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Submission + - 64-bit Adobe Flashplayer alpha released! (adobe.com)

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Per Wigren

on Monday November 17, 2008 @03:57AM

Per Wigren writes: "Today is the day when hell froze over. Adobe Labs released an alpha version of a 64-bit version of Flashplayer 10 for Linux! According to the FAQ, they "expect to provide native support for 64-bit platforms in an upcoming major release of Flash Player". Coming up: Duke Nukem Forever."

Submission + - Movie producer thanks bittorrent community

Submitted by on Wednesday December 05, 2007 @05:50AM

An anonymous reader writes: After a DVD screener of the indie movie "Jerome Bixby's The Man from Earth" was ripped and put online, it generated so much attention that the producer sent an email thanking the community for the publicity (also here). They are now encouraging people to download the movie and to donate money.

Submission + - Sun promises prizes to boost open source effort

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e5rebel

on Wednesday December 05, 2007 @04:55AM

e5rebel writes: "Sun Microsystems will today (5 December) release details of a new award program meant to spur growth and activity within the company's open-source efforts, according to a post by Sun's open-source officer, Simon Phipps, on his corporate blog. Are they finally acting on their statements at Java One that open source is Robin Hood in reverse — cash strapped programmers contributing code to rich corporations, or is it an attempt to subvert the open source ethos? http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operating-systems/nix/news/index.cfm?newsid=6517"

Submission + - EPO staff lose faith in their masters (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @09:38AM

An anonymous reader writes: According to a leaked document referenced in this article, the examiners of the European Patent Office (EPO) have lost all faith in their own governing bodies. Quotes like "it seems the EPO is involved in a political bunfight of such gargantuan proportions it is astonishing that anyone has time to examine any patents" seems to explain a lot...

Submission + - ATI committed to fixing its problems with OSS

Submitted by

Sits

on Thursday May 10, 2007 @03:02AM

Sits writes: "While talking about the Red Hat summit Chris Blizzard mentions how an ATI marketing spokesman was on stage. The spokesman said ATI knows it has a problem with open source and is committed to fixing it. Does this mean ATI will finally resolve alleged agpgart misappropriation, fast track the release of open source 2D drivers on its latest cards while releasing specifications for its mid-range cards or is ATI only concerned with fixes to its binary driver to maintain feature parity with competitors?"

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