Comment: new layout (Score 0) 2254
Everybody who wants to complain about the new layout can post it as a reply here, so to help identify people whose philosophy is "whine first, test later" and ignore their QQing.
Open Source Music Fingerprinter C&D'd->
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Nushio
Nushio writes "The code wasn't even released, and yet Roy van Rijn, a Music & Free Software enthusiast received a C&D from Landmark Digital Services, owners of Shazam, an Android application that allows you to find a song, by listening to a part of it. And if that wasn't enough, they want him to take down his blog post (Google Cache) explaining how he did it because it "may be viewed internationally. As a result, [it] may contribute to someone infringing our patents in any part of the world"."
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Journal: please ignore this
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FST
this is a test
Comment: Old news (and semi-dupe) (Score 4, Informative) 92
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did this already, as mentioned in this article from a couple years back.
Comment: Hey it me. We held last week, but you never asked (Score 3, Funny) 102
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Comment: Re:cool! (Score 0, Troll) 223
Yeah. Good job supporting the people who actually do shit right.
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Comment: At it again (Score 2, Funny) 201
What is this? A reverse-psychology 419 scam in action?
iPhones found to be toxic->
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FST
FST writes "A Greenpeace inspection of the iPhone found that iPhones contain significantly more (15x) phthalates than the maximum considered to be safe in the United States. FTA: "An analysis done on a disassembled iPhone by an independent lab in the U.K. found toxic brominated compounds and hazardous PVC (polyvinyl chloride) in multiple components of the handsets. Bromine, a chemical used in fire-retardant compounds, was present in more than half of the 18 samples taken, Greenpeace claimed, while toxic phthalates made up 1.5% of the PVC coating of ear bud cables."
It is not clear if the user is required to ingest the phthalates in order to cause damage to him/her self."
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It is not clear if the user is required to ingest the phthalates in order to cause damage to him/her self."
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Mark Shuttleworth: No negotiations with Microsoft->
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FST
FST writes "Mark Shuttleworth tells us at his website that Canonical has "declined to discuss any agreement with Microsoft under the threat of unspecified patent infringements." FTA: "Allegations of "infringement of unspecified patents" carry no weight whatsoever. We don't think they have any legal merit, and they are no incentive for us to work with Microsoft on any of the wonderful things we could do together. A promise by Microsoft not to sue for infringement of unspecified patents has no value at all and is not worth paying for. It does not protect users from the real risk of a patent suit from a pure-IP-holder (Microsoft itself is regularly found to violate such patents and regularly settles such suits). People who pay protection money for that promise are likely living in a false sense of security.""
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Free icons
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freeiconsweb
freeiconsweb writes "Over 15,000 high quality Free Icons for Windows, Macintosh and Linux Systems.
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