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Submission + - UK Government says “No Evidence” IE is (ebrahim.org)

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aliebrah

on Thursday January 28, 2010 @02:41AM

aliebrah writes: "Lord Avebury tabled a parliamentary question in the UK regarding the security of Internet Explorer and whether the UK government would reconsider its use. He got an answer today from the UK Home Office that's unlikely to please most Slashdot readers. The UK government contends that "there is no evidence that moving from the latest fully patched versions of Internet Explorer to other browsers will make users more secure"."

Submission + - New Mexico secedes, might declare Pluto Planet

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pease1

on Saturday March 10, 2007 @10:46PM

pease1 writes: "Wired and others are reporting for New Mexico, the fight for Pluto is not over. Seven months after a conclave of scientists downgraded the distant heavenly body to a "dwarf planet," a state representative in New Mexico aims to give the snubbed world back some of its respect. State lawmakers will vote Tuesday on a bill that proposes "as Pluto passes overhead through New Mexico's excellent night skies, it be declared a planet." Actual wording of the resolution.

For many of us old timers and those who had the honor of meeting Clyde, this just causes a belly of laughs and is pure fun. Not to mention a bit of poking sticking in the eye."

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