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Submission + - Bill Gates on Computers and the Third World (thegatesnotes.com)

Submitted by danbuter on Friday October 28, 2011 @07:37PM

danbuter writes: Bill covers a bit of computer history, what's coming in the future, and how to help third world countries during a lecture at the University of Washington.

Submission + - Dennis Ritchie passed away (yahoo.com) 1

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on Friday October 14, 2011 @03:21AM

danbuter writes: "An in-depth article on Dennis, who created the C programming language and was one of the inventors of UNIX. I'd say he's more important than Steve Jobs, if not more famous."

Submission + - Dennis Ritchie passed away (google.com)

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danbuter

on Thursday October 13, 2011 @08:12PM

danbuter writes: "Dennis Ritchie, co-author of the C Programming Language, passed away. Without him and Kernighan, computing would probably be very different today."

Submission + - Steve Jobs passed away (yahoo.com)

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danbuter

on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @08:00PM

danbuter writes: "Unfortunately, Steve Jobs battle with cancer is over."

Submission + - Does Google spy for the NSA? (wnd.com)

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danbuter

on Friday July 15, 2011 @09:17PM

danbuter writes: "A federal judge has ordered that whether Google is spying for National Security Agency or not, you have no right to know.

"The NSA need not disclose 'the organization or any function of the National Security Agency, [or] any information with respect to the activities thereof,'" U.S. District Judged Richard Leon has ordered."

Submission + - Lulz bust? (yahoo.com)

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danbuter

on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @03:21PM

danbuter writes: "London's Metropolitan Police said they had arrested the teenager in Wickford, Essex, on suspicion of computer misuse and fraud offences.

"The arrest follows an investigation into network intrusions and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against a number of international business and intelligence agencies by what is believed to be the same hacking group," the London force said."

Submission + - Apple's Chinese Workers Treated Inhumanely (guardian.co.uk)

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danbuter

on Sunday May 01, 2011 @02:09PM

danbuter writes: "Chinese workers at Apple factories regularly are worked extreme overtime, stuffed into dormitories, and have had a number of suicides. All because people need their iPad today."

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