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  • European Commission launches Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs

    Commission President José Manuel Barroso today called on Europe’s digital businesses, governments, training and education sectors to join a Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs to address up to 900 000 job vacancies expected to exist in Europe in Information and Communication technologies (ICT) by 2015. […]

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  • Launch of ‘eTwinning Plus’ virtual classroom network for schools

    The European Commission’s ‘eTwinning‘ network, which has encouraged 100 000 schools in 33 European countries to talk to each other via the internet, will be extended from today to schools in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The launch of ‘eTwinning Plus’ will enable these […]

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  • Regulators Discover a Hidden Viral Gene in Commercial GMO Crops

    In the course of analysis to identify potential allergens in GMO crops, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has belatedly discovered that the most common genetic regulatory sequence in commercial GMOs also encodes a significant fragment of a viral gene (Podevin and du Jardin 2012). […]

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  • WordPress 3.5.1

    Editor: Prevent certain HTML elements from being unexpectedly removed or modified in rare cases. Media: Fix a collection of minor workflow and compatibility issues in the new media manager. Networks: Suggest proper rewrite rules when creating a new network. Prevent scheduled posts from being stripped […]

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  • Wordbooker plugin update

    Version 2.1.25 05/01/13 Confirmed to work with WordPress 3.5 Fixed a bug in the custom image meta tag handling Fixed a problem with a warning about parameters not being arrays. Added a check condition for missing Status Messages fixed post variable references in wordbooker_return_images Added […]

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  • SI CAPTCHA plugin update

    SI CAPTCHA plugin: Adds CAPTCHA anti-spam methods to WordPress forms for comments, registration, lost password, login, or all. In order to post comments or register, users will have to type in the code shown on the image. This prevents spam from automated bots. Adds security. […]

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  • Merry Christmas

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  • QR codes

    Originally designed for industrial uses, QR codes have become common in consumer advertising. Smartphone users can use an app with a QR code scanner that can read a displayed code and convert it to a URL directing the smartphone’s browser to the website of a […]

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  • Copyright: Commission urges industry to deliver innovative solutions for greater access to online content

    The European Commission has today adopted a Communication which sets out parallel tracks of action to be undertaken during this Commission’s term of office to ensure that the EU’s copyright framework stays fit for purpose in the digital environment. It follows the Commission’s orientation debate […]

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  • Home Made Tux for Christmas

    How to make your own TUX: Real hackers can compile … sew their PENGUIN by themselfs, now can you too? Please find attached a sewing patterns and instruction, released as open source and under GPL. After you have created your TUX, don’t forget to show […]

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