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Comment Re:The other side? (Score 2, Insightful) 961

by pcameron41 on Sunday August 31, 2008 @08:17PM (#24824419) Attached to: In MN, Massive Police Raids On Suspected Protestors

Would you really trust this government's version of any story?

Microsoft Helps Police Crack Your Computer 558

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @11:08AM from the not-linux-enabled dept.

IGnatius T Foobar writes "Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that "may have been used in crimes." It basically bypasses all of the Windows security (decrypting passwords, etc.) in order to eliminate all that pesky privacy when the police have physical access to your computer. Just one more reason not to run Windows on your computer."

Submission + - iPhone to Allow 3rd Party Development (macworld.com)

Submitted by

Anarchysoft

on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @01:26PM

Anarchysoft writes: "In an exciting change from previous statements, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed at the D:All Things Digital Conference that 3rd party development will be supported on the iPhone. Questions remain as to whether the opening of the platform, slated for later this year, will be through Dashboard-like Widgets or a separate SDK."

Feed Scientists Join Fight To Save Tasmanian Devil From Deadly Cancer (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @01:13PM

CSIRO scientists have joined the battle to save Australia's iconic Tasmanian devils from the deadly cancer currently devastating devil populations.

Feed Kamloops school district gets an education in free software (newsforge.com)

From feed by nffeed on Tuesday June 05, 2007 @01:12PM

The Kamloops/Thompson School District in British Columbia, Canada, is a free software success story. Gregg Ferrie, manager of information technology for the district, believes its infrastructure may be "the largest Linux on-the-desktop implementation in Western Canada" in public education. According to Ferrie, hardly a week goes by without another of British Columbia's more than 60 school districts consulting Kamloops. Currently, five other districts are considering or planning to implement the Kamloops district's custom-built thin client solution, and the department of education at the University of British Columbia is also investigating the possibility.

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