Despite the looming threat of being replaced by phase-change memory, contemporary memory modules aren't quite ready to be shown the door -- engineers at Macronix have found a way to revive spent NAND flash cells.

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The deal calls for expanded production of McQueen's womenswsear and menswear lines by Gucci's manufacturers, a rollout of McQueen boutiques in London (a flagship store on Bond Street), Tokyo and New York (near Stella McCartney's shop by the semi-gentrified meatpacking district) and for Alexander McQueen ready-to-wear collections to be shown in Paris.

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But if Mr Putin's Russia is now ready to be a better colleague of the West, it has not yet shown itself to be a fully-fledged part of it.

ECONOMIST: Rock-solid allies? No. But certainly enemies no longer

We haven't seen the prompt ourselves, but Liliputing has some screenshots of it (shown above) and is reporting the update auto-downloads and notifies you when its ready to be installed.

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