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Microsoft Is Sued For Patent Violation Over .NET 288

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 21, 2007 @05:12AM from the is-it-weird-to-root-for-the-megacorp-on-this-one dept.

randomErr writes "As reported by Info World, Microsoft was issued a cease and desist order on February 7 of this year by Vertical Computer Systems. The order was for patent infringement by the current implementations of the .NET framework. Both the .NET framework and Vertical Computer Systems' SiteFlash use XML to create component-based structures that are used to build and operate web sites. Vertical Computer Systems is requesting a full jury trial. If VCS prevails, .NET technology implementations as we know them may completely change and Microsoft would probably have to pay out a hefty sum."

134451 submission

Submission + - Bootable IDE ports disappearing- why & how to

Submitted by

wattsup

on Sunday April 15, 2007 @09:35PM

wattsup writes: "It seems that bootable IDE ports are disappearing on newer motherboards.

I recently purchased an MSI G965M-FI motherboard for a system upgrade. Overall the board is pretty good with lots of features, but it had one "unexpected feature" that I didn't know about when I bought it. The PATA100 IDE port won't allow you to install an operating system from a CD-ROM attached to it.

While its on their website, MSI doesn't tell you this on the retail packaging, until you break the seal on the static wrap and look at the motherboard. There, with a tiny label placed over the IDE connector they inform you "This IDE does not support OS installation in hard drive".

This made my out-of-box experience rather maddening, as I had to get a USB based CD-ROM to install a fresh copy of XP. This seems like a pretty lame way to save money, disabling functionality on an IDE port that's included. Some research shows me that other manufacturers are doing the same thing. Why?

My question is; Does anybody know if this is an issue that can be fixed by upgrading the BIOS, or is this hard-wired in the IDE controller?"

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Critical Security Hole in Linux Wi-Fi 262

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday April 15, 2007 @11:34AM from the nobody's-perfect dept.

thisispurefud writes "A flaw has been found in a major Linux Wi-Fi driver that can allow an attacker to run malicious code and take control of a laptop, even when it is not on a Wi-Fi network."

133397 submission

Submission + - Sperm made from human bone marrow

Submitted by

Burlador

on Friday April 13, 2007 @07:29PM

Burlador writes: "The BBC reports that German scientists have converted stem cells into sperm. From the article: 'If these can be grown into fully developed sperm, which the researchers hope to do within five years, they may be useful in fertility treatments.'"

133393 submission

Submission + - www.amijami.com

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13, 2007 @07:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: Re: www.amijami.com launch. Dear Reader, We are pleased to announce our new Ottawa based social networking and classifieds ads site www.amijami.com has launched. "Ami" is the root for "Friend" in many languages, and Amijami aims to be an exciting gathering place for friends to interact, as well as a meeting and social networking site for people. The site has free features including relationships and dating, classified ads, real estate, club services, etc. Please contact us at info@amijami.com if you are interested or require further details. Have a fantastic day! Mike Creative Director Amijami

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Feed Vista DRM = rootkit? (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Friday April 13, 2007 @07:13PM

Blog: A security researcher has released a program that shows how digital rights management processes in Windows Vista could be used...

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Submission + - In an email, Bill wanted ACPI to be Windows only

Submitted by denis-The-menace on Friday April 13, 2007 @12:31PM

denis-The-menace writes: In an email, PDF'd in the link below, Bill Gates wanted to make the ACPI to work only with Windows. http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.o rg/011607/3000/PX03020.pdf
I wonder what those MS apologists have to say about their favorite company,now?

132917 submission

Submission + - Girl Stuffs Beaver with PC

Submitted by Strio on Friday April 13, 2007 @12:24PM

Strio writes: Someone turned a stuffed beaver into a case mod. Kasey McMahon, the girl behind the case mod said "The hardest part was actually cleaning out the beaver." http://yourpsychogirlfriend.com/beav/

132811 submission

Submission + - Aggression and Games - Researcher QA

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13, 2007 @10:48AM

An anonymous reader writes: Looks like PC World's got a new games blogger, who just did an interview with a professor responsible for recent research showing strong links between violence in games and increased "unhealthy" aggressive behavior in children and adolescents. http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/archives/004098.ht ml

132809 submission

Submission + - Lair Coming in July, Features Home Trophies

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Friday April 13, 2007 @10:37AM

fistfullast33l writes: "IGN has a very comprehensive preview of the upcoming Lair for Playstation 3. As one of only 2 exclusives coming out for the PS3 in the next 3 months (the other being MLB: The Show), it has been hyped heavily due to screenshots and various gameplay videos. The biggest takeaway from this new preview includes a release date of mid-July and the notable distinction of being the first title to feature Trophies for the upcoming Home, which won't be released yet. A demo was confirmed in progress, but there's no word on whether it will be released before or after the game ships. Finally, the most interesting aspect was more details on combat with your dragon. You will not be able to get off your dragon to fight, but why would you want to? As the article states, "As for those other elements of gameplay variety, Factor 5 promises that Lair will continuously introduce new systems to the player throughout the entirety of the adventure. Though you'll begin by simply flying around and killing dragons and peons as you'd expect, you'll eventually learn how to pick up and throw creatures (like horses), grab onto objects and shake them loose to cause structural damage to the environment, earn advanced physical attacks and more.""

127193 submission

Submission + - Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Etch Released!

Submitted by

fdfisher

on Sunday April 08, 2007 @10:31AM

fdfisher writes: "It's official, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 has been released! Code named Etch, the release supports a total of 11 architectures including amd64 and Intel EM64T (amd64). Etch features *lots* of updated software such as "K Desktop Environment 3.5 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.14, the Xfce 4.4 desktop environment, the GNUstep desktop 5.2, X.Org 7.1, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4a, GIMP 2.2.13, Iceweasel (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3), Icedove (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5), Iceape (an unbranded version of Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8), PostgreSQL 8.1.8, MySQL 5.0.32, GNU Compiler Collection 4.1.1, Linux kernel version 2.6.18, Apache 2.2.3, Samba 3.0.24, Python 2.4.4 and 2.5, Perl 5.8.8, PHP 4.4.4 and 5.2.0, Asterisk 1.2.13, and more than 18,000 other ready to use software packages. Etch also features a new graphical frontend to the installation process, out-of-the-box support for fully encrypted partitions, and an updated package manager, allowing the verification of the integrity of packages downloaded from somebody else's mirror."

126203 submission

Submission + - Kansas refutes Evolution... in Pokemon

Submitted by

RyoShin

on Friday April 06, 2007 @02:46PM

RyoShin writes: "Even after the conservative members lost control of the old Kansas school board, evolution still remains a large issue for the Board of Education in Kansas. Well, in video games. Specifically, one video game: Pokemon. On Monday, the Kansas Board of Education approved a measure to ban most content related to Pokemon, including the games themselves and trading cards "because of the franchise's blatant promotion of evolution". Furthermore, they instructed teachers to "search their students at the beginning of the school day to make sure that they aren't carrying any copies of the game". The article is sparse on further details, but states that the ACLU will challenge the decision."

126129 submission

Submission + - OpenBSD developers caught stealing GPL'd code

Submitted by

pH03n1X

on Friday April 06, 2007 @01:49PM

pH03n1X writes: "Michael Buesch, one of the maintainers of the GPL'd Linux wireless LAN driver for the Broadcom chip (bcm43xx), reported a possible violation of copyrights by the OpenBSD developers on their developer mailing list."

118639 submission

Submission + - Firefox 3.0 alpha aka Gran Paradiso

Submitted by

Yesmad

on Thursday March 29, 2007 @06:54PM

Yesmad writes: "PCMag.com has a though-provoking feature on what's yet to come when Firefox 3.0 arrives later this year (yeah, maybe) and how the team behind it is building in several pillars that should make offline Web applications a reality or at least a possibility. He cites Google's Apps for Your Domain as an example of the possibilities for taking on Microsoft in the business/office software productivity market. I'm not sure I buy the notion that 'lite' applications will ever catch on (I mean what do we ever hear about Citrix and hosted applications anymore anyway?) but the logic is pretty straightforward. I'd guess if anybody had a shot to cobble something together it would be a combination of Mozilla with Google that could do it. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109401,00.as p"

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Submission + - Ads Turning Up in 'Lonelygirl15'

Submitted by 2%lacking on Thursday March 29, 2007 @06:24PM

2%lacking writes: In last week's episode of the Web drama "Lonelygirl15," teen pals Bree, Daniel and Jonas are on the road, running from the mysterious evil group "The Order" when Daniel spots Bree clutching a small, lime-green box. The exchange is more than just a light moment in a Web drama that's taken a dark turn. It's a paid advertisement known in the entertainment industry as a product placement, a way for the popular teen Internet soap opera to boost its finances. http://ibtimes.com/articles/20070328/lonelygirl15- advertising.htm

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