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Comment Re:Blazing 2 MHz Memory! (Score 1) 267

by cheekymunky on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @09:53AM (#25298905) Attached to: Overclocked Memory Breaks Core i7 CPUs

In the UK 2.133MHz means 2,133MHz. In the UK 2,133MHz means 2.133MHz.

Er, no. The UK uses the same system as the US (comma as a thousands seperator, decimal point to seperate "ones" and "tenths"). Most of *continental* Europe, on the other hand, does use the system you describe (reverse the comma and the point). So, in the UK, you'd write 1,249.95, while in (eg) France, you'd write 1.249,95.

Pleasing Google's Tech-Savvy Staff 142

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 19, 2008 @10:54AM from the nobody-even-tries-to-please-us dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Douglas Merrill, Google Inc.'s chief information officer, is charged with answering that question. His job is to give Google workers the technology they need, and to keep them safe — without imposing too many restrictions on how they do their job. So the 37-year-old has taken an unorthodox approach. Unlike many IT departments that try to control the technology their workers use, Mr. Merrill's group lets Google employees download software on their own, choose between several types of computers and operating systems, and use internal software built by the company's engineers. Lately, he has also spent time evangelizing to outside clients about Google's own enterprise-software products — such as Google Apps, an enterprise version of Google's Web-based services including e-mail, word processing and a calendar."

Mandriva's Open Letter To Steve Ballmer 357

Posted by kdawson on Thursday November 01, 2007 @09:58AM from the should-have-denied-bill's-visa dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An entry on the Mandriva Blog, written by Mandriva CEO François Bancilhon, says that the Nigerian government, after ordering thousands of Classmate PCs with Mandriva Linux installed, has suddenly decided that they will instead install Windows. They will pay for the pre-loaded Mandriva Linux on the low-cost computing devices intended for children in the developing world, but immmediately replace the OS. The blog doesn't quite use the 'B' word but does suggest that this was not a decision that the Nigerian government made on its own."

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