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Comment: Re:Other stuff available over IPv6 (Score 1) 264

by aos101 on Thursday January 08 2009, @01:36PM (#26374889) Attached to: Google Over IPv6 Coming Soon

http://sixy.ch/ also has quite a few IPv6 enabled websites.

SPAM: Apple Removes 'Stabbing App' for iPhone 0

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narramissic

on Monday August 11 2008, @09:02AM

narramissic writes "Back in July, software developer Slide was forced to remove an action from the SuperPoke Facebook app that allowed social networkers to stab each other. Now, Apple has removed 'Slasher', a stabbing game, from its App Store following complaints. It is unclear how the game became available in the App Store as Apple claims every game must be checked to ensure it does not infringe its terms and conditions."
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Comment: Re:FUD! (Score 5, Informative) 120

by aos101 on Saturday June 28 2008, @09:32AM (#23980715) Attached to: Feds Say They're Ready For Monday's IPv6 Deadline

Hey IANNA, why not free up some of the "LEGACY" Class-A allocations (see below) That would free some 650 MILLION addresses!!! Some 15% of the address space.

http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space [iana.org].

That'll do us for what? Another 10-15 years or so? Plus if the US gov wants to release a bunch too since they are going IPv6.

This whole "OMG! We're going to run out of addresses (and ponies)" scare is starting to be more pathetic and fake than Nostradamus predictions!

Take a read of this blog post to find out what's really happening:

http://blog.icann.org/?p=271

They allocated more than one /8 per month in 2007, so even if they did recover all 650 million addresses from the allocations you mentioned (very unlikely), it would not buy us another 10-15 years. It would buy us about 3 years assuming the demand for IP addresses doesn't increase.

Reclaiming address space doesn't solve the problem, it just delays it. And it doesn't even delay it by that much.

Opera Files Antitrust Complaint Against Microsoft-> 0

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Tech.Luver

on Thursday December 13 2007, @08:02AM

Tech.Luver writes "Opera Software ASA filed a complaint with the European Commission yesterday against Microsoft. The complaint alleges how Microsoft is abusing its dominant position by tying its browser, Internet Explorer, to the Windows operating system and by hindering interoperability by not following accepted Web standards. ( http://techluver.com/2007/12/13/opera-files-antitrust-complaint-against-microsoft-with-eu/ )"
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Fedora 8 officially released-> 1

Submitted by Cat in the Hat on Thursday November 08 2007, @10:44AM

Cat in the Hat writes "Fedora 8 has been officially released. Ars Technica has a run-down of what's new in Fedora 8, including the PulseAudio sound daemon, Nodoka visual style, and a new authentication system. 'Another major change in Fedora 8 is the new PolicyKit authentication system that makes authority escalation more secure. Instead of providing root access to an entire program when it needs higher privileges, PolicyKit makes it possible to isolate individual operations that require higher privileges and put them into system services that can be accessed through D-Bus. Another advantage of PolicyKit is that it will give administrators more control over which users and programs have access to individual operations that use escalated privileges.'"
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eBay using Tux as a symbol for internet fraud-> 0

Submitted by henry on Friday October 12 2007, @09:18AM

henry writes "eBay Australia has a fraud awareness page and a related flash game, both of which feature a depiction of a fraudster as a balding, bespectacled man with Tux, the Linux mascot, prominently displayed on his shirt. The big question is: why? Why such a gratuitous smear against the Linux community? Is it something we said?"
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Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat 2

Submitted by mm4 on Friday October 12 2007, @06:04AM

mm4 writes "Groklaw reports IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case no. 2:2007cv00447, IP Innovation, LLC et al v. Red Hat Inc. et al, in Texas. Where else? The patent troll magnet state."

Forget about OpenOffice, KDE readies KOffice 2.0-> 0

Submitted by Da Massive on Monday October 08 2007, @11:26PM

Da Massive writes "While the industry is distracted by the ongoing tussle between Microsoft and OpenOffice.org over document formats, the KDE project is quietly preparing the next generation of its own office suite, KOffice, which will run on for Linux, Mac OS X and... Windows. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1596080362"
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KDE 4.0 Beta 1 Released 1

Submitted by

mernil

on Thursday August 02 2007, @02:10PM

mernil writes "The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the first Beta release for KDE 4.0. This release marks the beginning of the integration process which will bring the powerful new technologies included in the now frozen KDE 4 libraries to the applications."

Putin Threatens US Missile Bases in Europe->

Submitted by

Melugo

on Sunday June 03 2007, @11:45AM

Melugo writes "Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe would force Moscow to target its weapons against Europe. "If the American nuclear potential grows in European territory, we have to give ourselves new targets in Europe," Putin said, according to Corriere. "It is up to our military to define these targets, in addition to defining the choice between ballistic and cruise missiles." It feels like the Cold War all over again. See the rest of the article at: Forbes or a comment on it at alittlebitoffreedom.blogspot.com."
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