Microsoft appoints education chief to target schools (AFP)

October 14, 2008

A man walks past the logo of software company Microsoft. Microsoft on Tuesday appointed its first education general to lead the US technology giant's push to get its software into the hands of students and teachers.(AFP/DDP/Nigel Treblin)AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday appointed its first education general to lead the US technology giant's push to get its software into the hands of students and teachers.


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US authorities shutter worldwide spam operation (AP)

October 14, 2008

Steve Baker, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Midwest Region announces that the FTC has shut down one of the largest spam operations in the world Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, at a news conference in Chicago. The complex network involved countries from New Zealand to China to the United States. Spammers sent out billions of e-mails encouraging people to click through to professional-looking Web sites, which allegedly used false claims to peddle prescription medication, 'male enhancement' pills and weight-loss drugs, the FTC said. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - E-mail inboxes may be clogged with a little less spam — at least for a while.


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Online betting says Obama odds-on favorite to win (AFP)

October 14, 2008

US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama makes a statement on the economy at Maumee Bay Resort in Oregon, Ohio. Online betting makes Obama the heavy odds-on favorite in the upcoming US presidential election, according to a leading online bookmaker whose reliability some analysts believe equals or betters that of opinion polls.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Online betting makes Barack Obama the heavy odds-on favorite in the upcoming US presidential election, according to a leading online bookmaker whose reliability some analysts believe equals or betters that of opinion polls.


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