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Submission + - Ubuntu 10.10 Will Support Multi-Touch (techie-buzz.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: Canonical has officially announced that Ubuntu 10.10 will support multi-touch. The multi-touch support will be provided by the Canonical UTouch Support. They have also introduced a four finger gesture language. The new gesture language will allow users to chain together different gestures to make complex commands.
GNU is Not Unix

Software Freedom Conservancy Wins GPL Case Against Westinghouse 225

Posted by CmdrTaco from the do-the-dance-of-joy dept.
fishthegeek writes "The Software Freedom Conservancy has received a judgement against Westinghouse Digital Electronics for $90,000 in damages, $50,000 in costs plus a donation of all of the offending HDTV's that were using BusyBox in violation of the GPL. Given that WDE is nearly bankrupt it's likely that most if not all of the cash will disappear in a legal 'poof,' but it is a victory regardless."
Wine

Wine 1.2 Released 427

Posted by Soulskill from the pop-the-cork dept.
David Gerard writes "Stuck with that one Windows app you can't get rid of? Rejoice — Wine 1.2 is officially released! Apart from running pretty much any Windows application on Unix better than 1.0 (from 2008), major new features include 64-bit support, bi-directional text, and translation into thirty languages. And, of course, DirectX 9 is well-supported and DirectX 10 is getting better. Packages should hit the distros over the weekend, or you can get the source now."

Submission + - Pandora's Box Opened at last (pandorapress.net)

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neogramps writes: It's been a long time coming but the first Pandora consoles are finally rolling off of the production line (well this one actually walked out the door to a customer who lived near the "factory").

Initial estimates had put production and development at taking two months, but Murphy had other ideas. Banking issues, design problems, problems communicating with the Chinese moulding company, escalating assembly costs and even a volcano all managed to get in the way, but the small and dediced team soldiered on, and just over a year and a half later, the wait is coming to an end for the four thousand pre-orderers.
Ubuntu

Submission + - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Official Images Available (ubuntu.com) 4

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palegray.net
palegray.net writes: "Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid), the newest release of the Ubuntu Linux operating system, is available for download from Ubuntu's site and many CD mirrors. This release features Linux kernel 2.6.32, new versions of GNOME and KDE, improved open source and proprietary nVidia graphics drivers, and a host of other features. This release is scheduled to be supported with security updates until April 2013 for desktops, and April 2015 for servers. Get it while it's hot!"
Government

Submission + - Feds Question Big Media's Piracy Claims (cnet.com)

Submitted by WrongSizeGlass
WrongSizeGlass writes: CNET is reporting that the GAO's study (summary; highlights [PDF]; full report [PDF]) of big media's piracy claims raised some questions. "After spending a year studying how piracy and illegal counterfeiting affects the United States, the Government Accountability Office says it still doesn't know for sure." "The GAO said that most of the published information, anecdotal evidence and records show that piracy is a drag on the U.S. economy, tax revenue and in some cases potentially threatens national security and public health. But the problem is, according to the GAO, the data used to quantify piracy isn't reliable."

Comment It was a farce... (Score 5, Interesting) 384

by kazade84 (#31775064) Attached to: Digital Economy Bill Passed In the UK

Everyone that watched the debate last night was pretty horrified at how broken the "wash up" process was, and how obviously this bill was pushed through by the front benches without the support of the backbench MPs present. Labour were responsible for 97% of the MPs that gave a yes vote, because those Labour MPs that didn't would have faced severe consequences, perhaps even eviction from the party. Some rebel Labour MPs did vote against, Tom Watson leading them, this guy deserves serious respect for standing up for what he believes despite the pressure.

The election is coming and we need to take away power from these corrupt parties (the other two major parties are hardly blameless, although the Liberal Democrats did at least vote against). Support the Open Rights Group and also support the Pirate Party UK who are currently raising money to field candidates. You can donate to the Pirate Party here if you are so inclined: http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/party/donate/

My MP voted for the bill, so I'm going to vote against in the next election, I'd urge people to do the same, find out if your MP voted and which way by going here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmdebate/32.htm#hddr_2

Comment Support the Pirate Party UK (Score 1) 1

by kazade84 (#31774132) Attached to: Anger mounts over UK copyright bill 'stitch up'

Everyone that watched the debate last night was pretty horrified at how broken the "wash up" process was, and how obviously this bill was pushed through by the front benches without the support of the backbench MPs present. Labour were responsible for 97% of the MPs that gave a yes vote, because those Labour MPs that didn't would have faced severe consequences, perhaps even eviction from the party. Some rebel Labour MPs did vote against, Tom Watson leading them, this guy deserves serious respect for standing up for what he believes despite the pressure.

The election is coming and we need to take away power from these corrupt parties (the other two major parties are hardly blameless, although the Liberal Democrats did at least vote against). Support the Open Rights Group and also support the Pirate Party UK who are currently raising money to field candidates. You can donate to the Pirate Party here if you are so inclined: http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/party/donate/

My MP voted for the bill, so I'm going to vote against in the next election, I'd urge people to do the same, find out if your MP voted and which way by going here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmdebate/32.htm#hddr_2
Government

Submission + - Anger mounts over UK copyright bill 'stitch up' (computerworlduk.com) 1

Submitted by superapecommando
superapecommando writes: The Digital Economy Bill will be debated today by the Lords, who will decide if it becomes law, after being controversially rushed through in a vote in the House of Commons.
The bill passed through the Commons yesterday with a majority of 142 votes. The vote followed condemnation a day earlier, when it made a major advance in a debate attended by under 40 MPs. Campaigners for and against the bill had spent thousands of pounds attempting to catch the attention of politicians.
Under the bill, users could be cut off if they access pirated content, and websites hosting that content could also be blocked. Proponents say these steps would protect content creators — but opponents, who presented a petition to parliament with thousands of signatures, see the bill as threatening civil liberties.

Comment Re:My grudge against NeHe (Score 1) 117

by kazade84 (#31585292) Attached to: Recommendations For C++/OpenGL Linux Tutorials?

I'm the author of that book.

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the book. The book's structure and format followed that of its predecessor (the first edition) which was written by different authors. It was not possible to put entire code listings into the text of the book due to space limitations, which is why the book came with the full source on the CD.

That said, the initial print run of the book had a fault with the project files on the CD, they did indeed have absolute paths. I posted updated versions on the book's official website at courseptr.com[1] and posted updates on NeHe explaining the problem. Later, when ATI updated their drivers and became more strict about an ambiguous part of the GL specification, I updated the project files again[2].

There are Linux versions of all the programs on the CD with project files for Code::Blocks, and the code compiles on both GCC and Visual C++ so I think it's a little unfair to say it was only for Visual Studio. Try out the updated project files, hopefully you'll have more success with them.

Regards,

Luke Benstead.

[1] http://www.delmarlearning.com/companions/content/159863528X/links/index.asp?isbn=159863528X
[2] http://www.kazade.co.uk/downloads/boglgp/bug-fixes-2009-08-29.zip

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