70 people sickened during San Francisco conference

May 10, 2008 By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc. At the company's JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco, 70 people came down with what officials believe is norovirus, a type of medical virus easily spread by touching dirty surfaces.

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