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Comment i seriously doubt it (Score 0) 188

by yahurd on Thursday July 19, 2007 @07:58PM (#19921281) Attached to: Security Researcher Chases Virus Maker Off the Net

the virus maker crippled PCs by causing them to endlessly reboot

so in other words, one lonely security researcher has done what apple, ibm, the linux community, the FSF, and the USDOJ failed to do. get microsoft off the internet.

Submission + - Integrity of Science: White House Misuse of Data (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by

Science data nerds

on Monday June 04, 2007 @02:16PM

Science data nerds writes: "The White House is consistently and persistently claiming that the US is doing better than Europe in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This turns out to be false — their claim is purely based on carefully selecting the only subset of data that shows this. When all the data are used, Europe emissions have declined substantially; the US emissions have grown substantially. This story, and the linked analysis, debunk the White House claims."

Submission + - GNU coughs up Emacs 22 after six year wait

Submitted by

lisah

on Monday June 04, 2007 @02:02PM

lisah writes: "After keeping users waiting for nearly six years, Emacs 22 has been released and includes a bunch of updates and some new modes as well. In addition to support for GTK+ and a graphical interface to the GNU Debugger, 'this release includes build support for Linux on AMD64, S/390, and Tensilica Xtensa machines, FreeBSD/Alpha, Cygwin, Mac OS X, and Mac OS 9 with Carbon support. The Leim package is now part of GNU Emacs, so users will be able to get input support for Chinese, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, and other languages without downloading a separate package. New translations of the Emacs tutorial are also available in Brasilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, simplified and traditional Chinese, Italian, French, and Russian.'"

Submission + - Linux Training

Submitted by Spritzer on Saturday May 19, 2007 @12:51PM

Spritzer writes: I work for a rather large corporation with multiple divisions around the world. Nearly all user computers in the company are Windows systems, and there is no plan to move to Linux in the future. However, a good many of our products are now designed to run on Linux systems for security and stability purposes. Obviously, the design/development teams are knowledgeable in the use of Linux operating systems.Unfortunately my field service teams are not, and their is no in-house training program. This has begun to affect our ability to provide efficient, quality service to customers when in the field.

What training services have you used in the past to get people trained in the basics of using? I'd prefer to stay away from online, self-paced courses and get my people some hands on training with an instructor.

Submission + - 13-year-old CEO steals the show at at TiECON 2007

Submitted by on Saturday May 19, 2007 @11:48AM

An anonymous reader writes: This 13-year old Silicon Valley CEO has a plan to change the way kids learn chemistry. He stole the show yesterday at TiECON 2007, the big entrepreneur conference held in Santa Clara, Calif. VentureBeat has the story and a video interview here — http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/19/elementeos-13-ye ar-old-ceo-highlight-of-tiecon/#more-12504

Submission + - Dell or HP for small business?

Submitted by fruitbane on Saturday May 19, 2007 @11:37AM

fruitbane writes: I work for a medium-sized non-profit, approximately 50 full-time users and 100 desktop PCs. We're redoing all our technology plans and budgeting and it's time to pick vendors/brands and stick to them, something we haven't reliably done in the past. Sites like Consumer Reports review various PCs and manufacturers for home users. Are there any comprehensive reviews or advice sources for those trying to determine the best vendor/manufacturer for small business desktops and laptops?

Submission + - Data storm caused nuclear-plant shutdown ..

Submitted by

rs232

on Saturday May 19, 2007 @11:00AM

rs232 writes: "'The U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Homeland Security called this week for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to further investigate the cause of excessive network traffic that shut down an Alabama nuclear plant'

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11465"

Students Embarrass eBay With Firefox Add-On 269

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @03:31PM from the doing-it-right dept.

An anonymous reader sends along a posting from the Grooveking blog on a group of Stanford students who got together to help promote Firefox and ended up releasing a long overdue eBay Toolbar for Firefox before Mozilla and eBay could release their jointly developed extension in Europe. Mozilla's COO said the preemptive release of the eBay Toolbar had ruffled some feathers among European eBay execs. "Besides basic search features, it removes external ads on the site and allows users to see thumbnail pictures on ALL search items, even those sellers didn't pay for. An eBay toolbar has been long overdue... eBay can't be too enthusiastic about this toolbar since it cuts directly into its main sources of revenue: ads and thumbnail fees. But eBay users get a really good deal."

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