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Comment Re:Last chance to hang in there? (Score 1) 384

by bahdohday on Thursday April 08, 2010 @11:13AM (#31776616) Attached to: Digital Economy Bill Passed In the UK

This death of manufacturing industries is something you hear about a lot in the UK press (and presumably elsewhere). But it isn't really true. The US is the largest manufacturer in the world in terms of USD value, the UK comes sixth:

http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2009/10/13/data-on-the-largest-manufacturing-countries-in-2008/

Manufacturing still makes up more than 15% of the UKs economic output:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the_United_Kingdom

While the sector has shrunk since the 1960s, the value of manufacturing has actually grown in real terms. At least in the UK, the economy is significantly more diverse than many people realise.

Disabling the RFID in the New U.S. Passports 294

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday December 26, 2006 @11:19AM from the very-high-tech dept.

slashchuck writes "Along with the usual Jargonwatch and Wired/Tired articles, the January issue of Wired offers a drastic method for taking care of that RFID chip in your passport. They say it's legal ... if a bit blunt. From the article: 'The best approach? Hammer time. Hitting the chip with a blunt, hard object should disable it. A nonworking RFID doesn't invalidate the passport, so you can still use it.' "

Why Windows is Slow 885

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 28, 2006 @09:19AM from the i-blame-lazy-gerbils dept.

hype7 writes "The New York Times is running an article on why they think Windows is so slow. They boil it down to one key factor - legacy support - and they hold up Apple as an example of a company willing to make hard decisions around legacy support in order to provide a better product. From the article: 'Windows is now so big and onerous because of the size of its code base, the size of its ecosystem and its insistence on compatibility with the legacy hardware and software, that it just slows everything down ... That's why a company like Apple has such an easier time of innovation.'"

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Alpha Peeking Out (Or Not) 216

Posted by Hemos on Monday March 20, 2006 @09:05AM from the take-a-walk-on-the-wild-side dept.

anadgouda writes "Mozilla Firefox 2.0 alpha is released. The links for download were not available directly on Mozilla.com website. Being Alpha, all features might not work and most of the plugins might not be compatible." Reading thru the comments, it appears there's some disparity as to whether or not this is actually just a naming scheme that they use; but let me reiterate that there has been no official announcement from Mozilla, so take with a giant grain of salt. Some good screenshots at OSdir.

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