The unidentified person grabbed a chair and hurled it off the balcony, striking the suspect in the back and knocking him to the ground, while yelling "I'll f****g kill bank robbers. I've done it before and I'll do it again!".

Many of the world's top climate change scientists, and delegates from 180 nations, applauded as the conference noted Australia's decision to abandon its long-held opposition to Kyoto.

This move leaves the United States as the only major world economy which has failed to ratify the UN climate pact.

They found PE loading capabilities in Leopard that weren't there in Tiger. Further dissection showed that Apple is masking references to *Win* and *PE* in the dll, which means it's not an accidental inclusion.

Is Apple planning native PE execution within OSX? The ability to use existing Windows software on OSX machines would dramatically lower the barrier to switching, and there's no doubt that there's considerable interest in alternative operating systems since Vista's less than inspiring debut.

There's unlikely to be a better time for Apple to make a grab for the OS market. Maybe 2008 will be the year of OSX on the desktop.

The Eee PC's US success is reflected in strong demand worldwide.

Despite the strong sales of the Linux device, Asus announced a version of the compact PC which would be available with Microsoft Windows pre-installed . Microsoft have agreed to lower the price of Windows to below $40 for Eee PC customers.

That means the Outlook will inherit the same HTML and cascading style sheets (CSS) support as Word 2007. Some of the limitations that will bring include;

While many Slashdotters will question the value of any HTML email, let's remember that choice has already been made by most non-technical email users, and keep this on-topic.

More details on Kevin Yank's Sitepoint blog

Interestingly, forty four percent of companies surveyed are considering switching to non-Windows operating systems, and nine percent of those have already started moving to their selected alternative.

"The concerns about Vista specified by participants were overwhelmingly related to stability. Stability in general was frequently cited, as well as compatibility with the business software that would need to run on Vista," said Diane Hagglund of King Research.

The guys at Xpnet research have charted the performance of each generation of Microsoft's OS and productivity suite against their hardware demands.

The results? It will be no surprise to anyone that hardware is not keeping up. Even on modern hardware, the Vista/Office 2007 combination is significantly more sluggish than its predecessors.

The annual solar car race between Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory, and Adelaide, 3,000km away in South Australia, started on Sunday, and included a rest day on Tuesday. It looks like the leading cars will cross the line late Thursday or early Friday, and independent observers suggest many competitors will be cracking a Coopers or two to celebrate.

Windows users who browsed with Internet Explorer and had RealPlayer installed will have been infected if they visited sites showing ads served by internet advertising company 24/7. While the attack vector of IE/ActiveX will be familiar to all Slashdotters, this is the first time advertising servers have been hijacked to distribute the malware

The exploit allows the attachers to load the Trojan program "Zonebac" on the compromised computer.

In partially repudiating a statement made last year, when he said Windows and Office were no longer the company's focus by shouting "Not any more baby, it's advertising, advertising, advertising!", Ballmer reassured investors that the company would not be abandoning it's cash cows any time soon.

Ballmer went on to suggest that software as a service, including ad-supported versions of Office were the trend for the future.

The addon, which is being actively developed, will be released under GPL3

The 75mm diameter display was designed to be used for car instruments, but will doubtless be hacked into countless other uses, like case mods and MP3 players.

Insulin injections and implants try to control levels but do not address the reasons why insulin production is failing. This discovery will allow pharmaceutical companies to develop a drug to block the enzyme, allowing cells in the pancreas to function normally, though the team's leader, Trevor Biden, says "What we've identified is a target that we can now latch onto to get therapy, but the journey from target to tablet of course is a long one,"

"It's probably going to take another 10 years at least to get something that's effective in humans."

In an offer pioneered in Australia earlier this year, Microsoft is making a concerted effort to ensure future professionals start their working lives familiar with their products.

Remember kids, the first hit is always free.

The resulting animation, drawn in an hour over lunchtime, was funny enough to inspire one of the most involving games of all time. Lemmings was released in 1991, and has been ported to almost every computer platform in existence.
http://www.javalemmings.com/DMA/Lem_1.htm