Dec. 13th, 2002

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"Two years ago, the eccentric explorer John Blashford-Snell delivered a baby grand to a remote Amazonian tribe who'd had little contact with 'civilisation'. Late last month, he and a team returned to tune it - and to see if they had learned to play it."

the full story is at The Guardian's site [ here ]
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from the Register ...

"The configuration of a PC supplied to a British dyslexic student by MicrolinkPC has raised privacy concerns about the company ...

... When she came to customise her new Windows XP PC she learned that MicrolinkPC had retained access to the administrator account. Her account granted only super user status which means she could install new programs but not disable remote administration."

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