Dolby expects the majority of PCs to continue to ship with optical disc drives when Windows 8 is released and to include optical disc playback functionality.

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BizTalk Orchestration will ship with BizTalk Server 2000, expected to be released in a beta version in the third quarter, said David Wascha, BizTalk product manager, who gave a demonstration of the product.

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Cyprus eventually released the ship after assurances from its Russian owners that it wouldn't complete the delivery, according to Cypriot officials.

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But the main means of communication with Beagle 2 was always intended to be its mother ship, the European Space Agency's Mars Express, from which it was released on December 19th.

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