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Now this is what I call a choice. (Courtesy of Hard OCP, a hell of a fine site for those interested in keeping up with what's going on in the PC hardware world.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 10:57 AM PST - 4 comments

Criticize a company online - get targeted for corporate re-education New system developed to find and track online critics of corporate entities - including having posts or websites suddenly removed. All hail the power of the brand.
posted by gsh at 9:05 AM PST - 6 comments

"Starwars" missile defense test fails. What you have to understand is that these tests are rigged. They're not really fair tests of the systems; they're designed to make it as easy for the system to succeed as possible, because their purpose is to produce "successful" results for political reasons. So the fact that it still didn't work (and this is the third failure) is pretty impressive.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 8:39 AM PST - 10 comments

Citing Security, China Selects Linux for Gov't Systems
The government is also starting Red Flag, a Linux software firm. Trying to lock down the market before MS can get in, or adding one billion developpers to the opensource community?
posted by rschram at 6:56 AM PST - 6 comments