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Dell to deliver Ubuntu Linux Laptop again-> 0

Submitted by E5Rebel on Wednesday May 09, @07:10AM

E5Rebel writes "Dell has done another u-turn on open source and announced it will again ship a laptop running Ubuntu Linux."
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Brain Atlas: Scanning, slicing and 3D-mapping brains-> 0

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on Thursday May 03, @08:43AM

E5Rebel writes "Scientists at Texas A&M University’s Brain Networks Laboratory have developed a revolutionary technology that can create a google map of the brain. Previously, specialists would have to endure hours of slicing brains into sections and manually shooting individual images, before putting them all back together. However, now the role of the slicer and microscope have been combined with the development of The Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope (KESM) that will provide much needed aid in the studies of genetic diseases."
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The Automotive Black Box Data Dilemma-> 3

Submitted by E5Rebel on Thursday April 26, @12:09PM

E5Rebel writes "We all have a right to privacy, but automobile safety systems, which are networked throughout the body of your car, generate a blizzard of data (likely without your knowledge) and store it in a nondescript box the size of a deck of cards. Does the gadget, called an event data recorder (EDR) or Black Box, constitute a threat to privacy. Great article from the IEEE"
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More women in IT believe pay discrimination rising-> 0

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on Thursday March 03 2011, @11:26AM

E5Rebel writes "The number of women in technology who believe that their pay package is not comparable to that of their male counterparts has increased over the last two years, according to a new survey by the UK technolgy suppliers' organisation Intellect."
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UK govt gets really serious about open source-> 0

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on Tuesday February 22 2011, @12:59PM

E5Rebel writes "The move to Open Source is being driven both from the prime minsiter's office, and from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You will hear the Prime Minister talking about Open Government quite a bit over the next few weeks. Open Government consciously includes Open Source as well as Open Standards and Open Data, and this is being driven directly from the top of the Coalition Government. Good news."
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Met Policarrest five Anonymous Wikileaks defenders-> 0

Submitted by E5Rebel on Thursday January 27 2011, @09:09AM

E5Rebel writes "The five males, who range in age from 15 to 26, will be charged with offenses under the Computer Misuse Act of 1990. The arrests were carried out by the Metropolitan Police's Police Central e-Crime Unit on Thursday morning. If convicted, each of the five could face up to 10 years in prison and a £5,000 fine."
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The future of Java - Oracle & inventor's dilem-> 0

Submitted by E5Rebel on Monday January 24 2011, @10:33AM

E5Rebel writes "Oracle and its close Java partners are in a classic "innovator's dilemma." It may take a decade, but the bottom-up innovation the open source community drives will find expression elsewhere, and smaller companies that Java's high-end capabilities do not serve well will gravitate toward a new "good enough" open platform — likely based on a combination of LAMP and HTML 5 open standards.
Interesting blog post from analyst group Forrester"
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A Patent No-brainer, UK debates software patents-> 0

Submitted by E5Rebel on Tuesday November 09 2010, @12:50PM

E5Rebel writes "The UK prime minster David Cameron has got open source advocates excited by announcing that the government would be looking at copyright law: The trouble is, he could be drawing all the worng conclusions..."
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Open source credit- a new banking concept? 0

Submitted by E5Rebel on Monday November 01 2010, @07:14AM

E5Rebel writes "The Linux Foundation has gone corporate with Tux credit card.

“As a non-profit organisation funded primarily by member dues, the Linux Foundation provides a variety of important services, not the least of which is supporting Linus Torvalds’ full-time work on the kernel. The Linux credit card allows anyone to contribute to the community by enabling the Foundation to sustain and expand upon its important work,” the organisation said.

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/open-source/3246693/linux-foundation-goes-corporate-with-tux-credit-card/"

Bredolab botnet taken down. Authorities hit back-> 0

Submitted by E5Rebel on Tuesday October 26 2010, @09:32AM

E5Rebel writes "Armenian authorities arrested a 27-year-old man today on suspicion of running a large botnet that was dismantled after a unique take-down operation by Dutch law enforcement and computer security experts. Botnet is estimated to have infected at least 29 million computers worldwide."
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