Submission + - Experience feedback of an initiate bloggor (blogspot.com)
omartins44 writes: "Discover the story of a beginner in blog world !"
Submission + - Academia & Open Sources (c-span.org)
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.
Submission + - Linspire 6.0 Released (linspire.com)
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!
[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'?
Behold, Lindows the 6th!
Viacom Says "YouTube Depends On Us" 163
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
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
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
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."
