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paidcontent-s.jpg... Zero. Yes, zero, according to a study by the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California Annenberg School For Communication And Journalism. We already know thanks to several other surveys that consumers aren't exactly rushing to pay for social networking online, but the Annenberg School's study shows the most extreme reaction so far, especially considering that 49% of the internet users among the 1,981 survey respondents said they did use social networking...

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Sureblades will produce a new type of recyclable blade in a factory metres from the Vestas plant one year after its closure

Nearly one year after Danish wind giant Vestas closed the UK's only major turbine plant, a new British blade manufacturer is opening just metres from the old factory.

Sureblades, run by a team including three former Vestas staff on the Isle of Wight, is pinning its hopes on a new type of blade that will be 100% recyclable.

Working with Southampton University for the...

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Sort of. Meet one of the seven trusted individuals who can fix the internet in the event of a major catastrophe

It sounds like a Fellowship of the Ring for the internet age – a carefully chosen alliance of technology warriors, safeguarding a mythical key that could one day shut down the internet. According to yesterday's news reports, these keyholders will share responsibility for "rebooting the web" in the event of a catastrophic global meltdown.

Bath technologist Paul Kane – one of the...

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G Data and Sophos launch temporary security patches to prevent criminals exploiting .LNK shortcut vulnerability

Two software security companies today released temporary security patches for the Windows 'zero-day' vulnerability affecting all versions of the Microsoft operating system back to Windows 2000.

The security flaw – acknowledged by Microsoft – can affect someone who simply opens a desktop folder containing an "infected" .LNK extension. Microsoft had rushed out a workaround for the...

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India's new $35 tablet computer needs manufacturing success and demand if it is to revolutionise IT literacy – it has neither

Kapil Sibal, India's minister for human resource development, recently announced that Indian scientists had developed a tablet computer that could be manufactured for just $35. The device has been developed primarily for students and is part of the government's ambitious plan to connect 25,000 Indian colleges to broadband. The push is no doubt linked to MIT's 2005...

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