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Submission + - ISO says "No" to Microsoft's OOXML standar (noooxml.org)

Submitted by qcomp
qcomp writes: The votes are in and Microsoft has lost for now, reports the FFII's campaign website OOXML. The 2/3 majority needed to proceed with the fast-track standarization has not been achieved. Now the standard will head to the ballot resolution meeting to address the hundreds of technical commentsa submitted along with the "no" (as well as some "yes" votes.
Spam

Submission + - How can spam still exist? (spamjadoo.com)

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Shashank
Shashank writes: "I have just joined a new company to manage their anti-spam product. This is the first time that I tried to dig out the figures from various research papers on the Internet. This is also my first experience with anti-spam market. I am suprised to see the competition. Almost everyone in the world seems to have an antispam solution. It is confusing that spam has not reduced in the last few years, more than 90% of the mails that any average individual gets is still spam.
If the available tools are so powerful, why is it that the problem of spam hasn't ended? I am not from an IT background. All that I have learnt about spam is from internet. I learnt that the spammers change their IP addresses and spoof using botnets. Is it not the responsibility of the ISPs to ensure that the users in their network do not get any spam?
Who should be responsible for customer privacy invasion, phishing attempts, junk mails in totality..?"

Feed Linux.com: Nouveau project hacks away at free Nvidia drivers (linux.com)

From feed by lcfeed
Currently, GNU/Linux users with Nvidia graphics cards have two choices: Either use the proprietary drivers and violate their free software principles, or use the free nv driver and do without 3-D acceleration. The Nouveau project is working to overcome this dilemma by producing its own set of fully functional free Nvidia drivers. We talked to Stephane Marchesin and Ben Skeggs, two of the active developers in Nouveau, about the history of the project and the current status of its work.
Networking

Submission + - Success of bandwith currency compared to Slashdot (bbc.co.uk)

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extradvantage
extradvantage writes: "The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) is considering to use Tribler for a standard internet broadcasting system across the continent. Tribler is a p2p system where uploaders are afforded faster speeds encouraging active uploading from it's users. An interesting quote from the article; "I was doing research back in 1999 looking at an obscure website called Slashdot," he said. "It was a technology-related news website controlled by volunteers and it actually worked. A few people would post bad things but 99% of users were nice." Slashdot as a model for future peer-to-peer technologies. Isn't that cute?"
Microsoft

Submission + - Swedish OOXML vote declared void (www.sis.se)

Submitted by
Pysslingen
Pysslingen writes: "The swedish vote concerning OOXML was declared void. One participant in the group has been accused of casting their vote twice. Sweden will in all probability abstain from the vote on September 2nd. Link in Swedish only. IDG article: http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.118680 (in Swedish only) SIS (Swedish standards) link: http://www.sis.se/pdf/OOXML0830_Final.pdf (also in Swdish only)"
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Scientists:Artificial life likely in 3 to 10 years (cnn.com)

Submitted by CapedOpossum
CapedOpossum writes: Let the voices chanting apocalyptic visions once again be heard! Playing God? Hell, we're re-inventing the concept! From the article: "Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer. Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from someone in the now little-known field of 'wet artificial life.' ... 'It's going to be a big deal and everybody's going to know about it,' said Mark Bedau, chief operating officer of ProtoLife of Venice, Italy, one of those in the race. ... Bedau said there are legitimate worries about creating life that could 'run amok,' but there are ways of addressing it, and it will be a very long time before that is a problem."
Media

Submission + - "Viacom hit me for infringing my own copyright (blogspot.com) 2

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Chris Knight
Chris Knight writes: "Long story short: I ran for school board where I live this past fall and created some TV commercials including this one with a "Star Wars" theme. A few months ago VH1 grabbed the commercial from YouTube and featured it in a segment of its show "Web Junk 2.0". Neither VH1 or its parent company Viacom told me they were doing this or asked my permission to use it, but I didn't mind it if they did. It was great to see the commercial was being enjoyed by a far wider audience than I'd expected. I was honored that they chose to use it and thought that Aries Spears's commentary about it was pretty hilarious, so I posted a clip of VH1's segment on YouTube so that I could put it on my blog. This morning I got an e-mail from YouTube saying that the video has been pulled because Viacom is claiming that I'm violating its copyright. Viacom used my video without permission on their commercial television show, and now says that I am infringing on THEIR copyright for showing the clip of the work that Viacom made in violation of my own copyright! Talk about chutzpah! Needless to say, I would like to fight this: not for any kind of monetary compensation, but just for the right to employ my own self-created material per Fair Use."
Microsoft

Submission + - What is Norway's opinion on OOXML? (bekkelund.net)

Submitted by
Martin Bekkelund
Martin Bekkelund writes: "Hi,

I'm a member of the Norwegian Standards Institute committee K 185, who is set do discuss Norway's opinion on the ISO certification of OOXML. I've written an article which may be of interest, regarding the Norwegian process.

The article may be found in my weblog at the following URL:
http://notebook.bekkelund.net/2007/08/29/what-is-n orways-opinion-on-ooxml/

Best regards,

Martin Bekkelund"
Internet Explorer

Submission + - Existing Issues For Cross-Browsing Development (informationweek.com)

Submitted by barbarask
barbarask writes: Serdar Yegulalp looks at some of the issues that developers still have to deal with when they're putting together sites for readers who could be using any of the browsers out there: IE6 (and some companies still haven't upgraded), IE7, Firefox, Opera, Safari, what-have-you. He talks about proprietary tags, implementations of layout functions, JavaScript, and ActiveX, among others. He's got suggestions for how to fix some of the problems, but with others it's a matter of trying to make users do what they should (but won't) do.

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