Quick round-up: GPL'd MS Exchange, Faculty say no to PATRIOT Act, Science.gov launched

Finals are rough... going to be brief.

Way to go UC Berkeley Academic Senate!

Unanimous faculty vote calls for resistance to Patriot Act 'infringement' of rights

BERKELEY � In an unusual unanimous vote, the Berkeley Division of the UC Academic Senate has approved a resolution challenging the federal Patriot Act and its application on campus.

By a 105-0 vote at a special meeting Thursday evening, senate members condemned the USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) for provisions that, in the words of the resolution, "violate basic civil rights of students, faculty, and staff of the University of California at Berkeley."

Way to go US Government!

Science.gov Search Directory Relaunched

FirstGov has just announced their new search engine which searches US Government public science information - http://Science.gov.

Way to go Novell! Looks like the OSAF's Chandler project just got that much more interoperable...

Novell Releases Evolution's Connector for MS Exchange Server under GPL

"Evolution Connector allows Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 users to easily manage their e-mail, calendars, group schedules, address books, public folders and tasks from Linux desktops."

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