Comment: Device-free Passive Localization (Score 1) 101
Check out this old google tech talk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PiMimSrP7A
Comment: Re:A business, not an "activist" (Score 1) 172
It's also worth noting that Mr. Béraud, owner of SFL, was on the board of FACIL when that association sued the government for the same reason. That case was thrown out.
Comment: Leading by example (Score 1) 249
One word: http://autonomo.us/
Ok, well, two: http://www.opendefinition.org/ossd/
http://wordpress.org/ http://status.net/ and http://drupalgardens.com/ are already leading by example.
FOSS company sues Govt. for giving 722k$ to MS 2
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wackysalut writes "Savoir-faire Linux, a Montreal-based company,sues the Quebec govt. for attributing a ~722,000$ contract to Microsoft, without a call for bids. The RRQ wanted to switch 800 desktops from Windows XP to Windows Vista without ever considering open source, without even enumerating their needs. Here in Canada, the govt. is supposed to do serious verifications and analysis about different available solutions for anything beyond 25k$. Interestingly enough, the trial which is held at the moment in superior court, is followed live on Twitter. That's in Canada, but is the same thing happening in your country ? M. Beraud has an interesting quote up on his blog: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Gandhi."
Quebec gov sued for buying Microsoft Software
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palalonde writes "The trial starts today. Follow live on Twitter @sflrrq (Savoir Faire Linux vs Régie des rentes du Québec) in french."
Comment: Re:50-fold savings? (Score 1) 305
When a server breaks, like google, they can just throw another one in without having to discard the junk. If it's good enough for google, it must be good enough for a 250 student school.
Vimeo Also Introduces HTML5 Video Player 369
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from the how-about-set-top-boxes dept.
from the how-about-set-top-boxes dept.
bonch writes "Following in YouTube's footsteps, Vimeo has now introduced its own beta HTML5 video player, and like YouTube, it uses H.264 and requires Safari, Chrome, or ChromeFrame. The new player doesn't suffer the rebuffering problems of the Flash version when clicking around in the video's timeline, and it also loads faster. HTML5 could finally be gaining some real momentum."
Comment: Re:That's funny... (Score 1) 237
Another thing is if you visit google news a few times a day, the chance of a new story popping up is quite slim. That would explain a big chunk of that percentage too.