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Olympic Committee chooses XP over Vista
August 14, 2007: The popularity of Windows XP is still making things difficult for Vista. Now Vista has again suffered a major setback, with Lenovo (Olympic 2008' official sponsor) installing XP on it's machines to run the Olympic Games’ vital PC-related tasks.
Hacker breaks into Pentagon
June 22, 2007: The Pentagon took as many as 1,500 computers offline on Thursday to stamp out a security breach in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Password Vulnerability In Firefox 2.0.0.5
July 23, 2007: According to a message posted over the weekend on the Full-Disclosure mailing list, the latest version of Firefox, 2.0.0.5, contains a password management vulnerability that can allow malicious Web sites to steal user passwords.
France Telecom tunes into internet television
August 2, 2007: Internet television and video-on-demand are enabling France Telecom to cope with a structural decline in revenues from traditional fixed-line calls in its home market.
Korean stem cell 'clone' still a first
August 3, 2007: Intriguing new insights into the biggest scandal in the history of human stem cell research, involving the South Korean researcher Hwang Woo-Suk, were reported today in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
Warning of webmail wi-fi hijack
August 3, 2007: Using public wi-fi hotspots has got much riskier as security experts unveil tools that nab login data over the air.
Microsoft tries free office suite
August 2, 2007: The software giant said it would make ad-supported copies of the Works package available within "months".
UN's website breached by hackers
August 12, 2007: Hackers have attacked the United Nations official website, forcing some sections to be taken offline.
Photo tool could fix bad images
August 8, 2007: Digital photographers could soon be able to erase unwanted elements in photos by using tools that scan for similar images in online libraries.
Paper battery offers future power
August 14, 2007: Flexible paper batteries could meet the energy demands of the next generation of gadgets, says a team of researchers.
Nokia admits mobile battery issue
August 14, 2007: Nokia is offering to replace 46 million batteries for its mobile phones after reports of overheating while charging.
Bluetooth helps Facebook friends
August 16, 2007: A team of UK researchers is combining the power of social network Facebook with communications tool Bluetooth to learn more about human interactions.
PlayStation to record digital TV
August 22, 2007: PlayStation 3 (PS3) users in Europe will soon be able to record and playback digital TV on their console.
Google Earth given celestial view
August 22, 2007: The constellations of Andromeda, Hydra and Vulpecula are now just a mouse click away for amateur star-gazers, following the launch of Google Sky.
Teenage hacker unlocks the iPhone
August 25, 2007: A New Jersey teenager has unlocked the iPhone, opening the way to Apple's iconic mobile telephone being used by non-US networks.
China sending virtual police on cyber-patrols
August 29, 2007 (BEIJING): Virtual police officers will soon begin visible patrols on Chinese Internet sites to warn surfers they are being monitored, Beijing authorities said in comments published Wednesday.
Latest Google Earth has flight sim Easter Egg
September 2, 2007: When we told you about the new Google Sky feature in the latest version of Google Earth, what we didn't know is that this version actually contains an Easter Egg, of sorts.
Chinese military hacked into Pentagon
September 3, 2007: The Chinese military hacked into a Pentagon computer network in June in the most successful cyber attack on the US defence department, say American officials.
Mobiles to become digital wallets
September 3, 2007: The UK's big five mobile phone firms have switched on a payment system that turns handsets into digital wallets.
China hosting half of world's malicious sites
September 4, 2007: China is host to almost half of the world's malware-infected websites.
South Korea picks first astronaut
September 5, 2007: Officials in South Korea have chosen a 30-year-old engineer to be the country's first citizen in space.
Mobile system promises free calls
September 11, 2007: A new way of making calls directly between phones, for free, is being trialled by a Swedish company.
Net gains for tiny Pacific nation
September 14, 2007: An atoll in the South Pacific has come up with a novel way of making money via its domain name .TK.
Scans reveal lost gravestone text
October 3, 2007: Illegible words on church headstones could be read once more thanks to a scan technology developed in the US.
BBC online to go free over wi-fi
October 15, 2007: The BBC's online services will be made available free of charge at thousands of wi-fi hotspots around the UK.
The Future of Electronic Paper
October 15, 2007: Thirty-five years in the making, electronic paper is now closer than ever to changing the way we read, write, and study — a revolution so profound that some see it as second only to the invention of the printing press in the 15th century.
MySpace to offer members free internet phone calls
October 17, 2007 (BEIJING): The largest social - networking site MySpace will offer its members free internet phone calls with a new feature based on eBay Inc.'s Skype service, which will be available in 20 countries starting in November, media reports said Wednesday.
Mobile phone use backed on planes
October 18, 2007: Passengers could soon be using their mobile phones on planes flying through European airspace.
Maldives, the first country to open an embassy in virtual world
October 23, 2007: The Maldives has become the first country to open an embassy in Second Life, an Internet-based three-dimensional virtual world inhabited by more than 6.6 million “residents” from around the globe.
3 launches new Skype mobile phone
October 29, 2007: Mobile phone provider 3 has launched a new handset that will allow users to make free calls over the internet via telephony service Skype.
Mobiles for the 'world's poorest'
September 10, 2007: Nearly half a million people, described by the UN as "the poorest of the poor", will soon be able to make mobile calls.
Driverless car wins robot challenge
November 5, 2007: A driverless car called Boss has scooped a $2m prize in a Californian race for robotic vehicles.
A Computer That Works With Google
November 1, 2007: Advocates of Linux, the free open-source operating system, like to say that buying a standard-issue computer involves a Microsoft Tax, because you have no choice but to pay for Windows.
'$100 laptop' begins production
November 7, 2007: Mass production of the so-called $100 laptop has begun, five years after the concept was first proposed.
Home computing pioneer honoured
December 29, 2007: One of the designers of the classic BBC Micro computer has been recognised in the New Year Honours list.
China wants stability at Myanmar border
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