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Yahoo reaches Arab world with acquisition

CNET News.com — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:47:00 PDT

Internet giant is purchasing Maktoob.com, a leading online community in the Arab world. The acquisition is part of company's strategy to reach emerging markets.

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Note: my new Twitter name is @Jason

Jason Calacanis — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:08:25 PDT

http://www.twitter.com/jason

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Weekly Word: Abstruse

LearningNerd — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:42:16 PDT

The adjective abstruse means "hard to understand".

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Server start-up taps IBM-Intel tech, eyes Web 2.0

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:20:00 PDT

A start-up founded by former Sun Microsystems computer scientists is tapping IBM and Intel hardware to accelerate the enormous server workloads of burgeoning Web 2.0 businesses.

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Google calls in chips in AOL investment

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:06:00 PST

Time Warner announces that Google is calling for payback on its 5 percent stake in the media giant's AOL unit.

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