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Submission + - PC side of Mac vs. PC commercials

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 02, 2007 @12:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: Searching on Yahoo video finds a PC version of the PC vs. Mac commercials. http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&gid=252 295&vid=321166&b=2 http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&gid=252 295&vid=321175&b=1 http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&gid=252 295&vid=321182&b=0

Feed Google updates maps after Katrina 'airbrushing' incident (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Monday April 02, 2007 @12:32PM

Under fire for replacing post-storm images with older, higher-res shots, search giant installs 2006 aerial photographs of Gulf Coast region.

Submission + - spherebrowser

Submitted by

bob phaculty

on Monday April 02, 2007 @12:25PM

bob phaculty writes: "I found this site which has a real-time 3D file browser free (as in beer) to download and use. Its an early release, but very usable for all that . Its based on DirectX and has deli.co.us tags built in (even for local files)."

Feed Blog refuseniks facing the sack? (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Monday April 02, 2007 @12:12PM

Sony BMG UK adds blogging to the job description

We've all heard about employees being sacked for blogging. But as the fad begins to wane, will staff soon be sacked for failing to blog?

Submission + - Battlestar Galactica game - for free!

Submitted by

Lt. Cannonfodder

on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:43AM

Lt. Cannonfodder writes: "In answer to the hopes and dreams of scifi gamers everywhere, Beyond the Red Line team has released a demo of their upcoming total conversion based on the popular tv-show Battlestar Galactica. Unlike almost all other game modifications, Beyond the Red Line does not require anything else but the download itself to run and is completely free of charge.

As screenshots are the thing that usually spark the interest, take a look at these:

http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/images/screenshots/ screen13.jpg
http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/images/screenshots/ screen15.jpg
http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/images/screenshots/ screen07.jpg

More screenshots, download links and forums can be found at http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/"

Submission + - Oracle Linux adopters labelled 'idiots'

Submitted by

atbarboz

on Monday April 02, 2007 @11:40AM

atbarboz writes: "One of the first converts to Oracle's support for Linux said it has endured a public backlash since its decision to drop Red Hat.
Melbourne company Opes Prime Stockbroking told ZDNet Australia that in the weeks following its announcement to adopt Oracle Linux, upset Linux enthusiasts phoned, e-mailed and wrote about the company online to complain at the decision. "People called us out of the blue to tell us we were idiots," said Opes executive director Anthony Blumberg.
Does it behove the linux community to act like fanatics and fanboys?"

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