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Questions

1. Who invented the digital video recorder at ReplayTV and started Roku?

2. In the recent HP `spying scandal', which controversial data-gathering technique was used, according to HP, in an internal investigation of media leaks from its boardroom?

3. Name the widely anticipated Internet service offering movies and TV shows, unveiled by Amazon on September 7.

4. In what way was September 3 important in the context of disk operating system?

5. Of which legendary video game company is David Pierce the new CEO?

6. On September 4, which site, because of a tragedy, became the No. 1 entertainment personality Web site in Australia and the third-most popular in the U.S.?

7. What is `bit rot'?

8. In cyber-jargon, expand the acronym WOMBAT, used for problems that is totally of no use whatsoever?

9. Which cyber-major is developing SoulPad?

10. What is the generic term for an OS distribution that is executed upon boot without installation on a hard drive?

Answers

1. Anthony Wood

2. Pretexting

3. Amazon Unbox

4. FreeDOS reached the `1.0' milestone.

5. Atari

6. www.crocodilehunter.com, following Steve Irwin's freak fatal accident.

7. Colloquially, it's a term to describe a gradual degradation of storage media or software.

8. Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time.

9. IBM. It's a mobile computing project.

10. LiveDistro

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