Comment Re:Duh it's the money stupid (Score 1) 408
everything except... i don't know, follow the rules for Mozilla's Addon policy? Everything except act as malware?
Comment Re:Personally, I couldn't care less. (Score 5, Insightful) 408
i'm not so much concerned about what money who makes from what as I am as extensions, without ample notification, acting as malware against other software/extensions i have installed in order to make a buck.
I moved to linux long ago b/c i was tired of having to run scans once a week. I switch to FF b/c i prefered a more secure browser (made even more secure by extensions). Now basically, this guy, has managed to get malware in both firefox and linux. Seriously, total douchebag move.
Comment Re:Timeline of events (Score 1) 2
the sheer fact that the noscript dev acted in this fashion is unforgivable. security problems be damned, there will be no more noscript on my site.
Since it's gpl'd hopefully someone will fork it from this asshole.
Comment normally.... (Score 1) 1
i'd be making some tin foil hat joke at this point but all i'm left with is my jaw dropped.
Comment Re:And all the admins ask... (Score 2, Informative) 274
zimbra does this.
Comment Re:"commercial UNIX" (Score 1) 699
you morons wanted to not be called a pc, and you only whip out the unix card when it suits you for arguement while parading your apple fanboyism everywhere. Just sit down and shut up while grown folk are talking. Go play with your beret or something.
Submission + - Citigroup to buy Red Hat (reuters.com)
DigDuality writes: Citigroup said Red Hat Inc, which posted strong quarterly results on Wednesday, is a potential takeover target as the Linux software maker's strategy attracts the attention of larger technology firms.Citigroup and RBC Capital raised their price targets on Red Hat, which also forecast full-year results in line with market estimates."We believe Red Hat is a tempting acquisition target," Citigroup analyst Brent Thill wrote in a note to clients.
Comment Re:Best attribute (Score 2, Insightful) 662
Exactly. When IE is comes close to the standards compliance that FF, Opera, Safari, Konqueror, Chrome, (the list goes on) has, they can claim to be "better". IE6 renders sites better.
Submission + - ISPs may back out of RIAA Deal If Press is Bad (zdnet.com)
DigDuality writes: "The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the lobbying group representing the four largest recording companies, said last month that it had enlisted the help of ISPs as part of a new antipiracy campaign. The RIAA has declined to identify which ISPs or how many. The good news? The half dozen companies (in particular AT&T and Comcast) are "skittish" about negative press and could still back out, said the sources. But as it stands, AT&T and Comcast are among the companies that have indicated they wish to participate in what the RIAA calls a "graduated response program." Bad press may never look so good."
Comment Finally (Score 0, Flamebait) 488
KDE 4.x series has reached alpha quality. Good job tards!.
KDE 4.2 Is Released 488
OhReally writes "It's a great day for Free Software: KDE, the desktop environment for Linux, Windows, Mac, and (Open)Solaris, has just reached version 4.2, exactly a year since the release of 4.0. This is a version suitable for broad usage, with many improvements all across the board, and lots of bugfixes. You can leave a comment or congratulate the developers here."
Britannica Goes After Wikipedia and Google 385
kzieli writes "Britannica is going to allow viewers to edit articles, with changes to be reviewed by editors within 20 minutes. There is also a bit of a rant against Google for ranking Wikipedia above Britannica on most search terms."
Ubuntu Mobile Looks At Qt As GNOME Alternative 262
Derwent sends along a Computerworld piece which begins: "The Ubuntu Mobile operating system is undergoing its most radical change with a port to the ARM processor for Internet devices and netbooks, and may use Nokia's LGPL Qt development environment as an alternative to GNOME. During a presentation at this year's linux.conf.au conference, Canonical's David Mandala said Ubuntu Mobile has changed a lot over the past year... 'I worked on ARM devices for many years so a full Linux distribution on ARM is exciting,' Mandala said, adding one of the biggest challenges is reminding developers to write applications for 800 by 600 screen resolutions found in smaller devices. 'The standard [resolution] for GNOME [apps] is 800 by 600, but not all apps are. For this reason Ubuntu Mobile uses the GNOME Mobile (Hildon framework) instead of a full GNOME desktop, but since Nokia open sourced Qt under the LGPL it may consider this as an alternative.'"
Collateral Damage as UK Censors Internet Archive 272
An anonymous reader noted the latest developments in the controversial censoring of the internet by UK ISPs. Apparently since some content of the Wayback Machine is bad, the whole thing needs to be blacklisted.
Here Comes iPhone Nano, But Not In the US 177
jehovajerieh writes to us in the time-honored tradition of rampant Apple speculation, pointing to an article over on IBTimes suggesting that while the iPhone Nano may be on the way, the US might not be the first to experience this gadget bliss. "Despite limited information in the supplier channels and typical secrecy with new Apple products, insiders have confirmed that the iPhone nano is not yet in the testing labs at AT&T, Marshal says, leading him to believe that the launch will most likely be with a non-US carrier. 'Obviously, the best-case scenario here would be a China launch (~600mil+ wireless subscribers total in the country), but we have no definitive knowledge of this and are working on identifying the [locale] of launch and other pertinent details,' he said."
