After years of excluding open source software from government purchases, European countries are opening the doors and favouring it. In the latest move, the European Commission issued draft guidelines calling for buying software with ‘open standards.’ An alliance of commercial software vendors protests the definition is too narrow
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Canada’s first emergency shipment of seven million HIV pills left for Rwanda Wednesday, four years after a law was passed to help African countries get cheaper drugs.
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The death of innocent Afghan civilians in foreign bombing raids could seriously undermine the efforts to fight terrorism, President Hamid Karzai told the UN General Assembly Wednesday.
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BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — If the planet is becoming a “global village,” how do you obtain a condensed view of what fellow villagers are thinking, doing, and creating right now? Answering that question is the goal of the World Mind Network, a group and website (www.worldmindnetwork.net) which employs the metaphor of the human race as one giant brain to explore new ways in which, largely through Web 3.0 technologies, we can connect with others, learn about distant and exotic people and phenomena, and address major problems in new ways.
First the site relates what the top blogs, searches, books, news stories, music, websites, and videos in the world are according to the proper authorities.
Then it gives visitors a virtual time machine ride from pre-history up to the Middle Ages and beyond.
Many things which occurred in the distant past are still occurring now, and if they are viewable [...]
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PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Credit Crunch Fix (CreditCrunchFix.com) has launched a legal document preparation service, to let consumers request relief from past due mortgage payments, credit card debt and even utility interruptions. The attorney-created service is not debt settlement or credit repair, nor legal counsel. Credit Crunch Fix allows consumers to exercise their legal rights, which often help to stop payments, and give consumers the financial relief they need.
The Federal Government has made it known that congress passing a solution to the financial Credit Crunch is a top priority. While the government determines how to bail out the financial markets, the consumer is not getting the financial relief they need to help them avoid bankruptcy and stay in their homes.
Crispin Luna IV, CEO of CreditCrunchFix.com said, “We are consumer credit advocates and created the service to give consumers the confidence they need to contact [...]
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