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Submission + - The Future of Reading

Submitted by rubato
rubato writes: Mark Pilgrim, best known as author of Dive Into Python, has composed a little "Play In Six Acts" called The Future of Reading , which in a minimum number of words exposes the dark nature of the Amazon Kindle, an e-book reader which might as well have been inspired by the wet dreams of the RIAA or the MPAA.

Essential reading, especially for those who still think that all technological advances are necessarily for the good.

Feed Techdirt: 74 Percent Of Nothing Is Still Nothing (techdirt.com)

From feed by techdirtfeed
The group behind the HD DVD format in Europe claims that it has 74 percent market share of the next-gen DVD market in a handful of western European countries. Of course, they're not including Sony PS3s, which have a Blu-ray drive, in their count, but the bigger point is that they're claiming 74 percent of a miniscule market. This contrived stat, like Toshiba's claim of 60 percent share of the US market, glosses over the problems that are holding it back: DRM that breaks legitimate customers' players, low perceived benefits and high prices. Apparently, though, the HD DVD folks would rather claim to have a big share of a tiny market than to have any share in a market that's actually meaningful.
Announcements

Submission + - New Ubuntu Based Collaboration Server (open-xchange.com)

Submitted by
Christian Egle
Christian Egle writes: "Open-Xchange today announced a new "Out of the box" email and collaboration software integrating Ubuntu 6.06. The package called Open-Xchange Express Edition is designed for small- and medium-sized businesses and offers a complete email and collaboration solution in one simple installation package. The installation process involves a series of basic questions that guide the administrator to a fully functional server. There is no requirement to install an operating system, a database, Apache server, anti-virus, anti-spam or backup/recovery, and there is no requirement to know Linux. Maintenance is easy because there is a built-in system updater that handles the operating system, middleware, application and utilities. The AJAX-based web interface provides drag and drop in all views, right-click menus, context driven ribbons and icons, shared calendars, contacts, tasks and documents.

A free unlimited evaluation version is available at
http://www.open-xchange.com/index.php?id=437&L=0"
Software

Submission + - Academia & Open Sources (c-span.org)

Submitted by simstick
simstick writes: FROM WASHINGTON Academia & Open Sources On the sixtieth anniversary of the National Security Act, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is holding a conference on Open Sources. This morning's session examines the ways academic institutions, which work with "open" or non-covert, non-secret information, can work with the intelligence community. MON., C-SPAN2, 9:30AM ET. Online viewing available.
Operating Systems

Submission + - Linspire 6.0 Released (linspire.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: From the Linspire homepage: 'It begins, where the others end.' Starting with the best that open source has to offer, Linspire adds CNR, proprietary software drivers, and codecs to provide 'the world's easiest desktop Linux'.
[Oh by the way, we're also powered by Ubuntu. cough].
Linspire: Does it begin where the others end or begin by standing on the shoulders of so called 'high brow pirates'? ;) Arrgh!
Behold, Lindows the 6th!
Media

Viacom Says "YouTube Depends On Us" 163

Posted by kdawson from the one-sided dept.
Anonycat writes "Michael Fricklas, a lawyer for Viacom, has an opinion piece in the Washington Post laying out Viacom's side in their $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube. Fricklas asserts that the DMCA's 'safe harbor' provisions don't apply because YouTube is knowledgeable to infringement and furthermore derives financial benefit from it. He also argues that putting the onus of spotting infringement onto the content providers represents an undue burden on them. Fricklas caps the argument by stating, 'Google and YouTube wouldn't be here if not for investment in software and technologies spurred by patent and copyright laws.'"

Dell, HP, Lenovo Announce New Display Protocol 188

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the forward-progress dept.
An anonymous reader writes "If HDMI, DVI and UDI weren't enough for you, several major PC manufacturers have announced a joint alliance to come up with another display adapter, creatively named Displayport. The new method is backwards compatible with DVI, but offers double the bandwidth."

Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD 673

Posted by samzenpus from the Han-shoots-first-again dept.
chinton writes "From starwars.com: 'In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie, as well as the original theatrical edition of the film. That means you'll be able to enjoy Star Wars as it first appeared in 1977, Empire in 1980, and Jedi in 1983.'"

RIAA Targets LAN Filesharing at Universities 608

Posted by samzenpus from the stop-sharing dept.
segphault writes "The RIAA has sent letters to 40 university presidents in 25 separate states informing them that students are engaging in filesharing on their campuses using the local network. Apparently, the RIAA wants to get universities to use filtering software on their networks to detect student filesharing. The RIAA did not disclose the methodology they used to determine that filesharing is occuring on those local networks, but it probably didn't involve asking permission. The article goes on to predict that the RIAA will eventually try to get the government to require use of anti-filesharing filtering technologies at universities."

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