ITUNES OPENS CANADIAN STORE

ITUNES OPENS CANADIAN STORE

Apple Computer opened the Canadian iTunes store yesterday. The company is selling songs for 99 Canadian cents, which converts to about 83 US cents - 16 percent less than those in the United States pay for their iTunes.

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LYCOS ANTISPAM SCREENSAVER DOWNS TWO SITES IN CHINA

LYCOS ANTISPAM SCREENSAVER DOWNS TWO SITES IN CHINA

Lycos Europe's "Make love not spam" campaign has killed access to some of the Web sites of its target alleged spammers. According to Internet traffic monitoring company Netcraft, Lycos Europe has successfully taken two Web sites hosted in China offline.

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IBM CONSIDERS EXITING THE PC BUSINESS

IBM CONSIDERS EXITING THE PC BUSINESS

IBM is reportedly negotiating a possible sale of its PC unit to Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group, though neither company is commenting publicly at this time. If such a transaction takes place, it would mark the end of IBM's storied history with the PC, a market currently led by Dell and

HP. Analysts consistently agree, however, that the move would be good for IBM, which has made no secret of its intentions to focus on higher-margin operations such as software and computer services. In particular, IBM executives have identified business process outsourcing as a key opportunity for the company. For its part, Lenovo stands to benefit significantly from acquiring IBM's PC business, which has in recent years migrated much of its production to China. If such a deal

goes through, Lenovo would have access to U.S. markets, which have traditionally been out of its reach, and would also own the very popular ThinkPad series of notebook computers. As noted by IDC analyst Roger Kay, in such a deal, "the IBM notebooks would be the prize."
CNET, 3 December 2004

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A.Word.A.Day -- sic

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 00:06:42 -0500

From: Wordsmith <wsmith@wordsmith.org>

Subject: A.Word.A.Day--sic

sic (sik) verb tr.

   To incite to attack, especially as a command to dog: "Sic 'em!"

[Variant of seek.]

adverb

   Thus; so. (Used after an incorrect or unusual word or

   phrase to indicate that it has been quoted verbatim.)

[From Latin sic.]

Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=sic

  "Richard Nixon promised to 'bring us together' and sicced Spiro Agnew

   and Chuck Colson on his enemies. "

   Tom Blackburn; Campaigns Effectively Push the Negatives; The Palm Beach

   Post (West Palm Beach, Florida); Nov 1, 2004.

 

  "The man accused of siccing the animal on him, was arrested Wednesday."

   Ian Demsky; Man Says Mix-up at Party Led to Dog Attack; The Tennessean

   (Nashville, Tennessee); Nov 5, 2004.

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