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After 3 Years, Freenet 0.7 Released 365

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 08, 2008 @04:02PM from the layers-on-layers dept.

evanbd writes "After over 3 years of work, the Freenet Project has announced the release of Freenet 0.7. 'Freenet is software designed to allow the free exchange of information over the Internet without fear of censorship, or reprisal. To achieve this Freenet makes it very difficult for adversaries to reveal the identity, either of the person publishing, or downloading content' ... 'The journey towards Freenet 0.7 began in 2005 with the realization that some of Freenet's most vulnerable users needed to hide the fact that they were using Freenet, not just what they were doing with it. The result of this realization was a ground-up redesign and rewrite of Freenet, adding a "darknet" capability, allowing users to limit who their Freenet software would communicate with to trusted friends.'"

Submission + - Facebook bans users who try to export their data (nyud.net)

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sciurus0

on Friday January 04, 2008 @06:15AM

sciurus0 writes: "Facebook has a tool to let its users scan scan their webmail address books for contacts that are Facebook members, but apparently they aren't keen on letting other services develop similar tools that use data from Facebook. High-profile bloger Robert Scoble's account was disabled when he tested a tool from Plaxo Pulse that tried to match his Facebook friends with Pulse members. Is this hypocritical approach to data portability a good strategy for Facebook to retain it dominance, or will it backfire and drive users elsewhere?"

Submission + - Dell Updates Ubuntu Systems to 7.10 (direct2dell.com)

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sciurus0

on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @02:29AM

sciurus0 writes: "Dell has upgraded their N-series laptops and desktops to Ubuntu 7.10. New additions to their customized install include Adobe's Flash plugin, Nvidia's binary drivers, and Corel's LinDVD, which enables legal playback of encrypted DVDs."

Submission + - Egypt wants to copyright the Pyramids (bbc.co.uk) 2

Submitted by Munchkinguy on Tuesday December 25, 2007 @08:57PM

Munchkinguy writes: The Government of Egypt intends to pass a law that requires people to pay license loyalties whenever they photograph monuments such as the Pyramids of Giza. Zahi Hawass, the chair of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, says that this copyright will apply worldwide and insists that "Even if it is for private use, they must have permission from the Egyptian government".

Submission + - Ruby 1.9.0 Released (ruby-forum.com)

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sciurus0

on Tuesday December 25, 2007 @08:56PM

sciurus0 writes: "The 1.9.0 development version of the Ruby programming language has been released. This version has many changes, including a new virtual machine that provides great speed improvements."

Submission + - MIT Releases Source to Multics (mit.edu)

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sciurus0

on Tuesday November 13, 2007 @02:12AM

sciurus0 writes: "Over 40 years after its creation, MIT has released the source code to the Multics operating system. Designed as a timesharing system that would turn computing power into a utility, Multics was unsuccessful as a commercial product but was wildly influential in the design of future operating systems, including UNIX."

Submission + - Walt Mossberg Reviews Ubuntu (allthingsd.com)

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sciurus0

on Monday September 17, 2007 @01:41AM

sciurus0 writes: "Mainstream technology journalist Walt Mossberg recently reviewed an Inspiron 1420N with Ubuntu installed by Dell. Citing problems such as an oversensitive touchpad and poor multimedia support, he suggests that "from the point of view of an average user, someone who wouldn't want to enter text commands, hunt the Web for drivers and enabling software, or learn a whole new user interface" Ubuntu isn't a good choice compared to Windows or OS X."

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