In today's daily news podcast, we present Fred Langa's how-to that demonstrates how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation without losing data, reinstalling user software, reformatting, or otherwise destructively altering the setup. We also have a story about what happens when outsourcing goes bad, and explore the fact that U.S. engineering groups are filing a growing number of discrimination complaints against American companies for allegedly favoring foreign workers. Finally, we delve into plans by Nokia and Siemens To Merge Phone Equipment Units.

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Your host today is Alice LaPlante.