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Comment Google Desktop (Score 1) 383

by beacher on Monday March 18, 2013 @01:15PM (#43204629) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Which Google Project Didn't Deserve To Die?

http://googledesktop.blogspot.com/ - I know you can still find it and install, but still, I wish that it was still living on......

"As of September 14 (2011), Google Desktop will no longer be available for download, and existing installations will not be updated to include new features or fixes.

Thanks again to all of our users. It’s been a fun journey.

Posted by the Google Desktop Team"

AIDS-Like Virus New Threat To Koala 120

Posted by timothy on Friday February 26, 2010 @01:20AM from the poor-fellas dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A virus that may weaken the immune system of koalas, similar to HIV in humans, is a new 'wild card' among threats facing the species and nearly all koalas in the Australian state of Queensland could already be infected."

Comment Net Nanny / Firewall Link checker (Score 1) 352

by beacher on Friday January 02, 2009 @06:00PM (#26304903) Attached to: Interesting Computer Science Jobs?

I always thought that the people who got to add urls to the kiddie / work filters would have an interesting job.

It's been said before. There are things you just can't un-see. How much would you pay someone to surf the nastiest content on the net? Would you really hire people who enjoy it?

-B

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