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athloi writes
"Invention is new and clever; innovation is a process that takes knowledge and uses it to get a payback. Invention without a financial return is just an expense. Ideas are really the sexy part of innovation and there's rarely a shortage of them. If you look at the biggest problems around innovation, rarely does a lack of ideas come up as one of the top obstacles; instead, it's things like a risk-averse culture, overly lengthy development times and lack of coordination within the company. Not enough ideas, on the other hand, is an obstacle for only 17 percent. At the end of the day all that creativity and all those ideas have to show on the bottom line. The goal of innovation is to make or save money, and IT should never lose sight of that central fact."
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speardane writes:
The BBC is reporting that the German authorities are planning to send emails containing trojan horses to suspected terrorists. This is apparently supported by the German chancellor despite protests.
Apparently "the spyware would be used only in a few cases and for a limited time".
It seems to me that this is even more stupid than Sony.
Perhaps the Greman authorities have never heard of emails being forwarded...
Perhaps criminals and terrorists (no I didn't say hackers) won't re-use the weapons the German government have given them...
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ardle writes:
"About 150 scientists and government experts will meet in Iceland from August 31-September 4 to try to work out how to safeguard soils from over-use and desertification when more food is needed and some farmers are shifting land to biofuels."
Also FTA:"an area the size of Iceland loses it vegetation every year".
So — power or food? If there is a sustainable solution, who can provide it?
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vuo writes:
At 04:00, 1 September 2007, all analog television networks were shut down, and the switchover to digital television has been completed. Watching television requires a digital decoder, such as a set-top box, a television with an integrated decoder, or a computer with a digital TV card. Currently, the national broadcasting corporation Yleisradio (YLE), which operates five digital channels, is funded by a television licence fee (208.15 per year per household). However, a consequence of digitalization is that nearly every device with a screen is potentially a television set. Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén has questioned the current policy, and promotes funding of YLE from the national budget and reducing the production of domestic programmes. YLE's director, also a former Microsoft PR director Mikael Jungner (sd.) opposes the plans.
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LorenzoV writes:
According to Groklaw the court has ruled in SCO vs Novell that Novell owns the Unix and Unixware copyrights.
OK, how long before SCO appeals?
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LorenzoV writes:
This article appearing on mp3newswire shows a brief history of the music industry's resistance to changing technology and how they have alienated their customers.
