Gok gok, if your E-mails have been checked for spell then 100 of those guys have been qualified mad before they know what you have typed.
Anyway some good news for Microsoft haters.
Microsoft sued for refusing source code
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Monday, December 23, 2002 Posted: 9:21 AM EST (1421 GMT) CNN News
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AMSTERDAM, Holland (Reuters) -- British mobile phone maker Sendo said on Monday it had filed suit in U.S. federal court against its former partner Microsoft in a dispute over intellectual property.
\"Sendo believes the allegations are serious and substantial,\" a Sendo spokeswoman told Reuters.
Microsoft executives in Europe declined to comment on Monday. But they said several weeks ago, when rumors emerged about a conflict between the two firms over misuse by Microsoft of proprietary information, that such allegations were without merit.
Sendo in November cancelled all cooperation with Microsoft when it was just weeks away from launching a mobile phone running on Microsoft software. Microsoft is a minority shareholder in Sendo.
Getting access to \'source code\'
At the time Sendo declined to give all the reasons for the split, saying only that it had not been given access to so-called \'source code\' which would allow it to tailor the software.
It made clear there were more important reasons behind the move, but declined to give details for legal reasons. Sendo has filed the suit in Texarkana, Texas.
Sendo went on to sign a contract with Microsoft rivals Symbian of Britain and Nokia of Finland, sacrificing a potential 300 million euro revenue stream from its Microsoft-based phone. It had already signed supply deals with many mobile telecoms carriers around the world.
Had Sendo continued to work with Microsoft, it would have established the British firm as the leading partner in Microsoft\'s attempt to crack the mobile phone business.
Rocky relationship ends
The relationship between privately-held Sendo and its minority shareholder Microsoft was always rocky, with both firms complaining about each other\'s attitude, sources close to the companies said.
Over the past year Microsoft executives told several people in the telecoms industry how they had to endure Sendo\'s skeptical take on Microsoft\'s mobile software, designed to repeat Microsoft\'s success in desktop computer software.
These Microsoft executives said they preferred to work with two other hardware partners in Asia which were much more appreciative of its product.
The Microsoft-Sendo dispute came to a head when the first Microsoft-based products were introduced.
Several sources said last month that Sendo management believed certain special features it had put in its phone over and above Microsoft\'s usual standard operating system had emerged in other smartphones Microsoft was involved in.
One rival phone, called the Orange SPV, was produced by Taiwan\'s High Tech Computer (HTC) for French-owned mobile telecoms operator Orange.
That phone, the world\'s first smartphone using a slimmed-down version of Microsoft Windows desktop PC software, was launched two weeks before Sendo decided to stop working with Microsoft.
The break-up came just days before Sendo would have started shipping its own smartphone z100, whose launch was cancelled as a result of the split. It had deals with several large mobile operators in Europe, Asia and the United States, and had said it would sign over a dozen contracts soon.
Ambitious plans fall apart
Although small, Sendo was Microsoft\'s most ambitious partner for its new smartphone software. It had orders and plans to sell over one million of its smartphone z100s in the first year.
At around 350 euros per phone, the Sendo z100 would have been some 15-20 percent more expensive than HTC\'s SPV phone, with few unique features to justify the difference.
Under the new deal with Symbian and Nokia, Sendo has been allowed to access Nokia\'s source code and tailor the software, but it could take another 12 months before it can launch a smart new phone.
Must read!
Group claims first cloned human born
Clonaid founded by Raelians, who believe aliens created humans
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Friday, December 27, 2002 Posted: 12:36 PM EST (1736 GMT) CNN news
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HOLLYWOOD, Florida (CNN) -- A company founded by a religious group that believes humans were created by extraterrestrials said Friday that it has created the first human clone -- a 7-pound baby girl it calls Eve.
\"I am very pleased to announce that the first baby clone is born,\" said Brigitte Boisselier, the scientific director of Clonaid and a bishop in the group, called the Raelians. \"She was born yesterday at 11:55 a.m. in the country where she was born. She is fine.\"
Boisselier refused to disclose where Eve was born but did reveal that the mother is a 31-year-old American citizen. She said Eve was created using DNA from the mother\'s skin cells and is a twin of her mother.
In an exclusive interview with CNN after the announcement, Boisselier said advances in the field of human in-vitro fertilization and cow cloning added to her success.
\"We have experts with 24 years of experience in the reproduction of humans and benefited from that.... (and also from) the work that has been done on cow cloning, of course,\" Boisselier said. \"My expert, the one technician that did the embryo, did more than 3,000 cow embryos before touching any human eggs.\"
At the news conference, Boisselier said four other cloned babies are expected to be born by February.
Boisselier offered no immediate proof of her claim -- or photographs of the baby. She said the baby is healthy, and that the family is \"very happy.\"
She said that she is allowing a freelance journalist to verify her claim. To that end, freelance journalist and physicist Dr. Michael Guillen has picked a panel of independent experts to investigate.
\"I have accepted on two conditions: that the invitation be given with no strings attached whatsoever and that the tests be conducted by a group of independent world-class experts,\" Guillen said.
The experts will begin their tests in a few days when Eve returns home, Boisselier said. Results of the tests are expected in eight to nine days.
Clonaid, which calls itself the \"first human cloning company,\" was founded by the Raelians in 1997. The Raelian movement professes that life on Earth was created through genetic engineering by extraterrestrials.
The Raelians believe their spiritual leader -- former French journalist Claude Vorilhon who now calls himself Rael -- is a direct descendant of these aliens. He says he has met with aliens and visited their planet. Rael told CNN in July 2001 that the long-term goal for human cloning is to live forever.
Rael says the Raelians eventually want to learn how to clone an adult and then \"transfer the brain to the clone.\" Boisselier said she hopes to one day open cloning clinics on each continent to help infertile couples have families.
More clones on the way?
To make a clone, scientists first take an egg and remove all of its genetic material. Then the nucleus of a cell -- any cell in the body -- is taken from the individual to be cloned and inserted into the hollowed-out egg.
The cell is then given a jolt of electricity or put in a chemical bath to activate cell division -- essentially tricking the cell into doing what a fertilized egg would normally do. Then the embryo is implanted into a woman\'s uterus who carries the baby to term.
Boisselier said Clonaid used this procedure of electricity to activate cell division for Eve.
At the conference, Boisselier defended human cloning, saying she is giving hope to infertile parents.
\"Is my science, giving babies to parents who have been dying to get one with their own genes, is my science worse than the ones who are preparing bombs to kill people?\" Boisselier said. \"I am creating life.\"
Eve is one of ten implantations done by Clonaid. Five babies were spontaneously terminated during the first few weeks of pregnancy, Boisselier said. The next baby is expected to be born next week in northern Europe. Three other cloned human babies should be born by early February; Boisselier revealed that two of the expecting sets of parents are from Asia and another is from North America. She also said one couple is lesbian and two had babies who died and were then cloned by Clonaid.
\'Not a monster\'
Despite the success of the procedure, Boisselier said the event should be kept in perspective.
\"It\'s very important to remember we are talking about a baby,\" Boisselier said. \"She is not a monster or some result of something that is disgusting. She is a very healthy baby with very happy parents.\"
Rael and the parents of Eve were not at the press conference.
The Raelians are also not the only group claiming to actively try to clone a human.
Italian doctor Severino Antinori made several announcements in recent months, claiming that a woman was carrying a human clone, which would be born in January. And former University of Kentucky professor Panos Zavos has also announced plans to clone a human, but he told CNN earlier this year he had not successfully created an embryo yet.
While the Bush administration has not reacted specifically to the news, the president earlier this year made his position clear -- he objects to any form of cloning.
In an April 10 speech urging the Senate to support a bill banning human cloning in the United States, Bush called the practice \"deeply troubling\" and said \"even the most noble ends do not justify any means.\"
\"Life is a creation, not a commodity,\" he had said. \"Our children are gifts to be loved and protected, not products to be designed and manufactured.\"
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Now this getting really freaky.... Human clones.....
A question to you:
Are you against human cloning?
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I\'ll be keeping a close eye to this.... This is getting interesting..
[Edited on 27-12-2002 by Soru-Badeguyu]
[Edited on 27-12-2002 by Soru-Badeguyu]
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