Jiilik Oiolosse writes "KDE founder Matthias Ettrich was decorated today with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his contributions to Free Software. The Federal Cross of Merit is both the most prestigious as well as the only general decoration awarded... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Sat, Nov 07 2009
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German Court Bans E-Voting As Currently Employed » slashdot Kleiba writes "The highest German Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, Federal Constitutional Court) ruled that electronic voting machines like Nedap ESD1 and ESD2 are not permissible in Germany. Der Spiegel, a well-known German newspaper, is featuring... |
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Google Founder Lobbies FCC to Free Spectrum » digg Google co-founder Larry Page attended a Capitol Hill hearing today and called upon the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to "free" the white spaces spectrum so it can be used as an affordable, nationwide, high-speed broadband connectivity network.... |
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Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder » digg Sworn statements filed in Federal Court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam and that the company may have been involved in murders to suppress information from federal investigators. |
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German Gov't Donates 100,000 Images To Wikipedia » slashdot Raul654 writes "The German Federal Archive has agreed to donate 100,000 images to Wikipedia under the German version of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License. These pictures cover a period from 1860 to present. This is the largest picture... |
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Germany Honors 4 Soldiers With New Version of Iron Cross » digg A politically correct, newly minted version of the Iron Cross — awarded to German soldiers since 1813, but withdrawn after the Second World War — was pinned on the chests of four senior non-commissioned officers yesterday. |
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