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Ian Murdock: Debian "Missing a Big Opportunity" 330

Posted by Hemos on Monday March 19, 2007 @12:15PM from the tsk-tsk-tsk dept.

Natester writes "While Debian struggles to get its next release (Etch) out the door, the project's founder, Ian Murdock, has spoken out about politics, the lack of firm leadership, and Ubuntu's meteoric rise in prominence. Murdock believes that Debian is "process run amok" — nobody feels empowered to make decisions, leading to the sluggish rate of progress."

Submission + - Spock's first tunic to be auctioned off

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 19, 2007 @12:05PM

An anonymous reader writes: Should be the real deal. It's also the only tunic Spock ever smiled in, without being under the influence of spores: http://markbaard.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/got-50k- to-bid-own-a-piece-of-st-tos-history/

Submission + - SpaceX to make second launch attempt today.

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Monday March 19, 2007 @12:04PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "SpaceX is set to launch the second demonstration flight of the Falcon 1 at 4pm California time (11pm GMT) today. The webcast will start at T-60 minutes (I assume more than hour before launch due to built in holds).

In the first attempt a year ago this month, the vehicle was destroyed 34 seconds into flight (burning fuel leak). Odd that all pictures and press releases of that launch seem to have dissapeared from the site. Only two videos of the initial liftof, and a small bit in the company Q&A, remain."

Submission + - The End Of The Home Phone As We Know It

Submitted by digihome on Monday March 19, 2007 @12:03PM

digihome writes: After 130 years the humble home phone is finally getting a makeover. Wireless networking vendors are rolling out VoIP handsets with a slew of new features such as integrated search and built-in RSS feeds. http://www.crn.com/digital-home/198001149

Submission + - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. available on file sharing sites

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 19, 2007 @11:53AM

An anonymous reader writes: Much hyped game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is finally about to be released after years of development. Even though the game won't be available in stores for another couple of days it is already available for download at various file sharing networks.

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