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Venezuela splashes out on laptops
Venezuela is buying one million Intel Classmate laptops from Portugal for its school children.
BBC News  –  Sep 30, 2008 11:52 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela
Portugal recently announced it's intention to purchase and deploy half a million Classmate PCs to students in the country. Intel developed the Classmate as a reference design in the hopes that local OEMs would customize it and then handle production and distribution. In the latest success for t ... more »
ZDNet  –  Sep 30, 2008 09:04 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Technology: Software
Distinguished Award, Interiors: Dolce Vita Porto
Project: Dolce Vita Porto in Porto, Portugal Architectural Firm: Suttle Mindlin General Contractor: Bovis Land Lease Photographer: Carlos Chegado Jury Comment: This project is impressive in its contemporary idiom. We see a comprehensive and exhaustive treatment of lighting as effective material. The ... more »
bizjournals.com  –  Sep 29, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Business: Careers
Finland earns spot in Omega Mission Hills World Cup
Finland's Roope Kakko and Mikko Korhonen won the Omega Mission Hills World Cup European Qualifier in Poland by eight strokes to secure their ticket to China alongside Canada and Portugal.
PGATour.com  –  Sep 28, 2008 2:10 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Golf
Benfica beats Sporting Lisbon 2-0 in Portuguese league
LISBON, Portugal - Jose Antonio Reyes and Sidnei scored second-half goals Saturday to bring Benfica a 2-0 win over Sporting Lisbon and end its crosstown rival's perfect start to the Portuguese league season.
Canoe.ca  –  Sep 27, 2008 11:03 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Soccer
Photo from Yahoo! Portugal and Venezuela strike deals on housing, computers
AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's week-long diplomatic tour came to an end in Portugal Saturday with the signing of a deal to provide social housing and personal computers to the South American country.
Yahoo!  –  Sep 27, 2008 6:21 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Novartis MF59®-adjuvanted Vaccine Rapidly Induces Protective Antibody Levels Against Diverse Strains Of Avian Flu
A new study shows that individuals immunized six years earlier with an MF59 adjuvanted H5N3 (clade 0) vaccine mounted a protective immune response seven days after a single immunization with an H5N1 (clade 1) vaccine containing the Novartis proprietary adjuvant MF59. The immune response was broadly ... more »
Medical News Today  –  Sep 26, 2008 08:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Health: Bird Flu
Cab Rider's Sax Appeal
A jazz musician is hunting for an $18,000 saxophone he left in the trunk of a livery cab. Wayne Escoffery, currently in Portugal on tour with trumpeter Tom Harrell, is playing a borrowed instrument because his nearly 60-year-old Selmer sax hasn't...
New York Post  –  Sep 25, 2008 08:08 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Local: New York: New York
Two New Wine Tours from BKWine - Launch of Spring Travel Program 2009
The specialist tour organiser BKWine has launched the spring program 2009 with two new wine and food tours. The destinations include Périgord (with truffles, duck and wine), and the wins and food of the Alentejo in Portugal. The detailed programs are available on www.bkwine.com.“The tren ... more »
PR.com  –  Sep 25, 2008 07:06 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases
Making waves: UK firm harnesses power of the sea ... in Portugal
From a distance, they look like nothing more than thin red lines on the horizon, easily lost amid the tumbling blue of the Atlantic Ocean. But get closer and the significance of the 140m-long tubes - 10 years in the making by a British company and now floating in the sea off the coast of Portugal - ... more »
The Guardian  –  Sep 24, 2008 11:57 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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