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Microsoft tells US retailers Linux is rubbish (The Register)

‘What most customers want’ is Windows As the launch of Windows 7 approaches, Microsoft is distributing literature to American retailers claiming that Linux works with few peripherals or online services, offers limited software capability, affords no authorized support, does not work with games “your customers want,” and cannot use video chat on any of the major IM networks.… What is your …

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Legal arguments pan, praise Google’s book deal (Digital Trends)

Leading tech companies team up to block the class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to a multitude of literature.

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Dachshunds gather in Poland (redOrbit)

Organizers of the annual Dachshund March in Poland said dozens of wiener dogs and their human companions participated in this year’s event. The Krakow parade, which marked its 15th year Sunday, featured a dachshund costume contest and competitions for humans creating dachshund-inspired art and literature, the Krakow Post reported Tuesday. This year’s costume prize went to a dog dressed as an …

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Schools lag in study allocation, says report (Brisbane Times)

Australian schools devote less classroom time to reading, writing and literature, maths and the learning of foreign languages than other developed countries, according to an international report card of education systems released last night.

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Prisons Fight Decision On Religion (WILX 10 Lansing)

Decision will affect what literature can be handed out in prisons.

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Schools lag in study allocation, says report (Sydney Morning Herald)

AUSTRALIAN schools devote less classroom time to reading, writing and literature, maths and the learning of foreign languages than other developed countries, according to an international report card of education systems released last night.

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Coetzee a Booker finalist (The Australian)

PREVIOUS winners J.M. Coetzee and A.S.

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