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Apple gags 11 year old over exploding iPod
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The activities of Apple’s legal team hit a new low after threatening an 11 year old girl after one of its iPods exploded.
Call for debate on killer robots
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An international debate is needed on the use of autonomous military robots, a leading academic has said.
Facebook now fourth largest website
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In June, Facebook had grown by a massive 24 million users. It now has around 250 million active users and recieves 340 million global unique visitors.
Microsoft Blacklists Leaked OEM Windows 7 Key
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With all the deals being introduced, it seems Microsoft is trying all they can to reduce piracy on their new operating system, Windows 7 – a large problem with the earlier Microsoft OS’s. Unfortunately though, it seems an OEM master key from Lenovo has been leaked.
Microsoft Anytime Upgrade and Family Pack Pricing Revealed
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To ensure most users can afford and are willing enough to purchase Windows 7 rather than trying to get hold of a pirated copy, Microsoft is revealing many tempting deals. For instance, households with 1 – 3 computers can purchase a ‘Family Pack’ which includes Windows 7 licenses for three computers. Users with ‘Starter Editions’ of Windows 7 can affordably upgrade to a more complex and featured version for little money.
1 billionth Firefox download soon
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The next big milestone of Mozilla Firefox is expected to be achieved today.
Microsoft’s Bing taking over Yahoo
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A report on ‘The Wall Street Journal’ and ‘Businessweek’ identifies that Yahoo and Microsoft maybe sealing a deal after the interest Microsoft showed in Yahoo about a year ago.
Adobe flaw leads to Trojan attack
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This latest security breach in Adobe’s software may bring some red faces at the company, as the hole has been public since December 2008.
Wireless power system shown off
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A system that can deliver power to devices without the need for wires has been shown off at a hi-tech conference.
Plug-pulling ISP changes policy
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Internet service provider (ISP) Karoo, based in Hull, has changed its policy of suspending the service of users suspected of copyright violations.
