Dubai investment fund buys a stake in Sony ... New PSP sells a million ... Get bad grades? Blame your name

In this issue:
- Tracking down a reboot using DOS commands
- Dubai investment fund takes 'substantial' stake in Sony
- Did badly in school? Blame your initials
- New PSP sells a million in Japan
- Broadcom will pursue injunction against Qualcomm
- French gov't plans to disconnect content pirates
- Rap video by Singaporean officials becomes viral hit
- Win a Wi-Fi Detector T-Shirt!


TODAY'S NEWS

Dubai investment fund takes 'substantial' stake in Sony
Dubai International Capital has bought a 'substantial' stake in Sony, the fund's first investment in Japan, it announced Monday.

Online holiday shopping starts strong in the U.S.
Americans flocked to Web sites to do holiday shopping over the weekend and spending was up on last year, according to several reports.

New PSP sells a million in Japan
Sony's slimmer and cheaper PlayStation Portable has struck a chord with Japanese shoppers racking up sales of 1 million units in its first two months on sale.

Broadcom will pursue injunction against Qualcomm
A U.S. court ruling has cleared the way for wireless chip maker Broadcom to pursue an injunction against rival Qualcomm over a long-running patent dispute.

French gov't plans to disconnect content pirates
The French government plans to extend measures to deal with digital piracy, cutting off the Internet connections of those suspected of illegal filesharing.

Rap video by Singaporean officials becomes viral hit
A rap video produced by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has attracted tens of thousands of viewers on YouTube, turning the four-minute clip into a viral hit.


TIP

Tracking down a reboot using DOS commands
By Sandra Henry-Stocker, ITworld

When one of only a handful of Windows servers that I manage dropped off my radar for a while, I wasn't sure what to think. I had been running an application, for which this system was the server and it stopped responding. When I tried reconnecting, it was clearly not available. The system was rebooting, but it took me a while to figure that out. How do I go about determining if a Windows server has rebooted?


ITWHIRLED

Did badly in school? Blame your initials
If you were a mediocre student, don't blame yourself for your bad study skills, or your teachers for failing to inspire a love of learning. Blame your parents for naming you Chester or Doris. Researchers at UC San Diego found that people whose first names begin with C or D are more likely to be C or D students. Those who had K as a first initial were more likely to be good pitchers ("K" being the baseball shorthand for a strikeout). ...read more

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