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News from Phoronix: MCNLive, a Linux distribution that is relatively unheard of but is Mandriva-based and was developed by the Mandriva Club out of the Netherlands. MCNLive's latest release comes with a code-name of Leuven. MCNLive Leuven features the 2.6.14 kernel, KDE 3.5.2, multimedia codecs, and various Mandriva packages. Even so, this feature-packed Linux LiveCD weighs in under 350MB. More information on this distro, here.
Australian IT have an interesting article posted, titled Photo-ID card for all. AUSTRALIANS may soon be carrying a single photo-ID smartcard for all government welfare and Medicare transactions, with senior federal ministers close to embracing the concept despite likely costs of significantly more than $1 billion.
It only get's weirder...In their quest to create the super warrior of the future, some military researchers aren't focusing on organs like muscles or hearts. They're looking at tongues. Full article here, on MSNBC.
It's great to see Folding@Home making it to the newspapers, Pyro spotted this article on WPHerald mentioning what Folding@Home is, etc. If you haven't already, you can join our Folding@Home team and help take our place back as the number 1 team and of course and help do our part on helping to find cures for modern sicknesses. :)
Not too sure if this has already been mentioned, but Betanews has infomation about the IE7 Beta 2 release posted here. Microsoft early Tuesday put live the Beta 2 release of Internet Explorer 7, the company's new standalone browser for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. A new IE Web site is promoting the beta, which Microsoft is targeting at both enthusiasts and the general public.
According to this article on Reuters police officers will now trawl online chatrooms posing as children to entrap paedophiles as part of a new agency launched on Monday to tackle child abuse over the Internet.
Just incase you missed it, Opera 9 (beta) has been released. This version includes Widgets, small Web programs running in their own windows that are fun, easy-to-use and live on users' desktops. The Opera 9 Beta also features support for BitTorrent, a popular file downloading technology, in addition to an easy-to-use content blocker and thumbnail previews of tabbed sites.
Lostintranslation sends in news about Seagate's plan to release a 750gig hard drive.
Just remember if you have any interesting news or reviews, make sure to E-mail us! :)
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