Tá Microsoft ag féachaint le leagan Gaeilge de Windows XP agus Office 2003 a tháirgeadh. Beidh na leaganacha Gaeilge le fáil saor in aisce ach iad a íoslódáil ón Idirlíon. Tá ionchur phobal na Gaeilge de dhíth. Tuilleadh eolais: http://members.microsoft.com/wincg/home.aspx?langid=2108
Got an email from reader Ciaran O’Riordan about the software patent issue. Ciaran is working for the Irish Free Software Organisation and offers the following voting recommendation for the June 11 vote: Area: Vote #1, and #2 East: Avril Doyle, Eoin Dubsky South: Brian Crowley, Gerard Collins North West: Sean O’Neactain Dublin: Patrica McKenna, Ivana [...]
Finally, in Hong Kong they captured the croc which had been evading capture for seven months in HK’s New Territories waterways. The croc managed to avoid being caught despite the best efforts of many hunters including Aussie John Lever. Eventually the croc was snagged in a trap. They are now deciding what to do with [...]
There was a ceremony to install the new Presbyterian Moderator in Northern Ireland yesterday, and guess who turned up to protest? Ian “Bigot” Paisley and his cronies. They were “denouncing ecumenism”, protesting the fact that the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland was invited to the ceremony.
Simon Cumbers gets an obituary on the BBC website following his tragic death in Saudi Arabia at the weekend. Another sad chapter in Saudi’s ongoing problem with attacks against westerners. His colleague Frank Gardner is critically ill in hospital.
Calling all GAA fans. RTÉ have changed the theme tune to the Sunday Game…bastards. Do your duty and sign The Sunday Game Petition, bring back our anthem.
Oh a Seoirse a chara, you’ve me heart broke so ya have. George WB is trying to compare the “war on terror” to WW2, “Like the Second World War, our present conflict began with a ruthless, surprise attack on the United States.” Your present conflict started when you invaded a sovereign nation George.
In the UK the green light has been given for Prince Charles to marry his bird Camilla Parker Bowles. Looks like they will be a royal wedding soon, and a Queen Camilla in future? But will mammy give her permission? [not that I really give a shit or anything.]
According to Sophos there was 959 new viruses released on the web last month alone. Blimey…don’t people have anything better to do with their time?
The US patent office has long being a joke! Whether it’s lack of resources or sheer stupidity they have in the past issued some seriously stupid patents. Though not as stupid as some they have granted Microsoft a patent for a “time based hardware button for application launch” in which a click of a button [...]