Topic: COMPUTER - on January 27, 2007 at 11:34:00 AM CET
EU antitrust welcome for Vista
Microsoft will launch Vista on Tuesday to a fresh wave of antitrust concern. The Brussels-based pro-interoperability group ECIS issued a statement today which condemned the new release of Windows for embodying bad practices.
"Vista is the first step in Microsoft‘s strategy to extend its market dominance to the Internet," said ECIS chairman Simon Awde in a prepared statement.
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Topic: WEB - on January 27, 2007 at 11:15:00 AM CET
Wikipedia, you are the strongest link
John Naughton examines the loop between Wikipedia and the major search engines and asks whether the encyclopedia is now as dominant as Google
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Topic: SEX - on January 27, 2007 at 10:58:00 AM CET
Does urinating after sex prevent catching HIV or other infections?
It is widely believed that urinating after sex will prevent sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV. However, this is a myth, say medical experts.
According to Dr Basil Donovan of the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research of the University of New South Wales in Australia, this notion "is a widely held belief among soldiers", but "has never been clinically proven". He adds that this idea is merely "part of the rich area of sexual myth".
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Topic: Davos - on January 27, 2007 at 10:56:00 AM CET
Davos: Elite Meet or Delete?
Wired News may have blown a last-minute attempt to score a press pass for the World Economic Forum's exclusive conference, but it wasn't too late to squeak into a soiree Friday at the elegant Piano Bar of the Europe Hotel.
Word had trickled in from one quarter that Davos, with its air of privileged self-congratulation, has become "boring" and not worth the trip. But that message apparently hadn't been received by the packed house of reveling celebrities here, which included Dell CEO Michael Dell, rock star Peter Gabriel, Salesforce.com chief Marc Benioff and a few hundred other Davos elite.
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Topic: Free - on January 27, 2007 at 10:52:00 AM CET
Open Source Alternative
Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software
Our mission is to provide easy access to high quality open source alternatives to well-known commercial products. And remember that open source software is also a freeware alternative.
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Topic: Free - on January 27, 2007 at 10:49:00 AM CET
.pdf Mags
pdf-mags.com is your infobase for PDF magazines made all over the world.
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