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Re:Gmail.com was down on Monday December 10, 2012 @12:04PM (#4900083)
Chrome is also crashing for me. It gives this error - Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library/ Runtime Error! / Program: C:\User... "This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way" / "Please contact the application's support team for more information."
Re:When It Comes to Security, We’re Back to Feudalism on Monday November 26, 2012 @10:19AM (#4832272)
This is a trans-industry problem. However, with the rise of social networks and other external data holders, it's getting more pronounced than ever in technology. I wrote a large article about this issue - the new feudalism - in summer 2011. May be of relevance, specifically the bits about distributed p2p storage: http://www.zdnet.com/facebook-google-welcome-to-the-new-feud...
Chrome users can use keyboard to navigate map in fullscreen - code here http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/104hbr/xkcd_click_an...
Re:Raspberry Pi moves manufacturing to the UK on Thursday September 06, 2012 @10:53AM (#4484368)
Eben told me BBC Micros were manufactured in Wales a lot at first.
Re:Raspberry Pi moves manufacturing to the UK on Thursday September 06, 2012 @10:43AM (#4484312)
I spoke with Raspberry Pi about this for a news story I wrote. They said this about manufacturing: "The temptation is always to push manufacturing to a low-cost region, but I think with the right attention to detail there's no reason British manufacturing can't compete in a global marketplace," Eben Upton, founder of the Raspberry Pi foundation told ZDNet UK on Thursday. "It shows that British manufacturing can be competitive." ( http://www.zdnet.com/raspberry-pi-manufacturing-comes-home-a... )

Are there similar moves underway in the US?