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Microsoft Is Sued For Patent Violation Over .NET 288

Posted by Zonk 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."
Networking

Submission + - Fixing the IPv6 dilema

Submitted by
jd
jd writes: "In an attempt to attract more people to using IPv6, a New Zealand group is offering free porn to those with access to an IPv6 tunnel or connection. This may or may not work, considering that the country involved has a hundred times as many sheep as humans, which may create a degree of scepticism over what exactly is on offer."
Programming

Submission + - C#, C++, Delphi and Java compilers tested

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Developer named Master Alex, took LZMA SDK and compiled a set of benchmark using SDK as an algorithm base. Here he put an archive with source and compiled in Delphi, C#, C++ and Java binaries. Results are put here and retested here. See, Java runtime code speed in decompressing under Windows x64 is only 15% slower then that of C++.

So, the question is can you provide an optimized code in Delphi 7 so it achieve the same (+-10%) speed as C++ compiled code? Or is it impossible? It presumed that Delphi binaries are very fast, almost of C++ speed.
Google

Submission + - Is This Google's Achilles Heel?

Submitted by
Tony Hung
Tony Hung writes: "Google seems all-powerful (Galactus-like, even), but a post by one of Google's search guys, Matt Cutts reveals a little more than I think was intended. Namely, Google seems to want an "honor" system as it applies to the issue of paid links, and now wants folks to report on other sites which have paid links. Why is this? I think its because Google has no way of sorting out which links are paid and which ones aren't. And if the system of link-worth presumes that worth occurs because individuals truly believe that something is worth linking to, then paying for that link — or even the possibility of paying for that link — undermines the entire system. And possibly Google."
Biotech

All Blood Converted to Type O? 206

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the pumped-iron dept.
UnanimousCoward writes "The BBC is reporting that scientists claim to have discovered a technique to convert all blood into Type O with the discovery of an enzyme that can strip the A and B antigens. This has implications to transform the stored blood supply into transfusable blood for all. It does not address the RH negative issue, however."
The Internet

Submission + - Never Mention "hotmail" In Your CV

Submitted by Pete
Pete writes: A guy, who works in the department of a Human Resources consultancy company, says they made a selection process in which, among other things, they asked for a person with ample experience in using the internet (navigation, searches, formats...). They received 50 candidacies, from which 30 came from Hotmail-directions, all of them erased as they entered. The reason: You can't pretend being an internet expert and use a Hotmail account at the same time.
Software

FSF Releases Third Draft of GPLv3 390

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the complaining-to-the-right-people dept.
johnsu01 writes "The Free Software Foundation has announced publication of the third discussion draft of the GNU General Public License Version 3. Because quite a few changes have been made since the previous draft and important new issues have surfaced, the drafting process has been extended and revised to encourage more feedback. The most significant changes in this draft include refinements in the "tivoization" provisions to eliminate unwanted side effects, revision of the patent provisions to prevent end-runs around the license, and further steps toward compatibility with other free software licenses. The FSF has also explicitly asked the community whether the new patent provisions should apply retroactively to the Microsoft-Novell deal."

Feed Top Secret: We're Wiretapping You (wired.com)

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The feds accidentally give a D.C. attorney a classified document showing that the NSA intercepted his phone calls without a warrant. When they ask for it back, they get a $2 million lawsuit along with it. By Ryan Singel.


Robotics

Submission + - AI Evolution

Submitted by
balaciu
balaciu writes: "What we call "Artificial Intelligence" is the next step in evolution after us but because we can not evolve as fast as machines some problems could appear. In the future between us and machines it will be no difference we are both made by matter we are both complex creatures and the machines will be even more complex than us. An inteligent beeing have aspirations and I think that a very complex being is capable of conscience. If the machines will become much more complex and inteligent than us, as I suspect, at this point to keep machines under control it will be like we are closed in cages by monkeys. Maybe in the future...read more"
OS X

Submission + - hotel software for mac os x

Submitted by
Franz Liebkind
Franz Liebkind writes: "My wife and I run a hotel in the Austrian and we are desparately trying to switch our hotel software (reservation / front office management) from windows to mac os x (b/c my wife and i use os x). However, all the systems I have found exclusively run on Windows clients ("because that's what the market demands", so the salesmen say). I would be happy to have the software run on a mac or linux server, but have not found any fitting software. Any suggesions will be highly appreciated! Johannes"
Java

Submission + - IT Mill Toolkit 4.0 beta 2

Submitted by
Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "IT Mill has released the second public beta version of the IT Mill Toolkit 4.0. You can download the Toolkit from IT Mill's website at www.itmill.com.

IT Mill Toolkit is a server-side Java web framework. It includes a variety of components and widgets that help in building complex business web applications in Java(TM) language.

This version includes tested Ajax support for many new browsers. Tested environments include Opera (ver 9, Mac), Konqueror (ver 3, Linux), Camino (ver 1.0.3, Mac), and Nokia Series 60 3rd edition smartphones. Ajax auto-detection has now been tested with non-Ajax browsers including older Internet Explorer versions and Lynx.

All Toolkit components support Ajax-based interaction/rendering and limited web browsers are supported by standard HTML page rendering. This makes IT Mill Toolkit to support almost all the different web browsers in the market today. For technical details and features see: http://www.itmill.com/itmill_toolkit_features.htm

IT Mill Toolkit may be integrated into existing Java EE applications easily. It can also be used in creating rich user interfaces for SOA applications.

IT Mill Toolkit is the fourth generation of IT Mill's web technology. First applications based on this technology have been in production since year 2001 and they are still API-compatible with the new Ajax-generation components.

IT Mill Toolkit can be freely used for evaluation, development and testing purposes as well as small production websites. Furthermore, free licenses are available for educational purposes. All versions include the Java source code.

IT Mill will release the final 4.0 at the AJAXWorld Conference and Expo in New York in March 2007."
Windows

Submission + - Indian reseller discover the cost of MS addiction

Submitted by
the_womble
the_womble writes: "It looks as though Indian resellers have found out the hard way how the Microsoft monopoly works. After decades of being tacitly encouraged to sell pirated copies of Windows, they now find themselves being forced to pay up.

Are people dependent enough on MS for this to work in countries where the cost of a Windows license relative to incomes is several time higher than in developed countries? Will this open more opportunities for FOSS? I live in Sri Lanka, a country where MS backed off from a planned crackdown because even corporate users threatened to switch if they had to pay."
Software

Submission + - Wil Wheaton reviews Linux audio players

Submitted by ForeverFaithless
ForeverFaithless writes: Wil Wheaton has reviewed several popular audio players on Linux, including XMMS, Amarok, and Banshee. Wil comes to the conclusion that Amarok is his favorite of the bunch, stating "I have never loved a music player as much as I love Amarok, and I've never had as much fun flipping through my library and learning more about my favorite artists."

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