Topic - Netherlands

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Archives, General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Lycos Europe to Sign Off

Online portal, buffeted by competition from Google and Yahoo, plans asset sale after failing to find buyer.
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Media, Communications, Finance

Qualcomm to Spin Off MediaFLO?

Experts see signals that the mobile chip-maker may be ready to launch its mobile TV unit as a standalone company.
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Biosciences

FDA Approves Breast Cancer Test

Diagnostic test may predict whether breast cancer will spread.
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Biosciences

Netherlands Puts $23M in TB

Dutch give cash to Aeras for work on vaccines.
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General news, Media

SanDisk Players Seized at Show

MP3s confiscated from conference booth after German court rules on patent suit.
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General news, Internet

Iceland No. 1 in Broadband Use

Island in the North-Atlantic Ocean overtakes South Korea in high-speed Internet connections.
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Computers

Complex Devices Cause Returns

Many electronics goods are returned because they’re too complicated, not because they’re broken.
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General news, Biosciences

VNU Buys IMS for $7B

Dutch publisher VNU will pay $7 billion for drug market research company IMS Health.  
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Security, Finance

FastStats: Surfing Surrogates

Information overload increases cooperation; seed funding doesn’t match upswing in European investments; coffee and technology duke it out.