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  1. English language article from CCTV on China to Regulate Internet Map Publishing · · Score: 3, Informative

    CCTV's English language service ran this article a couple of months back: http://www.cctv.com/english/20080410/101774.shtml

  2. Re:adobe reader 7 is crap on Big Names Back Possible Linux Standards · · Score: 1

    Install package gtk2-engines-gtk-qt (its in the Ubuntu repositories) and it'll make all your GTK apps (including Firefox) look like QT apps under KDE. I haven't seen an equivalent package to make QT look like GTK.

  3. Re:Don't want a PC phone on Microsoft to Launch "Skype Killer" · · Score: 1

    Try the Zoom v3 http://www.zoom.com/products/voip_products.html it provides an RJ11 socket, just connect any normal telephone into and it works - even behind a NAT. I have the Zoom X5v which has a built in ADSL modem, I use it with a DECT cordless phone and voipbuster (set the SIP proxy address and domain to stun.voipbuster.com) for free calls around most of Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. Works really well.

  4. Re:Now if only... on Hacking OpenOffice · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Like this?
    OpenOffice.org 2 also has new icons, you can see them in the development snapshots.

  5. Re:QNX on Hewlett-Packard To Offer Linux-based Media Hub · · Score: 1

    From the article: "The real motive is not the cost," she added, but "the ease of use and simplicity."

    lol

  6. Re:Any ideas on security on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 1

    The software included with my PQI intelligent stick includes support for making password protected partitions on it, im not sure how secure it is though (or if Linux supports the password protected partitons.)

  7. Reverse engineering on Odeon Orders Takedown Of Copycat Site · · Score: 1

    UK law permits the reverse engineering of software for compatibility, does this apply to HTML?

  8. Re:Trash it on Shrinkwrapped Books · · Score: 5, Informative

    In the UK it is illegal under The Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 :

    "UNSOLICITED GOODS AND SERVICES ACT
    The Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 is designed to prevent traders charging for goods you have not ordered. If you receive something unsolicited, this law states that you are under no obligation to return it. All you need do is keep it for six months or just one month if you contact the supplier. If a trader demands payment for unsolicited goods, he is guilty of a criminal offence." - BBC