Posted by on under aggressive business, wall street journal, business tactics, school computers, slashdot, poor countries, wall street, operating system, presence, linux, microsoft, africa | 
ThousandStars writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has been making a concerted effort to promote Windows in Africa, pushing Windows over Linux in very poor countries that haven't been locked into a single operating system. From the article: 'To that end, it has established a presence in 13 countries, donated Windows for thousands of school computers, and funded programs for entrepreneurs and the young. It also has used aggressive business tactics, some aimed at its biggest threat in the region: Linux ...'"
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Posted by on under international space station, technology link, astronauts, ballots |
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Posted by noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) on under italian magazine, frt, last moment, panorama, capabilities, shape, presence |
At least!Now who will be the fastestto send me one to start testing ?It appears that firmware 2.0 won'tbe available today. Fortunately.It also appears I got rightalmost all my predictions:colours, no front cam.
I wasn't sure (as anyone else) about the GPS presencetill the last moment, but in the articleI wrote for the italian magazine PanoramaI also got the shape and 3G hsdpacapabilities.I am ready to start working on it assoon as someone will provide me one. As usual, I'll keep you posted here.Zibri
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Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Dave) on under municipal water sources, university of colorado boulder, weakened immune systems, msnbc, health threat, avium, dease, dirty water, newsweek, university of colorado, bacteria, showerheads, presence, love |
Here's something new to be scared of -- showerheads spraying out bacteria linked to pulmonary disease. According to this article from MSNBC, 20% of 45 showerheads tested in five states sprayed water which contained Mycobacterium avium, which can pose a health threat to people with weakened immune systems. Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder, discovered presence of the bacteria at levels 100 times the amount found in the municipal water sources. Relax, says Newsweek, the ...
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Posted by on under glass etching cream, boring piece, piece of glass, presence |
One of the most fun and creative ways to improve the look and feel of glass in your home is to use a glass etching cream in turning a boring piece of glass into an artistic presence in the room.
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