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• Xilinx profit falls 9 pct, declares dividend
  The Associated Press
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  Xilinx Inc., which designs programmable chips, said Wednesday that its quarterly profit declined 9 percent as North American sales slumped. Overall sales rose 9 percent, however, and the results ...

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• New conferencing options light up
  Stephen Lawson
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Software & Web

  Wednesday was a good day for people who want to use high-end videoconferencing but can't afford a full-scale Cisco TelePresence meeting room. Not only did Cisco announce the opening of public ...

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• Work be damned. FriendFeed now has an area that updates in real-time
  MG Siegler
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  The social content conversation site FriendFeed is a huge time suck for a lot of people. This includes me. I sit on the site throughout the day and constantly hit the refresh button to send me new ...

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• FCC report: White-space devices able to sense other signals
  Grant Gross
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Mobile

  Prototype wireless broadband devices operating in television spectrum were frequently, but not always, able to sense TV stations and wireless microphones operating in the spectrum and avoid causing ...

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• Roundup: Stocks plummet, eBay has mixed results, Cadence chief resigns
  Dean Takahashi
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  Here’s the latest action: Stock market plummets more than 700 points — The Dow gave up most of its recent gains as it plunged 733 points to 8577.9 on Wednesday – almost 8 percent. ...

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• Source: P2P startup SkyRider has shut down
  Eric Eldon
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Business & Finance

  Troubled peer-to-peer technology startup SkyRider has shut down, a reliable source tells me. I’ve reached out to the company for comment but haven’t heard back. Mountain View, Calif-based ...

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• AdSense, nonsense: Does Google have too much power?
  Robert X. Cringely
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Software & Web

  Google's ad programs have made it possible for thousands of small businesses to a make a go of it in the Net economy. Get on Google's bad side, though, and it's like waking up a hibernating grizzly ...

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• FCC chairman gives support for use of 'white spaces'
  Brad Reed
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Mobile

  Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Wednesday that he will support allowing conditional unlicensed use of the so-called "white spaces" television spectrum. During a press ...

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• Western Digital announces second-gen green drives
  PC World India staff
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Science

  WD Wednesday announced the second generation of its highly popular and environmentally friendly WD Caviar Green desktop hard drives, which feature the company's GreenPower technology to ...

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• Service ethos is reshaping IT procurement
  Martin Veitch
  Oct 15 2008
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  • Software & Web

  One of Gartner's best analysts, Barbara Gomolski, says in a press release Wednesday that IT delivery models have to change, essentially by weakening the grip of fixed costs and embracing variable ...

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