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* Cray and IBM will [split a massive $494M grant][1] from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The money, which will be paid out over four years, is for developing the next generation of supercomputers. Cray says it will use AMD chips and the Linux operating system
[1]: http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/304963.htm "DARPA gives grant to Cray and IBM"
* According to a new British poll, [Britons who watch video on the internet spend less times watching TV][2]. The statistic is yet more bad news for the already beleaguered world of broadcast TV.
[2]: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-11-27T113007Z_01_L27856075_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-BRITAIN-DOWNLOADS.XML&WTmodLoc=TechInternet-C1-Headline-9
* You can now [download 2,500 hand-picked wikipedia educational articles][6] on a handy CD. The cd was compiled by volunteers from the children's charity SOS. The CD is free and should work on any platform. [via [Lifehacker][3]]
[3]: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/download/download-of-the-day-wikipedia-cd-all-platforms-217250.php
[6]: http://torrentfreak.com/wikipedia-cd-distributed-over-bittorrent/ "Download wikipedia CD torrent"
* ITWire reports that the banking industry is increasingly [worried that Google may come crashing into their industry][4]. As the article points out, Google Checkout may be the first small step in a larger plan.
[4]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7490/53/
* [Microsoft may be guilt of patent infringement in South Korea][5]. Back in 1997 a Korean professor filed patents for technology used to automatically translate English into Korean within Microsoft Office applications. The CNet article reports that the case "may force Microsoft to temporarily halt sales of Microsoft Office in South Korea."
[5]: http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6138379.html "Microsoft patent violations"
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