AN FRANCISCO, June 11 — Apple said Monday that it would make its Safari Web browser available for Windows-based PCs, opening a new front in its rivalry with Microsoft. The announcement came at the end of a presentation made by Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s co-founder and chief executive, at the company’s annual World Wide Developers Conference. It indicates that Apple is increasingly confident in its ability to compete against Microsoft’s desktop computing monopoly. Shares of Apple dropped sharply after the announcement, falling $4.30, to $120.19. Several Wall Street analysts said the decl……
SHENZHEN, China — When Zhang Feifei lost her job in this booming Chinese factory town, she was not terribly concerned. Jobs had always been plentiful in Shenzhen’s flourishing economy. Skip to next paragraph City Limits ……
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 4 — American troops opened fire on a highway filled with civilian cars and bystanders on Sunday, American and Afghan officials said, in an incident that the Americans said left 16 civilians dead and 24 wounded after a suicide car bombing in eastern Afghanistan. One American was also wounded.
IBM responds to Microsoft’s campaign: An interview with Ken Bisconti Ken Bisconti, IBM Vice President for Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software, is clear and direct as he discusses the March 16 Microsoft announcement of its "People Ready" ad campaign aimed directly at IBM. “Microsoft’s marketing campaign is thinly veiled window dressing for its upcoming Vista and Office product launches. Microsoft……
感觉中国现在处在十子路口，无论国内还是国外，记得温总理的讲话很感人，但不知是否发自内心 By Christopher Swann and Edward Alden in WashingtonPublished: March 28 2006 02:57 | Last updated: March 28 2006 04:59 The administration of President George W. Bush will face mounting pressure to take tougher action against China over the value of its currency with the introduction on Tuesday of legislation that would all but force the US Treasury to brand China as a currency manipulator. ADVERTISEMENT <A HREF="http://ads.ft.com/event.ng/Type=click&FlightID=44430&AdID=62010&TargetID=21573&Segments=&Targets=3099,15407,7972,6224,18699,21129,21516,20511,20714,21432,21573,21685&Values=31,51,63,77,82,94,102,150,165,239,249,253,494,547,559,575,600,639,651,931,2125,3614,4431,4548,4570,4646,4704,5461,6186,6380,6391,6396,6617,8073,8177,8180,8231,8428,8454,8615,8709&RawValues=&Redirect=http://www.ceibs.edu/today/events/10694.shtml" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.image.ft.com/adimages/banner/ceibsmarchsixmpu.gif" WIDTH=336 HEIGHT=280 BORDER=0 onmo
DETROIT, March 22 ? General Motors reached a landmark agreement Wednesday with the United Automobile Workers intended to reduce sharply the ranks of a generation of auto workers long envied by other blue-collar workers for their wages and benefits.