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Tim Berners-Lee awarded the British Order of Merit->

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MarsBar

on Thursday June 14 2007, @04:48AM

MarsBar writes "The BBC is reporting that Sir Tim Berners-Lee has been awarded The Order of Merit, a royal award granted directly by the Queen. Previous recipients have included Florence Nightingale, Sir Winston Churchill, Bertrand Russell, Graham Greene, Sir Edward Elgar, Mother Teresa and Margaret Thatcher"
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Privacy chief warns EU on terror laws->

From feed by registerfeed on Wednesday June 13 2007, @05:32AM

Security over privacy 'becoming a mantra'

Europe's data protection chief has warned Portuguese ministers that fundamental rights to freedom are being abused in the name of security. Portugal takes over the rotating EU Presidency on 1st July.

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Adult Symptoms of Various Mental Health Disorders->

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craighosking

on Wednesday June 13 2007, @03:42AM

craighosking writes "Complete list of psychiatric disorders and the adult symptoms of mental health disorders. Also overviews of mental illness, anxiety disorders, depression, ..."
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South African Election website requires Windows

Submitted by MoHaG on Wednesday June 13 2007, @03:34AM

MoHaG writes "South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission's website requires Internet Explorer which is only supported on Windows. Users of operating systems other than Windows have no way to access the website, other than forging HTTP headers. Users of alternative browsers are redirected to a page instructing them to install Internet Explorer. Users of Linux and Mac OS has no way to follow the instructions given on the page.

With the government planning to switch to open-source software, this means that not even government employees will be able to get information critical to ensure democracy in South-Africa."

How to make money using Open Source->

Submitted by linuxIsLife on Wednesday June 13 2007, @03:00AM

linuxIsLife writes "Every month SourceForge team sends newsletters to their members. The June newsletter contains the following : [...]You've probably noticed the beta launch of our new SourceForge.net Marketplace, a platform for buying and selling services for open source software. If you haven't, we encourage you to check it out and let us know what you think! Anybody can buy during the beta period, but the number of sellers is limited for now. If you'd like to become a seller in our beta program, be sure to add your name to the interest list at http://sourceforge.net/survey/ [...]"
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Journal: AT&T Co-operating with NSA 2

Journal by ozmanjusri on Wednesday June 13 2007, @02:42AM

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFFF) has uncovered more documents detailing secret government surveillance of AT&T's Internet traffic.

Some of information was already publically available, but after negotiations with AT&T, EFF has found new documents describing a secret, secure room in AT&T's facilities that gave the National Security Agency (NSA) direct access to customers' emails and other Internet communications.

Are Software Appliances Worth The Buzz?->

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dotspiral

on Wednesday June 13 2007, @02:21AM

dotspiral writes "rPath (a bunch of ex-Red Hat execs) have been billing their software appliance platform as "easier and cheaper than Software as a Service" and have had some success with signing up open source vendors (latest being KnowledgeTree, Zimbra, Digium). Software appliances appear to be a nice way of evaluating software in a sand box but are organizations really likely to utilize them in production?"
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Journal: Computer glitch sends international space station spinning 0

Journal by Nymz on Wednesday June 13 2007, @02:14AM

A glitch in a navigation computer, aboard the international space station, recently caused a number of problems that included a loss of gyroscope management. Gyroscope systems are used to keep the station properly orientated, and without them it began to spin out of control. Fortunately the space shuttle was there, and the crew used their thrusters to manually keep the station aligned until "flight controllers at the Johnson S

Researchers Create Accurate Simulation of 9/11 Attack->

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday June 13 2007, @01:52AM

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Comment: Re:Faith is a poison upon mankind. (Score 1) 1854

by MarsBar on Friday June 08 2007, @11:18AM (#19437847) Attached to: A Field Trip To the Creation Museum

I believe there is life on other planets. We currently lack the science to either prove or disprove my belief at the moment. Does that mean it is incorrect for me to believe it though? Yes. You can believe that it's quite likely and you can hope it's true. But there's no reason to believe it's true, so believing it to be true is incorrect.