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Submission + - EPA sends data center power study to Congress

Submitted by

BDPrime

on Monday August 06, 2007 @10:00AM

BDPrime writes: "We've all been hearing ad nauseum about power and cooling issues in the data center. Now the EPA has issued a final report to Congress detailing the problem and what might be done to fix it. Most likely what will happen is the EPA will add servers and data centers into its Energy Star program. If you don't feel like reading the entire 133-page report, the 14-page executive summary is a little easier to get through."

Submission + - Lenovo intros ThinkPads with preloaded Linux (electronista.com)

Submitted by

JonathanF

on Monday August 06, 2007 @09:21AM

JonathanF writes: "Sounds like an ideal mix for Linux geeks: Lenovo said today that they'll ship their rock-steady ThinkPads near the end of the year with Novell's SUSE Linux distro preloaded — and supported by Lenovo itself. No word on specs, but having a solid PC with an open-source OS sounds very appealing. Like the author of the article, though, I wonder whether Lenovo is offering Novell's distro because it's worried about that Microsoft Sword of Damocles hanging over its head if it chose an alternative like Red Hat or Ubuntu."

Submission + - Indian Court Rejects Novartis Patent (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by toppavak on Monday August 06, 2007 @08:53AM

toppavak writes: The BBC is running an story about how an Indian court rejected Swiss drug company Novartis' appeal for a patent on an anti-cancer drug. According to the article "The firm's bid to patent anti-cancer drugs Glivec was rejected because it is a new form of an existing substance." The Indian government has long fought against restrictive drug patents and encourages the production of inexpensive generics to keep prices within the reach of the nation's poor. "The Swiss firm said that the ruling, which threw out its appeal, would have long-term negative effects on research into new drugs."

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