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Submission + - Spread Firefox Goes Crowdsourcing

Submitted by

vaderhelmet

on Wednesday October 24, 2007 @07:26PM

vaderhelmet writes: "The folks over at the Spread Firefox have decided to amp up their public awareness campaign for Firefox using some good old fashioned crowdsourcing. Operation: Firefox as it's called, gives 50 of the craftiest submitters a 3.5-foot Firefox logo sticker to place in conspicuous places. Submit your plan now to help the effort!"

Submission + - Virus Contributes to Honeybee Disappearance

Submitted by adagioforstrings on Friday September 07, 2007 @10:59AM

adagioforstrings writes: Scientists have discovered a virus dubbed IAPV which may be a contributing factor or marker for colony collapse disorder, or CCD. Many viruses have been discovered in bees, but only IAPV seems to link to CCD. Researches suspect the virus may be from bees imported from Australia. Chemicals and pesticides are also being considered as causes for the collapse.

Submission + - VT Tax Dept Releases Open Source Tax Software (sourceforge.net)

Submitted by

Vermont Department of Taxes

on Monday June 18, 2007 @12:55PM

Vermont Department of Taxes writes: "The Vermont Department of Taxes Gateway Team is pleased to announce the initial open source release of the gateway on Source Forge. The gateway is a JavaEE application developed by the Vermont Department of Taxes. It provides a web services framework for accepting Streamlined Sales Tax registrations and returns. It also includes a web interface for manually submitting transmissions. The goal is to build an extensible framework upon which future tax services can be built and shared with other states. A press release is also available."

Submission + - New BBC documentary claims global warming is lies.

Submitted by myside on Monday March 05, 2007 @01:55PM

myside writes: 'The Great Global Warming Swindle', a documentary set to air on BBC on Thursday, claims that man-made global warming is a scam. http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=CZ434669U &news_headline=global_warming_is_lies_claims_docum entary

Submission + - Microsoft Wanted To Drop Mac Office To Hurt Apple

Submitted by Overly Critical Guy on Monday March 05, 2007 @01:53PM

Overly Critical Guy writes: More documents in the Iowa antitrust case have come out. This time, it's revealed that Microsoft considers Mac users its "guinea pigs" for new Office features, and they once considered dropping Mac Office entirely, "as doing so will do a great deal of harm to Apple immediately." This case has become a treasure trove of internal memos describing Microsoft's internal business practices of the last ten years.

Submission + - U.S. Senators Threaten Canada Over Movie Piracy

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05, 2007 @01:22PM

An anonymous reader writes: Michael Geist reports that U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and John Corwyn have written an angry letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to complain about alleged Canadian movie piracy. The Senators rehash discredited claims about the extent and impact of camcording, bizzarely taking credit for the elimination of camcording in the U.S. due to their legislation.

Submission + - Vista Finally Cracked

Submitted by

Espectr0

on Monday March 05, 2007 @01:18PM

Espectr0 writes: "Crack group PARADOX has cracked Windows Vista. It works by exploiting a 'feature' that allows bigger OEM's like ASUS to include their own version of Vista that doesn't require activation. Also, crack crack group Pantheon has included an OEM Emulation Driver, that virtually allows any kind of board to run this version."

Submission + - Using the Web to Get the Boss to Pay More

Submitted by

Arun Jacob

on Monday March 05, 2007 @12:19PM

Arun Jacob writes: "The NYT has an interesting article — Using the Web to Get the Boss to Pay More — on online tools that can help in salary negotiations. Link here (Free registration required).

To summarise, the article talks about the websites that provide information on standard compensation packages for your position and role. Using this information, it should be easier to negotiate your pay with a fact-based approach rather than "feelings-based" approach. The sites profiled are —
Salary.com (Data available only for US)
Payscale.com (International)"

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