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So it looks like Linspire, provider of bargain basement PC operating systems, and Microsoft, provider of…a home for malware and viruses (how nice of them), have teamed up and inked a deal similar to the one Microsoft and Novell signed. Strange thing is, Microsoft is again offering Linspire users the “guarantee” they can’t be sued…
...Read MoreA rash of recent big foot sightings in rural India is prompting authorities to investigate. What makes these sightings different is almost all have been within the last month. Discovery Channel: “The bizarre sightings have been made in the Garo hills area of Meghalaya state, close to the borders with Bangladesh and Bhutan, with villagers…
...Read MoreHere’s something interesting from the web. Cuban President Fidel Castro has published some articles in Granma, the Cuban daily newspaper, pointing out what should be apparent to every American, trading our dependency on foreign oil for a dependency on biofuels will only hurt us in the end. Caribbean Net News: “Castro and his Venezuelan counterpart…
...Read MoreBreaking news this week, it appears Apple, maker of the wildly popular iPod music player, has been caught embedding users personal information in the music files they buy from iTunes. CNET News.com: “Apple includes customer names and e-mail addresses within song files purchased from iTunes, according to Fred von Lohmann, an EFF attorney. Several tech…
...Read MoreAgain an Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit by RIAA and ordered them to reimburse the defendant for fees incurred while defending herself in the lawsuit. “…Court did conclude that the Fogertv factor regarding the need for compensating the prevailing party under the particular circumstances of the case was, in fact, met. The Court…
...Read MoreCheck this out! Dane Carlson from Business Opportunities Weblog saw someone hopping his neighbors fence, grabbed his camera and then snapped pics of the would-be thief as he fled after the homes alarm went off. But Dane DIDN’T stop there. He jumped in his car and followed him around the block where the suspect changed…
...Read MoreHave you had a chance to check out Daylife yet? I’ve been using it for little over a day now and already I’m impressed. Daylife: “We gather stories of all shapes and sizes from countless perspectives around the world, and then present them in a rich browseable landscape, helping you make connections you never knew…
...Read MoreGartner Inc., a research firm that leads investors and business in figuring out which way technology goes, is predicting that Vista will be the last major release to Windows and the blogging phenomena is all but dead. Reuters: The era of monolithic deployments of software releases is nearing an end and Microsoft will participate in…
...Read MoreFor a long time scientists have been stumped over how ancient engineers constructed the pyramids in Egypt but now scientists believe the answer may lie in something we step on everyday with little more than a passing thought, concrete. NY Times: “Reporting the results of his study, Michel W. Barsoum, a professor of materials engineering…
...Read MoreLooks like the dreams of Arthur C. Clarke may soon be a reality as NASA has decided to establish a permanent base on the moon. NY Times: “Ms. Dale and other officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the agency envisioned a base at one of the lunar poles, to take advantage of…
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