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Comment Well... (Score 1) 1880

I have an iPod Touch which REQUIRES iTunes, and I also occasionally play games on my laptop such as TF2. Microsoft Office is something I need both for work and school, but if everything I needed was in Linux, I'd never use Windows.
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Submission + - What to expect in OpenBSD 5.0 onwards (blogspot.com)

badger.foo writes: "OpenBSD-current just turned 5.0-beta, providing us a preview of what the upcoming release (slated for November 1st) will look like. Book of PF author Peter Hansteen takes us through the main new features and explains the development process that has consistently turned out high-quality releases on time, every six months for more than a decade."
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UK Police Database Abuse 'Hugely Intrusive' 88

twoheadedboy writes "Police database abuse has been branded as 'hugely intrusive' after a report showed over 900 officers and staff had breached the Data Protection Act over the last three years. Furthermore, 243 police officers and staff received criminal convictions for breaking laws set down by the DPA. 'Our investigation shows that not only have police employees been found to have run background records checks on friends and possible partners, but some have been convicted for passing sensitive information to criminal gangs and drug dealers,' said Daniel Hamilton, director of the Big Brother Watch."

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