Transmeta , the little semiconductor company that began life with a high-profile bang, went whimpering to Piper Jaffray on Thursday to decide howto deal with its bleak future in theface of a hostile takeover bid from its largest shareholder.
So as Estonia prepares to celebrate its coming of age this August, when it will mark 21 years since the end of the Soviet occupation, the country can look back at how far it has come, but facethefuture knowing that it has a lot still to prove.