The word precedent and its various forms will resonate across India in the coming days as Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s nod to prosecute Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa over corruption charges is hotly contested or defended. The legality or otherwise of Bhardwaj’s decision may also be decided by courts with unprecedented speed as compared to the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘follow’
Better set a precedent than follow, Yeddyurappa learns the hard way
January 24th, 2011 |
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Sprint, T-Mobile iPhones Could Follow Quickly on Verizon`s Heels
January 17th, 2011 |
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News Analysis: Verizons introduction of its own version of the Apple iPhone will bring changes to every major U.S. carrier, not just to Verizon and AT&T. – The announcement by Verizon Wireless that the company soon would be selling a CDMA/EVDO version of Apples popular iPhone has an impact that goes far beyond customers who want an iPhone but dont want AT amp;T.
Verizon Wireless is expected to sell millions of iPhones
once they become available o…
“Kosovo Serbs should follow govt. advice”
December 10th, 2010 |
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Ahead of elections organized by the Kosovo Albanian government in PriÅ¡tina, state officials are calling on Serbs to heed the government “advice”.
State Secretary for Kosovo and Metohija Oliver Ivanović stated on Friday that the life of Serbs in the southern Serbian province will continue to depend on Belgrade for a long time to come, and added that this is the reason why Kosovo Serbs need to give greater consideration to Serbian government’s instructions and suggestions.
Word to PDF Conversion- Follow These Steps to Convert Posted By : jennyhamper
November 11th, 2010 |
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The most extensively used word processor utilized in todays time is the Microsoft Word. Just in the same fashion, a document distribution format that as well has gained popularity is Adobes Portable Document Format. This remains to be at the top in its sector until now since Microsoft has not initiated the development of save option of direct authoring of documents with this format and a lot of commercial converting tools do not take up hyperlinks from word. If you wish to do conversion of your word files into PDF then here are some easy methods with which you could do the task.
Mark Zuckerberg Comic Book to Follow The Social Network
September 28th, 2010 |
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The legacy of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lives on. A comic book about the social network is coming in December, two months after the launch of The Social Networkfilm. – At this rate, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is going to
see lunchboxes with his face on it.
Maybe not, but the reality is that a movie about the
founder of the world’s leading social network is debuting Oct. 1, with a comic
book to follow in December.
The Social Network, a Hollywood film writte…
Skype Video Calls for 10 Follow Gmail Calling
September 3rd, 2010 |
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Skype 5.0 for Windows lets users make group video conference calls for up to 10 users. The service comes one week after Google introduced Call Phones from Gmail. – Skype’s second beta for Skype 5.0 for Windows allows users to make group video conference calls for up to 10 people.
The leading provider of PC-to-PC VOIP (Voice over IP) calls released the update Sept. 2, more than a
week after Google launched a Call Phones from Gmail service to compete with Sky…
Semiconductor Sales to Follow PCs, Slow in Second Half, Gartner Says
September 2nd, 2010 |
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Gartner analysts predict that the boffo semiconductor sales of the first half of the year will not continue in the second half, as they fall in line with softening demand for desktops and notebooks. – The worldwide semiconductor market is poised to have a strong year in 2010,
but there are some dark clouds on the horizon, according to Gartner’s market
research.
Gartner analysts in a Sept. 1 report said they expect global
semiconductor revenue to hit $300 billion, a 31.5 percent jump over
rec…
Twitter Warms to SMS Tweets with Fast Follow
August 11th, 2010 |
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Twitter on Aug. 10 added a Fast Follow feature that will let anyone in the United States get tweets on their phone. Twitter wants to eliminate the barriers to entry to better compete with Facebook. – Twitter, whose tweeting roots lie in SMS messaging from
mobile phones, August 10 said it added a Fast Follow feature that will let anyone in the United States get tweets on
their phone, even if they haven’t signed up for Twitter.
Previously, mobile phone users had to be Twitter members to see
…
“Bosniak Council illegal, sanctions to follow”
July 8th, 2010 |
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Minister for Human and Minority Rights Svetozar Čiplić told Tanjug on Thursday that the constitution of the National Council of Bosniaks was unsuccessful.
He added that it was followed by illegal activities, and that the usurpation of rights of the Bosniak minority will be sanctioned.
Verizon May Follow ATandT to Tiered Pricing
June 18th, 2010 |
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Comments by Verizon’s CFO suggest the company is considering following rival AT&T into a tiered pricing structure for its mobile data services. – Verizon Wireless Chief Financial Officer John Killian suggested the company
may consider following a move made by rival network operator AT amp;T, which recently stopped offering the
all-you-can-eat data plan for smartphones and iPads in favor of a tiered
pricing model.
As the company finalizes …
Motorola to Follow Apple, HTC in Offering Dual Cameras
June 11th, 2010 |
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Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha insists that despite short supplies, the Motorola Droid continues to sell well, according to one report. Jha added that, while hes personally not a fan, Motorola, like Apple and HTC, will soon offer several phones with a second camera for conferencing. – The Motorola Droid is doing just great, Motorola
CEO
Sanjay Jha told members of the media after a presentation in
Chicago
June 9, according to a report from Reuters.
The well-publicized and Android-running Motorola Droid proved a great success
for the Verizon Wireless network, followin…
Final Ruby on Rails 3.0 Beta Due at RailsConf, RC to Follow
June 8th, 2010 |
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The Ruby on Rails community is set to release a final beta of Rails 3.0 as early as June 8 and to deliver a release candidate of the latest version of the popular Web framework by June 11. Meanwhile, the outline for Rails 3.1 is being plotted. – BALTIMORE The Ruby on Rails community is set to release a final beta of
Rails 3.0 as early as June 8 and to deliver a release candidate (RC) of the
latest version of the popular Web framework by June 11.
In an interview with eWEEK, Yehuda Katz, a Rails framework architect at
Rails cloud company …
LinkedIn Tweets App Lets Users Find, Follow Contacts on Twitter
May 26th, 2010 |
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LinkedIn adds a feature to its Tweets application that lets users track their LinkedIn connections on both LinkedIn and Twitter. Tweets users may click to see all of their LinkedIn connections who have added Twitter accounts to their LinkedIn profiles. The Tweets app is important because it opens up the potential for LinkedIn to reach some of Twitter’s user base of 100 million people. Moreover, Twitter feed integrations also exist between Twitter and Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft and Twitter and Google. – LinkedIn May 26 added a feature to its Tweets application that lets users
track their LinkedIn connections on Twitter as well.
LinkedIn began letting users tweet to Twitter from LinkedIn and vice versa in November 2009 through
Tweets, which has been picked up by more than 1 million users.
The ne…
Follow NCAA March Madness with Google Web Apps
March 19th, 2010 |
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Google’s programmers have shown a facile prowess in pulling together useful tools to plot areas around the world, as the Google Maps and Google Earth teams showed us with their maps and resources for the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. Now on a much lighter note, March Madness is here and Google has again whipped up tools to help users follow the NCAA College Basketball tournament on the Web. Check out the tools in this slide show.
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Microsoft Bing Will Follow Yahoo Privacy Policy in Search Deal
January 20th, 2010 |
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Microsoft will follow Yahoo’s privacy practices for search data, which demand that data such as IP addresses be purged after 90 days, after the two companies close their search and advertising deal in which Bing will be used to power search on Yahoo’s sites. Those who use Bing directly, as opposed to through Yahoo, can expect to have their search-query data purged after six months under a newly announced policy.
– Microsoft recently announced that it would delete the stored IP addresses of
Bing users after six months, but that data may be purged even sooner for those
who use Bing though Yahoo’s sites once Microsoft and Yahoo close their search
and advertising deal sometime in 2010.
In a Jan. 18 post on t…
China Tells Google to Follow the Law
January 14th, 2010 |
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Without specifically addressing Google’s claim that sophisticated cyber-attacks from within China attempted to gain access to the Gmail accounts of human rights activists, the Chinese government says it welcomes foreign Internet businesses, as long they follow Chinese law.
– The Chinese government had a relatively straightforward response Jan. 14 to
Google’s threat to stop censoring searches on its Chinese language site,
Google.cn: Follow the law. Google’s reversal
of its China policy came after the search giant reported discovering
evidence of cyber-attacks from wi…
AOL Layoffs Follow Voluntary Job Cuts
January 11th, 2010 |
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AOL says 1,100 people took voluntary job elimination packages in December 2009, not the 2,500 people the company had hoped for. As a result, AOL says layoffs are necessary to help reach its goal of saving $200 million. Other efforts include the closing of offices internationally; at least two will shortly be shut down in Sweden and Spain.
– AOL is pursuing its
transition to being a more content- and media-driven company by restructuring
its work force, something that has openly been in the works since the company
asked for volunteers to take job elimination packages in December 2009. On Jan.
11, AOL began laying employees off in sm…
10 Strategies Microsoft Should Follow in 2010
December 26th, 2009 |
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News Analysis: Microsoft had a relatively successful year. But 2009 is nearly history and Microsoft must look ahead to 2010. Google and Apple will remain its biggest competitive challenges. However, Microsoft would be wise to avoid unhealthy obsessions about the competition. Here is a look at 10 strategies Microsoft should follow in the new year.
– Now that 2009 is coming to a close,
it’s time for Microsoft to look ahead to 2010. The software giant will
be met with several challenges during the year. It will need to face
off against Google, an increasingly disconcerting competitor that seems
to have its sights set on Redmond.
It also nee…
15 Twitter Lists You Need to Follow
December 18th, 2009 |
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Twitter Lists were launched broadly to great acclaim in November, and thousands of users have spent hours compiling lists of their favorite tweeps (Twitter people). But it can be hard to find new lists beyond what your friends and those whom you follow are curating for the Twitter world. That’s what makes Listorious such a fantastic service. As the name implies, Listorius the best lists of Twitter users on any given topic, and makes them searchable. Created by Sawhorse Media, Listorious also helps List creators publicize their lists. Here eWEEK lists 10 of its favorite Twitter Lists, courtesy of Listorious, which in an homage to Twitter has listed its 140 top lists.
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Google Wave Goes Twitter Route with Follow Feature
November 13th, 2009 |
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Google Nov. 12 added a button in Google Wave that let users shun waves they don’t want to see in their in-box. When someone adds a user directly to a wave, or if a user contributes to a wave, he will automatically be following that wave. But when a user sees a public wave he would like to get updates on, he must hit the follow button in the wave panel tool bar to be a party to that wave. The following tool will make Wave more palatable for users who complained that the real-time collaboration platform is too noisy, busy and cluttered. This is important, particularly as Google prepares to roll out to more users in the coming weeks.
– Taking a cue from Twitter, Google Nov. 12 added a following feature in
Google Wave that let users shun waves they don’t want to see in their in-box,
the first of many tools to help users manage waves.
Google Wave is the search engine giant’s real-time collaboration platform,
which lets users sen…