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Open source software |
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Readily available and free of charge. Open Source
applications can certainly seem very attractive on the
surface. But is the cost factor just the tip of the iceberg? And if so, what
hidden risks lie beneath? We examine the case for
and against.
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Views on the Street |
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Google’s new Street View map service, which was
launched earlier this month, has been welcomed
as an exciting new innovation by some and condemned
as an invasion of privacy by others. Click to read
more about the views on the street.
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Recharge your
batteries in seconds |
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An American research team has developed a
material that could allow laptop and mobile
phone batteries to recharge in a matter of
seconds. So could this mark the end of sales
reps purchasing expensive coffee in hotel
lobbies just to sneak a use of the
establishments' plug sockets?
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Beware predictable
passwords |
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When a specialist
programming website was hacked, the passwords of
its 20,000 members were revealed for all to see,
no doubt causing
great concern to the site and its
subscribers. But expert analysis of these passwords
is now
serving as a useful security reminder to the
rest of us.
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