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Submission + - OLPC exporting more than just laptops. (reuters.com)

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dapsychous

on Friday July 20, 2007 @01:39PM

dapsychous writes: "According to Reuters, laptops donated to students in Nigera have been turning up with porn in their caches. Apparently, the United States is again exporting, ahem, "Good Will" to other nations?"

Submission + - Linux official lines up with Microsoft against GPL

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E5Rebel

on Friday July 06, 2007 @01:20PM

E5Rebel writes: "The new GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 is not a fit for Linux because switching would require permission from the kernel's thousands of de-facto owners, a leading developer said, while at the same time Microsoft said it had no responsibilities under GPLv3, despite its tie-up with Novell http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/developm ent/software/news/index.cfm?newsid=3904"

Submission + - "Puddles" of Water Sighted on Mars (newscientist.com)

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eldavojohn

on Saturday June 09, 2007 @11:09AM

eldavojohn writes: "Further reinforcing the theory of a wet Mars, NewScientist is reporting on what appear to be water puddles in newly taken images from the Mars rover. While these results are controversial, the assumption for these blue 'puddles' to be water rely on engineers measuring the uniform smoothness of the surface of them & also in their analysis of apparent opaqueness whereby in some areas they claim to see pebbles underneath the surface of the blue areas. Truly water resisting the temptation to evaporate off the face of Mars or merely an anomaly of stereophotography gone wrong? We'll have to wait and see as the "Face on Mars" has taught us not to trust your eyes when viewing the red planet."

Submission + - Church Of England Vows to Fight Fall Of Man

Submitted by Oxygen99 on Saturday June 09, 2007 @08:11AM

Oxygen99 writes: The BBC reports that the Church of England is considering legal action against Sony for featuring the inside of Manchester Cathedral in its Playstation 3 game Resistance: Fall Of Man without permission. The Bishop of Manchester says "For a global manufacturer to re-create one of our great cathedrals with photo-realistic quality and then encourage people to have guns battles in the building is beyond belief and highly irresponsible.". This is especially true Given Manchester's record with gun crime. Sony has not yet commented on the story.

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