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Toshiba to buy
rival Sony's
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Japan's Toshiba said Wednesday it had agreed to pay 835 million
dollars for Sony's high-performance semiconductor operations, just a
day after surrendering to its rival in a bruising DVD format war.
Despite being fierce competitors
in other areas, the two companies said they had firmed up a deal to
form a semiconductor joint venture owned 60 percent by Toshiba Corp.
and 40 percent by Sony Corp.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Sun Microsystems
selects Taiwan's TSMC as contract maker
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US-based Sun Microsystems Inc Wednesday named Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) as its foundry partner for a
deal expected to generate 500 million dollars a year for the Taiwan
chipmaker.
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Malaysia's
opposition mounts campaign in cyberspace
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Malaysia goes to the polls next month and this time
the campaign is going online, as opposition parties turn to blogs,
SMS and YouTube to dodge a virtual blackout on mainstream media.
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TECHBYTES
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NComputing
eliminates 55,000 tons of carbon
emissions with breakthrough green computing technology
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New virtual PC technology dramatically cuts emissions
and e-waste
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NComputing, the leading provider of desktop
virtualization software and hardware, today announced that its
technology is helping schools, businesses...
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