Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer said his company was still holding talks with Yahoo!, although no longer about efforts to take over the internet giant. Ballmer, speaking during a conference hosted by the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> on Tuesday, recalled that Microsoft had dropped its bid to buy Yahoo! after Yahoo! rejected its takeover offer.
Microsoft plans to give users of the next version of its Windows operating system touch screen controls as one option for controlling the software, its top executives said on Tuesday. Chairperson Bill Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer showed off new Windows features based on software it calls ”multi-touch” that will be part of Windows 7.
Students could not get into a California high school on Friday after vandals plugged locks on all exterior gates and doors with super-strength glue. ”A teacher who always gets there early called me on my cellphone and said, ‘Guess what?”’ said Carlsbad High School principal Margaret Stanchi. ”But I didn’t guess this.”
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/ 27 February 2006
Geoff Ogilvy took the lead on the 16th hole and pulled away with an eagle-birdie surge for a three-and-two victory over Davis Love III in the WGC Accenture Match-Play Championship final on Sunday, making him the second Australian to capture a World Golf Championship.
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/ 25 February 2006
Chad Campbell’s one-up triumph over Tiger Woods on Friday was the most spectacular surprise on a day that saw a string of upsets at the WGC Accenture Match-Play Championship. Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson were also eliminated from the ,5-million tournament.
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/ 28 February 2005
David Toms easily won the World Golf Championships Match Play Championship, overpowering fellow American Chris DiMarco in a record margin of six and five during Sunday’s 36-hole final. Clutch-putting and a superb stretch of ball-striking helped the 38-year-old Toms dominate his American Ryder Cup teammate.
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/ 27 February 2005
David Toms was flawless from tee to green and made crucial putts to beat big-hitting Adam Scott to advance to the Match Play Championship semifinals for the second time in three years on Saturday. US Open champion Retief Goosen, Chris DiMarco and Ian Poulter of the United Kingdom also reached the semifinals.
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/ 26 February 2005
World number one Vijay Singh and defending champion Tiger Woods crashed out of the Match Play Championship second round, and third-seeded Phil Mickelson followed them out in the third round of the World Golf Championships event in California on Friday. Only two of the top 10 seeds remained after the two rounds played on Friday.