Comment: Re:I'm not a Google Fanboy, but... (Score 0) 99
Google is just as corporate as all those other software companies. In fact, mabye even more so due to the fact that they are so active and willing to change or acquire so many companies.
+ - Is porting KDE to windows important?
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An anonymous reader writes "http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2007/06/hoping-and-wish ing.html blog entry discussing the relevance of porting kde to windows"
Eta Carinae, Soon To Be a Local Supernova 317
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from the don't-point-that-thing-at-me dept.
from the don't-point-that-thing-at-me dept.
da4 writes "Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy has a great article about Eta Car, a star approx 7,500 light years away from us that's ready to supernova sometime Real Soon Now." Larger versions of the Hubble-Chandra image of Eta Car are available at the Chandra site. Of course when astronomers say it's "about to explode," they really mean it probably exploded 6,500 to 7,500 years ago and we're awaiting the news.
+ - Dell PCs with Ubuntu are Less Expensive
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Chandon Seldon writes "Contrary to many earlier expectations, it turns out that Dell's prices for its Ubuntu PCs are cheaper than similar Windows Vista PCs for all three Models. With the savings for skipping the Microsoft Tax ranging from $50 to $140, it looks like kickbacks for pre-installed software weren't that big a deal after all."