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Comment A few good links (Score 1) 221

by gflores on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @06:14PM (#18877047) Attached to: Wikipedia Releases Offline CD

Wikipedia:Version 0.5 - This page is a list of articles that are on the CD. Note, the links to the articles point to the live articles on Wikipedia, not the revisions hand-selected to be on the cd.

Kiwix browser - Image of the software used for Wikipedia 0.5

Wikipedia 1.0 FAQ - answers, well, frequently asked questions!

Wikipedia:Release VersionThe next version with an incomplete list of proposed articles.

Talk page for WP 1.0 - please leave your feedback here. What did you like about it? What can be improved?

Sudo vs. Root 327

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 21, 2006 @11:37AM from the security-comes-first dept.

lessthan0 writes "In Mac OS X, the root account is disabled by default. The first user account created is added to the admin group and that user can use the sudo command to execute other commands as root. The conventional wisdom is that sudo is the most secure way to run root commands, but a closer look reveals a picture that is not so clear." The article is about OSX but the debate is a little older ;)

Google Finance Beta Released 206

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 21, 2006 @10:35AM from the money-money-money-money dept.

t3rmin4t0r writes "Forbes.com is reporting that google has rolled out a finance site. The site finance.google.com seems to be too plain and looks suspiciously like something quickly hacked together. The Forbes article mentions that "Google had previously provided financial information through a framed page featuring information from Yahoo! Finance, Fool.com, MSN Money Central and ClearStation " and that the information is collected from various sources rather than a direct feed from the stock exchanges, making it probably less useful for buy & sell decisions. "

FBI Agents Don't Have Email Access 308

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday March 21, 2006 @09:33AM from the lazy-it dept.

the_bikeman writes "According to CNN, many FBI agents do not have access to an email account, and only 100 of the 2000 New York FBI agents have a Internet-ready mobile phone. Spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan said 'e-mail addresses are still being assigned, adding that the city bureau's 2,000 employees would all have accounts by the end of the year.'"

OpenOffice 2.0 vs. Microsoft Office 64

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday March 21, 2006 @06:55AM from the buddy-tux dept.

Jane Walker writes "Slashdot's own Robin 'Roblimo' Miller compares OpenOffice 2.0 and Microsoft Office in a recent interview with TechTarget and, when asked to identify one of the main obstacles facing widespread adoption, calls for the OSS community to deliver personable, usable training for new OpenOffice and open source software users."

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