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Mozilla Has Trouble Attracting Aurora Users -> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 25 2011, @02:47PM

An anonymous reader writes "It's not quite the response Mozilla expected. The new Aurora and Nightly browser channels were launch with great fanfare, but not enough people are signing up. Mozilla is now tweeting for help."
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Allen Telescope Array Shutdown-> 0

Submitted by SETIGuy on Monday April 25 2011, @01:51PM

SETIGuy writes "The Allen Telescope Array has been put into hibernation due to lack of funds to continue operations. Most of the technical staff have been laid off or moved to other projects. It's too early to call it closed, but the hibernation state can only last for 6 months or so before a full shutdown is necessary. Coming back from a full shutdown would be expensive.

It's unfortunate that the telescope never received the funding to build the 350 dish antennas that would make it a world class instrument. In its current 42-antenna state, it is not a significant enough improvement over other telescopes to attract enough funding to keep operating."
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Comment: Re:Better Oblig. Futurama Quote (Score 1) 611

by Miphnik on Monday July 20 2009, @03:28AM (#28753659) Attached to: Best Home Backup Strategy Now?

Murray: What do you got?
Oscar Madison: I got, uh, brown sandwiches and, uh, green sandwiches. Which one do you want?
Murray: What's the green?
Oscar Madison: It's either very new cheese or very old meat.
Murray: I'll take the brown.

Comcast Blocks Web Browsing 502

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday April 07 2008, @11:16AM
from the because-they-can dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A team of researchers have found that Comcast has quietly rolled out a new traffic-shaping method, which is interfering with web browsers in addition to p2p traffic. The smoking gun that documents this behavior are network traces collected from Comcast subscribers Internet connections. This evidence shows Comcast is forging packets and blocking connection attempts from web browsers. One has to hope this isn't the congestion management system they are touting as no longer targeting BitTorrent, which they are deploying in reaction to the recent FCC investigations."

Microsoft Wanted To Drop Mac Office To Hurt Apple

Submitted by Overly Critical Guy on Monday March 05 2007, @01:53PM

Overly Critical Guy writes "More documents in the Iowa antitrust case have come out. This time, it's revealed that Microsoft considers Mac users its "guinea pigs" for new Office features, and they once considered dropping Mac Office entirely, "as doing so will do a great deal of harm to Apple immediately." This case has become a treasure trove of internal memos describing Microsoft's internal business practices of the last ten years."

Star Trek To Return Christmas 2008 358

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday February 28 2007, @03:09AM
from the beaming dept.

Tycoon Guy writes "Paramount today announced the new Star Trek film is scheduled for release on Christmas Day 2008. The studio also confirmed the film will be directed by J. J. Abrams, who said the film will 'embrace and respect' Trek canon, but will also 'chart its own course.' Also today, rumors are out claiming Matt Damon, Adrien Brody and Gary Sinise will play Kirk, Spock, and Scotty, respectively."