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Comment it's about fucking time (Score 1) 233

by steve426f (#19092693) Attached to: Microsoft & SanDisk To Provide Desktop on Thumb Drive
I'm not sure why it has taken this long, since we've had roaming profile support for awhile. Add a quick option at the login or welcome screen to load your profile from external storage (allow/disallow if using Vista). On the Mac, application portability should be even easier since applications are typically enclosed completely in a single file.
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - RIAA and MPAA merge into MAFIAA

Submitted by mtenhagen
mtenhagen writes: Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) chairman Dan Glickman and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) president Cary Sherman today announced the historic merger of the two organizations. The newly-created entity is being called the Music And Film IndustryAssociation of America(TM), Inc.

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Microsoft Launches Linux Labs Website 275

Posted by Zonk from the getting-the-message-out dept.
mjdroner writes "ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft is launching a website to 'share the activities of its internal Linux laboratories.' Microsoft says its goal is to foster communication with those who use open-source. The article also mentions that Microsoft runs a 300-server Linux installation to test open-source products." From the article: "Customers will be able to submit requests to Microsoft employees. For example, a person could ask how to best test the use of Linux desktops working with Microsoft's directory software. In addition, Port 25 will do video interviews with Microsoft employees with experience in the open-source or Unix world, Hilf said."

RFID, Sign of the (End) Times? 843

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the sky-is-falling dept.
andy753421 writes "Wired is running an article featuring Katherine Albrecht who, with her new book 'The Spychips Threat: Why Christians Should Resist RFID and Electronic Surveillance', is warning that RFID tags may in fact be the "mark of the beast". Among her arguments are that in a futuristic world anyone who wishes to buy and sell goods would be compelled "to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads," as is foretold in the book Revelation. Others are skeptical saying that many new technologies, such as the printing press, bar-codes, and several others, have also created fears about the beginning of the end."

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