Fulham complete the signing of Mexico international left-back Carlos Salcido from PSV Eindhoven.

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DeviceGuru writes “Although it won’t help Linux run Windows-specific software applications, this easy hack produces an Ubuntu desktop that looks and feels a lot like Windows 7. It’s particularly suitable for reviving older PCs or laptops on which the main activities will be web-browsing, email, document writing, and streaming music and videos from from the web. The process installs a Windows 7-like GNOME theme on an otherwise standard Ubuntu 10.04 (more…)

British teenager Laura Robson stuns former world number four Jelena Dokic with a 6-1 6-4 victory in the opening round of qualifying for the US Open.

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Newcastle book their place in the third round of the Carling Cup after seeing off the challenge of Accrington.

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An anonymous reader writes “Elliptic Labs is set to debut their Touchless Gesture User Interface technology which uses ultrasound to let the user navigate through a device’s commands simply with the motion of their hands. From the article: ‘Elliptic plans to showcase their “Mimesign” technology at IFA in Berlin from the 3rd to 8th of September 2010. Mimesign will bring intuitive ways for people to interact with devices. The possibilities (more…)

Square Enix tries again to have an online Final Fantasy MMORPG but unlike Final Fantaxy XI, things are more improved and a more positive outcome.

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angry tapir writes “Sparking a fresh round of debate over an ongoing issue in time-keeping circles, the International Telecommunications Union is considering eliminating leap seconds from the time scale used by most computer systems, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Since their introduction in 1971, leap seconds have proved problematic for at least a few software programs. The leap second added on to the end of 2008, for instance, caused Oracle cluster (more…)

Stoke boss Tony Pulis has criticises Asmir Begovic after the keeper refuses to play for the club in their Carling Cup second-round win over Shrewsbury.

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Roger Clemens will be indicted on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to people briefed on the case.

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The moon may be shrinking, but it’s still a big enough ball of fun to warrant its own night in the limelight.On September 18 people around the planet will be gathering for the first ever International Observe the Moon Night, a global event meant to get people excited about lunar science and exploration. The whole thing started with a national…..

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