blantonl writes “Brazilians all over the country are using modified amateur radio equipment to communicate with each other using US Military communications satellites — effectively creating their own CB radio network on the backs of the US Military. Recent efforts to crack down have resulted in arrests of some of the users, however the behavior still continues today.”
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CrustyFace writes “Cybernit reports that the Starter Edition version of Windows 7 will only allow the user to run 3 applications at once. Targeted at notebooks, this doesn’t seem like such a bad limitation, however it is a bold move from Microsoft, and it will be interesting to see how the operating system sells.”
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Passengers freed after Jamaica hijacking return to Halifax
CBC.ca Tamara Fralick, centre, and friend Bryanna Shaddock, right, are greeted by Tamara's mother Tracy Fralick as they arrive at the airport in Halifax early Tuesday. Video: Airplane Hijacker Captured in Jamaica The Associated Press Hijacked plane crew to speak with RCMP today CTV.ca Edmonton Sun – Toronto Star – Globe and Mail – Canada.com all 2,151 news articles Langue : Français |
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Canada Cuts Rate to 0.25%, May Keep It There for Year (Correct)
Bloomberg By Greg Quinn April 21 (Bloomberg) — The Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate to a record low, and may leave it unchanged for a year because inflation is persisting below its 2 percent target. Loonie tumbles as cut fuels economic fears Canada.com TEXT-Bank of Canada rate statement Reuters Globe and Mail – Vancouver Sun – CBC.ca – National Post all 340 news articles |
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Damage Control at Racism Conference
New York Times By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE and NEIL MacFARQUHAR GENEVA — The United Nations conference on racism reconvened Tuesday, minus another participant as the Czech Republic refused to return after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech on Monday attacking … Video: Raw Video: Iran's Leader Sparks Western Walkout The Associated Press Ahmadinejad receives 'warm welcome' home after UN summit speech guardian.co.uk BBC News – The Associated Press – AFP – Reuters all 4,956 news articles Langue : Français |
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Those who download “free” music from P2P networks are more likely to spend money on legit downloads than those who are squeaky clean, according to a new report out of Norway. The music labels, however, aren’t quite buying that data.
AT&T is testing increased download speeds on its 3G network. The company is also increasing network capacity by adding new cell sites and nearly doubling the total network capacity in most markets via an additional spectrum at 850 MHz.
With Sun it tow, Oracle will now finally have its own operating system with Solaris, instead of just its Oracle Enterprise Linuxon Red Hat).Perhaps more importantly with one swift stroke Oracle has effectively cornered even more of the database market than it already owned.
mask.of.sanity writes “Over a 1000 students were accepted into the fifth year of the program from 70 countries and will work on about 150 open source projects with mentor organisations. The program, created in 2005, has exposed some 2500 students to “real-world” software development and opened employment opportunities within mentor organisations and in fields relevant to their academic study. The United States scored the lion’s share with 212 accepted students; 101 from India; 55 from Germany; 44 from Canada, 43 from Brazil. The Dominican Republic, Iceland, Luxembourg and Nigeria were new entrants to the program each with a single accepted student. Check out the slideshow summary of some project highlights, with hyperlinks back the detailed project pages.”
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