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RealNetworks, Film Industry Headed To Court 173

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 30, 2008 @12:41PM from the in-your-face-film-industry dept.

netbuzz writes "Apparently tired of waiting to be sued by the movie studios over its new DVD-to-PC copying software, RealNetworks this morning announced it will file a preemptive lawsuit in an attempt to authoritatively establish that the product does not infringe on copyright restrictions. Within an hour or so, the Motion Picture Association of America said it would have a litigation announcement of its own this afternoon."

Comment Not Open JDK based (Score 5, Informative) 202

by bafio on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @12:27PM (#21493281) Attached to: Java 6 Available on OSX Thanks to Port of OpenJDK

It is not OpenJDK, but "based on the BSD Port of Sun's Java 6 JDK, and is made available under the Java Research License"

The Unauthorized State-Owned Chinese Disneyland 746

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday May 04, 2007 @12:36AM from the just-like-the-real-thing dept.

rmnoon writes "Apparently Japanese TV and bloggers have just discovered Disney's theme park in China, where young children can be part of the Magic Kingdom and interact with their favorite characters (like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and the Seven Dwarfs). The park's slogan is 'Because Disneyland is Too Far,' and there's even an Epcot-like dome. The only problem? Disney didn't build it, and they didn't authorize it. What's more? It's state-owned!"

New AACS Crack Called "Undefeatable" 554

Posted by kdawson on Thursday May 03, 2007 @11:14AM from the go-ahead-revoke-all-the-keys dept.

Tuoqui writes "With all the focus on the infamous hexadecimal number, people may be ignoring a bigger weakness in the AACS armor, which emerged two weeks ago. Some hackers have figured out how to crack AACS in a way that cannot be defeated, even by revoking all the keys in circulation."

Over 27% of Firefox Patches Come from Volunteers 107

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 16, 2007 @10:23AM from the those-who-make-our-browswer-awesome-be-saluted dept.

dolphinling writes "Everyone is aware that the Mozilla Corporation makes some money, and employs some people now. Google has full-time employees working on Firefox too, as do a number of other places. Yet despite that, in the six months up to Firefox 2 some 27% of the patches to Firefox were submitted by key volunteers, and those patches represent 24% of changes made to the source code. What's more, those numbers only counted contributers with 50 patches or more, so the actual numbers are probably quite a bit higher. It's good to see that even as Mozilla does so well in the business world, it can still keep its ties to the community so strong." They were running these number to find out who they need to start offering support to. So: contribute to Firefox, and you know you'll get a hand up. Nice work, folks.

Microsoft Blasts IBM Over XML Standards 323

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 16, 2007 @09:49AM from the dude-i-am-so-telling-mom dept.

carlmenezes writes "Ars Technica has up an article discussing Microsoft's latest salvo against IBM. Microsoft's open letter to IBM adds fresh ammunition to the battle of words between those who support Microsoft's Open XML and OpenOffice.org's OpenDocument file formats. Microsoft has strong words for IBM, which it accuses of deliberately trying to sabotage Microsoft's attempt to get Open XML certified as a standard by the ECMA. In the letter, general managers Tom Robertson and Jean Paol write: 'When ODF was under consideration, Microsoft made no effort to slow down the process because we recognized customers' interest in the standardization of document formats.' In contrast, the authors charge that IBM 'led a global campaign' urging that governments and other organizations demand that International Standards Organization (ISO) reject Open XML outright."

Submission + - Scientists Dubious of Quantum Claims

Submitted by Dollaz on Friday February 16, 2007 @08:20AM

Dollaz writes: And independent quantum computing researchers said they are dubious of some of the claims made by D-Wave Systems Inc. because the privately held Canadian company has not yet submitted its findings for peer review, a standard step for gaining acceptance in scientific circles

Earth's Constant Hum Explained 336

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 16, 2007 @07:29AM from the global-tinnitus dept.

MattSparkes writes "It has been known for some time that there is a constant hum that emanates from the Earth, which can be heard near 10 millihertz on a seismometer. The problem was that nobody knew what caused it. It has now been shown that it is caused by waves on the bottom of the sea, and more specifically 'by the combination of two waves of the same frequency travelling in opposite directions.'"

Feed $82 For E-Voting Secrets (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 16, 2007 @07:12AM

Five Sequoia electronic voting machines sold at on online auction? $82. A chance for a researcher to dissect the embedded software that the company refused to make public? Priceless. By Kim Zetter.

Feed Bike Racers Gear Up With Geodata (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 16, 2007 @07:12AM

New geolocation devices worn by cyclists in the Amgen Tour of California let you follow the race in your browser. By Michael Calore.

Google Launches Summer of Code 2007 74

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 16, 2007 @05:05AM from the back-once-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like Google has announced that it will be doing Summer of Code again this year. The program looks pretty much the same this year but they have built time into the program schedule for students to get up to speed before they start coding. Nice job, Google."

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