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Submission + - Tux Racer to enter Indy 500

Submitted by

flakeman2

on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @03:19PM

flakeman2 writes: "about a group of people trying to make the world take notice of Linux by sponsoring a race car in the Indy 500. "And just what is it that we will get in return for our support of Tux500? The ability to tell the world that we were a part of putting a car in the Indy 500. We were a part of making the world take notice of Linux. I don't know about you but that is something I want to be a part of.""

Submission + - Video Games-- Access for All - New KQED TV Story

Submitted by

on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @02:58PM

An anonymous reader writes: Hello, I'm writing from KQED Public Broadcasting in San Francisco. We recently did a TV story on video games that are accessible for everyone for QUEST, our multimedia series on environment, science and nature. We thought your readers might be interested in this story — it's posted in its entirely online and you can also embed the video in your site. Watch Video Games — Access for All: http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/276 Embed this video on your site: Thanks, and let me know if you have any questions, Sarah sskikne@kqed.org Quest KQED Public Broadcasting San Francisco, CA

Journal Journal: If We Taught English the Way We Teach Mathematics

Journal by Coryoth on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @03:51PM

Imagine that your only contact with "English" as a subject was through classes in school. Suppose that those classes, from elementary school right through to high school, amounted to nothing more than reading dictionaries, getting drilled in spelling and formal grammatical construction, and memorizing vast vocabulary lists -- you never read a novel, nor a poem; never had contact with anything beyond the pedantic complexity of English spelling and formal grammar, and precise definitions

Submission + - World's most eco-friendly electronics firm

Submitted by subl33t on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @03:51PM

subl33t writes: BBC has some distressing news for Apple fans and good news for Lenovo:

Compiled by Greenpeace, the quarterly report ranks firms by how green their production processes are and what they do to recycle hardware they sell.
In previous reports Lenovo ranked low for eco-friendliness but in 2007 it scooped the top spot over Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Dell, and Samsung.
Apple came last of the 14 firms Greenpeace profiled in the report.

Submission + - Greenpeace slams Apple on environmentalism

Submitted by

Lucas123

on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @03:33PM

Lucas123 writes: "According to an MSNBC/Associated Press story, Greenpeace has ranked Apple last in a group of 14 environmentally friendly electronics makers because they said the company continues to use dangerous chemicals in its manufacturing process. At the same time, the environmental organization gave its top slot for Lenovo Group Ltd. for going against a tide of polution in China."

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