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Submission + - Dell expands Ubuntu offerings

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28, 2007 @09:27AM

An anonymous reader writes: Dell has started offering the Inspiron 1420 as part of their Ubuntu offerings. This laptop comes with faster CPU and higher RAM configurations, and your choice of 8 colors. Dell has also replaced their low-end desktop model with the Inspiron Desktop 530N. Unfortunately, there is still no sign of offerings outside of the US, but John Hull of the Dell Linux Engineering team hinted at interesting announcements come later this summer, when asked of that very topic.

Submission + - Kiwi scientist proposes solution to global warming

Submitted by

bunbuntheminilop

on Sunday March 04, 2007 @12:57AM

bunbuntheminilop writes: "

A New Zealand scientist has claimed to have developed a way to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and will submit into Richard Branson's global warming competition. From the article:

Graeme Brown has invented a substance which can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The substance, dubbed Planetite, is derived from the naturally occurring mineral crystal Zeolite. Brown says Planetite can absorb carbon dioxide and separate the molecule into carbon and oxygen which can be re-used.
"

Submission + - Vista cracked thanks to Microsoft

Submitted by

Torrentex

on Sunday March 04, 2007 @12:49AM

Torrentex writes: "Following hot on the heels of the "Brute Force Keygen" for Vista which ultimately proved to be a hoax, a piracy group called Pantheon has released a full Vista crack. This one has been tested by the community and works 100% of the time. It exploits activation functionality Microsoft intentionally built in for OEM system makers churning out thousands of PCs at a time who don't have time to activate each machine individually."

Feed U.S. Emissions to Jump 19 Percent (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Saturday March 03, 2007 @07:12PM

By 2020, the United States will emit almost one-fifth more greenhouse gases than it did in 2000, according to a government report. By the Associated Press.

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