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Submission + - Mark Shuttleworth annouces the death of Gobuntu (ubuntu-uk.org)

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Tony Whitmore
Tony Whitmore writes: "In the latest episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast, Mark Shuttleworth reveals that Gobuntu 8.04 will be the last release of the Free Software-only spin-off of Ubuntu and talks about why the experiment is over. He also talks about life with Ubuntu, the default Ubuntu package selection to new derivatives like Ubuntu mobile; the community surrounding free software, being nice to hippies, and the future of Linux."
Television

Submission + - BBC iPlayer Letter Writing Campaign (paladine.org.uk)

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AlexanderHanff
AlexanderHanff writes: "Today I launched a Public Letter Writing Campaign in response to the BBC's decision to limit their new "On Demand" service called iPlayer to Microsoft Windows. Many will think why is this an issue? Well the BBC is funded by a compulsory TV License Fee payable by all British people who own a television. By excluding everyone who does not use Window XP SP2, they have exculded hundreds of thousands of British TV License holders, the same segment of the public provide revenues of 10s of millions (GBP) each year to the BBC through their TV License Fees. The BBC have a public mandate to provide services which give "Value to licence fee payers as individuals, Value to society as a whole through its contribution to the BBC's Public Purposes and Value for money and cost", they have failed in all 3 of these mandates with the iPlayer service. The aim of the campaign is to send more than 10 000 letters to 4 different public bodies to match an official petition which is rapidly approaching 10 000 signatures."
Windows

Submission + - After Ubuntu, Windows Looks Increasingly Bad

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mrcgran
mrcgran writes: "An interesting article with some advantages of using Ubuntu over Windows: After Ubuntu, Windows Looks Increasingly Bad, Increasingly Archaic, Increasingly Unfriendly. From the article: "My recent switch to a single-boot Ubuntu setup on my Thinkpad T60 simply floors me on a regular basis. Most recently it's had to do with the experience of maintaining the software. Fresh from a very long Windows 2000 experience and a four-month Windows XP experience along with a long-time Linux sys admin role puts me in a great position to assess Ubuntu. Three prior attempts over the years at using Linux as my daily desktop OS had me primed for failure. Well, Ubuntu takes Linux where I've long hoped it would go — easy to use, reliable, dependable, great applications too but more on that later. It has some elegance to it — bet you never heard that about a Linux desktop before.""
Data Storage

Submission + - Lockheed Martin to run UK census?

Submitted by jimkillock
jimkillock writes: Lockheed Martin are bidding for the UK's census data collection, according to the New Statesman. Following disruption of the census in Canada, also run by Lockheed Martin, the story raises questions about public confidence over digital data storage, especially when public servants use private contractors. In this case the background of the company as a firm involved in mass surveillance and interrogation could undermine public confidence in the census, the data from which is used exptensively in formation of government policy.
Software

Submission + - Scotlands Electronic Vote Counting Fails

Submitted by XorA
XorA writes: Well it isn't only the USA that has voting computer disasters I woke this morning expecting to here who the new government is but instead got the news that counting has suspended. The worse thing is it was public knowledge these machines didn't work for weeks before the vote. So why didn't they abandon the scheme and do a traditional count?
Bug

Submission + - Google's home page bug strikes again

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kurtz
kurtz writes: "Google's renamed and upgraded Personalised Home Page product launched this week, has not been able to shake off a persistent bug that has affected users."
Mars

Submission + - Thermal IR imaging suggest half of Mars has ice

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Ixlr8
Ixlr8 writes: "BBC news is running a story that suggests up to half of Mars may have ice. From the article:

Up until now, scientists had been able to search for water deposits using a spectrometer fixed to the orbiting Mars Odyssey spacecraft. However, only readings that are accurate to within several hundred kilometres can be obtained.
By comparing seasonal changes in thermal infrared patterns, detected by the same Odyssey spacecraft, (scientists)[ed] can make readings accurate to within just hundreds of metres."

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