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Comment I would encourage you to read up a little more (Score 1) 911

by grandmofftarkin on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @11:17AM (#26969699) Attached to: EU Says MS Must Offer Other Browsers; Now What?

Wow ... you are spectacularly misinformed.

You remember the European Commission's antitrust case against Microsoft in 2004?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_v._Microsoft

All Opera did was point out that Microsoft's inclusion of Internet Explorer with Windows-based personal computers is a violation of the same laws that caused Microsoft to fail in that 2004 case, or to put it another way if Windows+Bundled MediaPlayer is a violation then Windows+Bundled Browser must also be a violation. Not a massive jump in logic, particularly when the US Department of Justice had previously come to the exact same conclusion (Windows+Bundled Browser is bad for inovation and compitition). I refer you to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft

Both of the above cases where initiated by US interests, so this is not really about some big conspiracy by the EU to protect its own. Also as others in this thread have pointed out to you, Norway is not even part of the EU.

Regarding Mozilla/Firefox. Saying a massive project like this is American is like saying Linux is Finnish. The roots may be from one country but any sufficiently large Open Source project is probably global. Also Mozilla have given out some pretty mixed statements recently regarding this case but on the topic of if bundling has harmed competition they seem to be in full agreement with Opera. Consider the following:

http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2009/02/06/the-european-commission-and-microsoft/

I suspect the slightly contradictory comments coming out of Mozilla are because they see how certain groups of people (such as yourself) have misunderstood Opera and rounded on them and the Mozilla PR team wants to avoid the same fate.

Journal Journal: You have been... Goatsed?

Journal by Noryungi on Thursday January 11, 2007 @09:07AM

About 2,500 people have had a (very) nasty surprise recently when they looked at their MySpace page. Let's just say a small image was replaced by... another small image. Only, the second one was from the infamous "Goatse.cx" (You remember THAT one, don't you?). But what exactly happened? Jason Scott, the owner of textfiles.com explains all -- or is it confesses all?. The email received are hilarious. Well worth a read and a chuckle

Submission + - Cisco responds to criticism over Apple Lawsuit

Submitted by tobkin on Thursday January 11, 2007 @04:35AM

tobkin writes: Looks like Cisco's SVP and General Counsel has responded to the criticism over their lawsuit against Apple: http://blogs.cisco.com/news/2007/01/update_on_cisc os_iphone_tradem.html

Submission + - BitThief BT Client Downloads Without Uploading

Submitted by

Smaran

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @06:52AM

Smaran writes: "BitThief is a BitTorrent client developed in Zurich, Switzerland that manages to download torrents without uploading at all. It constantly pretends to be a newly arrived peer that doesn't have any bits to upload. It also doesn't prioritise bits and takes whatever it can get. Torrentfreak writes that such a client could be extremely harmful to BitTorrent swarms and hopes that it will be quickly banned from trackers. Since it's written in Java, it can be launched on any platform."

Submission + - Sign the UK Petition Against Software Patents

Submitted by

Joel Merrick

on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @08:00AM

Joel Merrick writes: "If you would like to voice your concern about software patents, head along to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/softwarepatents/ and sign the petition. The deadline date for signatures is 20th February 2007 The online e-petition site is run by 10 Downing Street so, hopefully, should provide some worth."

Submission + - Cedega users permanently banned from WoW

Submitted by Turmoyl on Wednesday November 15, 2006 @04:33AM

Turmoyl writes: Many Cedega users were banned from the World of Warcraft(tm) game today. They received "Notice of Account Closure" emails from WoW's Account Administration team, citing Use of "Third Party Automation Software". The Linux users were apparently caught up in a game-wide anti-bot sweep. Early speculation is that Blizzard's use of the "Warden" anti-cheat application may have spawned some odd results when run via Cedega. Emails to the Account Administration team have gone unanswered so far. http://transgaming.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=41042 #41042

Submission + - MacBook Updated

Submitted by

Jorge Santos

on Thursday November 09, 2006 @05:27AM

Jorge Santos writes: "MacBooks have received a mild upgrade. They now come with Core 2 Duo and bumped the memory and hard drive of some models. From Mac Rumors:

Three models: white 1.83 GHz and 2.0 GHz MacBook models, and a black 2.0 GHz MacBook model. $1099: 13.3", 1.83GHz, 512MB, 60GB, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 $1299: 13.3", 2.0GHz, 1GB, 80GB, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 $1499: 13.3", 2.0GHz, 1GB, 120GB, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950"

Submission + - How should American elections be conducted?

Submitted by on Thursday November 09, 2006 @02:44AM

An anonymous reader writes: Throughout all of the voting controversies, I've always asked myself, wouldn't it be better to just have a simple paper ballot that you check next to your candidate and then drop into a box, and then have it hand counted? Sure, counting votes would take a little longer, but wouldn't this guarantee of accurate records outweigh the costs? There aren't many cases when I say that technology should have no part in something, but this is definitely one of them. What else do you think should be done to make sure every vote is counted?

Submission + - AOL Opens Buddylist

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @09:58PM

An anonymous reader writes: AOL announced earlier this week their Web AIM API, which seems pretty boring at first look. It is similiar to Meebo since you can embed it, however unlike Meebo and others, it appears they are allowing the web page developer to actually access the end users buddy list. Surf my web page, I can access (steal) your buddy list. Seems to have mashup potential, hopefully it is secure.

Submission + - 32-bit Intel on Mac dead before PowerPC?

Submitted by

Z0D14(

on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @09:07PM

Z0D14( writes: "With the release of the Core 2 Duo Macbook, it's only a matter of time before Apple releases a 64-bit version of the Mac Mini. This makes the lifespan of the 32bit Core Duo processor on Mac OSX about a year or less — if the new Mini hits the shelves before January.

Those with PowerPC chips will most likely enjoy support for years to come. Obviously, with 64-bit computing here to stay, and no rumors of 128-bit around the corner, those with the Intel Core 2 Duo and above will also see the same, if not markedly improved, support. It just seems like the 32-bit Intel Mac experience was something of a red-headed step child Apple picked up along the way, used, and unceremoniously discarded along the side of the road.

So my question is, will those with the now lowly Core Duo chips soon be left behind by developers? with "Universal Binaries" support PPC and Intel 64-bit only? What real advantage will there be for vendors to keep the 32-bit code in place when, in two or so years, it will be a minority among users?"

Submission + - Blind mice see again after cell transplants

Submitted by Korbinus on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @07:51PM

Korbinus writes: Scientists managed to restore vision in blind mice by transplanting light-sensitive cells in their eyes, cells on their way to become photoreceptors.
This might be a important step towards new treatments of eye-desease.

Submission + - SPAM: Google accidentally sends out Kama Sutra worm

Submitted by

alphadogg

on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @05:34PM

alphadogg writes: "Google this week accidentally sent out e-mail containing a mass mailing worm to about 50,000 members of an e-mail discussion list focused on its Google Video Blog, the company said. The worm, dubbed W32/Kasper.A@mm, is better known as the Kama Sutra worm. Discovered in January of this year, it deletes files and registry keys on affected systems. It is blocked by most antivirus software. [spam URL stripped]l e-accidentally-sends-out-kama.html"

Submission + - Made in Britain: the world's most powerful car

Submitted by

tryptych

on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @04:45PM

tryptych writes: "The most powerful production car in the world was today launched by a luxury British manufacturer.

The Bristol Fighter T is set to hit the UK's roads next year and boasts a massive 1,012 horsepower.
Its eight-litre V10 engine will propel the car from 0-60mph in less than 3.5 seconds and on to a theoretical top speed of 270mph, although Bristol will limit the speed of production cars to 225mph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ne ws/2006/11/08/ucar108.xml"

Submission + - Amazon customers tagging DRM'd products

Submitted by DRMisGreat on Monday October 30, 2006 @02:41PM

DRMisGreat writes: Amazon customers are using the sites own tools to tag products that impose DRM as "defective". From iPods and Zunes to Blu-rays and HD-DVDs. At last count more than 530 products had been tagged by 150 customers. How long will Amazon let that stand, especially given the fact that customers are tagging Amazon's own Unbox movie downloads?

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