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Big Boy Toy
The world's biggest passenger airliner landed at Europe's busiest airport Thursday to test whether London's Heathrow is ready for the Airbus A380. This double-decker plane has a list price of $300 million, and requires around $800 million in repairs to the airport recieving these crafts landing.
16 airlines have already pre-ordered the plane, which should take its first public flight in novemeber, 6 months behind schedule. Singapore Airlines Ltd. will be the first carrier to put the plane into passenger service by the end of the year.
Windows Vista
In a bid to assure that most consumers have a computer powerful enough to run the new Windows Vista, Microsoft launched a website that will determine whether your current PC is capable of running the new operating system. The website provides information and a variety of tools customers can use to prepare for the Vista.
Breaking News: N. Korea readying missle launch.
Four Soldiers, and their Iraqi interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb Thursday.
They keep insisting eaves-dropping on our calls is 'legal'.
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