Controlling Kids Logon Hours in XP Pro

Would you like to control when your kids can logon to the computer? There are commercial and shareware programmes that can do this with a fancy GUI, but it can also be done with admin rights from the XP command line for free.

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Teacher, cheater

A previously secret report has revealed that nearly 250 UK teachers have been investigated over the past four years for allegedly aiding pupils during national tests.

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WiFi Worries

Wireless networks are extremely vulnerable to hackers, even with encryption switched on, according to leading security experts.

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Get the Works

There's a little-advertised update for Microsoft Works that provides additional security and takes the programme up to version 8.5. But hurry, the update is only available for users of Works Suite 2004 until 30 September, 2006.

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CNN launches citizen journalism site

CNN has added a 'citizen journalism' section to its website that features user-submitted video, audio, articles and graphics. Called CNN Exchange, the site lest people upload submissions and interact with the site's news reports, commentaries and polls.

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How much does your boss earn?

UK employees can find out how much their boss earns and other information about their company at a new website by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

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Software Freedom Day

The third annual Software Freedom Day is due to take place Saturday, 16 September 2006.

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Search the web anonymously

A new metasearch engine lets you search the web anonymously, automatically deleting all your personal search details and log files.

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Rise of the Insect Soldiers

Defence scientists in the US want to insert microchips into insects so that they can be remotely controlled on the battlefield, The idea comes from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which develops new technology for the US military.

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Bad breath detector for terrorists

Terrorist bomb-makers could soon be caught out with the aid of a portable breathalyser. The device, called Heartsbreath, has been developed by a New Jersey researcher, Dr Michael Phillips.

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UK private schools to cap GCSEs

Leading private schools in the UK are to limit the number of GCSEs (the British state high school exam) their pupils can take because they believe the exam is damaging their education.

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Stop black history lessons in UK schools - writer says

British teachers should stop teaching special lessons on black history, according to Sharon Foster, the writer of 'Shoot the Messenger', a new film about a black teacher due to be broadcast on the UK TV channel BBC2 next week.

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180 crimes in UK schools every day

Police are called to deal with 180 incidents in schools every day according to the News of the World, a British newspaper. They range from theft and criminal damage to race hate arracks, drug use, sexual assaults, yob violence, fraud and even kidnap.

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Saudi beheadings

Two Saudi Arabian border guards were beheaded publicly for trafficking hashish. The executions of Moayad bin Yahya al-Waeli and Mehdi bin Hamad al-Mansour, in Hail, bring the total number of people beheaded in Saudi Arabia this year to 5; the total was 83 last year. (AP)

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exFAT for flash drives

Flash drives currently use FAT12/16, which has a limit of just 2GB. While FAT32 works with newer, larger drives, it is still limited to only 4GB - but with with gigabytes of flash now costing less than ever Microsoft is expecting it to be a key future storage technology.

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RFID ePassports hackable

High-tech radio frequency identification (RFID) passports have been viewed by some government security experts as the perfect solution to help stamp out forgeries - the US and Germany have already begun issuing RFID-enabled passports.

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50 Terabyte DVDs

Boffins working for NEC, the Japanse electronics giant, claim they've managed to modify light-absorbing molecules from the membrane of a salt marsh microbe and use them to create Protein-Coated Discs (PDCs) capable to storing 50TB (50,000 GB) of data.

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Cancer-busting molecule found

Scientists have found a molecule that helps cancer cells self-destruct. The molecule, dubbed PAC-1, was found by US and South Korean researchers after tests on more than 20,000 chemical compounds.

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UK Islamic schools face closure

Islamic schools which promote "isolationism" and extremism should be shut down, according to a British Government Minister.

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UK pays out £21m for rival GPS

Britain is forking out another £21 million to help launch Europe's own satellite navigation system. Trade Secretary Alistair Darling said Galileo will rival America's GPS. The £2.5 billion European Space Agency (ESA) project is expected to go into service in 2008.

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UK spies on household rubbish

Half a million wheelie bins have been secretly fitted with an electronic bugging device to enable local councils to monitor households that exceed restrictions on the disposal of non-recyclable waste. The tag is screwed into a recess under the bin's lip.

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UK freezes funds for intelligence agencies

Britain's domestic Security Service (MI5) and overseas Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), will have to wait until 2008 to get the cash that Tony Blair has pledged to help them fight terrorirm.

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Broadband hole found in Kent

Broadband technology is still not available in parts of the English county of Kent as British Telecom (BT) has failed to upgrade three telephone exchanges in Milstead, Elmstead and Selsted.

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