Technology & Business Daily Scoop - March 2, 2005

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IN THIS ISSUE

* In Brief: China tightens surveillance of Internet forums * EDS selected for $7.7 billion U.K. defense project * Yang, Ward discuss Lenovo's future * Parallel systems development eyed by Eclipse * Software industry struggles to survive in an open source world * Bill Gates picks up honorary knighthood from Queen

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IN BRIEF: CHINA TIGHTENS SURVEILLANCE OF INTERNET FORUMS

The Chinese government has tightened surveillance of Internet chat rooms and discussion forums ahead of the annual National People's Congress (NPC) meeting, which begins March 5 in Beijing, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The NPC is China's highest legislative body. A major focus of this year's meeting is consideration of a draft antisecession law aimed at curbing Taiwanese moves toward formal independence. Chat rooms and discussion boards on popular Web sites have been assigned security guards responsible for monitoring the content of messages and postings during the NPC session, Xinhua said. Messages submitted by users will be filtered and censored before appearing online. In an effort to boost control over the Internet during the NPC meeting, officials from China's Ministry of Public Security met with executives from local Internet service providers, major Web sites, and Internet cafe chains, Xinhua reported. The report did not specify how long these added Internet control measures will remain in place.

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EDS SELECTED FOR $7.7 BILLION U.K. DEFENSE PROJECT

LONDON -- A consortium led by Electronic Data Systems (EDS) has been selected as preferred bidder for the first stage of a 10-year, £4 billion ($7.7 billion) IT contract to renew IT systems for the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD), the U.S. IT services giant said Wednesday.

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YANG, WARD DISCUSS LENOVO'S FUTURE

Yang Yuanqing and Stephen Ward have an interesting few months ahead of them. Not only are they managing the creation of what Ward calls the "first ever Chinese company to become multinational," but they are also looking to placate the U.S. government, which has raised concerns about a deal that will see the U.S. company that invented the PC sell off this business to Lenovo Group, a company with close ties to the Chinese government.

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PARALLEL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT EYED BY ECLIPSE

The Eclipse tools environment is being extended to support development of applications for large, parallel systems, an Eclipse official said at the EclipseCon 2005 conference on Tuesday.

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SOFTWARE INDUSTRY STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE IN AN OPEN SOURCE WORLD

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Software industry dignitaries at the EclipseCon 2005 conference here Tuesday pondered a burning question: How do you make money in open source software when the software is free?

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BILL GATES PICKS UP HONORARY KNIGHTHOOD FROM QUEEN

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates will receive an honorary Knighthood from the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

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