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Comment Dish Network (Score 2, Informative) 479

by dricci on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @06:41PM (#26553227) Attached to: Most Hackable Coupon-Eligible DTV Converter?

Check out the Dish Network box. I admit, I haven't had a chance to actually try to use one of these, but the video I've seen of them in use looks really similar to their set top box firmware. Could just be some sort of theme though...

Gates' Last Day At Microsoft 467

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday June 27, 2008 @04:13PM from the keep-it-clean dept.

mrogers writes "Today is Bill Gates' last day as a full-time employee of Microsoft. After 33 years at the company, the one-time richest man in the world will be retiring at 52 to spend more time guiding the charitable Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. What would you buy him as a retirement gift?"

North Pole Ice On Track To Melt By September? 978

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday June 27, 2008 @03:12PM from the new-swimming-holes dept.

phobos13013 writes "Recently released evidence is showing the North Pole ice is melting at the highest rate ever recorded. As a result, the Pole may be completely ice-free at the surface and composed of nothing but open water by September. As reported in September of last year, the Northwest Passage was ice-free for the first time known to man. The implications of this, as well as the causes, are still being debated. Are global warming experts just short-sighted alarmists? Are we heading for a global ice age? Or is the increase in global mean temperature having an effect on our planet?"

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