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Microsoft investigating newly reported IIS flaw

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The software maker says it is looking into a potential vulnerability that could allow attackers to take over machines running older versions of Microsoft’s Web server.
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Microsoft extends IE 8 charity offer

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Software maker says program that donates food to the hungry when people download IE 8 will run through September. However, it appears Microsoft is not hiking its maximum donation.
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Opera 10 to emerge Tuesday

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The next version of the browser includes support for new Web standards and a Turbo mode for poky Net connections.
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Netbook shipments continue to rise

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Netbooks grab greater market share with more than 38 million shipped in the second quarter of 2009, says new report from DisplaySearch.
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As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten its growth (AP)

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AP – Goofy videos weren’t on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion [...]

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India loses communication with lunar satellite (AP)

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AP – India’s national space agency said communications with the country’s only satellite orbiting the moon snapped Saturday and that its scientists were no longer controlling the spacecraft.

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Tennis officials a-Twitter: US Open players warned (AP)

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AP – Watch what you tweet.
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At Singularity University, tech is seen as savior (AP)

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AP – Chatter about ensuing plans permeates any graduation, though it’s not common for the talk to surround which class projects will receive venture capital funding.

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Sun absorbs $147M loss as Oracle deal looms (AP)

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AP – Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker’s last full quarter as an independent company.
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Do signs from Intel, Dell point to real turnaround?

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Intel and Dell are indicating that PC demand may be increasing but it’s not clear how permanent the trend is.
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