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Submission + - Photo found in hologram on Vista DVD! (noticias24.com)

Submitted by on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @07:18PM

An anonymous reader writes: A spanish blogger has found a hidden picture in the hologram of a Windows Vista Business edition DVD. It was found in the bright circle around the centre of the DVD. Surpirsingly, the picture shows 3 guys smiling, but their identity is unknown.

Submission + - Startup charity releases everything as open source (aglobalobligation.org)

Submitted by

David Kellam

on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @06:34PM

David Kellam writes: "A Global Obligation is a startup charity founded by two tech entrepreneurs. It aims to provide universal primary education by 2015 in line with the Millennium Development Goals. In so doing, it will only accept $1 donations and the entire system from blueprints to lesson plans will be created, modified and shared as open source and open content.

A Global Obligation seeks to revolutionalise the way charities administer themselves through an ultra-low-cost online-only approach. It aims to raise awareness of charities and the problem of education in the developing world and plans to eliminate duplication of effort by open-sourcing everything it does.

Please support us!"

Submission + - Ubuntu and the Unions (ericlee.info)

Submitted by

Eric Lee

on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @06:25PM

Eric Lee writes: "Linux Today is reporting on the question of whether Ubuntu Linux has a special significance for trade unions, which are not usually thought of as being on the cutting edge of information technology use. The founding editor of LabourStart, the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement, argues that it does, and makes the case for unions to adopt open source software."

Submission + - maps.live.com blows the pants of maps.google.com

Submitted by

pnutjam

on Thursday May 17, 2007 @08:51AM

pnutjam writes: "I remember the first time I saw google maps. It was spectacular the way they combined satellite imagery with maps. It was a true breakthrough, IMHO.
Well, the bar has been raise...
I'm no MS shill, but I am truly impressed by MS's new maps.live.com. They have 3d imaging with a firefox plugin, satellite images with map overlays, and best of all is their birds eye view option which really lets you get a close view of things. You can also rotate N, S, E, or W angles to view things.
I do find it interesting that they seem to intentionally pixelate some locations."

Journal Journal: Browsing with your mobile phone can be dangerous

Journal by yohanes on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @09:31PM

Do you know what happens if your mobile service provider misconfigure their server and/or give bad default settings to their customer? Your phone number might get leaked while you are browsing with your phone.

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