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Sun Updates MySQL Carrier-Grade Clustered Database

Gadgets & Tech – The combination of Solaris and MySQL--particularly the carrier-grade extensions of MySQL--allow Sun to protect a market that Linux players want to take over.

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Voted for on July 11, 2008 11:09am

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GNOME 3.0 Is Coming, And Coming Soon!

Gadgets & Tech – The only real information that has hit the blogs so far is that GNOME 2.30 = GNOME 3.0.

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Voted for on July 11, 2008 11:09am

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Bisexual Species: Unorthodox Sex in the Animal Kingdom

Science – Homosexual behavior is common in nature, and it plays an important role in survival.

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Loongson Lives: Release of Linux PC with Chinese processor

Gadgets & Tech – One of the most controversial high-tech projects in Chinese history took a respectable step forward this month, with the commercial release of an actual shipping PC based on the Loongson 2F processor.

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Review: Acer Aspire One notebook computer

Gadgets & Tech – Windows XP Home will be available on more expensive Aspire One models, but this one uses the free Linux operating system with a selection of useful programs installed. We liked the ability to start both Firefox and Openoffice Writer from the front screen, and the email and instant messaging programs can cleverly connect to several services.

View Story Discuss (0) (computeractive.co.uk) 12 days ago by schestowitz

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Murdoch: I'm not interested in Yahoo!

Gadgets & Tech – News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said his media conglomerate is "very unlikely" to be a part of any deal for Yahoo Inc., scuttling talk that Microsoft Corp. was making headway in enlisting the media mogul as part of a deal to break up the Internet search company.

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Could Linux be a better gaming OS than Windows?

Gadgets & Tech – Consider this: Sim City Societies requires 512MB RAM for XP, and 1GB for Vista! Processor-wise, it needs 1.7 GHZ for XP and 2.4GHz for Vista!

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Open Source Shoot-Em-Up

Gadgets & Tech – But lately, I'm also starting to see the appeal of doing without a hyped-up platform like Unreal Tournament 2004 or Battlefield 1942. Fracturing the mod community has sparked creativity, particularly when it comes to open-source games based on free engines.

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Oil sets new record near $147 a barrel

Money – Oil prices spiked Friday as continued tensions in the Middle East and concerns of renewed violence in Nigeria pushed the price for a barrel of oil to a record near $147.

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House Democrats set to spend $35 million on TV ads

Television – House Democrats have reserved millions of dollars worth of television advertising in 31 congressional races in all corners of the country, according to documentation that provides an early roadmap of the party's drive to strengthen its majority in the fall elections.

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8 New Natural Wonders Named

Science – Named by UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. With PICS.

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Secrets of Married Men

Men – Psychology Today: Men, especially married men, are at a disadvantage in relationships, both verbally and emotionally.

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Hollywood producers say SAG rejects contract offer

Movies – Unable for weeks to agree on terms for a new contract, Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild have now found themselves unable to agree on whether negotiations will continue.

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Oil Price: Don't Blame the Speculators

Money – The Economist: Politicians who try to make oil cheaper by restraining speculation will just make things worse

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Judge Orders Baby to be Given Blood Transfusion

Religion – A two-week-old baby was given the chance to live when a High Court judge ruled in favour of a blood transfusion which was against his Jehovah's Witness parents' religious beliefs.

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