A friend tipped me off today to this. Facebook appears to be blocking searches for ‘Google’. It throws the following error, purporting to be a temporary problem. Perhaps more interestingly, is that a search for Microsoft or Yahoo goes through fine. I also attempted to user their ‘Advanced Search’, entering Google in the Company field. [...]

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In a land far away, before gopher, Yahoo, or Google, it was hard to find the data you needed. You could go to the library and search through the microfiche and card catalogs, or you could dig up old newspapers to find information on a given topic. Eventually, however, these guys came along, and for [...]

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Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and even Edubuntu or Ubuntu Studio — all of these distributions have one thing in common: the Ubuntu/Debian base they were built from. Each has its own set of strengths, however; here is a rundown of features and the sorts of machines, people, and purposes they are best suited to.

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