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+ - Cooliris Releases Linux Plugin!-> 0

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Yi Ding

on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @09:37AM

Yi Ding writes "Cooliris featured in a New York Times article last year, has just released their plugin for linux. It is one of the most popular addons for firefox, and in my opinion among the most innovative. It brings a coverflow-like 3D interface to the web. Just another example of what ISVs can do building on open source software."
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+ - Best commercial insurance quote from peterbest

Submitted by

Steve Ashby

on Thursday November 16, 2006 @07:17AM

Steve Ashby writes "commercial insurance is necessary for every company. With increased business risks, the overall costs also increase. If the business is not adequately insured, it may suffer huge losses in case of an untoward accident, which may jeopardize the present and future of the business. One way to take care of this problem is to get commercial insurance that adequately covers the business enterprise.

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+ - The Tyranny of Idiots

Submitted by IQ150 on Thursday November 16, 2006 @03:55AM

IQ150 writes "Open Source software is not inherently bad, but the way that it has been brought to the world, with horrible licenses such as the GPL make it appear to be bad. The truth is that people like Richard Stallman are the bad-guys and not the software. What to do about it? Help save software at Tyranny of Idiots."

China Lifts Wikipedia Ban, but Some Topics Remain Blocked->

From feed by nytfeed on Thursday November 16, 2006 @02:12AM

Wikipedia said the Chinese government is permitting access to most of the Chinese-language version of its online encyclopedia.
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How Often Do You Replace Your Hard Drives? 254

Posted by Cliff on Thursday November 16, 2006 @01:45AM
from the mean-time-between-failure dept.

Telemachas asks: "I recently purchased a Dell P4 2.8 GHz swap meet computer with a 200 gig hard disk for a good price and all is working fine. It does not seem prudent, however, to trust my data on a swap meet item. For another @ $ 75.00 each I can purchase new 200 gig HDDs. I would also like to do my first RAID system. I am now wondering how often, if at all, do Slashdot readers replace their HDDs?"