Comment Re:Missing option (Score 1) 374
Yeah, It's still snowing today (2008-04-13) in Montreal.
Submission + - Boy finds 1981 Smithsonian error
vieux schnock writes: "Yahoo News has an interesting story about a fifth grader who found an error in the museum's Tower of Time where the Precambrian was mistakenly labeled as an era.
He received a letter of commendation for his discovery. The Smithsonian's solution to the problem? '(S)imply painting over the word "era"'.
P.S. No lame jokes about being less smart than a fifth grader. Yahoo News already did it. ;-)"
P.S. No lame jokes about being less smart than a fifth grader. Yahoo News already did it.
Submission + - Hacking Scam Called "Largest in Canadian Histo (www.cbc.ca)
vieux schnock writes: It's strange that no one noticed the recent crackdown of computer hackers in Quebec.
From the article: "Police raided several homes across Quebec on Wednesday and arrested 16 people in their investigation, which they say uncovered the largest hacking scam in Canadian history. (...) The hackers collaborated online to attack and take control of as many as one million computers around the world that were not equipped with anti-virus software or firewalls (...)"
From the article: "Police raided several homes across Quebec on Wednesday and arrested 16 people in their investigation, which they say uncovered the largest hacking scam in Canadian history. (...) The hackers collaborated online to attack and take control of as many as one million computers around the world that were not equipped with anti-virus software or firewalls (...)"
Microsoft Disses Windows to Sell More Windows 407
mjasay writes "I stumbled across this fascinating Microsoft tutorial entitled "How to Justify a Desktop Upgrade." It's an attempt to coach IT professionals on how to sell Windows desktop upgrades internally. Apparently the value of Vista is not readily apparent, requiring detailed instructions on how to connive and cajole into an upgrade from XP. The most intriguing thing about the tutorial is its implicit rejection of Microsoft's older technology. Just a few years ago Microsoft was pitching the world on how secure and cool XP was. Now it's telling us largely the opposite, implying that XP is a security threat, costs too much to run, and so on. With Microsoft marketing against itself, perhaps the Mac and Linux camps can simply wait for Microsoft to self-destruct?"
Feed news.com: Court rejects Webcasters' plea for relief (com.com)
Blog: Barring a last-minute industry compromise on changes, new royalty rates that Internet radio operators argue could cripple their services are slated to kick in Sunday.
Submission + - A Student's Guide to Technology
An anonymous reader writes: Heading off to college? What you need is a well featured, well built and affordable notebook and everything that goes with it. Here's a cheeky but useful little technology guide for anyone heading off to higher education. http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/200 7/07/12/A-Students-Guide-to-Technology/p1
Submission + - Russian schools abandon Windows?
atamyrat writes: "http://www.rlhc.net/blog/?p=272
From the article
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37 460"
From the article
In a strange twist of events which include former Russian President and Nobel Prize winner, Mikhail Gorbachev, calling Bill Gates and current Russian President Vladimir Putin making comments on software piracy, Russian school may be moving to Linux very soon. It almost sounds like a cold war spy novel. Anyways, the Russian school system is looking to move to ASPLinux, a localized Linux disto, to combat software piracy.
http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/0http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=3
