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Battle of the free WiFi
… Oregon. An obvious thought is maybe this is the start of another phase in the
battle between Google and MS? Read More (569 bytes, 1 comments) … 
How to destroy your data- or maybe not
Once again, OnTrack Data Recovery releases their top ten weird data mishaps for the past
year. Read More (268 bytes, 0 comments) …
Jedi Demand Freedom of Religion
Two Jedi showed up at the UN Great Britain Headquarters in London- demanding tolerance for
their religion. Read More (221 bytes, 1 comments) …
More Google Earth Fun
According to the google earthers at The Register- China has now either created a *very*
useful hyperdrive, or they've built at least a very good copy of the USS Nimitz …
Icebergs, coming to a continent near you!
… While warnings have gone out to ships in the area, it has become a tourist
attraction. Some pictures can be seen here …
Refund for running OSS operating systems
A British man was able to get a refund of £55.23 (about $104 USD or 82 €) as a result
of his plans to install Linux. He needed a computer …
Energy-Efficient Computing
Today there's an interesting story on Slashdot: Microsoft could become Green (ed: adjusted
link to the original article from /.) by changing the default settings of Windows to save
energy …
VMware and Xen Management with BixData
BixData is a system, application, and network monitoring tool which allows you to easily
monitor nearly every aspect of your servers. Read More (504 bytes, 0 comments) …
One Secret of Damascus Steel: Nanotubes!
… blades of the metal had strength, flexibility, and ability to hold an edge far
superior to other swords of the era. A team of researchers at Technische Universitat
Dresden put …
An Alternative to Patents for Critical Inventions
… (PDF) and that the nature of IP law and "the market" needs to be changed so that
the world's poor can join in with and benefit from critical advances in …