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Submission + - openSUSE 10.3 public release

Submitted by Shizawana
Shizawana writes: The latest version of openSUSE is being released today. Here is a sneak peak of all the new features and additions, including highly anticipated changes to the YaST package management.
Enlightenment

Submission + - Earth's greatest geek hotspots

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Crave is globetrotting with the techie in mind by sourcing the most interesting geek hotspots on the entire planet. The journey is a little similar to a much shorter piece once featured on Wired, but CNet has illustrated the tour with satellite photos and interesting historical commentary. Included is the manor house the Enigma code was cracked in, the Japanese Akihabara district and the school the late Douglas Adams was educated in.

"So, without further ado, fanboys, fangirls, social outcasts, tech hobbyists, IT professionals, iPhone obsessives and Slashdot commenters, please fasten your seat belts for a tour of global proportions as we visit Earth's greatest geek holiday destinations.
The Courts

Submission + - All people in UK should have DNA recorded: Judge (bbc.co.uk) 1

Submitted by ChiefGeneralManager
ChiefGeneralManager writes: Lord Justice Sedley, a UK appeal court Judge has proposed that the all people in the UK (inlcuding visitors) should have their DNA recorded on the national database. Sedley's argument is that the current database is 'indefensible' because it contains a hotch-potch mix of people, including children and those who've been in contact with the police. His view is we should make it compulsory for all DNA to be recorded to remove this anomaly. The UK Information Commissioner has expressed some concerns, but not dismissed the idea outright. Yet.
Linux Business

Submission + - How would you refocus linux development?

Submitted by buddyglass
buddyglass writes: The majority of Slashdot users are no doubt appreciative of linux in the general sense, but I suspect we all have some application or aspect of the platform that we wish was more stable, performant, feature-rich, etc. So my question is a hypothetical one: if you were able to devote a "significant" number of resources (read: high-quality developers) to a particular app or area of the kernel, and were able to set the focus for those resources (stability, performance, new features, etc.), what application or kernel area would you attempt to improve, and what would you focus on improving?
GNU is Not Unix

Submission + - New Method to Detect and Prove GPL Violations (uni-sb.de)

Submitted by qwerty
qwerty writes: A paper at the upcoming academic conference Automated Software Engineering presents a new method to detect code theft and could be used to detect GPL violations in particular. While the co-called birthmarking method is demonstrated for Java, it is general enough to work for other languages as well. The API Benchmark observes the interaction between an application and (dynamic) libraries that are part of the runtime system. This captures the observable behavior of the program and cannot be easily foiled using code obfuscation techniques, as shown in the paper. Once such a birthmark is captured, it can be searched for in other programs. By capturing the birthmarks from popular open-source frameworks, GPL-violating applications could be identified.
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - DEFCON for Linux Announced

Submitted by dylan_-
dylan_- writes: UK indie game developer, Introversion, best known for the weirdly retro Darwinia have released the much-awaited Linux version of their latest hit title DEFCON. If you liked the film "Wargames" then maybe this is for you.

As the website says:
"It's Global Thermonuclear War, and nobody wins. But maybe — just maybe — you can lose the least."

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