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Comments: 41 + -   Linux To Take Over Microsoft In Enterprises on Monday October 18, @03:22AM

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 18, @03:22AM
from the slow-and-steady-wins-the-race dept.
microsoft
shougyin writes "For years, Linux has enjoyed much of its success as a replacement for Unix. Companies turned to Linux to replace Unix servers, or for new deployments within a Unix-heavy environment. Linux is still king there, but it's starting to encroach on Microsoft as well. Big companies are planning overwhelmingly (76.4%) to add more Linux servers in the next year, and less than half (41.2%) of the companies are planning to add Windows servers in the next year. Even more interesting, nearly half (43.6%) are actively planning to decrease use of Windows servers in the next year."
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Comments: 157 + -   Why Microsoft Is So Scared of OpenOffice on Monday October 18, @12:10AM

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 18, @12:10AM
from the run-for-the-hills dept.
microsoft
GMGruman writes "A recent Microsoft video on OpenOffice is naively seen by some as validating the open source tool. As InfoWorld's Savio Rodrigues shows, the video is really a hatchet job on OpenOffice. But why is Microsoft so intent on damaging the FOSS desktop productivity suite, which has just a tiny market share? Rodrigues figured out the real reason by noting who Microsoft quoted to slam OpenOffice: businesses in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe that aren't already so invested in Office licenses and know-how. In other words, the customers Microsoft doesn't have yet and now fears it never will."
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Comments: 94 + -   MS Gives Free Licenses To Oppressed Nonprofits on Sunday October 17, @10:09PM

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 17, @10:09PM
from the here-you-got-enough-trouble dept.
microsoft
victorl19 writes "Microsoft is vastly expanding its efforts to prevent governments from using software piracy inquiries as a pretext to suppress dissent. It plans to provide free software licenses to more than 500,000 advocacy groups, independent media outlets and other nonprofit organizations in 12 countries with tightly controlled governments, including Russia and China."
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Comments: 398 + -   Generic PCs For Corporate Use? on Sunday October 17, @07:54PM

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 17, @07:54PM
from the do-it-yourself dept.
it
porkThreeWays writes "I work for a government agency supporting about 1000 PCs. The economy has hit us just like everyone else and we are looking at ways to save money. We currently buy Dell computers and even with our government discounts end up spending about $1,000 for a pretty mediocre computer. I had the idea of building our own PCs for considerably less. We'd spec out a standard configuration that we'd use for 18 months. CPU speeds and RAM sizes may change during that time, but socket types, memory standards, hard drive interfaces standards, etc, etc would be required to stay the same. We have Dell warranties right now, but I could see just keeping spare parts on the shelf and building that into the cost of the PC. We'd also be able to transfer Windows licenses because the Dell installs are non-transferable. However, I couldn't find anyone on the large scale doing this. Is anyone on Slashdot using PCs they built themselves on the large scale?"
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Comments: 500 + -   Humans Will Need Two Earths By 2030 on Sunday October 17, @06:31PM

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 17, @06:31PM
from the so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-petroleum dept.
earth
An anonymous reader writes "A recent report warns that, Humans are overusing the resources of the planet and will need two Earths by the year 2030. The Living Planet Report tells that the demands on natural resources have doubled in the past 50 years and now outstripping what the Earth can provide by more than half."
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Comments: 42 + -   Small Startup Prevails In Server Cooling 'Chill Off' on Sunday October 17, @05:00PM

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 17, @05:00PM
from the cool-as-ice dept.
business
miller60 writes "A small startup has shown exceptional energy efficiency in a data center 'chill off' comparing server cooling technologies. Clustered Systems posted the best numbers in the 18-month vendor evaluation sponsored by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. The Menlo Park, Calif. company built a prototype server that uses no fans and cools processors with a cold plate with tubing filled with liquid coolant. The testing accidentally highlighted the opportunity for additional energy savings, when the Clustered Systems unit continued to operate during a cooling failure that raised the chiller plant water temperature from 44 to 78 degrees F."
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Comments: 170 + -   DoD Study Contradicts Charges Against WikiLeaks on Sunday October 17, @03:35PM

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 17, @03:35PM
from the offical-story dept.
internet
Voline writes "Last Summer, after WikiLeaks released 90,000 leaked internal US military documents in their Afghan War Log, Pentagon officials went on a media offensive against WikiLeaks, accusing it of having the 'blood on Its hands' of American soldiers and Afghan collaborators who are named in the documents. The charge has echoed through the mainstream media (and Internet comment threads) ever since. Now, CNN is reporting that after a thorough Pentagon review, 'WikiLeaks did not disclose any sensitive intelligence sources or methods, the Department of Defense concluded.' And, according to an unnamed NATO official, 'there has been no indication' that any Afghans who have collaborated with the NATO occupation have been harmed as a result of the leaks. Will the Pentagon's contradiction of the charges against WikiLeaks get as much play in the media as those original accusations did?"
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Comments: 176 + -   Tesla Signs $60 Million Contract With Toyota on Sunday October 17, @02:11PM

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 17, @02:11PM
from the electric-money dept.
transportation
thecarchik writes "Tesla Motors announced that it has reached a $60 million deal with Toyota to develop the powertrain for an electric version of the strong-selling Rav4 sport utility vehicle. A prototype RAV4 Electric will be unveiled by Toyota at November's Los Angeles Auto Show. The company plans to sell the electric RAV4 starting in 2012, the same year that a number of new electric cars will join the 2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Chevrolet Volt in the U.S. market."
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Comments: 280 + -   News Corp. Shuts Off Hulu Access To Cablevision on Sunday October 17, @12:43PM

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 17, @12:43PM
from the no-fox-for-you dept.
tv
ideonexus writes "Normally when we advocate Net Neutrality, we are talking about preventing ISPs from discriminating against content providers, but in this case, the content provider is discriminating against the ISP. Is this a new dimension in the Net Neutrality fight? From the article: 'Cablevision internet customers lost access to Fox.com and Fox programming on Hulu for a time Saturday afternoon — the result of a misguided effort on News Corp.'s part to cut off online viewing as an alternative in its standoff with the cable operator over retrans fees. Fox stations in NYC, Philadelphia, and New Jersey went dark at midnight Friday when negotiations between the two broke down.'"
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Comments: 152 + - Screenshot-sm   Cooking With Your USB Ports on Sunday October 17, @11:19AM

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 17, @11:19AM
from the sorry-your-dinner-crashed dept.
idle
tekgoblin writes "Wow, I would never have thought to try and cook food with the power that a standard USB port provides, but someone did. A standard port provides 5V of power, give or take a little. I am not even sure what it takes to heat a small hotplate, but I am sure it is more than 5V. It looks like the guy tied together around 30 USB cables powered by his PC to power this small hotplate. But believe it or not, it seems to have cooked the meat perfectly."
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... at letting them build things
... at letting them vacuum my floor
... at letting them bring me food
... at letting them play with kids
... at letting them drive cars
... at letting them perform surgery
... at letting them run for political office
... Hee-ah! This far, no farther!
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