Comment Re:1200 UTC? (Score 5, Funny) 67
Their website states 1500 UTC too.
So its one of those rare occasions where there is an error in the summary.
Comment Majorly confused now (Score 2, Funny) 250
Diamond isn't a metal.
Comment AGPL (Score 5, Informative) 246
This is an unforeseen hole in the bulletproof Gandhi mechanism, so I foresee a quick "GPL V3.1" to close this.
It already exists. It is called AGPL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGPL/
Submission + - IPv6 Grows 1,400% in Last 12 Months (due to P2P) (arbornetworks.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A new study of 110 ISPs finds (for the first time) significant growth in Internet IPv6 traffic. But in results undoubtedly disappointing for IPv6 evangelists, the traffic is mostly uTorrent IPv6 P2P.
The same researchers reported vanishingly small levels of IPv6 last year.
Submission + - Tolkien Trust Okays Hobbit Movie
saudadelinux writes: Last year, the Tolkien Trust which administers JRR's estate, bellowed stentoriously, "Youuuu shall not make The Hobbit!" and sued New Line Cinema for "a reported $220m (£133m) in compensation, based on breach of contract and fraud." New Line, chastened, has settled for an undisclosed sum of money. The Trust has given its blessing to New Line for Guillermo del Toro to film "The Hobbit" and for New Line to make other films based on Tolkien's work. Much rejoycing!
Submission + - Linux patch to circumvent Microsoft's FAT patent 2
ariefwn writes: "A Linux developer has published a new kernel patch that provides a workaround to avoid Microsoft's patents on the FAT filesystem. The patch, which has undergone extensive legal review by patent lawyers, could make it possible to use FAT on Linux without having to pay licensing fees to Microsoft."
Submission + - Ray Ozzie says Google Wave 'anti-web' (theregister.co.uk) 1
TropicalCoder writes: "Ray Ozzie says Google Wave 'anti-web'. In the the video he complains about its complexity in relation to Microsoft's Live Mesh. He says "If you have something, that by its very nature is very complex, with many goals ... then you need open source to have many instances of it because nobody will be able to do an independent implimentation of it." That's its weakness to Ozzie, apparently — that this complexity that can only be overcome by open source. While he heaps high praise on the Google team that came up with this, he feels that the advantage of Microsoft's approach is that "...by decomposing things to be simpler, you don't need open source." While I can see how it would be an advantage to Microsoft to maintain things as closed source, I would accept complexity to keep things open. What approach do you feel is better?"
Comment Re:Writer (Score 1) 284
Mandriva 2009, which was released last week, already includes a very late release candidate and then will soon provide the update to the final release. Source
Submission + - Most americans have false sense of online security (net-security.org) 1
BaCa writes: More than half of computer users who think they are protected against online threats like spyware, viruses and hackers actually have inadequate or no online protection, according to an independent research study conducted for Verizon. While 92 percent of participants thought they were safe, the scans revealed that 59 percent were actually vulnerable to a variety of online dangers. Ninety-four percent of those surveyed said they would find it helpful to be able to diagnose or check their online security status on a regular basis to make sure their PCs were safe.
Submission + - Microsoft shuts down Santa for being naughty (kirotv.com)
Josh Fink writes: "While Santa might know if you are naughty or nice, but what do you do when Santa is naughty to you over Windows Live Messenger and encourages you to talk about oral sex? Thats right folks. Once again Microsoft has encouraged kids all around the world to speak to Santa again this year via Northpolelive.com, however this time, Santa has had his AI beefed up it seems. From the article: "Microsoft's holiday cheer soured this week when a reader of a United Kingdom-based technology news site, The Register, reported that a chat between Santa and his underage nieces about eating pizza prompted Santa to bring up oral sex." I am beginning to wonder if Microsoft ever bothered to do a QA test, or check words in its Santa response database."
Submission + - Microsoft finally announce IE8 (msdn.com)
dave writes: "After many months of silence on the IE blog, Microsoft have finally announced IE8, they've not yet mentioned any details, just the name and the fact that they're working on it. Al Billings, the person behind the frequent IE7 blogging, now works for Mozilla and has been frequently critical of the IE teams silence."
Submission + - Anti-p2p Tactics Revealed in Leaked Emails (arstechnica.com)
Keeper Of Keys writes: Nearly 700MB of MediaDefender emails have been harvested from an employee's gmail account, revealing, among other things, the anti-p2p company's culpability for the MiiVi filesharing "honeypot" exposed by TorrentFreak in July, with which they have denied thir involvement. The emails, which include correspondence with clients such as Sony/BMG, have been circulated via bittorrent by a group called MediaDefender-Defender, and have now also been posted online for easy reading, ahead of the presumably imminent entrapment lawsuit.
Submission + - Microsoft loses EU appeal
rcasha2 writes: Microsoft has lost its appeal against the EU fine of almost 500m / $700m. Microsoft could still appeal again at the European Court of Justice. More important than the fine, however, is the confirmation of the ruling that Microsoft must share with competitors information needed for interoperability. This ruling could have an effect on such products as Samba, email clients etc.
Submission + - Microsoft vs European Commission: 0-1 (theregister.co.uk)
Depsidee writes: "Microsoft has lost its appeal against European Commission charges of anti-competitive behaviour.
Bo Vesterdorf the softly spoken retiring judge of the Court of First Instance led the judges into the Luxembourg courtroom and invited everyone to sit. He quickly and quietly delivered the verdict, stood and led the judges out again some six minutes later.
The Court found that Microsoft had indeed failed to supply competitors with sufficient information to allow servers to interoperate effectively. It found Microsoft failed to show that these APIs were intellectual property or that giving them away would have a negative impact on its ability to innovate.
On the bundling of Windows Media Player with its operating system the Court of First Instance again upheld the Commission's stance. It ruled that Microsoft had not shown justification for bundling its Media Player to original equipment manufacturers.
Following the original decision Microsoft had to agree to the imposition of a trustee to oversee the company and check it was complying with court demands. A short list was drawn up and Professor Neil Barrett appointed. But the Court of First Instance ruled that this was an obligation too far. Therefore the court annuled the imposition of a trustee.
On the issue of the 497m fine the Court ruled that the Commission was justified in "assessing the gravity and duration of the infringement and did not err in setting the fine".
Microsoft has two months to appeal the decision based on a point of law."
Bo Vesterdorf the softly spoken retiring judge of the Court of First Instance led the judges into the Luxembourg courtroom and invited everyone to sit. He quickly and quietly delivered the verdict, stood and led the judges out again some six minutes later.
The Court found that Microsoft had indeed failed to supply competitors with sufficient information to allow servers to interoperate effectively. It found Microsoft failed to show that these APIs were intellectual property or that giving them away would have a negative impact on its ability to innovate.
On the bundling of Windows Media Player with its operating system the Court of First Instance again upheld the Commission's stance. It ruled that Microsoft had not shown justification for bundling its Media Player to original equipment manufacturers.
Following the original decision Microsoft had to agree to the imposition of a trustee to oversee the company and check it was complying with court demands. A short list was drawn up and Professor Neil Barrett appointed. But the Court of First Instance ruled that this was an obligation too far. Therefore the court annuled the imposition of a trustee.
On the issue of the 497m fine the Court ruled that the Commission was justified in "assessing the gravity and duration of the infringement and did not err in setting the fine".
Microsoft has two months to appeal the decision based on a point of law."
Submission + - Microsoft loses EU appeal (bbc.co.uk)
Neuticle writes: From the BBC: "Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro (£343m; $690m) fine imposed by the European Commission in a long-running competition dispute.
