Briefs: Virgin Mobile rejects NTL's $1.4B offer
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Virgin Mobile Thursday rejected a takeover bid from cable group NTL that proposed to buy out the company for $1.4 billion.
Microsoft to invest $1.7B in India
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has said his company will invest $1.7 billion in India in the next four years.
Helpdesks brace for Christmas gremlins
Dec 08, 2005 |
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Christmas is coming, and helpdesk techs across the United States are bracing for a surge of calls from frustrated gift recipients.
PULSE: The Impact of European Pulsar Science on Modern Physics
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Dec 08, 2005 |
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Pulsars are neutron stars that rotate quickly, up to 600 times per second. They are compact -- only 20 kilometres in diameter -- leftovers of supernova explosions. Nonetheless they have a mass 1.4 times that ...
BellSouth expands VoIP services
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BellSouth Thursday expanded its support system for Voice over Internet Protocol applications to include conferencing capabilities.
Briefs: Alltel launches two new Kyocera handsets
Dec 08, 2005 |
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Alltel launched Thursday two new Kyocera mobile phones, one with an MP3 player, camera and Bluetooth.
Wrong order slams Mizuho's finances
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It might have been an innocuous mistake in any other industry. But a single mistake in what should have been a straightforward sell order by a broker led the Japanese stock market to tumble Thursday, heightening fears among ...
