| Review: This notebook is all business
My demo unit was running Windows Vista Business, which for some reason doesn't ship with the common Codecs needed to play DVDs. Only consumer editions of Vista do; I guess Microsoft figures business people don't need to play DVDs. I didn't discover this until onboard my transcon flight, which meant four hours reading the in-flight magazine instead of enjoying the hilarity that is Superbad. Once on the ground and on the Web, with some searching I was able to download the needed codecs from a third-party Web-site; Microsoft had wanted me to pay them for an upgrade instead Woe is Vista That's not my main Vista beef, however. That lies with their overzealous anti-piracy practices. When I first received the demo notebook I unpacked it, flipped it on and began the initial automated install.
As Cavaliers wait for new players from trade, they sign 2 others to ...
James has not yet commented on the megadeal, which Cavs GM Danny Ferry said was necessary to give his team a shot at an NBA title. It was strange watching the Cavs exit the practice floor without any sign of Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Donyell Marshall, Ira Newble, Shannon Brown or Cedric Simmons. "I was sad to see those guys go," center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said. "We'll have to see how it all works out." The four newest Cavaliers must pass physicals before they can play. And even if they're cleared, they won't make their Cleveland debut until Sunday against the Memphis Grizzlies. In the mean time, coach Mike Brown has to make due with what he's got. Fortunately, he's got James. "We do have LeBron," he said. "So that does help out." Browns understands it may take time for his revamped team to mesh.
Senate approves tax breaks
John Unger, D-Berkeley, led the chamber into freezing existing property tax rates for anyone over 65 with an annual income of $25,000 or less.Anyone buying certain appliances that cost $2,500 or less could skip the sales tax in the first week of each September in a bill Gov. Joe Manchin offered a few weeks ago. Under a Senate amendment, the tax holiday would end in 2010.Manchin reversed his philosophy a bit, refusing in his first year of office to support the sales tax holiday in back-to-school purchases inaugurated by former Gov. Bob Wise.Senate Minority Leader Don Caruth, R-Mercer, debated Economic Development Chairman Brooks McCabe, D-Kanawha, at length over the Republican-led bid to apply the brakes this year to the business franchise tax.All the two agreed on was that the tax is West Virginia's "most onerous" on the business community.But McCabe alluded to a bundle of tax reforms, among them the inventory tax and corporate net income, along with another one-penny drop in the tax on groceries.All told, the tax reductions will rob the state's coffers of between $138 million and $140 million, he said.While things look rosy this year with a whopping surplus, both McCabe and Finance Chairman Walt Helmick, D-Pocahontas, raised the specter of a downtown in the economy — even a recession — and if that occurs, the $70 million loss the Caruth amendment costs would look massive."What if we have a 10 percent reduction in the price of coal?" he asked."That's another $30 million out of the general revenue fund."Suppose, he asked, if lotteries flourish in surrounding states? That could translate into another $50 million setback.But Sen.
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Singapore began two days of verbal presentations on the Pedra Branca dispute today, while Malaysia will launch its counter-arguments on Wednesday. Singapores Ambassador-At-Large Professor Tommy Koh said that the Singapore team has prepared well for their presentations today: We are in good shape. We have all done our first draft of our second-round statements. The team is energized (and) ready to go. On Malaysias presentation at the International Court of Justice so far, Professor Koh said: The Malaysian team was extremely eloquent and they succeeded because of their eloquence in putting forward a much better case than the intrinsic case of Malaysia. The island of Pedra Branca and its two surrounding out-crops, Middle Rocks and South Ledge, lie at the eastern entrance to the Strait of Singapore.
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