17882444
submission
Sheep writes
"This past week I found it weird that none of the words #wikileaks, #cablegate, #cables, #Assange, etc. were actually "trending" on Twitter. Today, my fears of some secret censorship going on, are slowly coming true. It appears that Twitter is censoring all these keywords, essentially trying to minimize the effect Wikileaks can have on the world through Twitter's democratized popularization of information. It's ironic that last year Twitter suspended their own scheduled server maintenance in order to not interrupt its users from tweeting on Iran's revolution, and now it appears to censor, and manipulate public opinion as it sees fit!"Link to Original Source
6891554
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Little Sheep writes
"There's now a new issue we can add to the list of problems with the App Store and its governance: Are you an iPhone developer? Do you want a similar, competing application out of the App Store? All you need to do is send an infringement claim to Apple, and they'll happily threaten to remove the competing application without a second thought."Link to Original Source
361217
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Provataki writes
"This editorial discusses the impending explosion of hobbyist artistic videographers, in the same way that happened with digital photography just a few short years ago. The article claims that it's time camera manufacturers create camcorders equivalent in principle to the cheap DSLRs that we currently enjoy. Some beautiful HD footage, shot by amateurs, is shown too."Link to Original Source
187881
submission
Provataki writes
"OSNews published an interview with Damian Kindler, one of the producers of Stargate SG-1, regarding his new "Sanctuary" project, a 'webisodic' production that uses online sales in HD format as the main distribution method (the first episode was set free to watch via YouTube as try-before-you-buy). Kindler speaks of how the project came to be, the software used to render most of the scenes, future distribution deals and he reveals that there are two more sci-fi web-series coming next year."
151619
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Provataki writes
"Ardour 2.0, the powerful digital audio workstation, is out. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. You can produce your own CDs, mix video soundtracks, or just experiment with new ideas about music and sound. Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-destructive editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a powerful mixer, unlimited tracks/busses/plugins, timecode synchronization, and hardware control from surfaces like the Mackie Control Universal. If you've been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Pyramix, or Sequoia, you might have found it. And it's all free under the GPL. The new version also includes a Mac OS X universal package in addition to Linux/Unix support."
112161
submission
Accepted writes
"The first review of Zeta 1.5 to be found was just posted at OSNews.com. Zeta is the true successor of BeOS (based on the original code) and version 1.5 comes out about 2 years after the Zeta 1.0 release. In this new release many new applications are included, lots of new hardware support and most importantly: multi-user support."
8410
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Provataki writes
"Has the OEM market gone too far? OSNews reviews a taiwanese WiFi phone that was originally announced with lots of fanfare from sites like Gizmodo and Engadget because it is the only such product that can do both VoIP SIP and Skype. Apparently though, the phone is buggy, the Skype functionality requires a PC with an old version of Skype running on it, it has major usability issues but most importantly, it can be hacked and easily fried if someone on the same WiFi network uses a telnet client to login to this almost-unprotected VxWorks-based phone (login/password is 1/1 and the telnet port can't be closed down). Where is quality control for products that are imported in this country?"
