Archive for December, 2006
Victory of Truth, David Irving Freed!
FRANKFURT, Dec. 20 — Thirteen months after being jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust, the British historian David Irving was freed Wednesday by a court in Vienna, which ruled that he could serve the remainder of his sentence at home on probation.
Noting that he made the statements “a long time ago, 17 years,†the [...]
Posted: December 22nd, 2006 under Global Events and Politics.
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Siemens Breaks Network Speed Record
German electronics company Siemens has set a new network speed record: 107 gigabits, 2.5 times faster than the previous record. The test was performed over a 100-mile distance using a fiber-optic cable in the United States. Such a record was broken outside the laboratory for the first time. The achievement is possible with a new [...]
Posted: December 21st, 2006 under Technology.
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Good Bye Dancom!
Today was my last working day at Dancom. I left with heavy heart filled with lots of memories and moments I had with friends here. I can never forget those time I spent working here either bad or good. It was really good having some real nice people around in Dancom. I am lacking words [...]
Posted: December 16th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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OpenSUSE 10.2 Goes Gold
Despite loud arguments over Novell and Microsof’s relationship, and attempts by Ubuntu to talk OpenSUSE developers into coming over to their distribution, OpenSUSE 10.2 has arrived sooner than expected. This latest community Linux distribution from Novell, SUSE, and friends is based on a 2.6.18.2 Linux kernel. Users can choose between the KDE 3.5.5 or GNOME [...]
Posted: December 8th, 2006 under Linux.
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