Google this week released Picasa 3.5 for Windows and Mac. Sadly no Linux version was offered, a fact Google blamed on the lowly adoption figures they have for Picasa on Linux.
- James Fridley
"Lowy Institute Policy Brief, Bill Carmichael, Saul Eslake and Mark Thirlwell argue that the advice that G20 leaders have received to date fails to deal with the underlying causes of protectionism"
- James Fridley
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Digsby response to lifehacker article is worth reading. Might give digsby another try
- James Fridley
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Lifehacker VS. Digsby - The public trial is now opened at AllRise.com community court. Join in to influence the verdict http://bit.ly/AllRise238
- AllRise
"A banknote company chaired by an assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia paid a failed businessman who was under fraud investigation tens of thousands of dollars through an offshore tax haven account."
- James Fridley
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"Japan already employs over a quarter of a million industrial robot workers —more than any other nation — in an effort to counter high labor costs and to support further mechanization of its industries, and would like to see that number go up to one million over the next 15 years."
- James Fridley
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"In 2008, 8,140 women working in Japan brought sexual harassment or sekuhara claims to prefectural equal employment opportunity (EEO) offices. This represents 64% of the 12,782 EEO related reports that women made to regional governments – a large increase since 2005"
- James Fridley
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