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Submission + - Linspire signs up to Microsoft's Linux demands

Submitted by

Kurtz'sKompund

on Thursday June 14, 2007 @05:20AM

Kurtz'sKompund writes: "Linspire, maker of the desktop Linux OS once known as Lindows, has signed an intellectual-property agreement that shields its customers from Microsoft's controversial patent claims. http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?news id=9144"

Submission + - Microsoft widens Linux Pact (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 14, 2007 @05:14AM

An anonymous reader writes: From the article "Microsoft widens Linux Pact With the people it tried to sue". It seems that Linspire is the next company that's getting cosy with the Devil AFTER Microsoft tried to sue them some years back. Seems like another vendor bites the dust.

Submission + - BSD Demon stolen for Sex Aids?

Submitted by on Thursday June 07, 2007 @01:02PM

An anonymous reader writes: Here's something for your BSD section, a sex toy company is using the demon for it's ass lube: http://nimrangul.deviantart.com/journal/13242530/

Submission + - Sony to cut game workers in U.S.

Submitted by poffenvis on Thursday June 07, 2007 @12:55PM

poffenvis writes: On the heels of recording a $1.8-billion annual loss in its game division, Sony Corp. on Wednesday announced layoffs at its U.S. PlayStation operations. Sony Computer Entertainment America would not disclose the number of workers affected. Company executives speaking on condition of anonymity said that as many as 50 people, or 3% of the 1,600 employees in its Foster City, Calif., office, would lose their jobs.

For rest of the article? click the link LA times article

Submission + - Why HD DVD combo format discs suck

Submitted by

Wesociety

on Thursday June 07, 2007 @12:52PM

Wesociety writes: "This article explains why the HD DVD combo format (HD DVD plus a standard DVD on the flipside) sucks! http://wesleytech.com/why-hd-dvd-combo-format-disc s-suck/224/"

Submission + - 2012 Olympic Ads cause epileptic siezures

Submitted by monkeyboythom on Thursday June 07, 2007 @12:34PM

monkeyboythom writes: The BBC reports, "The media regulator, Ofcom, has begun an investigation into claims that TV footage promoting the London 2012 Olympics has triggered epileptic seizures." In what may have been a rush to promote the Olympics, the Epilepsy Action said the potential effects should have been identified earlier. The spokesperson for the nonprofit Epilepsy Action, uhm, goes by the name, Simon Wigglesworth. No, I am not snickering.

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