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Microsoft's Quiet War Against GNU/Linux on Motherboards
Gadgets & Tech – To sum up, here we have another case study exemplifying total disregard, market abuse, distortion of stories and a strategic fight against Linux, which escapes the media's attention.
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Building a glossier front end for MythTV
Gadgets & Tech – Josh Stewart loves MythTV -- so much so that he is building his own front-end app for it as a drop-in replacement for MythTV's default. The replacement is called Gloss, and although it isn't ready for prime time…
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Dreamy Dreamlinux
Gadgets & Tech – Now that I've tried out this distro, when a non Linux user asks me what distribution I recommend they try, I think I'll start suggesting Dreamlinux. It is extremely simple, it covers a broad ranges of requirements,…
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Little thin client runs Linux
Gadgets & Tech – The Italian firm CompuMaster has introduced a compact thin client that runs Linux. The "Praim Ino" can be mounted on the back of a monitor, draws just six Watts, and comes with a variety of client software, the…
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Exceptional Linux programs for Kids
Gadgets & Tech – There's nothing worse than hearing how an entire school district is switching operating systems from Mac to Windows (or vice versa) because that's what the "business" world relies on or some other blather. The costs…
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Conyers: 'We're Closing In On Rove'
Politics – Conyers told us that Rove has a week to appear before his committee. If he doesn't, said Conyers, "We'll do what any self-respecting committee would do. We'd hold him in contempt. Either that or go and have him…
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Hobbit Watch: Jackson, del Toro to Chat With Fans
Movies – On May 24, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro will host an "unexpected party" to answer questions from fans about their upcoming collaboration on The Hobbit.
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World Wildlife Numbers Down 25% in Three Decades
Science – More than one in four of all individual animals, birds and fish on the planet have disappeared since 1970, zoologists have found. Human activities are to blame, they say.
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'$100 laptop' embraces Windows XP
Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft has joined forces with the developers of the "$100 laptop" to make Windows available on the machines.
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Schools a big risk in earthquakes, and not just in China
Science – The enormous loss of life in collapsed schools around China's quake-stricken Sichuan Province could have been significantly reduced using known methods for designing or retrofitting structures in earthquake zones,…
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Innovative brain surgery offers a cure
Science – Three-year-old Grace Webster perches on the operating table, tiny and cold, covered only by a diaper and her sandy-blond Raggedy Ann hair. Her blue eyes gaze warily at the machines sprouting tube tentacles that…
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Meningitis B tests raise hope of vaccine
Science – A vaccine against one of the most feared childhood diseases, meningitis B, looked a little closer yesterday after scientists revealed that a second stage of trials, in babies, had been successful.
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Russia plans to team with Europe on moonship
Science – Russia's space agency says it is teaming up with its European counterpart to build a spaceship that will fly astronauts to the moon, but the European Space Agency struck a more cautious note.
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Supplies (and snails) sent to space station
Science – An unmanned Russian cargo ship launched into orbit Wednesday crammed with fresh supplies for astronauts aboard the international space station.
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Evolution rolls on for Mars rover
Science – The wheels continue to turn on Europe's billion-euro project to put a robotic rover on the surface of the Red Planet.
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Scientists spot baby supernova nearby
Science – About 140 years ago, our time, a stellar explosion lit up our galaxy with a blinding flash of light, sending out powerful shock waves to boot. Now, astronomers have spotted the youthful remains from the explosion.
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Why quantum mechanics might be wrong
Science – The question of whether quantum mechanics is correct could soon be settled by observing the sky - and there are already tantalizing hints that the theory could be wrong.
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Prosecutors rework indictment of Bonds
Sports – Barry Bonds was re-indicted Tuesday by the U.S. authorities in an effort to fix the original indictment in his perjuryÃ;â;;Ã;Â case.
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Google gathers 3D data with Street View
Gadgets & Tech – Google confirmed today it's gathering 3D data along with the photographs it takes for its online Street View service, a potential boon for those of us who fantasize about flying like Superman through urban landscapes,…
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Matteo Priamo wins 6th Giro d'Italia stage after late breakaway
Sports – Matteo Priamo won the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday after breaking from the pack late in the race, and Giovanni Visconti took the overallÃ;â;;Ã;Â lead.
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Are there nuclear reactors at Earth's core?
Science – Fission reactors may have been burning for billions of years.
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Derbies add edge to Super 14's final round
Sports – Some of the most bitter domestic rivalries in southern hemisphere rugby will be revived in the final round of the Super 14 tournament, adding an extra element to a desperate 11th-hour scramble for theÃ;â;;Ã;Â semifinals.
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Sao Paulo beats Fluminense 1-0, Boca and Atlas draw 2-2…
Sports – Inter Milan striker Adriano scored a goal and dismantled the Fluminense defense to lead Sao Paulo to a 1-0 victory over Fluminense on Wednesday in their opening quarterfinal match of the CopaÃ;â;;Ã;Â Libertadores.
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Anderson and Broad put England in control of first test…
Sports – Brendon McCullum launched a brutal counterattack at Lord's on Thursday to rescue New Zealand from a precarious position on the first day of the first cricket test againstÃ;Æ...
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Relying on the horse, but not protecting it
Sports – One of the most viscerally intimidating moments I have ever had was in Hyde Park in London a few years ago. With the Grateful Dead in my headset, I was stretching for a workout on the lush grass, a few feet away…
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