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SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. released four software patches Tuesday to fix security flaws, including one flaw that could allow hackers to take over computers running the company’s instant-messaging programs.
Only one of the flaws carried the company’s most severe “critical” rating, and it applies only to the Windows 2000 operating system.
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A lightweight solar-powered plane has smashed the official world record for the longest-duration unmanned flight. UK defence firm Qinetiq, which built the Zephyr unmanned aerial vehicle, said it flew for 54 hours during tests.

The researchers believe it is the first time a solar-powered craft has flown under its own power through two nights.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. launched its highly publicized new server chip Monday, delivering the biggest jolt to its product lineup in four years.
The company’s redesigned Opteron processor is the first from AMD to feature four computing engines on a single chip instead of just one or two.
AMD’s belated entry into the “quad-core” […]

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NEW YORK - Apple Inc. sold its millionth iPhone on Sunday, just 74 days after the combination cell phone-iPod went on sale and less than a week after its price was cut by a third.
Apple previously said it expected to hit the million-sold mark by the end of September.
Monday’s announcement sent Apple shares up $2.94, […]

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The technology behind the mobile phone is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
On 7 September 1987, 15 phone firms signed an agreement to build mobile networks based on the Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communications.
According to the GSM Association there are more than 2.5 billion accounts that use this mobile phone technology.
Adoption of the technology shows no […]

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How can we give up free products ? Well it’s a simple new system involving a three step process, which has featured on BBC and CNN.

The advertisers want people to try out their products or services, and they’re willing to pay to promote … it’s simple, less expensive for them than tv advertising and much […]

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What does one do 434 discarded Itanium CPUs? Matt Tovey was inspired by our Chip Trivet, and used them to make this awesome computer desk.

The CPU modules were scrapped as the result of a supercomputer upgrade, and were presumably functional before […]

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Lucian Pintilie (middle) with students
Lucian Pintilie, one of Romania’s best known film producers, talked about his views on the new trends in the industry and confessed his relations with the Secret Police in his youth at the Academia Civica summer school taking place at the Sighet anti-communist memorial, northern Romania on Saturday.
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Consultancy firm Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) reviewed negatively their estimations on IT general and soft spending in Romania.
According to the company , in 2004, there was a 110 million euro spending approved for 2007 spending on IT project services in the Romanian public sector. The current forecast is a maximum of 75 million euro.
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The national wired telephony operator had an income of 894.8 million euros in 2006, 3.8% less than the year before (929.7 millions), a company press release informs. The profit after taxes was 55.2 million euros, compared to 84.9 millions in 2005.
The decrease was caused mainly by the lower financial gain, the consolidation of mobile operator […]

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