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Submission + - Registrations open for Software Freedom Day 2007

Submitted by

Pia Waugh

on Sunday May 06, 2007 @05:36PM

Pia Waugh writes: "Software Freedom Day is a yearly event involving hundreds of teams from all over the world taking Software Freedom to the streets! Events include techfests, talks, BBQs, and many other fun events to help grow public awareness of why software freedom is so important. For more details on Software Freedom Day check out the SFD website and either register your team or look for an event near you."

Submission + - Awesome Picture of Earth

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Sunday May 06, 2007 @05:33PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "An impossible shot of the earth: http://www.whatisthedot.com/awesomeearthpic.html My favorite all time since until the enterprise is built I'm gonna be stuck here on earth."

Submission + - Alliance Reports iPhone will "Rock" Indust

Submitted by

hotsauce

on Sunday May 06, 2007 @04:54PM

hotsauce writes: "ChangeWave Alliance has conducted a survey of business, tech and medical professionals, and concludes that the iPhone will rock the phone industry. They seem to mean the term "rock" less in the "i iz so 1337 and r0x doodz!!!", and more in the sense of rocking the boat. Their survey seems to show significant gains for Cingular, and declines for Motorola. It is difficult to see how this survey does not at least apply well to smart phones."

Submission + - Egyptian Government Jailing Bloggers

Submitted by

Chardish

on Sunday May 06, 2007 @04:41PM

Chardish writes: "The UK Telegraph is reporting that the Egyptian government has begun jailing bloggers critical of the regime. Shortly before his capture, one of the now-jailed bloggers posted that he had been suspicious that the police were spying on him. Another claims he was tortured. How long before bloggers start being forced offshore to free-speech-friendly countries?"

Submission + - Brewer Must Pay Alcoholic Beer Taster

Submitted by on Sunday May 06, 2007 @03:46PM

An anonymous reader writes: A Brazilian court has ordered local brewer Ambev an alcoholic beer taster who drank about a liter and a half (3.2 pints) of beer each day. The unidentified employee alleged that the company did not provide the health measures needed to keep him from developing alcoholism, a labor court in the Rio Grande do Sul state said in a statement Friday. The employee said in his lawsuit that for more than a decade, he drank between 16 and 25 small glasses of beer during his eight-hour shifts at the company.

Submission + - How does your company "recondition" gear?

Submitted by dpbsmith on Sunday May 06, 2007 @03:36PM

dpbsmith writes: When the company you work for "reconditions" or "refurbishes" gear, what, exactly, do they actually do?

Actual stories, please, from people who actually know the process.

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