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Submission + - SCO files for Chapter 11 protection (yahoo.com)

Submitted by dominator on Friday September 14, 2007 @03:34PM

dominator writes: FTA: "SCO announced that it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. SCO's subsidiary, SCO Operations, Inc., has also filed a petition for reorganization. The Board of Directors of The SCO Group have unanimously determined that Chapter 11 reorganization is in the best long-term interest of SCO and its subsidiaries, as well as its customers, shareholders, and employees."

Submission + - Microsoft meets deadline on response to EU charges

Submitted by ceros on Monday April 23, 2007 @04:23PM

ceros writes: Microsoft met Monday's deadline for responding to European Union charges in their long-running antitrust dispute and called for regulators to clarify how much it can charge rivals for Windows server information. The Commission needed the response by Monday night and "will now consider Microsoft's reply and decide whether to impose a daily penalty on Microsoft for failure to comply with the March 2004 decision," it said in a statement.

Submission + - YouTube changes its story...BANS Gisburne forever

Submitted by on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @03:05PM

An anonymous reader writes: After deleting Nick Gisburne's account over a video YouTube claims was "Inappropriate Content" YouTube has now changed it's story and has deleted his new account claiming that the exact same video now violates a "Third Parties Copyright". There still exist some 50+ copies of this video that were posted in response to his that still exist on YouTube. Each of these were clearly posted as responses to the original.

To make things even more bizarre, several outspoken Christians (firefly515 and GlenReb) apparently launched a "flag and complain" campaign against Nick in an attempt to have him removed from YouTube. firefly515 has made a video gloating about getting NickGisburne2000 banned. After posting that video he received so much flack from the YouTube community as a whole that he made a video asking everyone to vote on whether or not he should delete all of his videos and his account.

The YouTube community has been left confused over what really happened here. Was the Christian campaign successful? Did the video actually violate the YouTube TOS for appropriate content? Did the video in fact violate copyright law as outlined in the DMCA?

Submission + - AACS Cracked -- HD-DVD and Blu-Ray DRM Defeated

Submitted by esme on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @02:16PM

esme writes: There's a forum thread over at doom9 where user arnezami has posted the keys needed to decrypt all HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs. This post has details of the strategy he used for getting the keys, though he pointedly doesn't say which player he used.

Submission + - YouTube bans video containing Qur'an quotes

Submitted by

skraps

on Saturday February 10, 2007 @04:40AM

skraps writes: "YouTube, in a move that has caused quite a reaction in the community, has censored popular atheist commentator NickGisburne. Mr. Gisburne has built a large following on YouTube by making simple and accessible logical arguments against Christian beliefs, and had recently decided to change the focus of his videos to the Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam. YouTube reacted by deleting his account, along with 60+ videos, after he posted a simple slide-show video with direct quotes from the English translation of the Qur'an, containing no commentary aside from the video's title "Islamic Teachings — Cruelty from the Qur'an". YouTube's explanation was "After being flagged by members of the YouTube community, and reviewed by YouTube staff, the video below has been removed due to its inappropriate nature. Due to your repeated attempts to upload inappropriate videos, your account now been permanently disabled, and your videos have been taken down."

Do "Web 2.0" sites like YouTube fit the legal definition of a "public commons", and if so, what will it take for corporations like YouTube to start honoring constitutionally protected speech?"

Submission + - MIT scientists reach fiber-optic breakthrough

Submitted by kcurtis on Saturday February 10, 2007 @02:37AM

kcurtis writes: The AP (via boston.com) has a story about how MIT scientists have detailed a breakthrough in optics that could lead to cheaper, more efficient optic communications. From the story: "Like polarizing sunglasses that block light waves oriented in different directions, the MIT researchers created a clever device that splits the light beams as they pass through a circuit. The device then rotates one of the polarized beams, before both beams are rejoined on their way out of the circuit, retaining the signals' strength. But it's not just that device that the researchers are touting. They're also trumpeting the innovative method they devised to integrate the optical circuitry with electronic circuitry on the same silicon chip."

Submission + - Virtualization Picks Up Steam

Submitted by

4foot10

on Friday February 09, 2007 @03:26PM

4foot10 writes: "Tying together disparate disk systems in the data center is now taking on a new sense of urgency with the meteoric growth of server virtualization. In fact, as VARBusiness.com reports, the imperatives to reduce costs and improve utilization and availability are driving the rapid proliferation of system-virtualization platforms from Microsoft, Virtual Iron, VMware and XenSource. Bottom line: Those who specialize in storage can grow their businesses by jumping onto the virtualization bandwagon."

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