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Submission + - Prehistoric Men Liked Big Behinds, Researchers Say

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acgrissom

on Saturday March 10, 2007 @06:55PM

acgrissom writes: "Continuing with the trend of presumptuous historical reconstruction, Polish researchers claim that cave men from 15,000 years ago were much more interested in a developed posterior than in any other area of the body. This is based on the unearthing of several figurines which show developed posteriors, and which conspicuously lack heads.

http://www.express.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku=1356 "

Submission + - BBC lose all their original footage of 911

Submitted by

Kerago

on Saturday March 10, 2007 @05:48PM

Kerago writes: "The head of news BBC World, Richard Porter, recently disclosed in the BBC World editors blog http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/02/part _of_the_conspiracy.html, that the BBC has lost all of its original 911 footage. Mr Porters response to questions about how this could happen, who was responsible and when this would be reported to the public can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/03/part _of_the_conspiracy_2.html This has been kept extremely quiet in the UK media so far."

Submission + - UK Conservatives want Open Source

Submitted by

aileanmacraith

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @05:29PM

aileanmacraith writes: "According to an article on the BBC, the Tories want to switch the UK Government to open-source software. They claim that it will save 5% of the IT expenditure and open up competition. From the article:

'[Shadow Chancellor George] Osborne said that despite a government report in 2004 saying there would be "significant savings" in hardware and software if open source software was used, many government departments had not implemented it. "The problem is that the cultural change has not taken place in government,"'.
"

Submission + - Microsoft to build "Google Earth for space"

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Bacon

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @04:50PM

Bacon writes: "In the 1960s, it was Russia vs USA. Now, it's Google vs Microsoft, and while Google may have gazumped Microsoft on global mapping, Microsoft now has all of space in its sights. The software giant has shown journalists attending its TechFest (research labs open-door event) a new service it is building called Sky Server, which will tie together the thousands of 120 megapixel images from the Sloan Sky Survey into a 3D space browser."

Submission + - Vista business sales stronger than expected

Submitted by angelasmark on Thursday January 11, 2007 @08:24PM

angelasmark writes: It appears Vista may be making a little bit bigger splash with businesses than a lot of us thought it would. According to an article here Vista has outsold Win2k when you compare sales of each during its first month. Maybe its a little too early to say Vista is a dud?

Submission + - Apple, Inc. buys Apple, Corp?

Submitted by X4NR-EH on Thursday January 11, 2007 @08:20PM

X4NR-EH writes: When Steve Jobs announced, during his keynote address at MWSF 2007 Tuesday, that Apple Computer, Inc. would be changing its name to Apple, Inc., one would expect to hear an announcement of another law suit by Apple, Corp. Not only is there no word of complaint from Apple, Corp., but a brief visit to the respective web sites of Apple, Inc. (http://www.apple.com) and Apple, Corp. (http://www.applecorps.com) reveals something startling. The look and feel of Applecorps.com is very, very similar to that of Apple.com. Of particular interest is the font used for the word "Apple" beneath Apple Corp's apple logo. It is identical to the font used by Apple, Inc. beneath the image of the new iPhone. Is it possible that we will be hearing an announcement of something bigger than the Beatles' catalog being available on iTunes? Is Apple, Inc. in the process of purchasing Apple, Corp?

Submission + - Robert Anton Wilson is dead

Submitted by

lupo

on Thursday January 11, 2007 @04:52PM

lupo writes: "Robert Anton Wilson, the well-known futurist and writer, is dead."

Submission + - Black Diamonds from Outer Space

Submitted by tammad on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @05:16PM

tammad writes: According to the National Science Foundation, Geologists have discovered that black diamonds, or carbonado diamonds, may actually be of extra-terrestrial origin. According to the article:
"Trace elements critical to an 'ET' origin are nitrogen and hydrogen," said Haggerty. The presence of hydrogen in the carbonado diamonds indicates an origin in a hydrogen-rich interstellar space, he and colleagues believe."

Submission + - 200,000 Brits say no to satellite road tolls

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @03:08PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "As of the 10th of January 2007, over 205,000 UK residents have signed an online petition against the government's plans for road pricing. The plans involve fitting a GPS or similar satellite tracking device to every vehicle, and charging up to £1.34 ($2.60 USD) per mile for drivers to use the roads. Although road tolls are a rarity in the UK, britons currently pay among the highest petrol prices in the world, currently over £0.849/Litre ($6.18/US gal). It is feared that road pricing will only increase these costs, along with the attendant privacy concerns about every car in the country being tracked 24/7. The Assiciation of Chief Police Officers have displayed an interest in the ability to remotely disable cars, and the system would have the potential to act as a nationwide speed trap."

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