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Lumenary7204 writes:
According to the Boston Globe, Ade Oyegbola, founder of a Nigerian-based consulting firm called Lagos Analysis Corp., is suing the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in Nigeria for allegedly ripping off "his multilingual keyboard design." The Konyin keyboard is patented in Nigeria and contains punctuation used by many Nigerian languages. Oyegbola also plans to sue the OLPC Foundation in the United States for copyright infirngement unless it forks over royalties. He claims Nicholas Negroponte, of MIT Media Lab fame, purchased the keyboard under agreement to not reverse-engineer the device, replicated its design, then "made it [the software] open source for all the world to see."
I guess nobody would cash any of his checks here in the U.S., so he wants to cash some of ours...
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Lumenary7204 writes:
According to this blog entry over at ZDNet by Dana Blankenhorn, Likewise Software (formerly Centeris) has developed a product to allow Linux users and workstations to authenticate to Active Directory using RPC, Microsoft's ubiquitous native COM implementation. "Why not just use LDAP," you ask? Because according to Barry Crist, CEO of Likewise, Active Directory is so wrapped up in RPC code that it "would cost Microsoft pain to change, just as much as it would us..." More detailed information from Likewise Software.
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Lumenary7204 writes:
Austin Modine atThe Register reports the Internet2 Consortium has completed upgrades that bring the research and education backbone to 100Gbps on each network segment. Each segment currently carries ten multiplexed 10Gbps connections, but additional wavelengths can be allocated on demand, bumping the potential aggregate bandwidth to 1Tbps or more. The enhanced Internet2 runs on Dynamic Circuit Network (DCN) technology and is being developed in conjunction with Level 3, Ciena and Juniper. Anticipated applications include the development of virtual surgery techniques and providing short- and long-term direct links to supercomputing facilities. No Halo 3, however...
