Comment Re:Learning from the past (Score 3, Insightful) 789
So you're saying Apple are actually saving us from vendor lock-in by controlling us? How generous of them.
Comment Re:GPL Violation? (Score 1) 336
"its more open when developers have choices."
Not necessarily so for the user.
Submission + - Duke Nukem Developer 3DRealms shuts down 2
Nick Ives writes: Via ShackNews:
"A very reliable source close to Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms today confirmed to Shacknews that the development studio has shut down.
The closure came about as a result of funding issues, our source explained, with the shut down said to affect both 3D Realms and the recently resurrected Apogee. Employees of both entities have already been let go."
A 3DRealms staff member has confirmed that this story is true. Duke Nukem will no longer be forever!
"A very reliable source close to Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms today confirmed to Shacknews that the development studio has shut down.
The closure came about as a result of funding issues, our source explained, with the shut down said to affect both 3D Realms and the recently resurrected Apogee. Employees of both entities have already been let go."
A 3DRealms staff member has confirmed that this story is true. Duke Nukem will no longer be forever!
Submission + - Pirate Bay admins face jailtime
kauttapiste writes: "A Swedish court has convicted four men linked to the popular Pirate Bay file-sharing site of breaking Sweden's copyright law.
The Stockholm district court sentenced Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, and Carl Lundstrom to one year each in prison.
They were also ordered to pay damages of 30 million kronor ($3.6 million) to a series of entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI and Columbia Pictures."
The defendants are expected to appeal all the way to the highest court if necessary.
The defendants are expected to appeal all the way to the highest court if necessary.
Comment To quote Avy from Snatch: (Score 2, Funny) 363
- Anything to declare?
- Yeah, don't go to England
Comment Re:You Have Stolen From Your Bandmates & the R (Score 1) 672
sounds like a good deal!
Comment futurama (Score 1) 1397
The names of my boxen are:
zoidberg
nibbler
zap
Submission + - Torrentfreak reply to Dutch & British parties (torrentfreak.com)
coretx@gmail.com writes: "http://torrentfreak.com/why_are_the_ifpi_and_bpi_allowed_071024/
Direct link to the press release; http://piratepartyuk.org/press_releases/UK-NL_statement_oink.pdf"
Direct link to the press release; http://piratepartyuk.org/press_releases/UK-NL_statement_oink.pdf"
Submission + - Xorg releases 7.3 (freedesktop.org)
mccaffer writes: Finally X.Org have released the latest version which promises to drastically improve hotplug and on-the-fly output reconfiguration.
See the list of latest features:
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/Releases/7.3
Submission + - AMD/ATi to release graphics specs
Ganesh999 writes: A recent Phoronix article hinted that despite the large number of substantially improved AMD/ATi drivers just released, there was more exciting news in the pipeline.
This seems to have been confirmed at the Linux kernel summit yesterday. From LWN :
'AMD's representative at the summit has announced that the company has made a decision to enable the development of open source drivers for all of its (ATI) graphics processors from the R500 going forward. There will be specifications available and a skeleton driver as well; a free 2D driver is anticipated by the end of the year. The rest will have to be written; freeing of the existing binary-only driver is not in the cards, and "that is better for everybody." Things are looking good on this front. More in the kernel summit report to come.'
General reaction from the kernel developers seems to be positive :
'It's definitely not a 'you're on your own' kind of proposition: this is exactly what was asked for, giving the community all the information it needs to complete a proper driver.'
This seems to have been confirmed at the Linux kernel summit yesterday. From LWN :
'AMD's representative at the summit has announced that the company has made a decision to enable the development of open source drivers for all of its (ATI) graphics processors from the R500 going forward. There will be specifications available and a skeleton driver as well; a free 2D driver is anticipated by the end of the year. The rest will have to be written; freeing of the existing binary-only driver is not in the cards, and "that is better for everybody." Things are looking good on this front. More in the kernel summit report to come.'
General reaction from the kernel developers seems to be positive :
'It's definitely not a 'you're on your own' kind of proposition: this is exactly what was asked for, giving the community all the information it needs to complete a proper driver.'
Submission + - IT Pros are Slackers!
Anonymous writes: In a recent editorial column, CIO Insight executive editor Eric Chabrow writes that despite the perception that IT pros are overworked, "all other professions, save one, work longer hours on average each week than IT workers." The typical full-time computer professional last year averaged 42 hours, 24 minutes per week on the job — at the office, on the road and at home, he says, citing figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"A few readers doubted the data's accuracy because they don't trust anything the government says. Others felt employers intentionally underreported the hours their IT pros worked. But that wasn't the case. The reported hours came from the employees themselves or a family member interviewed by trained government survey takers."
Chabrow believes the numbers "reflect reality, though they could be off a few hours a week."
And the one profession that works fewer hours than IT? "The category that includes educators, trainers and librarians averages the fewest hours on the job, at 41 hours, 18 minutes."
"A few readers doubted the data's accuracy because they don't trust anything the government says. Others felt employers intentionally underreported the hours their IT pros worked. But that wasn't the case. The reported hours came from the employees themselves or a family member interviewed by trained government survey takers."
Chabrow believes the numbers "reflect reality, though they could be off a few hours a week."
And the one profession that works fewer hours than IT? "The category that includes educators, trainers and librarians averages the fewest hours on the job, at 41 hours, 18 minutes."
Submission + - The Islamic republic of New York
ghoul writes: According to this article in New York city the police can arrest you and take away your handycam if you do not have a permit to shoot. Apparently it only happens to brown skinned people. Does this remind you of the Iranian morality police who go around confiscating cameras from white skinned Western visitors. Since when did New York become an Islamic Republic and what happened to freedom of the press? Is it even worth spending blood and money fighting Islamic terror abroad if our own cities are becoming just as fundamentalist?
Submission + - IPv4 unallocated address exhaustion by 2010
An anonymous reader writes: Ars Technica is reporting on how the unallocated IPv4 address pool could run out as soon as 2010. The IPv4 Address Report gives details on just how fast the available pool of IPv4 addresses is diminishing. Will ISPs be moving towards IPv6 any time soon? Or will IPv4 exhaustion become the next Y2K?
Submission + - 10 Most Useless Firefox Extensions
CorinneI writes: "There's a lot to add on to Mozilla's popular browser; some of it's really useful, and the rest of it not so much. Last month, 10 of the most useless and ridiculous extensions were named; this month, there are 10 more. What's special now, though, is that this week Mozilla Technology Strategist (and "Add-ons Guru") Mike Shaver named the top 5, including a Mood Map and a PacMan clone. Sure, you may not use them, but they're a riot just the same."
Submission + - AMD Phenom Processors Debut, Single Chip Quad Core
bigwophh writes: AMD has taken the wraps off their next generation quad-core CPU formerly code-named
Barcelona, now known as the
Phenom FX, Phenom X4 and Phenox X2 family of processors. Interesting
notables are that the chip will have up to 4 HT links and 512KB of L2
cache per core, along with 2MB of shared L3 cache. In addition, word is
that the memory controller has been tweaked for higher performance and support
for 128-bit SSE instructions has been added as well. With a pair of Phenom
quad cores, coupled with the
just launched ATI 2000 series graphics, octa-core systems can be configured
as well in what AMD is calling their FASN8 platform for enthusiasts.
