Lead roof tiles are worth a lot of money. And you’ll find them, in the United Kingdom, at least, on the top of schools, museums, churches, and the Houses of Parliament.

Tom Berge, a man who truly appreciates the free part of free enterprise, knew where he could pinpoint such buildings: Google Earth.

He sat at his computer, googled away, selected his targets (mercifully, the roofs were unblurred), got into his car, and climbed less than socially toward his riches. He managed to collect about $140,000 worth of lead, which he sold to unsuspecting merchants.

A friend of Berge revealed to the Telegraph: “He could tell the lead roofs apart on Google Earth, as they were slightly darker than normal.”

Mr. Berge, aged a mere 27, pleaded guilty last week–no, not to an appreciation for official buildings, but rather to theft.

Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday that Intel plans to pull its 2001 cross-licensing patent agreement in the next 60 days, unless concerns surrounding AMD’s joint venture chip foundry are addressed.

Intel’s warning is an escalation of concerns it expressed more than five months ago, following AMD’s announcement it planned to spin off its manufacturing assets to a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi government.

The joint-chip foundry, Globalfoundries, calls for the government’s Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC) to own a majority 55.6 percent stake, but AMD and ATIC will hold equal voting rights. The deal officially closed earlier this month.

Under the 2001 Intel-AMD patent cross-licensing agreement, restrictions exist regarding the transfer of licenses and patents. That agreement is in place until 2010, when it expires.

Intel said its opposition stems from a belief that Globalfoundries is not a subsidiary of AMD, under the terms of the chip companies’ 2001 agreement. As a result, Intel does not view Globalfoundries as having licensing rights to its patents.

Bruce Sewell, Intel general counsel, said in a statement:

Intellectual property is a cornerstone of Intel’s technology leadership and for more than 30 years, the company has believed in the strategic importance of licensing intellectual property in exchange for fair value. However AMD cannot unilaterally extend Intel’s licensing rights to a third party without Intel’s consent.

AMD, however, views Globalfoundries as a subsidiary of AMD and sees Intel’s latest warning is an attempt to box in its rival, said Harry Wolin, AMD general counsel.

He added that ATIC, through the joint venture, will provide AMD with the capital needed to have state-of-the-art manufacturing technology, posing a greater competitive threat to Intel and its foundries.

AMD also views Intel’s actions as a means to distract the public’s attention from its recent antitrust battles with the European Commission, as well as in Japan, Korea, and the U.S.

For AMD, the 2001 Intel agreement allows it to manufacture chips using Intel’s x86 design, while providing Intel access to its chip patents.

The companies have had a long-standing patent and licensing relationship, going back to 1976.

When you run a server or even you own desktop you probably do not want to restart your machine during work hours, this especially concern servers which should run 24/7. However sometimes when you install a new program or after you run Windows Update you need to restart the machine in order to complete the installation. Fortunately you can schedule the time your machine restart by using Windows own task scheduler.

Here is how you do it:

• Go to Start->All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Scheduled Tasks
• Double-click Add Scheduled Task
• Click Next and on the next screen click Browse
• Under %SystemRoot%\System32 folder, select the program called Shutdown.exe
• In the next screen choose the name and select One time only
• Click Next and fill in the time you want this shutdown (and restart) task to run
• Click Next and fill in your user name and password
• Click Nextand CHECK the box named: “Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish”
• Click Finish - Now the advance screen will appear
• This is very important step: In the Run box you need to add parameters to the command line in order for the system to restart. After shutdown.exe add the parameters -r -t 00 so you’ll end up with something like this in the Run box: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Shutdown.exe -r -t 00
• Click OK and you are done. (You may need to enter your user name and password again)