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@ a glance : Quake hits sea area off Taiwan
Written on 3 Jan, 2009 at 20:25 in @ a glance, Nature | viewed 113 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit a sea area east of Hualien of Taiwan at 6:04 a.m. Sunday Beijing Time. Full Story : Xinhuanet.com…..
(Continue reading)Taiwan wants XP forever
Written on 20 Aug, 2008 at 12:53 in Business | viewed 230 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Taiwanese Consumer Foundation filed a complaint against Microsoft claiming the company is effectively using its monopoly to force sales of Vista. According to the foundation 59 percent of consumers buying new PCs, with Vista on, would later put XP on their machine. It also claimed that 67 percent of the consumers prefer XP than Vista. If found guilty Microsoft could be fined 25m Taiwanese Dollars.
US mistakenly shipped Ballistic missile parts to Taiwan
Written on 28 Mar, 2008 at 11:16 in Politics, Really? | viewed 213 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
United States shipped four electrical fuses for Minuteman nuclear missile warheads to Taiwan, instead of sending helicopter batteries. The mistake was discovered only last week a year and a half after the shipment. Officials said the nose-cone fuses contained no nuclear material and were similar in function to the ones used for conventional munitions, though these were designed specifically to send an electrical signal to the trigger of the MK-12 nuclear warhead as it was approaching the ground.
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