"We completely strip each of the browsers' processes of all their privilege to access the rest of the computer, " says Linus Upson, Google's engineering director.

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Linus Upson, Google's vice president of engineering, told the BBC that this had already encouraged more than 500 schools across 41 US states to "deploy" Chromebooks to their students.

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Kumi Yokoyama of Japan is the only woman shortlisted, with the nominees completed by Neymar (Santos), Hamit Altintop (Turkey) and Linus Hallenius of Sweden's Hammarby, who in one fluid movement took the ball on his chest, flicked it over his head with his right foot and volleyed in with his left from the edge of the box.

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Linux(R) is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.

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David Gann and Linus Dahlander, of London's Imperial College, are also sceptical.

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