Comment Law (Score 1) 189
I wonder if someone breaks a law on Mars who do they answer to?
Comment Re:How is this tech/science/... related? (Score 1) 265
If they become Linux developers then sure
Comment Re:And what are you supposed to remotely?? (Score 2) 1134
there's an extension for that
Comment Openelec (Score 1) 241
I received my Raspi a few days ago and the first thing I have tried is running OpenElec to run XBMC and it runs very well. So many things to try not enough time.
Comment Re:Have we learned nothing... (Score 2) 159
All applications with ads ask for those permissions. They don't want to advertise something you can't buy in your own country.
If you don't want that then buy an application with no ads - simple.
Comment Re:Will it run Linux? (Score 1) 53
No it will run Windows and have a battery life of 5 minutes (enough to show the desktop and start bar) and the weight of the table will help you build muscle tone.
Submission + - Oracle sues Google over Android (mercurynews.com)
suraj.sun writes: Oracle said Thursday that it has filed a federal copyright lawsuit alleging that Google's popular Android operating system was built on Oracle's Java software without permission.
Android, which was first released in late 2008, is used by several computer manufacturers as the operating system that runs smartphones and other computing devices. Oracle's lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, accuses Google of infringing on patents and copyrights that Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems earlier this year.
Google had no immediate comment.
But one analyst called the lawsuit surprising because Sun, whose engineers developed Java, decided several years ago to release key elements of the widely used programming language under an open-source license which allows others to use it freely. "Java is essential for Android," said Al Hilwa, a software expert at the IDC research firm. "But a big chunk of Java is open-source. Since Android has been out there for more than a year, most people would have expected they were in compliance with whatever license terms apply."
Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15762198
Android, which was first released in late 2008, is used by several computer manufacturers as the operating system that runs smartphones and other computing devices. Oracle's lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, accuses Google of infringing on patents and copyrights that Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems earlier this year.
Google had no immediate comment.
But one analyst called the lawsuit surprising because Sun, whose engineers developed Java, decided several years ago to release key elements of the widely used programming language under an open-source license which allows others to use it freely. "Java is essential for Android," said Al Hilwa, a software expert at the IDC research firm. "But a big chunk of Java is open-source. Since Android has been out there for more than a year, most people would have expected they were in compliance with whatever license terms apply."
Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15762198
Comment Good move (Score 1) 217
Cisco want to be more than just routing and switching and need to stay relevant with all the new ways/devices which connect to the corporate network/cloud. I think this is a good move for them.
If this device is:
Reasonably Priced
Easy to buy
Easy to use
Gets the tick from Security
then - I want.
Comment Re:why buy WoG through Steam, instead of NOT throu (Score 1) 572
One word - convenience. You should really try Steam, it is awesome.
Comment Bing in by stealth (Score 1) 317
I wonder if Bing will find its place in companies desktop SOE through the transition between Windows XP and Windows 7. Most companies will lock down the desktops pretty tight, so depending on how your IT department feels you may not get a choice of what search engine you use.
There may even be incentives to do this... I hope not.
Comment Ubuntu (Score 1) 113
So Lucid users can look forward to using Bing as the default search engine.
Comment Re:Mac (Score 2, Insightful) 326
Please sir can we have a Linux version too!!
Comment Lame (Score 1, Funny) 165
Rick Rolling is so last year....
Comment Re:changes (Score 1) 174
does that mean you have no friends too?
Comment haha Nokia n900 fanbois (Score 1) 308
Linus hates you and your evil phone (im joking)
