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Submission + - Xfce 4.4.0 Released

Submitted by linux pickle on Sunday January 21, 2007 @08:16PM

linux pickle writes: The long awaited 4.4 version of the Xfce desktop environment has been released by the Xfce Team. In this version, Xfce has undergone a major revamp and has been improved in many areas. XFFM, Xfce's original file manager has been removed in favor of Thunar, a modern but lightweight replacement. The window manager now has built-in support for transparency and has undergone some major themability improvements and the panel plugin system has been reworked, making it much more stable overall. A visual tour is available here and the release is available for download here.

Submission + - How much is your life worth?

Submitted by rstuart on Sunday January 21, 2007 @07:41PM

rstuart writes: Nicael, a 24 year old male from the coastal town of Wollongong, Australia, is auctioning his life on ebay. From the item description "This auction is for a New Life in the coastal town of Wollongong, Australia of a 24 year old male....Please note winning bidder does not receive ownership of the following: Degrees/qualifications, Drivers License, Passport, Future Inheritance, Formal/Legal Identity". It appears the auction is genuine but the motives, not so much. The winner must agree to have their experiences recorded and later released in a documentary. Will wonders never cease?

Submission + - Slick PC hardware - is it finally available?

Submitted by

knipknap

on Sunday January 21, 2007 @04:01PM

knipknap writes: "A long time ago I asked about the state of stylish hardware for PC users. There were not many options available two years ago, but since then, the situation seems to have improved a bit. There are now at least some devices to choose from. But those cases all host MiniITX boards — is this hardware really ready for desktop use? Would graphical effects, like the ones you get with XGL, run smoothly on such a device? Can it be done fanlessly?"

Submission + - Two snowflakes may be alike after all

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21, 2007 @02:32PM

An anonymous reader writes: LiveScience is reporting that it may be possible for two snowflakes to be alike after all. For anyone who studies probablity, this seems reasonable, given that the article mentions that 10^24 snowlfakes fall in any given year. The article cointains links to fascinating snowflake pictures.

Submission + - The Dangers of Misspelling Google

Submitted by

Xenographic

on Sunday January 21, 2007 @01:33PM

Xenographic writes: "Ever wonder how people can continue to rack up ever higher amounts of spyware on their computers? This article at GNUCitizen shows how many bits of spyware will own you should you misspell Goggle.com, err, Google.com in the wrong browser. Let's just hope you use a safe browser (i.e. not IE)."

Submission + - Krak demands money from blogger who linked to them

Submitted by

Paul O'Flaherty

on Sunday January 21, 2007 @10:22AM

Paul O'Flaherty writes: "Krak.dk, a danish company has demanded that a blogger pay them 5625 DKK (about 940 USD) because he linked to their site. This was not hotlinking. It was a direct link to page. They have a "no deep linking" policy hidden away in the copyright section of their help pages. But no mention of it anywhere else on the site.

Per Kaarup, a good friend of mine who has been running a Danish WordPress blog about his two dogs received an letter from Krak.dk stating that they were going to charge him 5625 DKK (about 940 USD) because he linked to their site.

Per, for the last two years, has had a link in the footer of his web page, and on his contact page, to a page on Krak.dk which displayed his home. This page has a small copyright notice on the map section of the page itself stating in Danish that it is copyright and you can’t use it.

Per was not using the map, he was directly linking to the page on which it is displayed, and the page itself is much more than just the map.

How long before other sites start doing this?. Full story."

Submission + - iPhone to Use XScale Processor

Submitted by Tony Dennis on Sunday January 21, 2007 @07:59AM

Tony Dennis writes: While there is much uncertainty surrounding the new iPhone, another piece of the puzzle has been solved: the iPhone will use the XScale processor. Dario Bucci, Intel's CEO of the Italian operations, stated in an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore, a local paper, Apple has turned to Marvell [Italian] to power their revolutionary cell phone. With this being the case, did Intel give up on the XScale architecture a little too quickly?

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