In 2004, Bill Gates claimed that it would take two years to solve the problem of spam e-mail.

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Before libraries and publishers can come together and agree how to solve the problem of library e-book lending, they probably will have to understand each other.

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Mr Gates suggested that new techniques to identify senders, or the imposition of a small fee to send e-mails, might solve the problem.

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The agency shop was devised to solve the free rider problem, i.e.

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Would e-books and one bit of available technology solve this problem?

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Scientists have successfully developed a computer out of E. coli bacteria ( again), which has managed to solve the Burnt Pancake Problem -- at least in a limited form.

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