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Submission + - New version of Gmail being tested

Submitted by

morpheus83

on Sunday September 23, 2007 @02:10PM

morpheus83 writes: "Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004, and has revolutionized the way many of us use email. The interface has remained largely untouched since it launched, but get ready, it's soon to undergo a change in what they describe as a "New Version". Only a select few people have access to use the new interface — mainly employees and trusted people outside the company called "Trusted Testers". Unfortunately, there are no leaked screenshots to look at yet."

Submission + - Big debate on Climate Change & Global Warming

Submitted by

Mark

on Sunday September 23, 2007 @01:06PM

Mark writes: "A new website has been launched with a specific mission to inform its readers by engaging them in an active debate on Global Warming and Climate Change.

www.TalkClimateChange.com has been specifically designed in order to appeal to those on both sides of the climate change debate since we believe that it is only through intelligent discourse that we can bring the discussion forwards, improve understanding and promote change for a better planet.

Members are encouraged to join either the Green Team or the Red Team, depending on their side of the debating table and regular news updates are provided on a broad range of Climate Change and Global Warming related topics, to which users are invited to offer their views and opinions.

The debate has gotten off to a quick start, with a range of opinions being hotly discussed, and many interesting views and insights being offered. If you are interested in this important topic, or if you just fancy sharpening up your debating skills then head over to our site at http://www.talkclimatechange.com/"

Submission + - Drawing on Air

Submitted by

Roland Piquepaille

on Sunday September 23, 2007 @12:03PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "In a recent article, PhysOrg.com reports that a team of computer scientists at Brown University has developed Drawing on Air, a haptic-aided interface to help artists to create 3D illustrations while wearing a virtual reality mask. 'The technique introduces two new strategies, using one hand or two hands, to give artists the tools they need for drawing different types of curves, and for viewing and editing their work.' The researchers hope that these techniques will improve the precision with which scientists can interact with their 3D data using a computer. This also would help artists to illustrate complicated artistic, scientific, and medical subjects. Read more for additional details and several pictures made with this system, a bat flight, a bearded man and a Swahili bride."

$298 Wal-Mart PC Has OO.org, No Crapware 422

Posted by kdawson on Thursday July 19, 2007 @09:37AM from the tell-me-again-why-dell-can't-do-this dept.

cristarol writes "Wal-Mart has begun selling a $298 PC (Everex IMPACT GC3502). It comes with Windows Vista Home Basic and OpenOffice.org 2.2, as well as a complete lack of crapware: 'Users accustomed to being bombarded with trialware offers and seeing their would-be pristine Windows desktops littered with shortcuts to AOL and other applications will likely be pleased at their absence from the GC3502.' The machine is targeted at the back-to-school market. The hardware is nothing to write home about: a 1.5GHz Via C7 with 1GB of RAM and integrated graphics, but as Ars points out, it should be more than capable of performing basic tasks." Dell sells a low-end PC through Wal-Mart for $200 more, and one assumes it is loaded with crapware. Anybody know for sure?

Too Many Linux Distros Make For Open Source Mess 554

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 19, 2007 @03:02AM from the 300-flavors dept.

AlexGr writes "Remember the 1980s worries about how the "forking" of Unix could hurt that operating system's chances for adoption? That was nothing compared to the mess we've got today with Linux, where upwards of 300 distributions vie for the attention of computer users seeking an alternative to Windows."

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