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Submission + - The Reddit Invasion... (sortable.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @05:28PM

An anonymous reader writes: Since Reddit launched in 2005 it has grown to become one of the largest and most loved news/content aggregators in the world. A treasure trove of sub cultures and memes for users of all interests and a very supportive community are all part of the special sauce that makes Reddit so successful. The team at Sortable is a big fan of the site and have spent countless hours exploring different content on Reddit. We looked at what makes Reddit so special, from their history, community, generous redditors, and different types of redditors to put together this infographic.

Submission + - Freedom of Speech at risk in Italy, again (wikipedia.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @03:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: Another attempt by the italian government to censor the internet.
A new law says that is enough to feel offended by any content, to have it deleted or replaced by a "correction" chosen by the offended; this has resulted in Wikipedia threatening to delete all its italian contents in order to comply.

Submission + - Google To Drop Support For H.264 In Chrome 1

Submitted by Steve on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @05:42PM

Steve writes: oogle just made a bold move in the HTML5 video tag battle: even though H.264 is widely used and WebM is not, the search giant has announced it will drop support for the former in Chrome. The company has not done so yet, but it has promised it will in the next couple of months. Google wants to give content publishers and developers using the HTML5 video tag an opportunity to make any necessary changes to their websites.

Here's the current state of HTML5 video: Microsoft and Apple are betting on H.264, while Google, Mozilla, and Opera are rooting for WebM. Although Internet Explorer 9 supports H.264, excluding all other codecs, Microsoft says it is making an exception for WebM, as long as the user installs the corresponding codec. Google developed WebM, but made an exception for H.264, until today's announcement. Meanwhile, Mozilla and Opera refuse to provide support for H.264 because the H.264 patent license agreement isn't cheap.

http://www.techspot.com/news/41936-google-to-drop-support-for-h264-in-chrome.html

Oracle Sues Google For Infringing Java Patents 510

Posted by timothy on Friday August 13, 2010 @07:55AM from the here-we-go dept.

Bruce Perens writes "Oracle has brought a lawsuit against Google claiming that Google has infringed patents on the Java platform in Android. Scribd has a copy of the complaint. But there's a patent grant that should allow Google to use Java royalty-free. Has Google failed to meet the terms of the grant?"

Submission + - Oracle sues Google over Android and Java (cnet.com)

Submitted by prone2tech on Friday August 13, 2010 @07:19AM

prone2tech writes: Oracle is dipping into Sun's patent portfolio, and using it against Google in it's "buy once sue anywhere" strategy to keep Java from fragmenting in the mobile device space. Because Google's Java implementation for Android isn't part of the Java Community Process (JCP) that Sun established in 1999 to oversee the development of new Java features, all Android mobile devices don't support the same Java features established by the JCP. Essentially Google is attempting to do to Java in the mobile device space what Microsoft tried to do to Java in the desktop space back in 1997. What's next for Google, G++?

Comment Maybe not much is happening (Score 1) 1

by flimm on Monday August 09, 2010 @02:11PM (#33192324) Attached to: Linux Stories Buried on Social Networking Sites?

I was listening to the Linux Action Show podcast, and their take on it was that there was simply not as much news about desktop Linux as there once was. Android, though, is getting a lot of press, as well as searches, according to Google trends.

Submission + - Linux Stories Buried on Social Networking Sites? (computerworld.com) 1

Submitted by Hugh Pickens on Monday August 09, 2010 @10:56AM

Hugh Pickens writes: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes on Computerworld that those who follow Social Networking sites have long known that sites like Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon are susceptible to external gaming. "In early 2009, new popular Linux stories would pop up every day or two on Digg. By mid-2010, Linux stories on Digg became popular only once every week or so. Why? Has everyone who once interested in Linux suddenly vanished? Have people stopped writing about Linux?" writes Vaughan-Nichols. "The only explanation I can come up with is that Linux stories are getting down-voted on a regular basis on Digg these days. Who's doing this? In whose best interest is it to make it appear that there's little interest in Linux?"

Comment But is it caused by humans? (Score 1, Interesting) 1657

by flimm on Thursday July 29, 2010 @12:49PM (#33071154) Attached to: Global Warming 'Undeniable,' Report Says

I thought the issue wasn't whether climate change was happening, but whether it was artificial or natural.

Comment Re:Religious Viewers= $ (Score 1) 955

by flimm on Monday May 24, 2010 @10:12AM (#32322916) Attached to: <em>Lost</em> Ends

sci-fi != scientific

Comment Diaspora (Score 5, Informative) 363

by flimm on Sunday May 09, 2010 @09:27AM (#32146438) Attached to: A Call For an Open, Distributed Alternative To Facebook

Diaspora is a project that aims to be that open and distributed alternative. The four students and graduates that started it have already managed to raise $16k to work on it this summer.

Comment Re:So many things wrong with the article (Score 0, Flamebait) 692

by flimm on Sunday April 04, 2010 @06:22PM (#31727502) Attached to: Science Attempts To Explain Heaven

the hostility comes from all the choices religous groups take away from us, forcing their faith on us all. stem cell research? can't have that. abortion? can't have that.

instead of just letting people live their lives, their faith forces them to interfer.

People can't live their lives if they're being aborted.

Comment Avast history (Score 1) 896

by flimm on Thursday March 18, 2010 @02:49PM (#31526092) Attached to: What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows?

You always had to register for the free version of Avast, and re-register every six months.

Comment Re:you will lose this argument every time. (Score 1) 1252

by flimm on Friday February 12, 2010 @06:24PM (#31120656) Attached to: Texas Textbooks Battle Is Actually an American War

Sorry, I'm afraid that just doesn't cut it. Even if you refuse to argue with them because you're expecting them not to listen, name calling is not justified. Or absurd generalisations.

Comment Free SSL certificates (Score 2, Interesting) 275

by flimm on Thursday January 14, 2010 @05:53AM (#30762170) Attached to: Gmail Moves To HTTPS By Default

There is a free certificate authority: http://www.cacert.org/ . Unfortunately, it's not "official", but the root certificate is installed by default on a lot of free systems. (see ca-certificates package in Debian) I'm sure slashdot users are techy enough to understand it.

Comment Re:That Ices Open Systems for Me (Score 1) 515

by flimm on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @06:20PM (#30757196) Attached to: Google.cn Attack Part of a Broad Spying Effort

I like companies that think "do no evil" is good for business. We should have more of them.

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