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Microsoft acquires MotionBridge (Feb 13 2006 15:11 GMT) - (InfoWorld) - Microsoft has acquired MotionBridge, which is based in Paris and provides search technology for mobile phone operators, Microsoft announced Monday at the 3GSM World Conference in Barcelona. MotionBridge technology allows for "deep indexing and deep indexing of mobile operators' content assets," Pieter Knook, senior vice president of Microsoft's mobile and embedded business and communications sector, said at a news conference. Microsoft will combine MotionBridge's "smart" search engine technology with its own mobile search technology to provide operators and users with a richer experience, Knook said. Several mobile phone operators are currently using MotionBridge's mobile phone search technology, Orange, Sprint, and O2 currently use MotionBridge's mobile search engine. Financial terms of the acquisition were not provided. |
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If You Get to Bethlehem, You've Gone Too Far (Feb 13 2006 15:10 GMT) - Web Only: Scripter-thesp Mariette Hartley has created an emotionally penetrating, if occasionally awkward, account of her struggle to live with personal tragedy, based on her 1990 memoir "Breaking the Silence." Hartley's solo legiter is infused with illuminating portrayals of the colorful folk who shaped her life, predominately her dysfunctional parents, Paul and Polly. |
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Gauls go for 'Million Dollar' (Feb 13 2006 15:10 GMT) - Web Only: Listeners pick 'Baby' as best '05 foreign film -- "Million Dollar Baby" emerged Sunday night as foreign film of 2005 in the annual listeners' poll run by "The Mask and the Quill," Gaul's oldest and most venerable radio show devoted to cinema. Clint Eastwood's pic has sold some 3 million tickets and is still playing. |
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Seven in the game (Feb 13 2006 15:10 GMT) - Web Only: Olympics opening ceremony draws aud of 1.55 mil -- Seven Network rolled out the big guns in the first weekend of ratings thanks to its broadcast rights to the Winter Olympics in Torino, the opening ceremony of which drew an aud of 1.55 million/57% commercial aud share over the weekend. |
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CCTA to close up shop (Feb 13 2006 15:10 GMT) - Web Only: Association closing after 50 years of operation -- The board of directors of the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Assn. announced Friday that it is disbanding after 50 years of operations. All of the major Canuck cable operators are also now in the telephone, Internet and wireless phone businesses and the companies can no longer agree on a single industry position on most issues. |
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IA's Aredas retires; Miller steps up (Feb 13 2006 15:10 GMT) - Web Only: 11th int'l VP of the IATSE to succeed former prexy -- The Intl. Alliance of Theatrical & Stage Employees announced that Joseph A. Aredas, international representative-in-charge of the West Coast office, has retired. |
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AFTRA has a deal on the 'Table' (Feb 13 2006 15:10 GMT) - Web Only: Fox's first telenovela gets unionized -- The American Federation of Television & Radio Artists has announced it has unionized "Table for Three," a TV series produced for Fox syndication. |
SourceForge.net: Project Summary: GPU, a Global Processing Unit (gpu project)
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Developers on project: 32 (Feb 13 2006 15:10 GMT) - Project administrators: akoese, artee, dangermaus, delphifreak71, edsartori, paulatreides, ptea, redshift_eric, seeschloss, shakezilla, simbasabi, wppetersen |
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