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College To Save Money By Switching Email Font 306

Posted by samzenpus from the smallest-things dept.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has come up with an unusual way of saving money: changing their email font. The school expects to use 30% less ink by switching from Arial to Century Gothic. From the article: "Diane Blohowiak is the school's director of computing. She says the new font uses about 30 percent less ink than the previous one. That could add up to real savings, since the cost of printer ink works out to about $10,000 per gallon. Blohowiak says the decision is part of the school's five-year plan to go green. She tells Wisconsin Public Radio it's great that a change that's eco-friendly also saves money."
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The Final Release of Apache HTTP Server 1.3 104

Posted by timothy from the people-of-earth-you're-on-your-own dept.
Kyle Hamilton writes "The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.42 of the Apache HTTP Server ('Apache'). This release is intended as the final release of version 1.3 of the Apache HTTP Server, which has reached end of life status There will be no more full releases of Apache HTTP Server 1.3. However, critical security updates may be made available."

Comment Re:Misleading story... (Score 1) 913

by WUNHJazz (#30981494) Attached to: Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics
I have a 2007 Tacoma, unaffected by the current recall (but part of the floor mat recall). While I have not had an issue with a run away situation (yet?), the behavior of the electronic throttle is quite a bit different from a mechanical throttle. After three years of driving the truck, I'm still not entirely used to it because I spend more time driving my car which has a mechanical throttle. The issue is most noticeable when slowing to a stop. Having driven manual transmission vehicles all of my life, I'm used to downshifting and allowing the engine compression to reduce my speed. The Tacoma's ECU, in its infinite electronic wisdom, decides that the engine should maintain 1200-1500 RPM even with no pressure on the pedal when the vehicle is in gear and moving. This behavior was totally unexpected; dangerous at first, and just an annoyance now. I did bring it to the dealer when I first had the truck and they assured me it was normal behavior for the new electronic throttle.
The Courts

RIAA To Stop Prosecuting Individual File Sharers 619

Posted by kdawson from the declare-victory-and-withdraw dept.
debatem1 writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, the RIAA has decided to abandon its current tactic of suing individuals for sharing copyrighted music. Ongoing lawsuits will be pursued to completion, but no new ones will be filed. The RIAA is going to try working with the ISPs to limit file-sharing services and cut off repeated users. This very surprising development apparently comes as a result of public distaste for the campaign." An RIAA spokesman is quoted as saying that the litigation campaign has been "successful in raising the public's awareness that file-sharing is illegal."
Space

Submission + - ISS computer failure (space.com)

Submitted by WUNHJazz
WUNHJazz writes: Space.com (http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/070614_iss_c omputer_crash.html) reports that the three Russian control computers aboard the International Space Station have shut down, and are not rebooting. The US computers that perform the same functions are operational, but the shuttle departure may be delayed.

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