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Submission + - Apple launches iPod Touch, revamps Nano, iTMS wifi (blogspot.com)

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tRSS

on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @02:47PM

tRSS writes: "Apple just right now launched iPod touch, with similar interface as the iPhone and new iPod nano with video and coverflow. iPod touch start from $299 whereas iPod nano start from $149. They have also revamped the iPod shuffle with new bright colors. Apple has added the capability of buying and downloading music wirelessly from the iTunes Music store on iPod touch and iPhones now as well."

Submission + - Bush commutes Libby's sentence

Submitted by on Monday July 02, 2007 @06:09PM

An anonymous reader writes: In another example of how the super powerful abuse their power, President Bush has decided to commute Scooter Libby's sentence after numerous appeals failed: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-CIA- Leak-Trial.html?hp

Submission + - Bush names anti-open source lobbyist as counselor (pressesc.com)

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Citizen Pain

on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @02:50PM

Citizen Pain writes: "President Bush today appointed as his counselor a man who received $820,000 from Microsoft to lobby during negotiations over its antitrust settlement as well as to oppose the use, especially within the government, of "open source" systems such as Linux. Enron also paid him $700,000 in 2001 alone to lobby on the "California energy crisis" and thwart efforts to re-regulate the Western electricity market through price controls."

Submission + - Supernova Devastates Eagle Nebula

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AbsoluteXyro

on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @06:26PM

AbsoluteXyro writes: "Space.com reports that, thanks to advanced instruments aboard Spitzer, we have now seen that a supernova has wreaked havoc on the Eagle Nebula, and destroyed the famous Pillars of Creation. Interestingly, this all happened before the Eagle Nebula was discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1746...and we won't actually see it happen here on Earth for another thousand years or so. From the article: "Humans living 1,000 to 2,000 years ago might have noticed the supernova event that destroyed the pillars as an unusually bright star in the sky. We have checked with historical records, and there might be some candidates.""

Journal Journal: For Windows Vista Security, Microsoft Called the NSA

Journal by godzilla808 on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @06:14PM

"When Microsoft introduces its long-awaited Windows Vista operating system this month, it will have an unlikely partner to thank for making its flagship product safe and secure for millions of computer users across the world: the National Security Agency." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/08/AR2007010801352.html/

Journal Journal: How truly open is Flash? Do we need "Open Flash"? 2

Journal by nickull on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @06:14PM

This is a post made by David Mendels that inspired me to get this message out. I too have noticed that a few people Still perceive Flash as a proprietary technology. If you are one of those, read this then ask yourself the two questions at the end. I had a completely different view of Flash before Adobe and Macromedia merged. David writes: (Some basic points)

The Flash programming language (ActionScript) is 100% ECMASCript, a s

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