mr crypto - Slashdot User

Submission + - French Differ with Google on Fair Use (nytimes.com)

Submitted by mr crypto on Friday December 18, 2009 @10:41AM

mr crypto writes: Google Loses in French Copyright Case : From the article: PARIS (Reuters) — A Paris court on Friday found the Internet giant Google guilty of violating copyright by digitizing books and putting extracts online, following a legal challenge by French publishers.

Submission + - MS beats Linux, Google in Michigan govt. (microsoft.com) 1

Submitted by mr crypto on Monday November 23, 2009 @02:55PM

mr crypto writes: MS beats Linux, Google for Michigan Department of Information Technology infrastructure. Article is light on technical details, mentioning "...weren't robust enough and they lacked the full functionality...". Seems like the consolidation of data centers and to a single platform would save money regardless of which was chosen.

Submission + - Woman gets driver's license after 950 tries (bbc.co.uk) 3

Submitted by mr crypto on Friday November 06, 2009 @05:25PM

mr crypto writes: Maybe some things should just not be. They were not totally explicit as to whether she failed the written or the practical. South Korea does have a practical ... right?

Submission + - Multi-touch Mouse (vimeo.com)

Submitted by mr crypto on Wednesday October 14, 2009 @11:51AM

mr crypto writes: Multi-touch mouse allows UI to capitalize on capabilities of human hand.

Slashdot Top Deals