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LingNoi writes:
Blender's project Apricot has begun work on creating the first open source commerical title scheduled for release on Windows, Linux and Mac platforms. The project is being funded by the Blender and Crystal Space communities in an effort to address the problems that professionals face in the games industry with regards to using Blender 3d and Crystal Space engine.
Discussions have already begun on improvements that can be made on the blender forums.
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LingNoi writes:
A few days ago the project Apricot, officially began. Apricot is a Blender foundation funded project to produce a professional quality game to help improve the game creation process in Blender 3D and the Crystal Space engine.
The first piece of news is that they are taking advanced pre-orders of Apricot. Details on what type of game is being produced is not known yet, but what is known is that Apricot will be an open source and open content game that will run on Linux, Mac and Windows.
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LingNoi writes:
A man in Korea, was found dead at his workplace Wednesday morning and his mobile phone battery was melted in his shirt pocket.
No one knows for sure yet but a doctor who examined the body said, "He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken"
We have heard of other dangerous battery products here on Slashdot. Is this going to be the first in a long line of deaths for the future?
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LingNoi writes:
Is Vista and Office 2007 an attempt to kill interoperability?
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LingNoi writes:
The governments new epetition system has received a response from the prime minister with regard to their current stand on software patents in the UK....
"The Government remains committed to its policy that no patents should exist for inventions which make advances lying solely in the field of software."
Another response on a petition of open source software use in the government was also released which explains the governments stance on open standards.
