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SOFTWARE Peeping Into Windows For geeks, it's a scintillating show: Microsoft is releasing its closely guarded Windows source code - the instructions that make it run - to most governments. The move is designed to fend off the threat from Linux, the open-source platform that is gaining headway in governments across Europe. Cheaper and, many experts say, more secure than Windows, Linux is the world's fastest-growing server operating system. Openness becomes a strength because users share improvements. Microsoft wants to reassure governments about security, but it hasn't shed all its reserve. This show is only a peep...
...precarious juncture. Even as China's GDP has grown 8% annually, its market has sunk more than 40% since its June 2001 peak. Stock-rigging scandals and lax corporate disclosure have sapped investors' confidence, and Shang must restore their faith. To do so, he will have to fend off government officials who see the market as a vehicle to funnel investors' cash into profitless state-run companies. He will need formidable political skill, even bravery-Shang's predecessor received death threats when his market-oriented reforms drove stock prices down...
...Meanwhile, the government is thinking of reducing its public spending by slashing the education and welfare budgets and imposing a levy on foreign domestic workers. The government's message, whether intended or not, is that the rich will be taken care of, but the lower echelons of society must fend for themselves...
...match, though, wasn’t as one-sided as it appeared. Broadbent dropped three close games to defending intercollegiate champion Bernardo Samper, while Blumberg made things difficult for Reggie Schonborn, who had to fend off a game ball in the third game...
...immune system gets into the act. White blood cells rush into the joint and release destructive proteins that chew up the bits and pieces of damaged tissue. This so-called inflammatory process, which is often but not necessarily accompanied by swelling, works well when the body needs to fend off an acute attack--say, from invading viruses or bacteria. But when the problem is chronic, as in osteoarthritis, the white blood cells may overreact, repeatedly releasing so many of their "mopping up" proteins that even healthy tissue is laid waste. In rheumatoid arthritis (see box), the immune-system response...