Feed E-Vote Memo Is a 'Smoking Gun' (wired.com)
Submission + - Hibernate(R) and JBoss(R) ?
popeyethesailor writes: Redhat Legal has been busy of late. They've been sending out C&D letters to several consultants offering training services for Hibernate and JBoss. Apparently, it has to be HIBERNATE(R) Object Relational Mapping Software Training or, as another example, JBoss(R) Application Server Training.
Submission + - Six out of 10 UK businesses have 'no plans' for Vi
Kurtz writes: "UK firms show little enthusiasm for the Windows Vista operating system, with nearly six out of 10 businesses saying they have no plans to deploy it, research has revealed.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operatin g-systems/windows/news/index.cfm?RSS"
Submission + - HDR images in print magazine
okinawa_hdr writes: "This feature, published in one of Japan's largest English language publications, Okinawa Living magazine, uses High Dynamic Range tonemapped images to create a dynamic and visually powerful feature. http://www.johninjapan.com/photography/january-200 7/hdr-in-print.html"
Submission + - ICANN Set To Review Accreditation Policy
tinkertim writes: "ICANN is re-evaluating the scope and purpose of its accreditations , apparently sparked by the recent collapse of garage domain name registrar Registerfly. In a press release dated March 21, 2007, President and CEO of ICANN, Dr Paul Twomey is quoted as saying :
Many new points to be discussed include allowing registrants to view the performance of registrars in an "independent comparative way", as well as new language to allow ICANN to forcibly intercede in the face of wide spread, persistent and consistent complaints. 10 good points for discussion are listed by Dr. Twomey in the release, who invites all ICANN stakeholders to participate in re-evaluating the RAA.
Registerfly, the catalyst for this re-write does not officially lose their accredited status until March 31, 2007, and continues to display the ICANN seal on their web site."
Dr. Twomey is blaming (in part) "weaknesses in the RAA" for severe and undue hardships that many registrants encountered when trying to transfer names away from the failing registrar, Registerfly."What has happened to registrants with RegisterFly.com has made it clear there must be comprehensive review of the registrar accreditation process and the content of the RAA".
Many new points to be discussed include allowing registrants to view the performance of registrars in an "independent comparative way", as well as new language to allow ICANN to forcibly intercede in the face of wide spread, persistent and consistent complaints. 10 good points for discussion are listed by Dr. Twomey in the release, who invites all ICANN stakeholders to participate in re-evaluating the RAA.
Registerfly, the catalyst for this re-write does not officially lose their accredited status until March 31, 2007, and continues to display the ICANN seal on their web site."
Submission + - Duke Nukem 3D Ported to Nintendo DS
An anonymous reader writes: Duke Nukem 3D the excellent
classic first-person shooter developed by 3D Realms and released in 1996, featuring
the adventures of Duke Nukem and his collection of excellent One Liners inc a
Duke Nukem arcade machine where he says "Hmm... don't have time to play with
myself." has now been ported to the Nintendo
DS handheld by Troy Davis , the game is full speed with sound and you can
use the shareware files to relive the classic once more.
Submission + - Oracle's Red Hat support business attracts Yahoo!
prostoalex writes: "Oracle's decision to download copies of Red Hat Linux and sell support for it at consistently lower prices than Red Hat seems to be paying off, as the company announced Yahoo! as one of its prominent customers buying support for Red Hat Linux. What CNET article doesn't mention is that Yahoo!'s core infrastructure runs FreeBSD, so both Oracle and Red Hat are now competing for non-crucial Yahoo! accounts that are unlikely to list thousands and thousands of servers."
Submission + - Open Source Network Monitoring at SCALE 5x
Doctor High writes: "High Mobley's article Open Source Network Monitoring at SCALE 5x he talks about the three big Open Source networking monitoring systems who had booths at last month's Southern California Linux Expo — Zenoss, OpenNMS, and GroundWork. The article gives an overview of each project and it's associated company's business model, as well as a short run down of a few of the interesting features of each project."
Submission + - Gears of War Movie confirmed
An anonymous reader writes: New Line Cinema has acquired the rights to produce a Gears film. Produced by Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey and written by Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy), and aiming at a release in summer 2009.
Story: http://videogames.yahoo.com/newsarticle?eid=509460 &page=0
Story: http://videogames.yahoo.com/newsarticle?eid=50946
Submission + - 3d Graphics, the math everyone should know
holden writes: "Graphics programming is seen as the cool thing by a large number of people. A lot of confusion arises when people attempt to do 3d
graphics programming without the proper mathematical background in basic linear algebra. Christopher Evensen recently gave a talk covering covering the important fundamentals. The math is also
accompanied by a real world programming example (yay 3d astroids!)."
Submission + - Movie pirates want DVD sniffer dogs killed
freedom_india writes: In continuation of the previous story about using sniffer dogs to detect pirated CD and DVDs, it seems two malaysian dogs (flo and Lucky) helped detect and bust a fake DVD ring costing pirates about $3 million.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/pirates-w ant-lucky-and-flo-whacked/2007/03/22/1174153232231 .html
Now, the pirates have put a bounty on the dogs' heads, because "...In Tuesday's raid, the two dogs helped seize a cache of around a million pirated game and movie discs in the southern city of Johor Baru, neighbouring Singapore. At least six people were arrested..."
"The dogs are being given a month's trial by Malaysian officials in a joint effort with the Motion Picture Association, which groups six major Hollywood film companies."
So is this the begining of a a new Dogs era by MPAA?
http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/pirates-
Now, the pirates have put a bounty on the dogs' heads, because "...In Tuesday's raid, the two dogs helped seize a cache of around a million pirated game and movie discs in the southern city of Johor Baru, neighbouring Singapore. At least six people were arrested..."
"The dogs are being given a month's trial by Malaysian officials in a joint effort with the Motion Picture Association, which groups six major Hollywood film companies."
So is this the begining of a a new Dogs era by MPAA?
Submission + - Google's Second-Class Citizens
theodp writes: "Valleywag reports on a new caste system at Google, which will mean compulsory lunch breaks, two additional unpaid 15-minute breaks, limited OT and e-clock punching for those reclassified as hourly workers come April. Could be worse, though. Google also offers gigs through WorkforceLogic (who helped Microsoft deal with pesky permatemps), which comes with a guarantee of unemployment after one year. Guess that's what passes for the Best Employer in the US these days."
The Death of Clippy 179
AppScout interviews Office's Group Program Manager, Jensen Harris on the subject of Office 2007. Harris reveals that Clippy, the bane of all semi-sentient Office users everywhere, is officially dead. The decision apparently revolved not around the passionate hatred for the unfortunate sprite, but simply out of a desire for UI coherency.
Shake Your Umbrella for a Random Song 112
thhamm writes "If you happen to see people wildly shaking and dancing with their white umbrellas in the street, don't call them crazy just yet. They might just be controlling their iPod with an iBrella: "The iBrella is a special umbrella that acts as an iPod interface. One can control the iPod just by his physical interactions with the iBrella." Theres a video of it in action, too. The ideal gadget to use while driving your motorized couch maybe?"
