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Submission + - Lunar Eclipse Next Tuesday Morning (space.com)

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Raver32

on Friday August 24, 2007 @07:33AM

Raver32 writes: "Tuesday morning, Aug. 28 brings us the second total lunar eclipse of 2007. Those living in the Western Hemisphere and eastern Asia will be able to partake in at least some of this sky show. The very best viewing region for viewing this eclipse will fall across the Pacific Rim, including the West Coast of the United States and Canada, as well as Alaska, Hawaii, New Zealand and eastern Australia. All these places will be able to see the complete eclipse from start to finish. Europeans will miss out on the entire show, as the Moon will be below the horizon during their mid and late morning hours."

Sun's Trading Symbol Going From SUNW To JAVA 356

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday August 24, 2007 @07:27AM from the big-whoop dept.

Mortimer.CA writes "Straight from Jonathan Schwartz's weblog, Sun is changing their ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA: 'JAVA is a technology whose value is near infinite to the internet, and a brand that's inseparably a part of Sun (and our profitability). [...] To be very clear, this isn't about changing the company name or focus — we are Sun, we are a systems company, and we will always be a derivative of the students that created us, Stanford University Network is here to stay. But we are no longer simply a workstation company, nor a company whose products can be limited by one category — and Java does a better job of capturing exactly that sentiment than any other four letter symbol.'"

Submission + - How SBC (AT&T) pillaged South Africa's economy (busrep.co.za)

Submitted by Kifoth on Friday August 24, 2007 @05:19AM

Kifoth writes: For 8 years, SBC and Telekom Malaysia controlled South Africa's only telecommunications company, Telkom. Telkom had a government granted monopoly in order for it to connect the large parts of South Africa which had been neglected under apartheid. Instead of helping, SBC abused their position and raised Telkom's prices to amongst the highest in the world. The billions they made here ultimately went to fund their AT&T merger.

"SBC, described as "congenitally litigious", is said to have played a major role in the failure of South Africa's telecoms policy to develop a competitive telephone service. Under SBC's control Telkom not only failed to meet its roll-out obligations but behaved "as a tax on industry and a drag on economic growth"."

Comment Who is the thief ? (Score 1) 406

by gcorbaz on Sunday September 18, 2005 @04:26AM (#13588580) Attached to: RIAA Says P2P Encourages Illegal Downloads

What about CD or DVD burner ? it is now easy to copy a whole CD from a friend. Maybe all these devices should also be prohibited. Anyway, we all pay taxes on free media, yes you pay rigths on an empty CD or even HD as you are all potential pirats and thief. P2P is maybe the solution to recover the money stoled on empty medias.

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