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Branson launching digital magazine for iPad — SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – British tycoon Richard Branson on Tuesday will unveil a digital magazine tailored for viewing on Apple’s popular iPad tablet computers, according to press conference invitations. — Word of Branson’s plans to publish …
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HP to pay 55 million dollars in kickbacks case — WASHINGTON — Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay 55 million dollars to settle claims the US computer giant defrauded the US government, the Justice Department announced Monday. — The settlement resolves allegations that HP paid kickbacks …
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China’s wired youth forget how to write — HONG KONG — Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising tens of thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system. — Yet aged just 21 and now a university student in Hong Kong …
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N.Korea uses Twitter for propaganda offensive — SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea’s propaganda campaign has surged into the 21st century with a new Twitter account, hot on the heals of its foray into video with clips posted on YouTube. — South Korea blocks the site and few in North Korea have access even to a computer.