Apple this week kicked its eco-friendly MacBook campaign into overdrive with new placements on network television and top-tier internet properties; meanwhile, Research in Motion considered taking a shot at Apple in a new television commercial but ultimately couldn’t bring itself to pull the trigger.
MissMachine writes “I’m a computer science major who has been recently getting involved in local grassroots politics in my county and state. I’ve been discussing the idea with some of my state legislatures of submitting a couple of resolutions, opening up to the idea of switching to open source software in our state’s K-12 schools. I’m looking for more information/literature about this topic, open source solutions in public K-12 education, pros and cons, studies that prove or disprove many of the assumptions of open source and linux in public schools. Any help in this field?”
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Nakeot writes “In the continuing efforts to build faster and smaller components, a group of researchers at MIT have constructed a basic prototype device that folds materials only hundreds of microns across. Mechanical engineer and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering George Barbastathis leads the charge into ‘nano-origami’ machines involving, the article reads, ‘a new technique that allows engineers to fold nanoscale materials into simple 3-D structures’ (more details available on MIT’s page). The group had worked in 2005 with MIT Associate Professor Yang Shao-Horn to build a single-fold nano-capacitor (or see Google’s HTML version), and this work appears to automate their 2005 process. A comment on the posted video appears to suggests this device is not completely automated yet, however. (This should not be confused with Paul Rothemund’s slightly-more-ahead DNA-origami technology.)”
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Apple this week is believed to have tapped its vast developer community to begin testing Mac OS X 10.5.7, a sizable maintenance and security update to the company’s Leopard operating system with a particular focus on syncing improvements.
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Mackenzie residents going home after spill of chemicals
Globe and Mail VANCOUVER — Those living near a mothballed pulp mill outside the northeastern BC town of Mackenzie will likely be allowed to return home today, 24 hours after they were evacuated in the wake of a potentially deadly chlorine-dioxide leak. Chlorine evacuation order has been lifted Canada.com Evacuation lifted after chlorine dioxide leak at mothballed BC … The Canadian Press Energeticcity.ca – CJDC – Opinion250 News – The Gazette (Montreal) all 49 news articles |
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Apple Tells Shareholders That Jobs Will Return
New York Times By BRAD STONE CUPERTINO, Calif. – For the last nine months, Apple has refused to get into specifics about the well-being of its chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, even as he said last month that he was taking a six-month leave of absence to deal with … Apple director says no change in Jobs' plans USA Today Apple says Steve Jobs is still involved Reuters TG Daily – Macworld – PC World – CNET News all 479 news articles |
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Mackenzie residents going home after spill of chemicals
Globe and Mail VANCOUVER — Those living near a mothballed pulp mill outside the northeastern BC town of Mackenzie will likely be allowed to return home today, 24 hours after they were evacuated in the wake of a potentially deadly chlorine-dioxide leak. Chlorine evacuation order has been lifted Canada.com Evacuation lifted after chlorine dioxide leak at mothballed BC … The Canadian Press Energeticcity.ca – CJDC – Opinion250 News – The Gazette (Montreal) all 49 news articles |
The new public beta release of Safari 4 reveals the deepest look yet at the future of Apple’s software, hinting at what’s in store for the closely guarded user interface revamp coming in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, as well as appropriating ideas from other browsers and adding some original flourishes, some of which go boldly and decisively past[..]
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Canadian creators groups come out for Net neutrality
Georgia Straight By Michael Geist Earlier this week, Denis McGrath noted that Internet users should remember that the same Canadian creator groups being criticized over the new media hearing, will be supportive of arguments for net neutrality. Google, Amazon, others want CRTC to ban internet interference CBC.ca Writers Guild's Calls for CanCon at CRTC New Media Hearings mediacaster p2pnet.net – Macleans.ca – The Kingston Whig-Standard – CP24, Canada all 16 news articles |
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Chlorine evacuation order has been lifted
Canada.com An evacuation order in the northern town of Mackenzie prompted by a chlorine dioxide leak over the weekend has been lifted, an town official said Monday. Mackenzie residents going home after spill of chemicals Globe and Mail Evacuation lifted after chlorine dioxide leak at mothballed BC … The Canadian Press Energeticcity.ca – CJDC – The Gazette (Montreal) – Lesprom Network all 49 news articles |
