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China's biggest computer firm buys majority stake in IBM PC |
| 12/22/2004 |
CBC.ca : China's biggest computer maker, Lenovo Group, said Wednesday it has acquired a majority stake in IBM Corp.'s personal computer business for $1.25 billion US.
IBM will keep an 18.5 per cent stake in the PC business, which was a pioneer in bringing desktop computing into widespread use in the early 1980s but which hasn't been a dominant force in the industry for several years.
Lenovo's chairman Liu Chuanzhi said Lenovo is taking over IBM's desktop PC business, including research and development
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Google squashes Santy worm |
| 12/22/2004 |
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Google has responded to calls from antivirus firms to stop the spread of an Internet worm that was using the search engine's technology to spread among online bulletin boards. |
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PeopleSoft agrees to Oracle bid |
| 12/22/2004 |
ISTART.co.nz :After 18 months of bickering, litigation, executive shuffling, antitrust rulings, and revised offers from Oracle, the PeopleSoft Board finally decided to accept Oracle's most recent offer of $26.50 per share. At that price, the deal is worth about $10.3 billion, and gives Oracle access to the much-coveted PeopleSoft customer base of nearly 13,000 as well as $3 billion in annual revenues.
For PeopleSoft and its customers, the big question is Oracle's attentiveness to this new part
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Industry Gears Up for Two-Headed Chips |
| 12/22/2004 |
ABCNews : For decades, computer performance has been driven largely by the increasing numbers of ever-smaller transistors squeezed into the machines' silicon brains. With each generation, speeds jumped and prices dropped.
Though the tiny switches built in silicon are the heart of the digital revolution, they can't shrink forever
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50 Years of Organ Transplants |
| 12/22/2004 |
Iphtashu Fitz writes "On December 23, 1954, Richard Herrick made history by becoming the first successful recipient of a donated organ.
His twin brother Ronald sacrificed one of his kidneys, which prolonged Richards life by another 8 years. In the last 12 years alone over 416,000 people have received organ |
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Science finds a point to acupuncture |
| 12/22/2004 |
TimesOnline.co.uk : A medical experiment proves that the ancient Chinese practice of inserting needles to ease pain may help some arthritis sufferers.
ACUPUNCTURE can reduce pain and improve mobility in patients suffering from arthritis by 40 per cent, scientists have found.
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Iglesias and Kournikova are not married? |
| 12/22/2004 |
Digitalspy.co.uk : Despite recent reports that Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias were married, a friend has disagreed.
Last week it was rumoured that the tennis star and Hero singer had engaged in a secret wedding ceremony in Mexico a few weeks ago. The rumours sprang from Kournikova's own mouth, as she claimed that they
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New Harry Potter to hit stores in July |
| 12/22/2004 |
Seattlepi.com : The next book in the hugely successful Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," will be published July 16.
British publisher Bloomsbury said yesterday the next to last book in the series will be published simultaneously in Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.
Competition for sales began almost immediately, with the Barnes & Noble and Borders chains each announcing 40 percent discounts on the book's $29.99 suggested retail price.
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FEDERER, MYSKINA ON TOP OF THE WORLD |
| 12/22/2004 |
BBC.co.uk : Roger Federer and Anastasia Myskina have been named 2004 world champions by the International Tennis Federation.
Switzerland's Federer won 11 titles including Wimbledon and the Australian and US Opens and the Masters Cup.....
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Historic eighth win for England |
| 12/22/2004 |
Cricket Online: Day 5 and the small matter of 49 runs stood between England and their momentous 8th test victory in a row. A result that will ensure this team goes down in history.
Andrew Strauss and Graham Thorpe strolled out to the crease looking as determined as ever, you could see how much they both wanted this result and how much they both |
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Malaysia denies training Thai dissidents |
| 12/23/2004 |
Al Jazeera :There are no guerrilla training camps in Malaysia, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said, firing off the latest volley in a row over dissidents in southern Thailand.
Thailand, however, says it has photographs showing dissidents responsible for various acts of violence being trained in hideouts
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Experts Say India's Cyber Law is Outdated |
| 12/23/2004 |
An Indian court may have granted bail to the India head of eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) auction house in connection with a sex video being sold on the Web site , but the captains of information technology industry are seething with anger over the ambiguity of nation's cyber law.
On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court released Avnish Bajaj, a U.S. citizen, on bail and asked him to surrender his passport and not leave the country without the court's permission. He was also asked to pay two sureties of US$2,300 each.
Bajaj, head of eBay's India portal, bazee.com, was arrested Friday
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Sun TV in content deal with Astro |
| 12/23/2004 |
Rediff.com :South Indian television network Sun TV has entered into a $25 million joint venture with Astro All Asia Network to originate, aggregate and distribute television programming and channels for a global audience.
Both parties will aim for working together in content creation for filmed and other entertainment products in Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali for distribution to international markets. |
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New rocket fails to get dummy satellite into proper orbit |
| 12/23/2004 |
Tallahasse.com: A dummy satellite carried into space by the new Boeing Delta 4 Heavy rocket failed to reach its intended orbit, officials said Wednesday.
Boeing said the failure was apparently caused by a shorter-than-planned firing of the rocket's three Rocketdyne-built RS-68 main engines after its launch Tuesday
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PV Narasimha Rao: Modern day Chanakya |
| 12/23/2004 |
IndiaTimes.com :Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao, the ninth Prime Minister of India, was one of modern Indian politics' most mysterious leaders.
The first person outside Nehru-Gandhi family to occupy the hot seat and complete five years in power |
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Tiger admits frustrations over swing struggles |
| 12/23/2004 |
DailyTimes.pk : Tiger Woods admitted his frustration with his swing struggles this year in an e-mail newsletter sent on Tuesday but said two late-season victories have boosted his confidence for greater success in 2005.
Woods won in Japan last month and at the World Challenge event he hosts earlier this month against 15 elite rivals. But it came after a PGA season where his only victory came in the World Golf Championships Match Play event. “It is frustrating |
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Lee Kuan Yew warns foreign media not to meddle in Singapore |
| 12/23/2004 |
INQ7: Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has brushed aside Singapore's dismal ranking in a global press freedom survey and renewed a warning to foreign media against interfering in the city-state's affairs.
"Do you really believe that we are equal to North Korea ?" the 81-year-old Lee said in a forum late Monday with the Foreign Correspondents Association of Singapore. "Oh, come on."
Paris-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders has ranked Singapore, where local media have close links
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Washington Post buys online magazine Slate |
| 12/23/2004 |
Senverpost: Microsoft Corp. sold its popular Slate online magazine Tuesday to The Washington Post Co., a move that makes Slate's political commentary and quirky feature articles more broadly available across the Internet.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, although Slate editor Jacob Weisberg said the amount was "a very respectable, impressive price
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Airbus wins first contract for planned 7E7 challenger |
| 12/23/2004 |
IHT.com : Airbus won its first contract on Tuesday for the A350, the plane it is designing to compete with the Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner, as the Spanish carrier Air Europa signed up for 10 A350s worth a total of $1.5 billion |
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Japan Airlines To Buy 30 Boeing 7E7s |
| 12/23/2004 |
Airwise: Japan Airlines (JAL), Asia's biggest airline, said on Wednesday it will buy 30 Boeing 7E7 Dreamliners and will take an option to buy an additional 20.
The contract will be signed next spring and the new planes will be introduced from 2008 to replace JAL's 36 Boeing 767 jets and 22 Airbus A300-600s.
"We chose the 7E7 after carefully considering both it and Airbus' aircraft," a JAL spokesman said. "The 7E7 fit better for what we needed and it could be delivered when we hoped to get it."
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