Pakistan rolls out jet fighter produced with Chinese assistance
Islamabad - Pakistan on Monday celebrated the rollout of a multi-purpose jet fighter manufactured in the country under a joint venture with China. The first locally produced JF-17 Thunder made its debut at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra, ...
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The computer helper: Buying a Windows 7 computer - Feature
Washington - Lots of people have waited until the official release of Windows 7 before buying a new computer. And now that the new version of Windows is out, the stampede is on. Just about any computer you buy today will have Windows 7 pre- installed...
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Shuttle astronaut becomes father in space
Washington - An astronaut aboard the US shuttle Atlantis was over the moon after becoming the father of a baby girl hours after completing a spacewalk on Saturday. Randy Bresnik had waited with bated breath for two days until he was given the news th...
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Network music and middleman: New technology products
Music from the network: Sonos ZonePlayer S5Berlin - Sonos has released a new network-ready music player. The ZonePlayer S5 costs 399 dollars and comes with five integrated speakers to play back music stored on a home network or streamed from internet...
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Fast and uncomplicated: Windows 7 on netbooks
Munich - Windows 7 is here. One of the ways the new operating system from Microsoft stands out is that it doesn't need powerful hardware to run well. This makes it suitable for use in netbooks, which typically come preinstalled with Windows XP. Wind...
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Anonymization programmes generally live up to promises
Hamburg - Computer programmes designed to let users surf online anonymously generally live up to expectations, according to tests run by German computer magazine Computer Bild. The test of eight programmes found that seven set up an effective disgui...
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New online virus threat comes via banner ads
Cologne, Germany - Recently, criminals managed to place a doctored banner ad carrying a virus on the homepage of the New York Times, a mainstay of American journalism. The fact they could do so is bad enough. Worse: it's not an isolated case. It's be...
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Google's Dashboard lets users keep eye on personal data
Munich - Dashboard, a new function from Google, lets the company's customers keep an eye on what personal data Google has gathered on them. For example, the function shows what information is gathered when people use services like Google's e-mail pro...
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