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Submission + - Lost World of Fanged Frogs and Giant Rats (guardian.co.uk)

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on Monday September 07, 2009 @08:48AM

pilsner.urquell writes: "40 previously unidentified species where discovered on Papua New Guinea including a hairy caterpillar, a iridescent beetle, a striped possum, among others. The finds where discovered in the pristine jungle habitat of the Mount Bosavi crater a volcano that last erupted more than 200 millennium ago."

Submission + - Is a 'Katrina-Like' Space Storm Brewing?

Submitted by pilsner.urquell on Saturday January 10, 2009 @10:13PM

pilsner.urquell writes: A newly released NASA report warns that the word has forgotten the power of the sun, creating a technological society susceptible like never before to large infrastructure damage from solar storms.

According the report, the world has grown so dependent on modern technologies without respect of what the sun can and has done, that it's risking major communications, finance, transportation, government and even emergency services disruptions.

Submission + - Slackware 12.2

Submitted by pilsner.urquell on Thursday December 11, 2008 @06:06AM

pilsner.urquell writes: Slackware 12.2 has been released
Well folks, it's that time to announce a new stable Slackware release again. So, without further ado, announcing Slackware version 12.2! Since we've moved to supporting the 2.6 kernel series exclusively (and fine-tuned the system to get the most out of it), we feel that Slackware 12.2 has many improvements over our last release (Slackware 12.1) and is a must-have upgrade for any Slackware user.

Runs the 2.6.27.7 version of the Linux kernel from ftp.kernel.org. — System binaries are linked with tGNU C Library, version 2.7. This version of glibc also has excellent compatibility with existing binaries. — Web browsers galore! Includes KDE's Konqueror 3.5.10, SeaMonkey 1.1.13 (this is the replacement for the Mozilla Suite), and the immensely popular Firefox 3.0.4, as well as the Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 email and news client with advanced junk mail filtering. Read the rest of the release announcement for more details.

Submission + - Apple and the RIAA, ringtones

Submitted by pilsner.urquell on Sunday September 16, 2007 @08:33PM

pilsner.urquell writes: Apples own interests to defend the rights of consumer has cost them a lot of grief in the ringtone market.

Ask Not For Whom the Ring Tones.

Writing about Apples iTunes ringtones, John Gruber of the Daring Fireball cited Engadget, which reported that the RIAA wanted to be able to distribute ringtones of its artists without having to pay them big money to do so (surprised?), and it won a decision last year before the Copyright Office saying that ringtones werent derivative works, meaning they didnt infringe on the copyright of the songwriter.
Just a continuation of just how evil that RIAA really is.

Submission + - Microsoft Drops GPLv3 Like a Hot Rock 1

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pilsner.urquell

on Friday July 06, 2007 @05:01AM

pilsner.urquell writes: "Microsoft yesterday issued a statement proclaiming that is isn't bound by GPLv3. Grolaw has a very humorous article about Microsoft's statement."

Submission + - N.Y. Times to data mine customers for profit.

Submitted by pilsner.urquell on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @11:47PM

pilsner.urquell writes: The Village Voiceis running this story:

Having Won a Pulitzer for Exposing Data Mining, Times Now Eager to Do Its Own Data Mining.

Barely a year after their reporters won a Pulitzer prize for exposing data mining of ordinary citizens by a government spy agency, New York Times officials had some exciting news for stockholders last week: The Times company plans to do its own data mining of ordinary citizens, in the name of online profits.

Submission + - Google admits China censorship damaging.

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on Saturday January 27, 2007 @10:25AM

pilsner.urquell writes: "Google founders admitted that allowing China to censor its search engine did harm to the company.

Asked whether he regretted the decision, Mr Brin admitted yesterday: "On a business level, that decision to censor... was a net negative."

Google launched in China in 2005."

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