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Gates inaugurates Bucharest center (AP)

Filed under: Technology — webmaster January 31, 2007 @ 11:01 pm

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, center, applauds together with Romanian Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu, left, and President Traian Basescu, right, during a ceremony at the Global Technological Support Centre (GTSC) in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007. Gates is in Bucharest to take part in celebrations marking ten years of Microsoft operations in Romania, and the announcement of the general availability in Romania of Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP – Microsoft chairman Bill Gates inaugurated a technical support center in Bucharest on Thursday, saying he was confident that Romania’s recent accession to the European Union would boost foreign investment and the country’s IT industry.


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New 'widgets' could enliven cell phones – Seattle Post Intelligencer

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New 'widgets' could enliven cell phones
Seattle Post Intelligencer -10 hours ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP TECHNOLOGY WRITER. PALM DESERT, Calif. — Using the Web on most cell phones has tended to be a balky, awkward experience, reminiscent of what the Internet was like on computers in dial-up 1995.
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Maine weighs lobbyist text message rules (AP)

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AP – Wary of lobbyists calling signals from the sidelines, Maine is taking steps to ban text messages and e-mails to lawmakers in session as it becomes the latest state to address the ever-expanding use of electronic communications in statehouses.

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Why Vista will take a back seat for a few years – Register

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Why Vista will take a back seat for a few years
Register -22 minutes ago
By Kelly Martin, SecurityFocus → More by this author. Comment Vista is a step forward in security, but many businesses will be stuck with Windows XP for years to come, due to the cost of upgrading, the value of existing assets, and compatibility
Apple revs up Mac attacks on Microsoft's Windows VistaSan Jose Mercury News
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX30 digital camera – DigiTimes

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX30 digital camera
DigiTimes -30 minutes ago
Panasonic claims it's newly released Lumix DMC-FX30 is the world's slimmest digital camera with a 28mm Leica wide-angle lens.
Panasonic Unveils 10 DigicamsTechtree.com
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Panasonic Unveils 10 Digicams – Techtree.com

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Panasonic Unveils 10 Digicams
Techtree.com -31 minutes ago
Panasonic has unveiled a number of point-and-shoot compact camera models in its Lumix digital camera line, including DMC-FX30, DMC-LS70, DMC-LZ7, DMC-LZ6, DMC-TZ3, DMC-FZ8, DMC-TZ2, DMC-FX8, DMC-FX10, and DMC-FX12.
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