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Thou shall not pollute, Vatican decrees

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Polluting the environment, and becoming ridiculously wealthy while doing so, are two of the new deadly sins unveiled by the Vatican.
Aiming to update morality for modern times, the Pope’s top lieutenant on matters of sin and penance, Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, promulgated the new list of capital vices over the weekend.
The new list is designed to [...]

Greenpeace: Devices greener but have long way to go

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Consumer electronics are becoming greener, but manufacturers still have a long way to go to eliminate hazardous substances from devices and make them more energy efficient, Greenpeace said.

Hmm…. How shocking!
Guess who didn’t want to play??
Yep, good ol’ Microsoft
Source: ZDNet News
Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox

Firefox 3 Beta 4 is 5x faster than IE7 and 3x faster than Firefox2

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The almost-but-not-quite-final beta of Firefox 3 (FF3 beta 4) is now available for download. The most noticeable improvement is speed. In some tests, it’s three times faster than Firefox 2 (meaning the test completes in 1/3 the time), and a whopping five times faster than IE 7:

Source: ZDNet Blogs
Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox

How to disappear online

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

You can delete your old Friendster account and those embarrassing blog entries. But can you erase your online identity altogether?

Source: Globe & Mail
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Linux PCs Discontinued at Wal-Mart Stores

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

“The $200 Linux PCs discussed earlier last year have been discontinued for sale at Wal-Mart’s physical locations, though they will remain for sale at walmart.com. All this despite the systems repeatedly selling out. From the article, ‘Paul Kim, brand manager for Everex, said selling the gPC online was “significantly more effective” than selling it in [...]

Installing Fonts on Linux

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

 
One of the things I always enjoy when creating presentations, letters, videos, graphics and other documents is playing with different fonts. Fonts can change a boring text-only presentation or paper into an exciting, stylish, wild or classic experience. Yes, it is very easy to get carried away, but that is part of the fun — [...]

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