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Submission + - SCO Wanted To Gag Torvalds

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Documents filed by IBM on Friday contain a copy of a letter from SCO to IBM's lawyers which state that they tried to keep Linus Torvalds from making disparaging public statements about SCO. The company also tried to silence Eben Moglen, a Columbia University professor who, until this month, was a director of the Free Software Foundation, and Eric Raymond, a controversial open-source advocate, saying they claimed to be IBM consultants.
Biotech

Submission + - A pill that makes women slimmer and hornier

Submitted by The Great Pretender
The Great Pretender writes: The BBC reports that scientists are developing a pill which could boost women's libido and reduce their appetite. The hormone-releasing pill has so far only been given to female monkeys and shrews who displayed more mating behavior and ate less. The team from the Medical Research Council's Human Reproduction Unit in Edinburgh believe a human version could be available within a decade. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6606927.stm. I was married to a shrew once...
Music

Submission + - RIAA claims ownership of all artists' royalties

Submitted by ISurfTooMuch
ISurfTooMuch writes: With the furor over the impending rate hike for Internet radio stations, wouldn't a good solution be for them to simply not play RIAA-affiliated labels' music and focus on independent artists? Sounds good, except that the RIAA's affiliate organization SoundExchange claims it has the right to collect royalties for any artist, no matter if they have signed with an RIAA label or not. You can read all about it over at Daily Kos, including excerpts from the SoundExchange Web site. It's amazing how the RIAA looks more and more like the Mafia each day.
Microsoft

Submission + - 30% Of Businesses Won't Ever Upgrade To Vista

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: According to a new survey from InformationWeek, 30% of business surveyed said they had no plans to upgrade their systems to Windows Vista — not ever. On the plus side for Microsoft, one quarter of the 612 survey respondents said they were already using the new OS, 13% said they would do so in the next 12 months, and 27% said their companies would adopt Vista more than a year from now. "While security enhancements remain the primary reason for companies to adopt Windows Vista, concerns about compatibility and cost are still out there," reported survey author Lisa Smith. Does this indicate that Microsoft's hype about unprecented sales of Vista is way out of whack with what people are actually planning, and that application compatibility is the big stumbling block?
Databases

Submission + - MySQL hits $50 million revenue, plans IPO

Submitted by
Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "SANTA CLARA, Calif. — MySQL, purveyor of the open-source database of the same name, is on the road to becoming a publicly traded company, bolstered by $50 million in revenue in 2006.

"It's still in the pipeline," Chief Executive Marten Mickos said of the plan to hold an initial public offering of his company's stock. He declined to discuss when the company planned to go public, but said, "We're making good progress, doing all the things we need to get done."

"We're not trying to eat Oracle's lunch. We're trying to eat their dessert." — Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL

http://news.com.com/MySQL+hits+50+million+revenue% 2C+plans+IPO/2100-7344_3-6179290.html?tag=nefd.top "
Microsoft

Submission + - Vista Beta and RC's set tp expire

Submitted by AlHunt
AlHunt writes: According to Computerworld.com Beta and Release Candidate versions of Vista will begin rebooting every 2 hours on June 1.

Apparently, the only way to retain your current settings is to pay $295.00 to MS:

The only in-place upgrade route — one that retains the settings, applications, and data as-is — is from Vista RC1 using a copy of the $259 Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade. Users running either Beta 2 or RC2 can upgrade to Ultimate, but they must do a "clean install," a process that overwrites the hard drive and destroys all data on it.


High price to pay for the privilege of being a MS Beta Tester, I think.
Google

Submission + - Google Tops Microsoft as Most Visited Site

Submitted by ack154
ack154 writes: The SF Chronicle has a story on Google surpassing Microsoft as the world's most visited website for the month of March. Google's 258 million unique visitors narrowly edged out Microsofts 257 million. Also mentioned in the same article is a report claiming Google has become 2007's Most Powerful Brand; beating out Microsoft again, as well as GE and Coca-Cola.
Enlightenment

Submission + - You don't have to be smart to be rich

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to make a lot of money, according to a nationwide study that found people of below average intelligence were, overall, just about as wealthy as those in similar circumstances but with higher scores on an IQ test. Furthermore, a number of extremely intelligent people stated they had gotten themselves into financial difficulty. The one financial indicator in which the study found it paid to be smart was income. Those with higher IQ scores tended to get paid more than others. "People don't become rich just because they are smart," said Jay Zagorsky, author of the study and a research scientist at Ohio State University 's Center for Human Resource Research in a statement. "Your IQ has really no relationship to your wealth. And being very smart does not protect you from getting into financial difficulty." http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1451 0"
Nintendo

Submission + - Nintendo Themed House

Submitted by prankstar008
prankstar008 writes: The Frat Guys at Carnegie Mellon University have built aa Nintendo themed fun house. The house, which is an impressive work of art, features such games as Mario Kart, Duck Hunt, and Zelda.
Slashdot.org

Submission + - What should I ask Slashdot?

Submitted by
TodMinuit
TodMinuit writes: "Dearest Slashdot: Recently, I've wanted to ask Slashdot something. Unable to come up with a question myself, I thought who better to ask what I should ask Slashdot than Slashdot itself? Surely the very people answering the question are quite capable of coming up with one. So, Slashdot, what should I ask Slashdot?"
Security

Submission + - Digg.com Accounts Compromised

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: There is a cross-site scripting vulnerbility on the registration page of popular social networking site Digg.com. The hole allows cookies and sessions of logged-in users to be hijacked, compromising the account. The exploit can be triggered simply by a user clicking a maliciously-crafted link. A full explanation and sample exploit code is available here

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