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Submission + - Hubble saved

Submitted by
catbutt
catbutt writes: "If you like pretty pictures from space, you should be happen to see that NASA has decided to save the Hubble from a premature fiery death. "Hubble is one of the great observatories," (NASA chief) Griffin has said. "It has revealed fundamental things about the universe of which we had no idea."

A repair is tentatively planned for 2008."
The Internet

Submission + - Techblology - A Technology Blog

Submitted by
tech blogger
tech blogger writes: "http://techblology.com/
Techblology is the science of blogging for technology. A tech blog is designed to provide information on the latest technology, computers, gadgets, games, ipods, cellphones, software, tech news, electronics, and anything else under the tech umbrella. It's only a matter of time before Webster catches on and adds this new word to the dictionary."
The Internet

Submission + - How Search Engines Including Google May Evolve

Submitted by
znitch rss search engine
znitch rss search engine writes: "Ever since search engines first hit the scene, they've always delivered past tense results. Yahoo takes about 2 weeks to include a new content into it's results while Google takes about 3-4 days. The only realtime search engine was the now defunct infoseek.com. For over a decade, all these giant search engines still deliver a point-sample of what's already BEEN online. When are we going to see a search engine that tells us the FREQUENCY of how often any given website features your keyword? If I'm interested in an "xbox" I want to know if a tech blog talks about XBOX weekly, daily, or in every single new post.

A new website called http://znitch.com/ does push instant realtime search results via RSS TO YOU every time your keyword appears. But when will the other search engines actually let you see real time results so that you're not the last person in the grapevine? There IS news that does NOT flow through the AP"
Unix

Submission + - Happy Birthday man

Submitted by JaJ_D
JaJ_D writes: How many times has a Unix user been stuck and typed in the now famous man to get all the details they need? (ok not as often as they should, granted)

Well today marks the 35th anniversary of the first UNIX "man" pages

The original versions are on the Bell-Labs site and the ironic thing is that they are now in pdf form and somewhat bigger than the originals!

Jaj
United States

Submission + - Congressmen Rated on Tech-Friendliness

Submitted by Uncle Dick
Uncle Dick writes: CNET has released the results of a study ranking every US Representative and Senator on a scale rating their relative friendliness towards various technology and internet related issues. Republicans and Democrats fare similarly in both houses of Congress, although CNET gives the edge to the GOP. Big Winner? Ron Paul (R-TX). 2004 Presidental candidate John Kerry (D-MA) does not fare so well.
Microsoft

Submission + - Does the Average User Need Vista or More Cores?

Submitted by
DustoneGT
DustoneGT writes: "Do average users, the ones who just surf and email, have any reason to upgrade to Vista or buy new hardware? This article says no...
From The Article:
Microsoft just announced the final release dates for the next version of their flagship product, Windows Vista. November 30th we will see new computers released with Windows Vista preloaded, and on January 30th we will see boxes on the store shelves. This is five years, three months, and five days after the release of their last version, Windows XP.
While this generates a lot of hype all over the computer industry, on tech news sites, and in enthusiast magazines, this doesn't really mean anything for the average computer user. Most users browse the internet, check their email, and maybe manage their collection of digital photos or MP3s. Any computer built within the last decade is fully capable of doing all of this. The major problem with the computer industry right now is that there is no incentive to upgrade to new software or hardware."
HP

Submission + - HP Superdome Memory Errors Reported

Submitted by
theodp
theodp writes: "The Register reports that Mark Hurd's latest contribution to the HP spy scandal has made three things clear — the CEO has a horrible memory, a tenuous grasp of the Internet and a very measured approach to tackling ethics issues. Rep. Ed Whitfield asked Hurd to follow up on some gaps in his earlier Congressional testimony on the HP pretexting mess, and Hurd obliged with his best Ollie North impression."
Quickies

Submission + - 400,000 Migration to Mandriva Linux/OpenOffice

Submitted by
athleston
athleston writes: "Following the migration of its Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 servers to Mandriva Linux, the French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries began to review its office software. After considering Office 2000 obsolete, the ministry had to find a successor. Given the licensing costs of migration to a newer version of the Microsoft product, the ministry considered the alternative offered by the free software office suite OpenOffice.org, currently at version 2.0.4. It was decided that updating Microsoft Office would be equally as much work as migrating to OpenOffice.org, and the savings made on license costs by switching to OpenOffice.org allowed investment in user training. Finally, due to its use of the free OpenDocument format, OpenOffice.org meets the interoperability requirements of the RGI, a French government initiative.

This is one more step towards interoperability, as well as preparing the way for the biggest OpenOffice.org migration in the world so far: the migration of 400,000 French central government posts. "
AMD/OSTG

Journal Journal: NextComputing Announces the FlexTop Computer 1

Journal by OSTG Marketing
NextComputing has achieved the 'smallest footprint, high-performance graphics workstation on the market' with its FlexTop computer . The FlexTop is the thinnest, lightest weight, mobile workstation. "The NextDimension provides significant gains in desktop real estate and portability with no sacrifice in performance. Users can achieve maximum computational and graphics performance by combining up to two high-end PCI Express graph
Operating Systems

Submission + - Microsoft and Novell sign deal.

Submitted by UNIMurph
UNIMurph writes: ArsTechnica reports that Novell and Microsoft have come to friendly agreement in which MS helps with marketing and makes a promise of interoperability.

From the article:

At a press conference in San Francisco, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Novell CEO Ronald Hovsepian announced a new partnership between Microsoft and Novell. The unprecedented deal will have Microsoft offering a degree of sales support for Novell's SUSE Linux while both companies work towards better interoperability between their respective operating systems. As part of the agreement, Microsoft also promises not to wield its patent portfolio against SUSE Linux.

Just want to see what Slashdot has to say about it.
The Internet

Submission + - Get your representative's voting record

Submitted by
caseyho
caseyho writes: "Just this week I released Smartizen, a website where you can get an easy-to-understand voting record for all members of the House of Representatives over the past two years. If you're voting next week, this is a resource that you should definitely check out.

If you create an account on the site, you will be able to monitor your representatives in real time (once Congress starts up again after the election). There are also groups that you can join to show your support for a particular issue, candidate, or bill."
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - Ipod owners not as loyal to brand as Mac owners

Submitted by Virtual_Raider
Virtual_Raider writes: A survey indicates that iPod owners may not be as loyal to their devices as Mac owners are to their computers, thus opening the possibility for Microsoft's Zune to enter the market. Surveyed people also indicated a high likelyness of buying the much maligned brown device. But that doesn't mean that the market is now at Microsoft's mercy. RTFA for a change!

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