Submission + - Toshiba sues over DVD patents (idg.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "Toshiba has filed suit in a US court against Imation and several manufacturers and distributors of recordable DVD media for the alleged infringement of its patents. Imation and the other defendant companies named in the complaint do not have license agreements covering recordable DVD media with Toshiba or the DVD6C Licensing Group (DVD6C), and have engaged in the import and sale of recordable DVD media in the US without permission, according to Toshiba."
Comment Re:Quality? (Score 1) 95
If they're being edited by John then they will be of the highest quality.
I work in the institute that he founded and know the high regard that he is held in the scientific community.
Comment .god (Score 1) 198
Judging by the amount of money raised for the atheistbus the Humanist Society should by .god to stop the godsquad getting it.
Submission + - BBC Trust backs Linux iPlayer (theregister.co.uk)
jonoton writes: The register is reporting on the meeting between the OSC and the BBC Trust.
From the article:
The BBC Trust had a useful and constructive meeting with the Open Source Consortium. The meeting provided an opportunity to hear the OSC's concerns and explain what action the trust has taken to ensure that the new BBC iPlayer becomes platform neutral as soon as possible.
Officials reiterated that the BBC Trust is fully committed to users of both the Linux and Mac operating systems having full use of the BBC iPlayer. However, the trust is aware that achieving this is dependent on the actions of third parties outside the BBC's control. It was a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that platform neutrality be achieved within a reasonable period.
It remains to be seen how they will deal with the DRM issue...
From the article:
The BBC Trust had a useful and constructive meeting with the Open Source Consortium. The meeting provided an opportunity to hear the OSC's concerns and explain what action the trust has taken to ensure that the new BBC iPlayer becomes platform neutral as soon as possible.
Officials reiterated that the BBC Trust is fully committed to users of both the Linux and Mac operating systems having full use of the BBC iPlayer. However, the trust is aware that achieving this is dependent on the actions of third parties outside the BBC's control. It was a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that platform neutrality be achieved within a reasonable period.
It remains to be seen how they will deal with the DRM issue...
