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    Canoehead: Is this because the EU declared war on Microsoft? The French military is afraid of some trojan horse retaliation? more »
    The5thElephant: Wow, those vehicles must be annoying to drive with such a small field of view. more »
    bagellord: "French Army? What's that?" -Some general in the movie "We Were Soldiers" more »
    thatsmrpotatohead2U: Aaaahhh. Mozilla, Linux and OpenOffice? For the military and Government? Gotta love those cheese-eating surrender monkeys. Contrarian just because th... more »
    The Dude: I've been blaming the French military for all of my problems long before I knew they were actually responsible for any of them. This is one small arti... more »
    Orbknight: As long as the other Tunderbirds are safe on Tracy Island, we'll be alright. more »
    loui: okey, i got one more french military joke: "I 'd rather have a German division in front of me, than a French one behind" //quote general Patton more »
    njdevil: Cheaters,Cowards, Contributors? more »
    ChristopherReevesApprovalBlinkage: That explains the blank white page I've been getting. more »
    loui: type "french military victories" in Google, and press I'm Felling Lucky, and see what happens! hint: It's hilarious! =) more »
    KassiaHaoe: Vive La France! Also, is it just me, or is this article NEGATIVE towards France adopting these open source programs, and seemingly painting France in... more »
    Hearthatvoiceagain: If France is going open source it won't be long till the whole of Europe follows. The British Government will however wait until the American Governme... more »
    RuBBa_cHiKiN: Rollin' in my Lada, ridin' Spetsnaz: I guess that answers the age-old question "Can the French Military run Linux?" Yes, even the French Military can run Linux. more »
    Xagest: Isn't this just a USB numpad with colored buttons? more »
    Serolf Divad: OK, now make each one of those keys a miniature OLED screen and I might bite. more »
    jinushaun: With phones like the iPhone, email is basically instant. So a lot of the arguments for IM and such are gone. more »
    ninjagin: I read the article earlier today. Summary: "With superfast twitter and facebook and instant messages, who needs pokey-slow attachment-oriented email?"... more »
    Intelext: Most things now have gone online, it's quite unlikely that the use of emails will ever die. more »
    fluidexistence: ...In other news, this same columnist also was quoted later that day. "Franks and Beans!" Or less subtlely put, that person's retarded, in the freef... more »
    Spotz: I think the WSJ needs to worry about the decline of printed newspapers more than the decline of e-mail. Just saying... more »
  • #emails

    You Can Blame The French Military For Any Problems With Thunderbird 3

    If you use Mozilla Thunderbird as your email client, you're in good company, as not only does the military use it, but they also contributed code to the latest Thunderbird 3. Alright, so it's the French military... More »
  • #keyboard

    Gboard is the Colorful Gmail Keyboard For Shortcuts That You Need Now

    While all 69 Gmail shortcuts aren't represented on this Gboard keyboard, the 19 that do feature on the mini-keyboard are bound to be your most-used. Search, star, archives, trash—all the majors are represented in fun Google colors. More »
  • #rants

    Email is Dead? Oh Really?

    The WSJ is making the call—email isn't as important as social networks. It's an interesting conclusion, derived from the fact that both growth and absolute numbers are on the side of social networking this year. That's kind of weird. More »
  • #security

    Malware Infection Rates By Region, And More Fun Facts!

    According to Microsoft, the global average for malware infection is 8.6 out of every 1000 systems—a number that's lower than I'd have estimated. And apparently Ethiopia and Myanmar run a pretty tight ship! More »
  • #meta

    How Not to Treat People When Pitching Them Stories

    Just when you think PR folks and bloggers got along semi-decently, you get a report of one such exchange where the PR person challenges the blogger to a fistfight. Updated 2:43 PM EST More »