Investor's Business Daily - Coughing into your cell phone may soon save you a trip to the doctor, says a Discovery News report citing new research by U.S. and Aussie scientists. The scientists hope to diagnose cold, flu, pneumonia or other respiratory diseases by analyzing coughs via phone-based software. The Gates Foundation has awarded grants to create such software for use in developing nations to the scientists based at Star Analytical Services, a Mass. firm, and Australia's Univ. of Queensland.

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PC World - Windows 7 users got a nice surprise on Tuesday when Microsoft released its first set of security patches since unveiling the new operating system last month. Of the 15 bugs patched, none affected Windows 7.

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(AP) -- Microsoft's newest computer operating system has survived its first few weeks on the market without needing any security fixes.

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Amazon.com on Tuesday released free software that lets people read the online retail titan's electronic Kindle books on personal computers.

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Apple on Monday issued its latest update to its Snow Leopard operating system. Mac OS X 10.6.2 fixes a slew of bugs and glitches that users had been complaining about. It also froze out Intel's Atom chip, leaving 'hackintosh' users -- people who use do-it-yourself methods to run Mac OS X on Intel-powered netbooks -- out in the cold. Mac OS X 10.6.2 includes general operating system fixes, font fixes, graphics fixes, mail fixes, MobileMe fixes, and Safari browser fixes.

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The scales of justice definitely don't tip in grayscale's favor when it comes to the overall e-reader device experience for consumers. Whether it's an Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader or Barnes & Noble Nook, 16-level grayscale means nothing more than a digital version of the weather in Seattle between November and April: different shades of gray. I realize that for the most part we're talking about black words on a white "page," and having test-driven all but the Nook, I'm well aware of the advantages of storing the equivalent of a home library in an 8-inch long, 10-ounch tablet.

Read on » Kindle for PC: A Good Preview for E-Reader Fence-Sitters

The first version of the popular Firefox browser was released five years ago this week. Firefox accounts for almost a quarter of browser usage today but faces new challenges from Google and Microsoft.

Read on » Firefox turns 5, faces new challenges

Hundreds of Facebook groups have been hijacked in recent days by users pointing out what they say is a weakness in how the social-networking site handles the administration of its groups.

Read on » Protesters hijack more than 200 Facebook groups

It's the biggest games launch of the year, possibly of all time, a title which is expected to sell 3 million copies in the UK alone over the coming days. It's the subject of feverish interest from fans, and great expectations from retailers, with stores opening at midnight, and a price war launched by one major supermarket chain. But Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has also sparked off a battle between two prominent Labour MPs with very different views of digital culture.

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