Exxon Mobil wins the right to appeal against $2.5bn in damages relating to a 1989…
Month: October 2007
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BEA Systems digs in for fight with Icahn (AP)
AP – After shooing away Oracle Corp.’s $6.7 billion takeover bid, business software maker BEA…
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Whois may be scrapped to break deadlock (AP)
AP – Tech industry lawyer Mark Bohannon frequently taps a group of searchable databases called…
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Microsoft Says Sorry (Again) For Unauthorized Installs (TechWeb)
TechWeb – The glitch occurred when Microsoft updated the Windows Desktop Search tool for Windows…
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Waterways ‘have golden touch’
The 2012 Olympic Games needs to use London’s waterways if it is to deliver its…
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Therapy for ‘Lorenzo’s oil’ boys
Doctors use gene therapy to treat two boys with the rare nervous disorder made famous…
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Tiny spider ‘digitally dissected’
A 53-million-year-old spider is revealed in exquisite detail by scientists from the UK and Belgium.
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Frog killer fungus ‘breakthrough’
Scientists find what appears to be a cure for the disease that is wiping out…
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Merkel resists speed limit push
The German chancellor rejects a call from her coalition partners for a motorway speed limit.
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Rudd unveils Barrier Reef plan
Kevin Rudd, the main rival to PM John Howard in Australia’s polls, announces a huge…