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  1. Harlequin Attempts to Patent the Kiss

    Talk about lip service: Harlequin Enterprises, renowned publisher of pulp romance novels, has applied for a patent on the romantic kiss. The application, if granted, leaves open the possibility that we may one day have to pay a licensing fee to lock lips with the ones we covet. Don't start...
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    Windows 7 Old and New -- MVS 370 Mainframe on Windows 7

    Hi all I just love this one.:razz: It's just about as far removed from "Cloud Computing" as you can get. A real mix here of Old and New. Using the Hercules emulator you can run your very own IBM MVS 370 Mainframe system on W7 with no probs at all -- the power of even a humble laptop is vastly...
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