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VIA Announces 3Q’05 Results:

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced financial results for third quarter 2005. Net sales for 3Q'05 were NT$4,901 million, and net loss was NT$167 million. Based on the current weighted average shares outstanding of 1,279.067 million shares, earnings per share were reported as negative NT$0.13.

Microsoft Announces MSN Book Search:

MSN Search today announced its intention to launch MSN® Book Search, which will support MSN Search’s efforts to help people find exactly what they’re looking for on the Web, including the content from books, academic materials, periodicals and other print resources. MSN Search intends to launch an initial beta of this offering next year. MSN also intends to join the Open Content Alliance (OCA) (http://www.opencontentalliance.org) and work with the organization to scan and digitize publicly available print materials, as well as work with copyright owners to legally scan protected materials.