Comment Which one was the dick? (Score 1) 576
Because having read the initial email and the PR guys follow-ups, both authors came off looking pretty stupid.
Submission + - Desura Linux Client Can be Open Sourced (ubuntuvibes.com)
dartttt writes: "Desura client for Linux may go open source. At the moment, there is only one developer who is working on the client and he shared his thoughts on making Desura Linux client open source in a recent forum post. No decision has been taken yet but he has invited comments from the community and there has been a hugely positive reaction. If all goes well Desura client for Linux can be open sourced eventually"
Submission + - How litigation only spurred on P2P file sharing (itnews.com.au)
littlekorea writes: The growth in peer-to-peer file sharing surged in response to efforts by the content industry to litigate over the past decade, according to a new study by a researcher at Melbourne's Monash University. Dr Rebecca Giblin explains why 'physical world' assumptions don't apply to the online world.
Submission + - The Universe is Ending (lego.com)
CmdrStone writes: The Universe is Ending in the eyes of Lego. Cheap pun I know.
"We are very sad to announce that LEGO Universe will be closing on Janurary 31, 2012. This was a very difficult decision to make, but unfortunately LEGO Universe has not been able to attract the number of members needed to keep the game open. "
Bummer. I enjoyed playing this game with my kids. Open sourcing the game would be nice.
"We are very sad to announce that LEGO Universe will be closing on Janurary 31, 2012. This was a very difficult decision to make, but unfortunately LEGO Universe has not been able to attract the number of members needed to keep the game open. "
Bummer. I enjoyed playing this game with my kids. Open sourcing the game would be nice.
Comment Re:AmigaOS (Score 0) 258
"At this point in history they should be using an emulator on standard hardware. No really."
The writing has been on the wall for PowerPC since before Apple jumped to Intel, but Hyperion and some of the Amiga community still want to believe.
Want to see rabid fanboi's? Post on AmigaWorld or Amiga.org asking why there isn't x86/ARM based Amiga's.
Facebook's Faces Trademark Suit Over Timeline 83
sydneyhype writes "Facebook's recently announced Timeline feature is up against legal action from an online social-scrapbooking company that has been in business since 2008. The company, Timelines.com, filed a trademark-infringement suit yesterday against Facebook, claiming it is to prevent being 'rolled over and quite possibly eliminated by the unlawful action by the world's largest and most powerful social-media company, Facebook.'"
Submission + - Doubts over dark matter (bbc.co.uk) 1
Hope Thelps writes: The BBC is reporting that studies of dwarf galaxies suggest that their formation is inconsistent with the most common theories on dark matter.
Submission + - Court Reinstates $675k File Sharing Verdict (wired.com)
FunPika writes: A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a whopping $675,000 file sharing verdict that a jury levied against a Boston college student for making 30 tracks of music available on a peer-to-peer network. The decision by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a federal judge who slashed the award as “unconstitutionally excessive.” U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner of Boston reduced the verdict to $67,500, or $2,250 for each of the 30 tracks defendant Joel Tenenbaum unlawfully downloaded and shared on Kazaa, a popular file sharing peer-to-peer service. The Recording Industry Association of America and Tenenbaum both appealed in what has been the nation’s second RIAA file sharing case to ever reach a jury. The Obama administration argued in support of the original award, and said the judge went too far when addressing the constitutionality of the Copyright Act’s damages provisions. The act allows damages of up to $150,000 a track.
Comment Re:Premature Celebration (Score 1) 271
"Gaddafi's son Khamis and a group of 10,000 well-trained troops happened to "just disappear" when the rebels got to Tripoli."
Its a trap!
Its a trap!
Submission + - Google Buys Motorola for $12.5 Billion (mashable.com)
mhh91 writes: "Google announced Monday morning that it will acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.
Motorola is one of 39 manufacturers of handsets that use Google’s Android operating system.
Buying a hardware company is an unusual move for Google. The acquisition, Google said in a statement, “will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem.”
Will this strengthen Google's position in the ongoing patent war with Apple and Microsoft?
Motorola is one of 39 manufacturers of handsets that use Google’s Android operating system.
Buying a hardware company is an unusual move for Google. The acquisition, Google said in a statement, “will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem.”
Will this strengthen Google's position in the ongoing patent war with Apple and Microsoft?
Submission + - Google buying Motorola Mobility (google.com)
james.mcarthur writes: Google is buying Motorola Mobility for USD12.5b.
More at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e906bedc-c734-11e0-a9ef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1V6HTRjJh
More at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e906bedc-c734-11e0-a9ef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1V6HTRjJh
Submission + - Google to buy Motorola's cell phone arm (wsj.com)
pesho writes: WSJ reports that Google is about to acquire Motorola Mobility. The deal will not only allow Google to make their own android devices, but will also supply them with a big warches of patents in a field where everybody is sewing everybody else.
Submission + - Prior Art Can Make Apple's iPad Design Invalid (muktware.com)
sfcrazy writes: The heart of the issue is the 'generic/broad' design of a tablet that Apple got approved as EC community design. One may wonder how such a generic design, which cover an entire range of product and overlaps with other already existing products be patented to one single company?
I lot of bloggers like Ken Hess and Apple fans are defending Apple. Ken has defended Apple for patenting the iPad design. The question is how unique is the iPad's design, are there prior arts?
Muktware has gather prior art examples which may make the iPad design patent invalid.
I lot of bloggers like Ken Hess and Apple fans are defending Apple. Ken has defended Apple for patenting the iPad design. The question is how unique is the iPad's design, are there prior arts?
Muktware has gather prior art examples which may make the iPad design patent invalid.
Submission + - New tool lets police find porn on WiFi (katu.com)
katarn writes: The article is a little scant on details, but is touting http://www.flukenetworks.com/enterprise-network/network-testing/AirCheck-Wi-Fi-Tester as a device for police to use in finding WiFi setups engaged in the transfer of child porn. The article tries to give the impression this tool is some great new thing which can singlehandedly track down child porn, but backtracks to state that the police need “a lead on a child predator”, so assuredly the transfer of porn has already been verified by other means, and all the device does is narrow down the location of the device in use. Not to pass this article along as a free advertisement for fluke, but my question to those in the networking field who have used this device is: The writeups present this device as a no-brains method of finding child predators. How easy would it be for someone with actual networking knowledge to trick the device into falsely implicating someone else? There is always the concern that police/judge/jury may blindly accept the apparent evidence presented by a tool like this, even though the details may be more complex than indicated.
Submission + - Sandy Bridge-E CPUs too hot for Intel? (extremetech.com)
MrSeb writes: "Intel’s next consumer CPUs — the Sandy Bridge-E — will ship without a heatsink and fan. These new chips, which will feature up to 15MB of L3 cache and integrated four-channel DDR3 and 32x PCI 3.0 controllers will run very hot — potentially up to 180W TDP. Is Intel unable to cool these extreme chips, or is there another reason for the shift? Curiously, Intel will still offer "sold separately" own-brand cooling solutions for the new chips — so is this merely Intel trying to cut costs for enthusiasts who don't need a stock cooler — or is this the beginnings of Intel branching out into the cooling business?"
