Comment Re:Duh.. (Score 4, Funny) 167
UC Berkeley using a BSD? That's highly illogical!
Comment Re:Old Story (Score 0, Offtopic) 167
Slashdot editors posting stories that are days old? Never!
Break-In Compromises 160k Medical Records At UC Berkeley 167
nandemoari writes "Hackers have reportedly infiltrated restricted computer databases at the University of California Berkeley, putting the private data of 160,000 students, alumni, and others at risk. According to UC Berkeley, computer administrators determined on April 9, 2009 that electronic databases in University Health Services had been breached by overseas criminals. The breakins began in October 2008. Information contained on the breached databases included Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and non-treatment medical information such as records of immunization and names of treating physicians."
Comment Re:Heard of a webcam? (Score 1) 256
And you'd be right, but tell that to my sports fan grandfather or my MSNBC-loving grandmother.
Hate to break it to you but even "live" sports has a delay between the video being captured and it being broadcast out.
Comment Re:Should be a followup, actually (Score 3, Informative) 230
Since when was GTK+ a native graphics api? Oh wait, it's not. Qt uses Xlib on an X Windows System which is the native graphics API.
Comment Re:MP3.com (Score 1) 165
Why is it OK for cable companies to "store video for later use by subscribers"... but MP3.com was shut down for doing the exact same thing?
You mean other than the fact that cable companies actually license the content they broadcast and MP3.com didn't? Yeah, I'm sure it wasn't that at all.
Comment Re:QT is used on cell phones as well (Score 1) 230
Yes, I know Nokia tri-licensed it with the LGPL as an option. The point was that the GP was making it sound like it was closed source before Nokia came along which isn't true since anyone could freely look at the source for a decade before that.
Comment Re:QT is used on cell phones as well (Score 2, Informative) 230
Qt was open source long before Nokia bought Trolltech. The issue was that the original license they used didn't allow you to redistribute modifications and then the subsequent Q Public license, which was a free software license, wasn't compatible with the GPL. Then in 2000 Trolltech released it under the GPL. So I'm not sure where you got that Nokia open sourced Qt, since it had been open source for close to a decade before Nokia came along.
Comment Re:Should be a followup, actually (Score 5, Informative) 230
You must be a bit behind the times as Qt no longer emulates a native look-and-feel but uses the native widgets of the platform.
Comment Re:QT Looks Like Shit (Score 4, Funny) 230
Yes, QuickTime is definitely shitty but what does that have to do with Qt?
Qt Opens Source Code Repositories 230
sobral writes "Following the announcement of the LGPL license model, since yesterday the Qt source code repositories are open to the public together with their roadmap. The contribution model is online and will enable developers from the community to submit patches through a single click process, avoiding the previous hassle of sending in signed paperwork. The code is hosted at qt.gitorious.org and an instant benefit of this launch is that Qt Software has been working together with Gitorious maintainers for the last four months to improve Gitorious and all these new features are already submitted upstream."
SGI Lives On, In Name At Least 107
Hugh Pickens writes "In a surprise corporate move, after Rackable Systems received bankruptcy court approval on April 30 to close its purchase of SGI, the company announced on Monday that the deal had closed and that the combined company would be called SGI — short for Silicon Graphics International instead of the original Silicon Graphics Inc. The revival of the SGI brand will certainly please people in Silicon Valley with a historical bent, as SGI has been one of the area's true icons. However, some consider this a curious turn of events, considering that Rackable has come to represent the new guard in the server market, while SGI has struggled for years. Executives hope the name change will help it expand its business overseas, where SGI is a better-known brand. The new SGI will also continue to develop and support the high-performance computing systems that Silicon Graphics was known for, says Rackable's president and CEO. 'There should be no disruption to Silicon Graphics customers.'"
Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel 455
KIllagouge writes "Just days before the release of Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes, SquareEnix sent a Cease & Desist letter to Chrono Compendium to stop everything to do with Crimson Echoes. People might remember when they did this with Chrono Resurrection. Seems to be the growing trend; instead of listening to their fans, which would net them even more money, game developers continue to lock down old gaming IP. A copy of the C&D letter is available online."
The fan project had been in development since 2004 and was 98% complete.
