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  • World Environment Day on 5 June, 2012

    World Environment Day was established by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to mark the opening of the 1972 Stockholm Conference. Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary. WED thematic celebrations have in the past included caring for the earth and water, the ozone layer, climate change, […]

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  • Admin Roles on Facebook

    Page admins can have 5 different roles, each with different abilities. Only managers can change what kind of admin someone is. All admins are managers by default. The table below outlines the 5 admin roles (across) and what they’re able to do (down):   Manager […]

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  • HP to Cut 27,000 Jobs

    HP informed it was going to lay off 27,000 of its workers over the next year because of the company quarterly result which showed profits down more than 30%. By the end of the fiscal year 2014 HP workforce should be reduced by 8%. Once […]

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  • Joomla 2.5.4

    New Features Added The following new features have been added, with links to the Feature tracker issue. Add option to show full CMS version number in generator tag Implementing Access levels for Content Languages Make the auto-update process more reliable across different hosts Security Issues […]

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  • From summer 2012: data downloads get much cheaper

    From 1 July 2012, the European Union’s mobile roaming regulation will be extended to include price caps for data downloads which will mean significant savings for those using maps, email and social networks when travelling. For a typical businessperson travelling in the EU this will […]

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  • 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs

    13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs July 11-13, 2012; Pre-Conference July 09-10, 2012 University of Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria Special Thematic Sessions ICCHP once again wants to improve the quality of the programme, the proceedings and the presentations. The […]

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  • The Millennium Technology Prize

    Technology Academy Finland has declared two prominent innovators, Linus Torvalds and Dr Shinya Yamanaka, laureates of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, the prominent award for technological innovation. Linus Torvalds, Finland/USA In recognition of his creation of a new open source operating system for computers leading […]

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  • Grab the Geeko by the Horns: The Boosters are Hiring

    SUSE – founder, partner and sponsor of Booster Team, has put out a couple of job openings for the openSUSE Boosters Team! Are you a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) enthusiast? Are you quick on your feet, a talented technologist? Are you hungry to […]

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  • Ekiga 3.2.7

    Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source SoftPhone, Video Conferencing and Instant Messenger application over the Internet. It supports HD sound quality and video up to DVD size and quality. It is interoperable with many other standard compliant softwares, hardwares and service providers […]

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  • EU Parliament gives green light to air passenger data deal with the US

    From EUROPA.EU   A new agreement on the transfer of EU air passengers’ personal data to the US authorities was approved by the European Parliament on Thursday. The deal sets legal conditions and covers issues such as storage periods, use, data protection safeguards and administrative […]

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