Today, 28 December 2004

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    26 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday December 28, 2004 mica (P) 103/07/2004 TODAY todavonline.com MICA (P) 103/07/2004 December 28, 2004 Tuesday we set you thinking
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    Lock icon The day after the earth shook
    747 1 AFP. Agencies Asia grieves as death toll hits 27,000 AFTERSHOCKS and fears of renewed tidal waves continued to terrorise residents of South and South-east Asia yesterday as millions searched for loved ones and buried their dead after Sunday's massive quake and tsunamis. Although the
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    DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, FROM MALAYSIA TO SOMALIA
    47 1 AT least 27,000 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast. Death tolls by country: Sri Lanka: 12,000 India: 6,600 Indonesia: 5,000 Thailand: 870 Somalia: 1 00 Malaysia: 50 Maldives: 40
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      Humbled by Nature's power
      986 1  -  William Rees- -Mogg of The Times WE SHALL never know how many people have been killed by the great tsunami in the Indian Ocean. No doubt the number of identified casualties will continue to rise, but there will be many more who are missing and there
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      4 S'poreans reported killed, 450 were likely on holiday in Phuket
      280 2 A 13-YEAR-old Singaporean girl playing on a beach in south India was killed by a giant wave on Sunday. Another 3-year-old girl and two women, all Singaporeans, died in Phuket. As many as 450 Singaporeans may have been holidaying
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      Lock icon Why was there no warning?
      511 2  -  Asif Ansar AFP. Officials knew of quake but lack of system prevented sounding of alarm OFFICIALS and experts admitted yesterday they had failed to issue alerts despite having sufficient time to do so. But they pointed out that the lack of an official system prevented
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      Lock icon Back in Spore, eye-witness recalls gory scenes of tsunami hitting Karon beach
      413 2  -  Ansley Ng MR KENT Carter was strolling on Karon Beach in Phuket, with his 11-year-old-son Aaron when the seawater receded suddenly on Sunday morning. This withdrawal was so rapid that fishes were left behind on the shore. This
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    Lock icon Aceh could be worst hit
    526 3 Agencies Remote Indonesian region totally ill-prepared to deal with devastating quake JAKARTA With a long-running separatist conflict that has sealed it from the outside world and left large parts in ruins, Indonesia's remote Aceh region is one of the most ill-prepared to cope with Asia's
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      Thai king's grandson dies
      59 3 A grandson of King Bhumibol Adulyadej was among those killed when tidal waves smashed into southern Thailand, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday. The body of Mr Bhumi Jensen, 21, was found at the resort of Khao Lak in Phang Nga province about 1 00m away
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      Victims were strolling
      63 3 Most of those who died when the tsunami struck Penang's beaches were not swimming but having their lunch or strolling along the beach on a sunny Boxing Day holiday, the New Straits Times reported. Within minutes, disaster struck and scores of people, most of whom had gone
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      Lock icon Halt deportations, KL urged
      71 3 AFP A rights group urged Malaysia yesterday to scrap a planned crackdown on illegal immigrants, warning deportations would worsen the humanitarian crisis in areas hard hit by the quaketriggered tsunamis. The government must "take into account the humanitarian crisis created by this disaster, and to put
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      More tsunamis ahead
      70 3 India's weather bureau yesterday warned that more tsunamis could strike the coast over the next couple of days but said they would be smaller than the giant wave that killed thousands around Asia, a Reuters report said. "The tsunami will only die down gradually, so we expect
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  • Singapore news
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      $2m in aid from govt
      354 4  -  Ng Shing Vi Red Cross, church and poly also come forward SINGAPORE is sending an SAF medical team with medical and relief supplies to Indonesia, as well as two personnel to the UN Disaster Assistance and Coordination (UNDAC) to help coordinate disaster relief and assess
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      SINGAPOREsnippets Apply now for 3-, 4-room flats Free LRT rides this weekend Guidelines on flexi-work
      144 4 Applications for 1,389 new three- and four-room flats in Sengkang and Punggol are now open. The Anthias (Punggol) and Coral Green (Sengkang) projects are under the built-to-order scheme. Interested buyers can get more information at
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      Close shave for Mr Chan Soo Sen
      268 4  -  Tor Ching Li HAD Minister of State for Education Chan Soo Sen (picture) stayed one more night in Club Mcd Maldives on Kani island just 20km from the capital, Male his weeklong family holiday there would have ended much differently. "I can't imagine
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      Travel agents, airlines temporarily hit by tidal wave fallout
      269 4  -  Ansley Ng ansley@newstoday.com.sg AIRLINES and travel agents here are quickly feeling the impact of the quake as Singaporeans, spooked by tidal wave attacks in nearby resorts like Phuket, Penang and Langkawi, rush to cancel trips and holiday plans. Asia-Euro Holidays handled
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      Lock icon Yushchenko wins repeat poll
      311 6 -AFP Rival yet to concede defeat in bitter contest KIEV Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has won the re-run of the presidential poll. With 90% of the votes counted, election officials said he has an unassailable 12-point lead over Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. The official result
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      Doctors weep as they treat rape victims
      192 6 GOMA (Congo) Women in Congo are being victimised by the militia who use rape as a weapon of war. Docs Hospital, which sees the majority of the cases, performs up to 10 operations on rape victims every week. The Daily Telegraph reported that
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      Lock icon Israel frees Palestinians in show of goodwill
      219 6 Agencies JERUSALEM Israel began freeing 159 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) chairman Mahmud Abbas. "The 46 prisoners who were detained in a Dammur prison for illegally entering Israel have been freed. Other
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    • thisQUIRKY world
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        Lock icon Police free man with head stuck in charity-clothing bin
        48 6 AP Officers from the Police Rescue Squad freed a 35-year-old man whose head was stuck in a charity-clothing bin in Sydney. The man, when freed by the squad, told the police he was donating clothes when he became stuck.
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        Lock icon Grannies fight with each other, bungle robbery attempt
        85 6 AFP Two Israeli grandmothers, one 78 and the other 60, were arrested after fighting with a grocer and his elderly mother in a bungled robbery attempt. The grannies were spotted on closed-circuit television cameras around the area in Lod, near Tel Aviv,
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        Unusual baby names in vogue
        63 6 Parents are favouring unusual names for their babies, according to an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Uncommon girl names registered last year include Ginger, Mackenzie and Tammin. Out of the ordinary names for boys were Isaiah, Finn, Maximus and Beau. Quirky baby names
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        Lock icon Horses get tans, too
        40 6 AFP An employee guiding a horse inside a horse solarium at a Georgenburg farm, near Russia's Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad. Horses are treated for 15 minutes every day in order to increase their vitamin D level.
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      Bashir's group claims to have dozens of new branches
      210 6 MEDAN An Islamic extremist group led by elderly cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (picture) currently standing trial in Jakarta on terror charges has established dozens of new branches in at least eight provinces across Indonesia, The Jakarta Post reported. According to the
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    Lock icon A TOUCH OF CLASS
    705 8  -  Lee U-Wen Students are getting more say on now and what they are to learn IT WAS the year that golf, ballroom dancing and archery became the "in" thing on the neighbourhood school curriculum and Chinese school textbooks got set to shrink. "Teach Less, Learn More"
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    HELLO, GOODBYE
    440 8  -  Jeanine Tan jeanine@newstoday.com.sg WHILE one more bright light turned dim this year as lyricist James Wong joined the recently-departed stable of veteran stars such as Anita Mvi, Blacky Ko, Roman Tarn and Leslie Cheung, at least 2004 saw many stars both old and new make a comeback, bringing
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    Lock icon YEAR OF THE UNDERDOGS
    471 10 Greece shocks Europe while Tampines hoists the S-League crown razali(gnewstoday.com.sg FOOTBALL may not have been stirred but it has been shaken. Upstarts Greece beat hosts Portugal 1--0 in the Euro 2004 final, in what was to become the biggest shock in the tournament's history. And if
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    2 10  - Razali Abdullah
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    RISKY BUSINESS
    637 10  -  Val Chua val@newsto day, com. sg THIS year will probably be best remembered for the biggest financial scandal since the collapse of Barings Bank a decade ago. The dramatic collapse of jet fuel supplier China Aviation Oil under US$55O million ($924 million) of debts last month has seen
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      276 11 ■I BEIJING 101 congrat jH Xie Shao Guang, Edmund Chen Terence Cao !!5? for their wins at Star Awards 2004! Terence Cao Jli'liMll VHv9H VSI MediaCorp Artiste t^T^^^^^l A satisfied Beijing 101 client 7<^f4 101. The Best Haircare Solution for the Best Actor j Being the Best Actor, Xie Shao
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    Lock icon POLmCAL VICTIMS AGAIN?
    874 12 Tribune Media Services US military finds unclear policies in Iraq war deeply disquieting, as in the aftermath of the Vietnam War Global stability and economic growth would be affected by two key issues in the Middle East, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew recently. One crucial concern
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    CLOSE TO HOME
    306 14 2004 was a year of reflection for Singapore with comings and goings, many events to celebrate and a couple to mourn. Through the eyes of Wee Teck Hian and Trevor Tan, take a look back at what and who made the news headlines over the past year.
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      Focus on TheFamily
      239 16  -  Dr James Dobson by, THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY It's been said that strong families represent the foundation for a stable and well-ordered society, and it's true. So much of what brings health and happiness to human beings, and especially to children, depends on committed individual family units.
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      Wrong portrayal of youth
      426 16  -  TAN WEI CHONG, MARTINO Participation, constructive debate at forum show commitment to nation Letter from I REFER to the article, "Debate upsets some in audience" (Dec 24) and its negative portrayal of the four-week National Youth Forum participants and youths in general. As one of the
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      Poor people exist too
      112 16  -  VICNAN X P Letter frorn^ IT IS not surprising to read that the debate had such a disappointing end. For one, the effort put into winning, instead of the expression of personal ideas, seems the result of a society in which only victories are indicators of
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      'Elite' do not represent all Spore youth
      219 16  -  ZAYED TALIB I Letter from i IT IS with utter disgust that I acknowledge the ability of my generation's "elite" to uncover new lows in etiquette. However, I take great comfort in pointing out that they do not speak for the majority. To
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    • READERS' SHORT TAKES ON THE TSUNAMI AND ITS AFTERMATH
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        ROGER POH:
        89 16 We all now realise how catastrophic a tsunami can be, wreaking incredible havoc on lives and properties. This time round Singapore has escaped unscathed, but what if the quake had erupted further south? Would we have suffered the same fate as Penang and Phuket have done? What I
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        SANJAY N PILLAI:
        112 16 I was saddened by the several thousands of deaths around Asia. Singapore was lucky to be spared as we were sheltered from the effects by Sumatra. However, some Singaporeans appear to be not thankful at all. One traveller complained he did not receive a refund for his
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      Readers' 2005 wish list
      288 18  -  ANTHONY OEI JENNY NG f^f, JASON LEE BOON HONG IB That peace will reign throughout the world. That no country will be allowed to attack another without the sanction of the United Nations. That all world leaders will think of peace rather than war and that
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      Three barriers dividing society and disabled
      546 18  -  DROWCHEE CHUNG I Letter from Executive Director The Society for the Physically Disabled WE REFER to the letter, "Public wants interaction with the disabled" (Dec 21), which quoted the findings of a nationwide survey on the perceptions and attitudes of Singaporeans towards people with
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  • Bussinesstoday
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      Lock icon A short-term business impact
      538 19  -  Jaime Koh Tsunami's economic effect on Asia seen largely limited to its tourism sector jaime@newstoday.com.sg THE devastating tidal waves on Sunday that have so far killed more than 24,000 people would have a short-term economic impact and this would be largely limited to the region's tourism
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      Lock icon Singapore, Thailand, Brunei ink 3-way air services agreement
      242 19 AFP SINGAPORE, Thailand and Brunei signed an air services agreement yesterday to allow airlines from the three South-east Asian countries to operate unlimited number of services on any route between them. The multilateral agreement, signed in Bangkok, is part of the goal
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    • MarketWATCH
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        World markets
        54 19 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex Value *****.35 4048.60 5985.94 876.98 906.89 663.86 997.51 234.68 6513.03 Change Pis -3.13 +22.70 -33.48 -2.94 -0.31 -6.49 +11.01 -0.05 +14.97 -0.03 +0.56 -0.56 -0.33 -0.03
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        Your Ssl buys
        36 19 US$ 0.6097 UK£ 0.317 Yen 63.21 HK$ 4.7447 RM 2.3167 Euro 0.4506 Rupiah 5651.6 Baht 23.764 Peso 34.19 A$ 0.793 Indian Rs 26.694 Won 638.9 C$ 0.7505 Yuan 5.0459 NZ$ 0.8501 NTS 19.62
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        Commodities
        21 19 Gold uss/oi 444.000 Silver uss/oi 6.955 Platinum uss/oi 847.000 Rubber centsAg 200.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1388 Brent crude uss/borrel 40.08
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        Lock icon Singapore
        116 19 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed mixed on concerns over the impact of the undersea earthquake in South Asia on Sunday. Investors were cautious over the impact on the region's thriving tourism industry, as holiday makers cancelled flights to popular destinations such as Phuket and the Maldives on worries of
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        61 19 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by By volume UniFiber GlobalVoice PanpacMed China Sun China Petro Bio-Treat Ipco DMXTech Capitaland CHT Close 0.225 0.110 0.090 0.410 0.475 0.690 0.080 0.840 2.160 0.730 Change -0.065 +0.010 +0.010 +0.010 +0.025 +0.055 +0.030 +0.025 -22.4 +12.5 +2.5 +2.2 +3.8 +7.0 +1.4 +3.5
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        SGX top rises
        79 19 By$ JMH 400USS Close Change 16.400 +0.200 Venture 15.700 +0.200 F&N Haw Par Jardine C&C Sp Land TAC 200USS DalacrflUSS 15.900 +0.100 5.250 +0.100 10.700 +0.100 4.720 +0.080 3.560 +0.080 1.070 +0.060 Hi P Hyflux 1.670 +0.060 2.630 +0.060 By percentage Falmac Close Change 0.040 +33.3 Yongnam
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        SGX top falls
        76 19 By$ Creative 50 Close Change 23.100 -0.200 DBS STIETF100 15.900 -0.200 20.600 -0.200 OCBC 13.600 -0.100 SIA 11.500 -0.100 SIA 200 11.400 -0.100 UOB AmlekW*****0 UniFiber 13.600 -0.100 0.810 -0.080 0.225 -0.065 Fortune Reil HKS 6.300 -0.050 By percentage Close Change UniFiber 0.225 -22.4 CapitalandDBePW***** 0.080 -20.0
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      372 21 Turn your Sun Perks points into an exclusive movie preview! M 1 customers can redeem a pair of movie tickets to the M 1 Box Office Preview of Alfie with 400 Sun Perks points. Simply log on to www.miworld.com.sg from 28 December 9 am onwards to redeem. *While stocks last.
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  • business news
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      Lock icon Star Cruises affiliate orders $863 m ship
      157 22 Bloomberg STAR CRUISES, the world's third-largest cruise line operator, said its affiliate ordered a passenger cruise vessel valued at 389 million euros ($863 million) from Jos L Meyer GmbH of Germany. The contract by Hull 669, an indirectly owned subsidiary of the cruise
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      Lock icon Nov output rises 13.2 %
      467 22 Nov output rises 13.2 Dow Jones Pharmaceuticals grow surprising 76.4% SINGAPORE'S industrial output rose 13.2 per cent last month from November a year ago as strong performances by the pharmaceutical, oil-refining and ship-repair industries helped offset weakness in the electronics sector. "The headline number was in line with expectations but
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      Lock icon Euro rises to new record vs US$
      191 22 -AFP THE euro hit a new record of 1.3555 US dollar late afternoon in Asia yesterday, with trading remaining thin amid the yearend holiday season. The euro has hit a series of record peaks against the US dollar during the past week following
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      Lock icon China textile tax supports high-quality products
      494 22 Dow Jones SHANGHAI China has announced a first round of export duties on textiles in a move analysts said was as much an attempt to spur large-scale production of high-quality products as to head off a trade spat with the West. According to the
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  • savvy investor
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      Lock icon Asian stocks may ride out 2005 in style
      681 23  -  Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg Central banks key to driving consumer and investment demand, if they can allow monetary base to expand FOR investors fretting over the many risks to the world economy next year, here is a pleasant prospect Asian stocks may ride
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  • Article
    Former Nasa scientist in Spore business venture
    418 24 Nation to be springboard for marketing new mobile application in Asia and it could potentially go into a lot of mobile phones," he told Today. "It's an operating system and what we're looking at is to grow the company's marketing in Asia from
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    Sentosa bags multiple international awards
    97 24  -  Ted Chen Earlier this month, Sentosa said it has won 1 1 international awards at this year's Brass Ring Awards and Pinnacle Awards. The island resort walked away with the Best Print Ad award for its "Love is in the air at Sentosa" (left) print
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    Esprit opens largest store at Isetan Orchard
    89 24  -  Ted Chen International lifestyle fashion brand Esprit opened its largest store (right) at Isetan Orchard (Wisma Atria) earlier this month. The store, Esprit's 1 9th outlet in Singapore, occupies the entire third level with an estimated floor space of 1 1,000 sq ft.
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    Impact
    28 24 VGO, which launched its latest outlet at Harbour Front Centre (above) will market its new series of health equipment products at a cost of $400,000 till June.
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    VGO's new division targets healthcare
    330 24  -  Ted Chen IN AN increasingly health-conscious but fast-paced society such as Singapore's, fewer people are finding the time to maintain a healthy lifestyle. But VGO Corporation, known formerly as eWorld of Sports.com, is hoping to reverse that trend with the recent launch of its new
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  • Infotechsolutionforbusiness
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      Almost like reading a book
      616 25  -  A Singapore company's software simulates such text on the Web iaßHTgnwiffli infotech@newstoday.com.sg I PAPER has not gone away, despite I the widespread use of computers and the Internet If anything, in this electronic age, people are producing and printing more paper documents and books. Information
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      This tool lets firms keep track of readers
      135 25 E-Book Systems' electronic books are more than a pretty-looking thing on the Web. There are new productivity tools that business owners can use to manage the content and keep track of readers' IP addresses and time spent on individual pages. On the
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      Explore technology, art for chance to win
      252 25 SINGAPOREAN students with a pasI sion for creativity and technology can take part in Microsoft's third annual global Imagine Cup competition. The competition is designed to provide an outlet for students to explore technological and artistic interests outside the classroom. Imagine Cup 2005
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    • SHORTCUTS
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        World's smallest flash cell
        48 25 Infineon has built the world's smallest non-volatile flash memory cell, making the manufacture of non-volatile memory chips with a capacity of 32G8 possible within a few years, the cell measures 20nm and offers eight times the capacity of what is available on the market.
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        3Com to buy Tipping Point
        88 25 3Com has signed an agreement to acquire Tipping Point. With this acquisition, 3Com customers will have access to a converged voice and data networking solutions portfolio, leveraging on Tip- ping Point's intrusion prevention systems (IPS) solutions. The acquisition is approximately priced at US$43O million ($705
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        Siebel to acquire edocs
        84 25 Siebel Systems has signed an agreement to acquire edocs, a provider of e-billing and customer self-service applications. Through the acquisition, Siebel expects to deliver self-service solutions that will reduce call centre costs and enhance customer satisfaction and retention. Siebel will pay US$l 15 million ($lB9 million)
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        Dell cuts prices
        101 25 Dell has reduced the prices across its range of entry-level and mid-range Pow- erEdge server offerings, OptiPlex, Latitude and Precision systems and entrylevel flat panel monitors. These price drops are targeted at SMEs to encourage them to upgrade their existing infrastructure. Discounts for Power Edge servers range
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  • infotechfocus: virtualisation
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      HELP DESK Search engine for the PC
      204 26  -  Jenny Lee-Lim Q: I have a habit of keeping just about anything and everything that comes my way on my PC. I am finding it difficult to keep track of my documents and the emails in my PC. I find the File Search
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      338 37 LONDON Rafael Benitez predicted the best was yet to come, after watching his Liverpool side crush hapless West Brom 5-0 at the Hawthorns. The Liverpool manager's prediction came after the Reds routed the Premiership's bottom side 5-0, with the damage inflicted
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