Comment Re:Should have named them (Score 2) 233
Looks like the beginning of the golden pa-a-a-a-a-th.
Submission + - Pentagon aims to buy up book (washingtonpost.com) 1
jamie writes: "The Defense Department is attempting to buy the entire first printing — 10,000 copies — of a memoir by a controversial former Defense Intelligence Agency officer so that the book can be destroyed, according to military and other sources."
Comment Re:"Could?" (Score 1) 231
I think Microsoft passed beyond stink-eye, and into brown-eye territory, long ago.
Submission + - IBM Makes Firefox Its Corporate Broswer (arstechnica.com) 1
e9th writes: Ars Technica reports that IBM has adopted Firefox as its company-wide browser.It will be installed on all new employee computers, and all 400,000 employees will be encouraged to use it. Speaking of encouraging Firefox use, IBM VP Bob Sutor blogs, 'We will continue to strongly encourage our vendors who have browser-based software to fully support Firefox.' I hope this means that if IBM can't navigate a vendor's site with Firefox, they'll just look elsewhere.
Google Docs Replaces OpenOffice In Ubuntu Netbook Edition 298
uneuser writes "Digitizor reports that the Ubuntu developers have dropped OpenOffice from the default installation of Ubuntu Netbook Edition (UNE) 10.04 and replaced it with Google Docs. Documents in Ubuntu Netbook Edition will now be opened in Google Docs by default."
Comment Re:Globalization (Score 1) 709
Vandalism is pretty much part of the tradition. You have to keep watch and throw rocks at them if they try to rape your doorknob or smash your pumpkins. Never aim at the head though.
