NBC’s likely hit its peak with Phelps leaving (AP)

August 16, 2008

United States' Michael Phelps celebrates winning the gold in the men's 100-meter butterfly final during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Can't Michael Phelps stay? Please? No amount of begging by NBC will make it happen. The Olympics swim meet ends soon after Phelps' bid for his eighth gold medal on NBC Saturday night, with another week of competition remaining.


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Cadence pulls bid to buy Mentor Graphics (CNET)

August 16, 2008
CNET - Cadence Design Systems has withdrawn its $1.5 billion bid to acquire rival Mentor Graphics.No tag for this post.

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Shapeways lets Internet users manufacture goods (AFP)

August 16, 2008

AFP - In a step toward the type of future pictured in the hit film "Iron Man," a firm in the Netherlands is letting people fabricate items designed in three-dimensions on the Internet.


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