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Developers have been given their first glimpse of an open source alternative to Facebook called Diaspora.
Link [opens new window]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11326157
Massive multiplayer game APB: All Points Bulletin is to shut less than three months after it launched.
Link [opens new window]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11333582
Yahoo makes a bit to get its cool back with the launch of a product strategy to make the web personal.
Link [opens new window]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11339276
Facebook’s location-based service Places is launched in the UK, allowing users to list their location and see where friends are.
Link [opens new window]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11342802
The growing number of chips in cars will make them smarter and safer to drive, predict experts.
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Microsoft has launched “Fix It” software that keeps an eye on a PC and automatically repairs common faults.
The software basically adds the automatic diagnostics system in Windows 7 to older versions of Microsoft’s operating system.
The software, currently available as a trial or beta version, is intended for users of Windows XP and Vista.
The package also tries to anticipate how security updates will affect a PC before they are installed.
Bug watch
Once installed, the software gets updates about known issues with Windows or any connected devices, and regularly checks to see if a host machine has fallen victim. Once fixes become available it will tell users they are ready or attempt to apply them.
The software has onboard fixes for about 300 of the most widely encountered problems that stop Windows working as it should.
The software also maintains a list of the hardware and software on a machine so if the automatic fix does not solve a problem, it will be able to help users supply detailed information to Microsoft’s support staff about what has gone wrong.
Those signing up and downloading the Fix It software can use it on several different machines.
The free software can be downloaded from Microsoft’s support pages. Windows XP users wanting to use it must have Service Pack 3 for the operating system installed.
The Fix It service began in late 2008, when Microsoft began using the logo to highlight automatic fixes on its support pages that dealt with very common problems.
Anyone clicking on the logo kicked off a download that tried to fix that problem automatically.
Microsoft, like many other software firms, has built a vast database of faults and problems as technology built into Windows reports back about crashes and other bugs that machines encounter. – BBC News Tech.
We think this isn’t exactly going to be life changing and you should continue to look at your tradional computer support avenues
Smartphone symphony: a group of US students have built music applications and written scores for their iPhones.
Link [opens new window]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8394148.stm
There has been no substantial change in the number of adult brain tumours since mobile phone usage sharply increased in the mid-1990s, Danish scientists say.
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Microsoft has apologised for a brief outage which saw its search site Bing disappear from the internet.
Link [opens new window]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8394676.stm
Google has discussed plans to add property for sale to its online mapping service, expected to launch next year.
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A vast network of thousands of computers is being harnessed to design the building-blocks for future silicon chips.
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More than 1,000 websites which appear to sell cut price designer goods have been brought down by police.
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Peers are urged by net providers to make substantive changes to government plans to tackle illegal file-sharing.
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Using social network websites and texting improves core writing skills, says the National Literacy Trust.
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A chip that fits a “data centre” onto a piece of silicon the size of a postage stamp has been unveiled by Intel.
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MySpace launches a UK version of its music service in a bid to compete with firms such as Spotify and Last Fm.
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