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Submission + - New failsafe graphics mode for Ubuntu (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by ianare
ianare writes: Ubuntu Xorg maintainer Bryce Harrington recently demonstrated the BulletProof-X feature that is planned for inclusion in Ubuntu 7.10. It provides a failsafe mode which will ensure that users never have to manually configure their graphics hardware settings from the command line. If Xorg fails to start, the failsafe mode will initiate with minimalistic settings, low resolution, and a limited number of colors. The failsafe mode also automatically runs Ubuntu's new GTK-based display configuration utility so that users can easily test various display settings and choose a configuration that will work properly with their hardware. Features like BulletProof-X deliver tangible usability improvements that contribute to a more positive user experience.
Music

Submission + - Doom and Gloom for web radio (dailytech.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: DailyTech posted interviews with the founder of Pandora and management from Proton Radio (and Proton Music) asking them what SoundExchange's latest rulings mean to them. A lot of net radio stations are dreading the upcoming changes in royalty rates, which are said to be around 400%... a number that would bankrupt most of the industry. An interesting read for anyone who uses online radio...
Media (Apple)

Submission + - Apple Reponds to NBC Leaving iTunes

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amagine
amagine writes: "Apple has released an official press release with reference to NBC leaving iTunes. iTunes Store To Stop Selling NBC Television Shows

"We are disappointed to see NBC leave iTunes because we would not agree to their dramatic price increase... We hope they will change their minds and offer their TV shows to the tens of millions of iTunes customers." Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes commenting on NBC's conditions to renew it's iTunes agreement

Apparently NBC has demanded an increase in the wholesale price of each episode by twice the current amount. Such an increase would have meant a substantial inflation of prices per episode for the iTunes consumer. NBC's current agreement runs out in December of this year. Time will tell if this is merely saber rattling or if NBC will find another medium for selling its episodes as lucrative as iTunes and spur other TV Networks to take similar actions.

NBC currently accounts for 30% of iTunes TV Show sales."
Operating Systems

Submission + - Stealing Versus Sharing (kerneltrap.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: KernelTrap has some fascinating coverage of a recent rift between the OpenBSD developers and the Linux kernel developers. Proponents of the GPL defend their license for enforcing that their code can always be shared. However in the current debate the GPL is being added to BSD-licensed code, thereby preventing it from being shared back with the original authors of the code. Thus, a share-and-share-alike license is effectively preventing two way sharing.

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