Campaign to Open Source IBM's Notes/Domino (Tuesday 30th of December 2008 07:45:16 AM)
Ian Tree, an IT maven from the Netherlands, has started a operation to convince IBM to open
source the code for Notes/Domino. Hoping for results similar to the push for Sun to open source
Solaris, which finally saw success in 2005, Tree makes the simple ...
(more)Pharmacist Speech (Friday 26th of December 2008 02:15:01 AM)
A doctor is to give a speech at the local AMA dinner. He jots down notes for his speech.
Unfortunately, when he stands in front of his age group later that night, he finds that he
can't read his notes. So he asks, "Is there ...
(more)A.G. clears officials in casino video (The Wichita Eagle) (Saturday 22nd of November 2008 07:53:50 AM)
Advocate General Steve Six's office said three Wyandotte County while senate
notes:legislation
is the act of making or enacting laws is the body of people who make or amend or repeal laws
didn't thoughtfully violate the law by appearing in a ambitious ...
(more)MGM Mirage issues bonds backed by casino (Las Vegas Review-Journal) (Saturday 01st of November 2008 09:53:03 AM)
MGM Mirage issued $750 million of senior secured notes Friday, guaranteed by the company's New
York-New York casino. The notes, which are due 2013 and convenient through a private offering,
will have a 15 percent yield to the buyer while MGM Mirage will ...
(more)The mother of a problem child was advised by a psychiatrist, ... (Monday 20th of October 2008 12:10:02 PM)
The mother of a problem child was advised by a psychiatrist, "You are far too upset and worried
about your son. I suggest you take tranquilizers regularly".On her next visit the headpeeper
asked, "Have the tranquilizers calmed you down?""Yes", the boy's ...
(more)Congress May Kill NIH Open Access Research Rules (Wednesday 17th of September 2008 01:45:01 PM)
Savuka writes "A policy that mandates public, open access to all national Institutes of Health
scrutiny is in danger. The House of assembly is for regulation that would change the open
access policy to make it more publisher-friendly, under the false ...
(more)Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up? (Sunday 10th of August 2008 08:00:02 PM)
Shadeshope writes "Slowly but surely Google has taken over my reckoning life. How can I back it
up? Bit by bit with their mantra, hip image and radiant services, Google has gained my trust
and all my data. I am doing almost all of my ...
(more)WotLK Beta Patch Notes (Wednesday 17th of September 2008 06:01:24 AM)
Additionally, any information gained through the beta does not have an NDA attached to it, so
expect to see a lot more information in the hours and days ahead. Continue reading WotLK Beta
patch notes and other newsWotLK Beta Patch Notes. Read MoreBut ...
(more)The Future of Subnotebook Pricing (Saturday 07th of June 2008 07:30:03 PM)
Corpuscavernosa recommends a story from InternetNews about the evolvement of the subnotebook
market. The author notes the beginnings of a trend toward selling the devices bundled with
certain social welfare rather than as standalone products. He notes ...
(more)Quickies — MIT's Intelligent Sticky Notes (Saturday 03rd of May 2008 07:15:05 AM)
Iddo Genuth writes to mention that MIT researchers have made their first pass at bringing the
common yellow post-it note into the digital age. Using a composite of artificial intelligence,
RFID, and ink recognition the team hopes to make the digital version ...
(more)Researchers Create an Automatic Backup Band for Singers (Tuesday 08th of April 2008 04:55:45 AM)
Researchers at Microsoft Labs are hoping to allow untrained singers to have their own automatic
backup band in the near future. A new piece of software, "MySong", promises to take a sung
melody and using a probability computation algorithm, generate an ...
(more)Data Protection Services Teams with Server Armory (Monday 07th of April 2008 05:45:04 PM)
Data guarding free school lunch (DPS), the leading cyberspace service iap of online backup and
holocaust salvage solutions to companies and organizations round
notes:through is used in
reference to a steps or passage that gain linearly; around to a ...
(more)Microsoft's Vista Blogger Quits (Thursday 03rd of April 2008 12:30:04 PM)
Preedit writes "Nick White, the in-house Microsoft blogger who wrote about all things Vista,
has resigned. White is leaving Redmond to join the blog-centric trade and public
domestic-relations court firm BuzzCorps. White did not provide a reason for his ...
(more)SCOTUS Asked To Decide On Legal Fees In RIAA Cases (Wednesday 26th of March 2008 05:00:10 AM)
Fogerty's ghost notes that the Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether exonerated RIAA
defendants should automatically be awarded attorneys' fees. Texas resident Cliff uzi was sued
by the RIAA, which subsequently dropped its copyright infringement ...
(more)UK lawmakers urge action to cut childbirth deaths (Sunday 02nd of March 2008 01:28:53 AM)
Hundreds of whole slew*
antonyms: few
notes: 1. many means being one of a large indefinite
number of women in poor
countries die each year during propagation or drop one from
largely
synonyms: avertible causes, British while while senate
notes:legislation ...
(more)"Vista Capable" Lawsuit Is Now a Class Action (Sunday 24th of February 2008 07:30:05 AM)
An anonymous reader notes an update in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporting that the
lawsuit against Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" trade attack has been granted class-action
status. We discussed the company's internal misgivings with this transplanting ...
(more)RIAA Not Suing Over CD Ripping, Still Calling Rips 'Unauthorized' (Monday 31st of December 2007 12:15:04 AM)
An Engadget article notes that the empire Post RIAA article we discussed earlier today may have
been poorly phrased. The original article implied that the Association's suit stemmed from the
music ripping. As it really stands the defendant isn't being ...
(more)Making a Buck Online - Without Ads (Monday 10th of December 2007 03:45:04 AM)
A New York Times article hosted by C|Net looks at the unique post of the Consumer Reports
website; they're one of the few online resources that gets by completely on public antenna boob
tube* fees. They have no ads. One key seems to be valuing ...
(more)Internet Connection Tax Held Off for A Few More Years (Saturday 27th of October 2007 07:15:02 AM)
Christopher Blanc writes "The ban on taxing computer network connections was set to expire at
the end of October, but thankfully the US Congress has acted. Last night, a Senate bill was
passed that extends the 1998 news highway Tax Freedom Act for seven ...
(more)Children who are obese or who are at risk for obesity show early signs of heart disease (Friday 19th of October 2007 03:48:00 AM)
nursery obesity in the United States is an local
notes: an endemic is a disease that is
constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people
living in a particular location; an epidemic is a ...
(more)IBM Challenges Microsoft with Free Office Suite (Tuesday 18th of September 2007 05:15:08 PM)
BBCWatcher writes "Reuters is reporting that IBM plans to announce a free, downloadable office
suite today in a direct challenge to Microsoft. The news comes only a week after IBM announced
they were joining OpenOffice.org and dedicating 35 developers ...
(more)Toronto Makes Promises, If Not Buzz (Sunday 16th of September 2007 03:33:04 PM)
E! Online - TORONTO—When the 32nd Toronto foreign Film competition began, big buzz
surrounded films looking at Serious Topics like war and corruption, but when the 10-day
treat
notes:a treat
notes:a feast is a celebration for a specific occasion; ...
(more)Radiation Absorbing Mineral Found In the Arctic (Saturday 08th of September 2007 03:23:57 AM)
An anonymous reader writes "A mineral has of late been found that exhibits the astounding
property of being able to remove radiation from water-based solutions. 'After coming into
contact with the mineral, radioactive water becomes completely safe. Had ...
(more)Green Cars You Can't Buy (Tuesday 04th of September 2007 11:09:09 PM)
Geoffrey.landis writes "Auto manufactory blogger Lawrence Ulrich notes that Honda is now making
a "Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle" (or PZEV for short) version of the 2008 Accord, an all-new
vehicle that is redesigned to meet California emission standards. ...
(more)Canada's 'universal' health care (Sunday 19th of August 2007 05:00:04 PM)
Canada's 'universal' health careWe finally have good general expenses responsive of
"universal" health care: somewhere in the universe there may be a place for you to get
treatment. And if you are lucky enough to live near the United States before Hillary ...
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