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Submission + - Google Docs and Spreadsheets Expanding

Submitted by

dhinckley

on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @03:56PM

dhinckley writes: "Google announced today that they will indeed be adding Presentation software to their Docs and Spreadsheets package. With the announcement they revealed that they have purchased Tonic Systems to help them with the new Presentation software and hope to have it ready by sometime this summer. Google's office package is starting to look a bit more comparable to Microsoft Office."

Submission + - Fragmentation in Linux Documentation?

Submitted by twilight30 on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @03:55PM

twilight30 writes: While trying to figure out why a supposedly-supported SATA-II controller isn't recognised on my motherboard I thought I'd go back and visit the Linux Documentation Project's pages. It was a trip down memory lane, but I soon wondered about the state of many of the documents there. Much of TLDP is old, maybe even crufty.

So I'd like to ask what Slashdotters think of TLDP.org and its 'competitors' — do people get info from other sites or wikis? Are people more likely to look at their distro's forums first? Is TLDP still relevant to you? Are distros good enough now that TLDP is basically irrelevant? For the BSDheads, do you think the BSDs' documentation pages have lessons to teach TLDP?

What would have to change for TLDP to become relevant again? Thanks.

Interview With Mark Shuttleworth 161

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @03:44PM from the not-quite-yet dept.

suka writes "The founder of the Ubuntu project argues in a recent interview with derStandard.at that the time for mass consumer sales of Linux on the desktop has not yet come. He goes on to talk about the integration of proprietary drivers, the One Laptop per Child project, and 'great applications' from Microsoft."

Submission + - Chimps More Evolved Than Humans

Submitted by jas_public on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @02:47PM

jas_public writes: Since the human-chimp split about 6 million years ago, chimpanzee genes can be said to have evolved more than human genes, a new study suggests.

The results, detailed online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradict the conventional wisdom that humans are the result of a high degree of genetic selection, evidenced by our relatively large brains, cognitive abilities and bi-pedalism.

The researchers found that "substantially more genes in chimps evolved in ways that were beneficial than was the case with human genes."

IE7 Blocking Google Image Search? 253

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 29, 2006 @04:22PM from the play-nicely-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "I just tried a Google Image Search in IE7 for the first time. Whenever I click on an image, my browser tells me in big bold letters, "This is a reported phishing website." Try it yourself: make sure automatic phishing detection is turned on and do an (adorable) image search; click on one of the result thumbnails. MSN Live Image Search has no such issues. Insert Microsoft evil conspiracy theory here." I get this behavior under IE7, Win XP Pro, SP2, Parallels, Mac OS X.

Comment Not so practical (Score 1) 212

by NeedBeans on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @12:31PM (#8521799) Attached to: Turbo Codes Promise Better Wireless Transmission

Since turbo codes cause a delay at the decoder: You would be waiting a long time for you beer. You'd better stick to good old parity bits: Keep on shouting...

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