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Lord of the Rings

Submission + - Hobbits from Flores older than man (news.com.au)

microphobe writes: According to an article in the Australian today, New evidence has been brought forward supporting the theory of a "hobbit" like race of the human species that lived on the Indonesian island of Flores, in addition to this that they predate the common ancestor of Neanderthals and Man. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22455206-30417,00.html
Microsoft

Submission + - Not spam: Office 2007 for AU$75, saves AU$1075!

cute-boy writes: Aussie students get deal from Microsoft: The Sydney Morning Herald report Aussie students can pick up a copy of Office 2007 sooooo cheap..... It's good to know that altruistic Microsoft cares so much about education here in Australia, but, call me a cynic, I have to wonder if the fact there are free alternatives that will do the job, has forced this upon them. -R
Security

Submission + - Symantec Stumbles

tomagion writes: Symantec today claimed ( http://www.itpro.co.uk/security/news/106293/vista- no-security-cureall-symantec.html ) that Vista Security wasn't up to patch, however, having installed Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2007 on Vista 32 and 64 bit OS it would appear that Symantec's own product people are struggling to get to grips with the new MS OS. Broken rules, i.e. Slingbox rule using the incorrect port. Firewall Program detect not detecting Programs and not then configuring rules automatically meaning the user has to go in and do it themselves!!! Does this mean that Symantec's left hand isn't talking to the right hand???
Windows

Submission + - Indian reseller discover the cost of MS addiction

the_womble writes: "It looks as though Indian resellers have found out the hard way how the Microsoft monopoly works. After decades of being tacitly encouraged to sell pirated copies of Windows, they now find themselves being forced to pay up.

Are people dependent enough on MS for this to work in countries where the cost of a Windows license relative to incomes is several time higher than in developed countries? Will this open more opportunities for FOSS? I live in Sri Lanka, a country where MS backed off from a planned crackdown because even corporate users threatened to switch if they had to pay."

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