate offers Pixelmator for US$29.99 (49% off, retail $59). “Pixelmator is a layer-based image editor. You can quickly create layers from your photos, other pictures, from selections or even your iSight. Yes, Pixelmator can add a layer to your composition directly from your Mac’s little camera.
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