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Comment Re:Are you sure what the joke is? (Score 2) 347

by amusenet on Thursday April 28, 2011 @08:39AM (#35961724) Attached to: China's High-Speed Trains Coming Off the Rails

Yes but I think South Korea's high speed trains are French rather than Japanese, probably chosen because of the rivalry between them and Japan as much as for technological reasons.

Submission + - The Great Firewall of Europe (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

Glyn Moody

on Thursday April 28, 2011 @08:19AM

Glyn Moody writes: "The Presidency of the EU's Law Enforcement Working Party wants to create [pdf] "a single secure European cyberspace with a certain "virtual Schengen border" and "virtual access points" whereby the Internet Service Providers (ISP) would block illicit contents on the basis of the EU "black-list"." Leaving aside the fact that this won't work for lots of reasons, how seriously can you take anyone talking about "cyberspace" in 2011?"

Submission + - Ubuntu 11.04 released (canonical.com)

Submitted by

tandiond

on Thursday April 28, 2011 @07:09AM

tandiond writes: "Finally...
"Canonical today announced the upcoming release of the Ubuntu operating system on April 28, 2011 for public download. Ubuntu 11.04 introduces Unity, Ubuntu’s new interface, which is simpler, easier to use and more beautiful than previous editions of Ubuntu. This is the culmination of two years’ design and engineering effort by Canonical and the Ubuntu community. Ubuntu 11.04 stands out from its competitors as a genuine free alternative to Windows, allowing users to personalize their PC with free and paid apps in a way that’s proven hugely popular in the smartphone and tablet market."

It is a bit hard to download the iso image. Several attempts to click the link failed. Looks like The download link was loaded with enthusiast users already."

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