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/ 16 February 2005
Microsoft will offer consumers who use its Windows operating system free software to battle spyware and eventually antivirus software, chairperson Bill Gates said on Tuesday. Gates said that Microsoft is on track to deliver an antivirus product to consumers by the end of the year, following its acquisition of
Sybari Software.
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/ 16 February 2005
Students threatened to render Tshwane University of Technology ungovernable on Wednesday after talks with management over fees fell through. Unrest has broken out on the university’s Ga-Rankuwa campus, said a university spokesperson who would not elaborate. The protest started spreading through the university’s six campuses on Wednesday.
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/ 16 February 2005
Donations from KwaZulu-Natal intended for tsunami-hit countries will instead be diverted to poor people in the province, the Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) said on Wednesday. Acsa spokesperson Chris Jacobs. He said 80 out of 120 tonnes of aid are still in storage in Durban and donors will meet on Thursday to discuss distribution.
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/ 16 February 2005
Global resources group BHP Billiton on Wednesday climbed to an all-time high on the JSE Securities Exchange of R80 a share on better-than-expected interim results. At 9.10am, BHP Billiton was quoted at R79,85 rand, up 2,7% or R2,10 from the stock’s previous close of R77,75.
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New Zealand and Australia square off in a Twenty20 cricket match in New Zealand on Thursday, useing the new rapid-fire form of the game to try to ignite interest in their upcoming series that includes five one-day internationals and three Tests. New Zealand, ranked second in the world in limited-overs cricket, go into the series plagued with injuries.
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/ 16 February 2005
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) remained in the black at midday on Wednesday, led by resources — particularly BHP Billiton — and banking and financial counters.
The firmness came despite the strong rand, which moved below the R6 per dollar level overnight. By noon, the all-share index was up 0,49%,
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/ 16 February 2005
Lions captain Wikus van Heerden became the first Lions player to win the coveted player of the year award for the second consecutive year at the Golden Lions Rugby Union’s annual awards dinner held at Ellis Park Stadium on Tuesday night. The award for most promising player went to Bryan Habana.
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/ 16 February 2005
A collection of soccer talent not seen in at least 30 years braved near-freezing temperatures and a polar wind on Tuesday, displaying their skills for an exhibition all-star match in hopes of raising -million for victims of December’s south-east Asian tsunamis. Barcelona’s Ronaldinho led his team of mostly non-European stars to victory.
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/ 16 February 2005
Tiger Woods could reclaim the world number one golf ranking from Fiji’s Vijay singh in Los Angeles this week by finishing in the top four at the PGA Nissan Open. Woods spent a record 334 weeks atop the rankings, including 264 in a row, before being dethroned last September by Singh’s victory at Boston.
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/ 16 February 2005
Belgium’s former world tennis number one Kim Clijsters made a victorious return to the WTA circuit after nearly four months away in Belgium on Tuesday as she downed Croatian Jelena Kostanic 6-2, 6-3 in the 000 tournament. The 21-year-old had been forced to take a rest with a serious wrist injury back in October.