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Submission + - Google security flaw

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jbrodkin
jbrodkin writes: "Google's desktop search application contained a security flaw that, until recently, would have allowed hackers to take control of a user's computer and access personal files. Google claims to have fixed the problem but a security software firm that discovered the flaw says the Google Desktop application is ripe for abuse. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/022207-googl e-desktop-flaw.html"
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Submission + - Solar panel tech claims to become cheaper than gas

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UpnAtom
UpnAtom writes: "The Daily Telegraph Business section reports on an Swiss invention that uses a copper indium semiconductor compound to produce electricity.
"The "tipping point" will arrive when the capital cost of solar power falls below $1 (51p) per watt, roughly the cost of carbon power. We are not there yet. The best options today vary from $3 to $4 per watt — down from $100 in the late 1970s.

Mr Sethi believes his product will cut the cost to 80 cents per watt within five years, and 50 cents in a decade."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/m oney/2007/02/19/ccview19.xml

Any chance this will save the world?"

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