Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) has long been a favorite target of hackers, and the frequent discovery of vulnerabilities over the years has only offered more incentive. In fact, Microsoft is currently researching a new, unpatched flaw that could put users at risk of a cyberattack.

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It's July so it must be time for a new flagship double-digit FZ camera from Panasonic, a year on from the FZ20 and here it is, the all new eight megapixel FZ30. Much of what made the FZ20 such a popular camera remains, however there are quite a few changes. The FZ30 has a new twelve times optical zoom lens which features a mechanically linked zoom ring, manual focus ring (electronic), full internal zoom and focus (non-extending) and image stabilization. The FZ30's CCD is also very slightly larger than that of the FZ20, approximately 1.75 mm larger diagonally. The FZ30 also now provides a RAW capture option which promises more flexibility in image processing for the more advanced photographer.

Similar in design to the FZ20 the FZ30's lens barrel is shifted over slightly and the hand grip has been made larger, there are also more controls available on the camera body. Other changes include a higher resolution flip-down LCD monitor and control dials front and rear. Full detail of changes are shown below.

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Psi is the premiere Instant Messaging application designed for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X and GNU/Linux. Built upon an open protocol named Jabber, Psi is a fast and lightweight messaging client that utilises the best in open source technologies.

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Editors Note: As LQ interviewed Gael in 2003, a couple of the intro type questions were skipped. See the other interview for those questions.

LQ) It's been about a year since the company exited 'redressement judiciaire' and things seem to be going quite well now. To what do you credit the turnaround? What lessons have you learned along the way?

GD) We started to clean things out in 2001 because we felt that the situation started to become dangerous. But when you take actions to save money and make more business, it takes time, and actions can only be taken progressively.

For instance, starting from 2001 we continuously reduced expenses and developed new income sources such as Club and Store which are now our main sources of revenues. But we reached the break-even point only in spring 2003, approximately at the same date as the beginning of the chapter-11 like period.

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