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Kangaroo on Racetrack at Bathurst 2007 in Australia
Kangaroo on Racetrack at Bathurst 2007 in Australia…See Videos read more | digg story
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Hard drive technology wins the 2007 Nobel Prize for physics
Pioneering work on magnetic materials in the 1980 lead to the discovery of the phenomena known as giant magnetoresistance. This, in turn, rapidly led to ultra high density magnetic storage read heads that are used in today’s hard drives. The discoverers of this phenomena are awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics. read more |…
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The Birth of The Simpsons
It may be the most popular prime-time cartoon in history. But how did such an outrageous show make it onto the air in the first place? Read on. read more | digg story
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Linux for Business: 50 Apps to Get your Office on Open Source
“Open source software is often some of the best software for the job, even when cost is no consideration. So how can you make open source software work for your business? Here are 50 apps that can help your office get on track to join the growing numbers of businesses that have made the switch…
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Red vs Blue in Halo 3
Here’s a montage of the RvB Easter Egg in Halo 3, with different audio on different difficulties. read more | digg story
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Critical Excel 2007 bug cripples users
What is 850 x 77.1 ? a calculator will tell you it’s 65535, but a critical flaw in Microsoft’s Excel 2007 causes it return 100000 as the answer to this, and any other calculation for which the result is 65535. read more | digg story
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PHONES: Google Creates Free, Open-Source Competitor to Windows Mobile
“The essential point is that Google ’s strategy is to lead the creation of an open-source competitor to Windows Mobile,” said one industry executive. “They will put it in the open-source world and take the economics out of the Windows Mobile business.” read more | digg story
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 due in Q1 ’08
The first service pack for Windows Vista is on its way, and PC Magazine has a preview of an early private beta version. read more | digg story
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Windows XP SP3 goes Vista-ish
According to NeoSmart Technologies, which is among those who have received the first version of Windows XP SP3 build 3205 as part of the Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista SP1 beta program, SP3 has more than 1,073 patches/hotfixes including security updates. read more | digg story
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Boot Linux 200% faster with an open BIOS
Linux can boot faster if a PC’s BIOS is replaced by an open BIOS. Among other benefits, open BIOSes can save the time wasted by proprietary BIOS legacy support for MS-DOS and other unnecessary functions. read more | digg story
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