Comment Re:Not Impressed (Score 1) 91
There are enough issues that Google has to deal with that are monopoly-related. By getting into hosting, Google would essentially be committing business-suicide.
Comment I'm part of the 50% (Score 3, Funny) 137
I was paid to leave this new comment.
Comment Use Their Own Work (Score 0) 430
See if they've been working on any group projects of their own and try to relate it that way. Then you needn't worry about introducing a new system, rather show how it would work in your world.
My dad was able to explain it to me when I was that young, there's no reason another second grader would be unable to understand the concept.
Calculator Networking With CALCnet and Doors CS 60
KermMartian writes "In an effort to make your trusty graphing calculator more like a computer, a shell called Doors CS has been developed, with an integrated networking stack, CALCnet2.2. The protocol is demonstrated in a nine-calculator pong-type demo, and the many file management, GUI, and other features of Doors CS can be seen at here. All the associated software is available for download."
Debian 6.0 To Feature a Completely Free Kernel 283
dkd903 writes "The Debian Project has announced that the upcoming release — Debian 6.0 'Squeeze' — will have a completely free Linux kernel. This means that the Linux kernel which ships with Debian 6.0 will not have any non-free firmware. The Debian Project has been working on removing the non-free parts since the last two releases. With Squeeze, they are finally realizing that goal."
Oracle Releases MySQL 5.5 263
darthcamaro writes "Two years after Sun released MySQL 5.1, Oracle has picked up the ball with the official release of MySQL 5.5. New features include semi-synchronous replication, InnoDB by default and new SIGNAL/RESIGNAL support for exception handling. Above all, Oracle stressed that they are committed to further MySQL open source development and that they see it as a complementary technology to their proprietary Oracle database."
Submission + - Linux Users: Ask Adobe (omgubuntu.co.uk)
mugetsu37 writes: An Adobe employee has urged Linux users wanting native Creative Suite applications for their OS to submit a 'feature request directly' to the company's engineering team.
Responding on the vote page of a campaign asking for Adobe to port their Creative Suite set of products to Linux, Adobe employee Carey Burgess listed several points of contact users should now use to further the case.
Burgess had previously replied to users voting in the poll, stating that he "understood" why people want to see the design tools made Linux-friendly.
Responding on the vote page of a campaign asking for Adobe to port their Creative Suite set of products to Linux, Adobe employee Carey Burgess listed several points of contact users should now use to further the case.
Burgess had previously replied to users voting in the poll, stating that he "understood" why people want to see the design tools made Linux-friendly.
Internet Usage Catches Up With Television In US 119
Hugh Pickens writes "Joshua Brustein writes that, according to a survey by Forrester Research, the amount of time people spend on the Internet has increased 121 percent over the last five years with Americans now spending as much time using the Internet as they are watching television. And while people younger than 30 years old have spent more time with the Internet than television for several years, Forrester's survey shows that this is the first year that people in older age groups are doing so as well. Forrester's survey also shows a significant increase in the number of people using the Internet to watch streaming video with 33 percent of adults surveyed this year saying they use the Internet to watch video, up from 18 percent in 2007. However the rise of the Internet is not necessarily leading to a drop in television consumption because the Internet, and particularly the mobile Internet, simply creates more opportunities for people to consume media, says analyst Jacqueline Anderson with younger viewers increasingly comfortable with the Internet as the place to watch their television. 'For the younger population, the TV is still important, but where they're getting that content from is changing,' says Anderson. 'For the generations that are coming up, that's where we're going to see the cut.'"
Comment Re:Thoughts on the article... (Score 0) 317
That's really insightful, you should share it with your friends on Facebook
Comment Re:Monster success? (Score 0) 217
Regardless, the point is to donate to charities as well, a plan that is lauded as a success if even handful of people donated. The fact that everyone is getting something out of this is just better.
Submission + - 35 dollars Laptop (localmarkethub.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Indian institute of technology students developed this wonderful laptop in a very less cost, yes its a 35 dollars laptop. Currently it is only used by the students but pretty soon it will be open for sale for all over the world.
Submission + - Wikileaks.org is Back (pcworld.com)
mugetsu37 writes: Wikileaks.org, the whistleblower organization's main Web site, is back up in the U.S. less than 10 days after domain name service provider EveryDNS terminated the domain name, citing stability concerns.
The restored site is now being hosted by Silicon Valley Web Hosting and is using Dynadot, a San Mateo, Calif.-based firm as its registrar and DNS provider, according to Netcraft , an Internet monitoring firm based in the U.K. The site has been up and running since Friday, according to Netcraft.
The restored site is now being hosted by Silicon Valley Web Hosting and is using Dynadot, a San Mateo, Calif.-based firm as its registrar and DNS provider, according to Netcraft , an Internet monitoring firm based in the U.K. The site has been up and running since Friday, according to Netcraft.
Submission + - FBI has IPSEC backdoors in OpenBSD (marc.info)
An anonymous reader writes: A former OpenBSD IPSEC developer has made claims that the FBI instructed a few developers to implement backdoors into the IPSEC code in the kernel, with full knowledge.
Submission + - Allegations of Backdoors in OpenBSD's IPsec Code (marc.info)
Mortimer.CA writes: Theo de Raadt has posted an e-mail to openbsd-tech that he received from Gregory Perry alleging that the FBI paid developers to "implemented a number of backdoors and side channel key leaking mechanisms into the OpenBSD Crypto Framework". Mr. Perry is coming forward now that his NDA with the FBI has expired. The code was originally added ten years ago, and over that time has changed quite a bit, "so it is unclear what the true impact of these allegations are" says Mr. de Raadt.
Comment Wes Crusher (Score 0) 236
Wil Wheaton told me this before Slashdot did
