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LEGO is in trouble with feminists->

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Bravoc
Bravoc writes "The new “LEGO Friends” rolled out in December featuring LadyFigs, curvier takeoffs on the traditional boxy LEGO men. Construction sets include a hot tub, a splash pool, a beauty parlor, an outdoor bakery and a “cool convertible," as well as an inventor's workshop.
But the SPARK Movement objects to the "LadyFigs," the female version of the little figures who man the spaceships, trucks and forts children create. "Ladyfigs" are somewhat anatomically correct, which hypersexualizes girls, according to the group.
"They have little breasts and they have fancy hair," the organization's executive director, Dana Edell, told FoxNews.com. "And it just disturbs us that this is the image that they want girls to see."
(as opposed to mostly anatomically incorrect BIG breasts and fancy hair — ala Barbi. Maybe they are just upset at fancy hair?)"

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Linux

Red Hat moving engineering operations to Silicon V->

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Bravoc writes "So it seems that Red Hat might be thinking about ditching the "great white north" in favor of a more conventional software home on the west coast. Being a Si Valley expatriate myself, I can't imagine why anyone would WANT to locate a business there. Could it be that the once golden fields of Sunnyvale and such are hurting for businesses and offering tax incentives now? Quite a change from the years gone by where Si Valley was the "place to be""
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Portables (Apple)

Japan Orders Apple Probe

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Bravoc writes "It seems that an iBook has burst into flames in Japan. From the article "In both cases, the problematic lithium-ion batteries were made by Sony Energy Devices Corp., a subsidiary of Sony Corp. based in Japan." and "Japan's trade ministry ordered Apple's Japan branch to report on its findings and measures to prevent future troubles by Sept. 5 or it could face a fine of up to 300,000 yen ($2,570) under Japan's consumer safety laws."

What I find interesting, is that the Japanese government is going after Apple, a US company rather than Sony, the manufactureres of the batteries and Japanese owned."

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