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by rob1n1 (#21706672) Attached to: The Setup Behind Microsoft.com
The article seems to have been deleted -- everything else works, except it can't find that article. Google Cache works, though. http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:cZIWXV4A-GIJ:blogs.technet.com/jeffa36/archive/2007/12/13/microsoft-com-what-s-the-story.aspx+http://blogs.technet.com/jeffa36/archive/2007/12/13/microsoft-com-what-s-the-story.aspx&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=nz&client=firefox-a
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Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 912

Posted by Zonk from the need-just-a-bit-of-radiation dept.
palegray.net writes "Wired is running a story on how Gwyneth Cravens, a former nuclear power protester has changed her views on nuclear power as a viable solution to the world's energy needs. Said Cravens: 'I used to think we surely could do better. We could have more wind farms and solar. But I then learned about base-load energy, and that there are three forms of it: fossil fuels, hydro and nuclear. In the United States, we're maxed out on hydro. That leaves fossil fuels and nuclear power, and most of the fossil fuel burned is coal.'"
Software

Nokia Claims Ogg Format is "Proprietary" 619

Posted by Zonk from the i-do-not-think-that-word-means-what-you-think-it-means dept.
a nona maus writes "Several months ago a workgroup of the W3C decided to include Ogg/Theora+Vorbis as the recommended baseline video codec standard for HTML5, against Apple's aggressive protest. Now, Nokia seems to be seeking a reversal of that decision: they have released a position paper calling Ogg 'proprietary' and citing the importance of DRM support. Nokia has historically responded to questions about Ogg on their internet tablets with strange and inconsistent answers, along with hand waving about their legal department. This latest step is enough to really make you wonder what they are really up to."
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Journal Journal: Iranian Government Filters Google.com

Journal by shadowless

As of yesterday evening, all subdomains of "google.com" are filtered out and user access to them are blocked by some (possibly all) major ISPs in Iran. The couple of ISPs I tried to reach had no comment on the situation, and there's no government office that an end-user can turn to and complain in these cases.
The "filtering" process in Iran is quite opaque and the details are unknown to many. What we know is that a three-member committee decides the "black list" and it's mandatory that th

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