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Wine

DirectX 10 Coming To Linux and Mac 152

Posted by Soulskill from the work-in-progress dept.
twickline writes "Jeremy White posted the 2009 roadmap for Crossover, and wrote, 'We've just shipped a lot of those "under the hood" improvements for games out in CrossOver Games 7.2. We're really pushing Direct X 9 support pretty far along, and getting ready to move on Direct X 10. ... In addition to our normal work of broadening and deepening our application support in Wine, we're going to try to dramatically improve the CrossOver GUI itself. First, the Linux version will get a fresh new look. But both versions are going to get an interface that we hope will bring the power of the Compatibility Center right into the installation view. The key idea is to make it easier to distill the gathered wisdom on unsupported applications and make it far easier to use.'"

Comment Google == Skynet (Score 1) 214

by sinthetek (#22513732) Attached to: Google to Begin Storing Patients' Health Records
Don't let them Terminate you! (...or alternative technologies or your privacy) Keep your shit decentralized, especially sensitive/private information. "Don't put all of your eggs in one basket" ---mitigates basket dropping AND egg overflow (read: "adds fault-tolerance/redundancy AND malicious activity" with regards to info systems)
The Internet

Submission + - Time Warner Cable to Test Tiered Bandwidth Caps (arstechnica.com)

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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes: "According to a leaked internal memo, Time Warner Cable is testing out tiered bandwidth caps in their Beaumont, TX division as a way to fairly balance the needs of heavy users against the limited amount of shared bandwidth cable can provide. The plan is to offer various service tiers with bandwidth fees for overuse, as well as a bandwidth meter customers can use to help them stay within their allotment. If it works out, they will consider a nation-wide rollout. Interestingly, the memo also claims that 5% of subscribers use over 50% of the total network bandwidth."
Robotics

Submission + - Monkey Controls Robot Using Only its Mind 1

Submitted by joejor
joejor writes: Not as frightening as a telekinetic monkey but just as awesome: a monkey in North Carolina managed to make a robot all the way in Japan walk using only the power of its mind. The monkey's brain activity made the humanoid robot walk using a really complicated system of sensors and networks. This marks the first time that brain activity has been used to make a robot walk. Read all about it here.
Microsoft

Submission + - Is Microsoft Charging JVC For Linux Use?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft has signed a patent cross-licensing deal with JVC, under which the balance of payments flows toward Microsoft. The companies aren't releasing details, but Microsoft has previously signed Linux "protection" agreements with Linux users or distributors like Samsung, Novell, Xandros and others under which Microsoft gets paid in exchange for not suing. Microsoft, of course, has claimed that Linux violates 42 of its patents. So the thinking is that JVC may be paying Microsoft to use Linux. InformationWeek in a story about the deal notes that JVC uses Linux in its streaming video networking gear and other products.
Upgrades

Submission + - None more black 2

Submitted by toxcspdrmn
toxcspdrmn writes: Bad news for Spinal Tap fans. The BBC reports that researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, have produced the darkest known material by manufacturing "forests" of carbon nanotubes. This forms a surface that absorbs or scatters 99.9% of all incident light.
Security

Submission + - Personal encryption tested in U.S. District Court 1

Submitted by Senior Frac
Senior Frac writes: A U.S. District Court is reviewing a case where a man has refused to give his encryption password over to authorities. This individual, from Vermont, is accused of having child porn on his laptop and is refusing to hand over his encryption password. His defense is one of self-incrimination. This ruling is one that is important beyond the child porn aspect into other, less onerous, cases, so I would encourage everyone to look past the scumbag defendant and at our own data.
SuSE

Submission + - ThinkPads Now Shipping with SLED 10 (geek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: For the first time ever the ThinkPad is available with Linux preinstalled. Today Lenovo started to roll out ThinkPads with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 on select T61 and R61 models. The company is touting SUSE's security and stability as well as it's lower total cost of ownership over that other operating system. Lenovo's Linux-equipped notebooks will not be any cheaper than Windows models though as Lenovo will be offering direct support for buyers.
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Memory goes multicore (eetimes.com)

Submitted by DJ_X-man
DJ_X-man writes: An independant cryptanalyst

claims to have found the solution to memory bottlenecks in multicore microprocessor systems. By integrating a smart controller next to the RAM chip, it should be possible to provide parallel access for several hundred concurrent processes. The design is supposedly possible to implement in RAM as well as non-volatile RAM, potentially increasing the speed in solid state drives as well. Could this be the groundbreaking technology that will skyrocket the performance of multicore processors?
Transportation

Submission + - Aptera, yet another electric car.

Submitted by cabazorro
cabazorro writes: Behold, another stab at the electric car: The Aptera. http://www.aptera.com./ There is an electric version and the hybrid version. Using a hybrid engine it averages 230 MPG. The electric is here. Well it has been on an off for 2 decades or more. It is way overdue. It is time for the US. Government to wean consumers from fossil fuel. Will this be it?
United States

Submission + - Constitution Visitors Expelled for Caps/T-Shirts (opednews.com)

Submitted by wonkavader
wonkavader writes: "On Jan 12, members of John Niremberg's impeachment march (which started over a month ago in Boston) were either denied entry to or expelled from the National Archives for wearing clothing printed with the articles of the Constitution concerning impeachment."

The National Archives bars or boots people with parts of the constitution printed on T-Shirts? Yikes. The excuse used was that the Archives security should prevent protests in the Archives, but clearly, the people were expelled because of who they were, not what they did (which was apparently nothing other than get in line to see the Constitution). Does a national resource have the right to expel anyone based on political leanings? (The audio referenced is a little shrill, but has some interesting details.)

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