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Submission + - x86 Linux Flash Player 9 is Final

Submitted by Schlaegel on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @02:50AM

Schlaegel writes: The official Adobe Linux Flash blog has announced that Flash player for x86 Linux is now final and no longer beta. Every x86 Linux user, at least those willing to load binary software, can rejoice and no longer feel like a second rate citizen.

Distribution packages are also available, for example the Macromedia Fedora repository already has the flash player marked for update.

Submission + - DRM, GPLv3 is 'hot air': Torvalds

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @04:50AM

An anonymous reader writes: In Sydney this week for the annual Linux conference, Linus Torvalds has described DRM and the GPL as "hot air" and "no big deal". From the interview: "I suspect — and I may not be right — but when it comes to things like DRM or licensing, people get really very excited about them. People have very strong opinions. I have very strong opinions and they happen to be for different reasons than many other people. It ends up in a situation where people really like to argue — and that very much includes me... I expect this to raise a lot of bad blood but at the same time, at the end of the day, I don't think it really matters that much."

Submission + - Where does Google's Hardware go to die ?

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Anonymous Coward

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @02:36AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "I was talking with a co-worker today about how Google is so big, and how they make such great use of commodity hardware to do their business, and one of the topics that came up is where does Google's old hardware go ? Google has been around for many years now, and they have more machines than any sane person would own, and they are continually expanding. At some stage they must have to push out old equipment, either when it starts entering into its MTBF limits or it's been depreciated down. Searching (using Google of course) wasn't particularly fruitful. Has anyone seen where Google's hardware goes when it dies ?"

Feed At Some Airports, Cellphones Can Check In Passengers (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @02:12AM

Airlines in Japan and Europe are experimenting with systems that let passengers check in by identifying themselves with a cellphone.

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