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Submission + - "I was framed!" said the cellphone

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Tungbo

on Friday November 30, 2007 @11:27AM

Tungbo writes: "The cellphone killing of a South Korean man prove too juicy to be true. A co-worker has confessed to accidentally killing this man by backing a drilling vehicle into him and then framing the cellphone. Follow tnis linke for more details: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/a-death-by-cell-phone-story-falls-apart/index.html?hp"

Submission + - Review: OpenOffice.org 2 Guide

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lisah

on Tuesday January 02, 2007 @02:32PM

lisah writes: "While OpenOffice.org (OOo) continues to gain ground as a viable option to Microsoft Office, author Solveig Haugland has written a second thorough and comprehensive OOo user's manual aimed at both new and power users. Haugland's new OpenOffice.org 2 Guide offers tips, tricks, and pointers for all five of the suite's applications (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, and Base) using clear teaching techniques and plenty of screenshots. According to the reviewer, the Guide's biggest drawback lies in the inexplicably pared down scope of topics Haugland chose to address. Still, at over 500 pages, this Guide should answer all but the most obscure questions about OOo."

Submission + - How our brain 'sees' the future

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Roland Piquepaille

on Tuesday January 02, 2007 @02:29PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "No, I'm not talking about people who say they can predict the future, such as fortune-tellers. On the contrary, this post is about a process that our brain is using extensively and routinely. When you think about your next meal at a favorite restaurant, your brain 'creates' images for you. Now, researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis have found that we're using the same areas of our brain to remember the past and envision the future. Even if this doesn't lead to practical applications, it indicates that people who clearly remember stories from their past are better equipped to imagine their future than people suffering from amnesia for example. Read more for additional details and references."

Submission + - Where the FSF is heading in 2007

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lisah

on Tuesday January 02, 2007 @10:29AM

lisah writes: "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has typically been considered a think tank whose members work on somewhat esoteric issues like licensing and the GNU Project. According to an article at Linux.com, however, 2006 saw the FSF reach out to the free software community at large for the first time. They have also become an 'openly activist organization' with informational campaigns like BadVista and the anti-DRM project DefectiveByDesign. Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF, says not only will those campaigns contiue in the new year but also predicts 2007 will be a 'huge' year for the organization."

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