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Insects become fly-on-the-wall spies with tiny cameras, radio controls and microphonesBy FIONA MACRAE - More by this author » Last updated at 01:06am on 6th March 2008   It sounds like the stuff of science fiction - beetles, rats and sharks turned into cunning spies courtesy of a brain implant or two.  But such scenarios are fast moving from fantasy to fact, with laboratories around the world hatching a new breed of spy. Moths, beetles, rats, pigeons and sharks have been installed with electrodes, batteries and even video cameras in an attempt to create the ultimate spook. Scroll down for...

Gates Shows How Microsoft Is Expanding Into More Platforms and InterfacesLAS VEGAS (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. might not be the unbeatable giant it once seemed to be, but Chairman Bill Gates made the case Sunday night that its technologies are becoming even more flexible and powerful as they seep into automobiles, Internet-based TV networks and living rooms. A few months away from leaving his daily duties at Microsoft to focus on his philanthropy, Gates used his traditional kickoff keynote at the International Consumer Electronics Show to highlight how Microsoft is extending the reach of its software beyond desktops and servers,...

I need help switching my vista back to XP on my laptop. No network is invloved, this is my personal pc. Vista will not work with several of my programs for outside applications(I have checked for Vista compatibility and it will be a long while). I have an XP Pro CD. Help me please. Thanks in advance.

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It appears that Dell, which has slipped to the number two PC maker in the world, is determined to follow the advice of consumers on its IdeaStorm website and see where it takes them. The novel approach has already led Dell to commit itself to bring pre-installed Linux computers to market and the latest move pits the powerful PC vendor against the might of Microsoft. Dell will sell XP Home and Professional on six PC models including two desktops and four notebooks. Although Microsoft has said publicly that it will stop offering licences for XP to PC vendors from January...

I recewntly set up a linksys wireless router in the house for my wife's laptop. I am trying to figure if one can print to the printer wirelessly, without hooking up the USB printer cable from the wireless laptop to the printer. The printer is an HP PSC 2355 All in one. Appreciate any help you can give to this computer hardware dolt. Thanks in advance.

DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- Hoping to spur interest among video game enthusiasts, creative types and students, Microsoft Corp. said it plans to offer a consumer version of the professional software tools used to create video games for its Xbox 360 console. The XNA Game Studio Express program, an offshoot of the company's more robust XNA Framework, will be available August 30 for a $99 annual subscription, the company announced Monday. The software, which requires a Windows PC to operate, will let anyone with the desire create their own video games and then share them on Microsoft's Xbox Live online game...