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Comment Re:why? (Score 2) 311

by I+AOk (#42838637) Attached to: Moving the Linux Kernel Console To User-Space

VT is a virtual terminal running on the VGA hardware. On a serial console you just get a getty over a standard tty (i.e., serial device). Work great for managing remote servers to which you get via a BMC (HP ILO), with serial port redirection.

Comment Re:Looks like I better act soon (Score 1) 172

by I+AOk (#42454045) Attached to: TSMC Preparing To Manufacturer A6X Chip As Apple Looks to Ditch Samsung

Seeing that "bumpgate" only affected NVidia, and NVidia's and ATI's GPUs produced at TMSC don't show reliability problems, it's more of a problem of *assembly* and not in the production of chips themselves.

That, along with complaints of low yields by NVidia but not ATI/AMD, says that the problem lies not at TMSC...
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Submission + - EFF, 9 other groups, push Open Wireless Movement (networkworld.com)

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netbuzz
netbuzz writes: "Forging ahead with an initiative that proved controversial when introduced last year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and nine other groups today are advancing the Open Wireless Movement to encourage ubiquitous sharing of Internet access. "We envision a world where sharing one's Internet connection is the norm," said EFF Activist Adi Kamdar, in a press release. "A world of open wireless would encourage privacy, promote innovation, and benefit the public good, giving us network access whenever we need it. And everyone – users, businesses, developers, and Internet service providers – can get involved to help make it happen.""
Technology

Submission + - ARM Announces 64-Bit Cortex-A50 Architecture (hothardware.com)

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MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "ARM debuted its new 64-bit microarchitecture today and announced the upcoming launch of a new set of Cortex processors, due in 2014. The two new chip architectures, dubbed the Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57, are the most advanced CPUs the British company has ever built, and are integral to AMD's plans to drive dense server applications beginning in 2014. The new ARMv8 architecture adds 64-bit memory addressing, increases the number of general purpose registers to 30, and increases the size of the vector registers for NEON/SIMD operations. The Cortex-A57 and A-53 are both aimed at the mobile market. Partners that've already signed on to build ARMv8-based hardware include Samsung, AMD, Broadcom, Calxeda, and STMicro."
The Internet

Submission + - 'World IPv6 Launch' ready for lift-off (networkworld.com)

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netbuzz
netbuzz writes: "The Internet Society’s “World IPv6 Launch” is hours from lift-off and organizers are pushing a now-familiar message: "If you've been waiting to deploy IPv6, there is no reason to continue waiting," says Leslie Daigle, chief Internet technology officer with the Internet Society. "There are customers who will view your website over IPv6 now. It isn't experimental. It's out there for real." More than 50 access networks and 2,500 websites — including Google, YouTube, Facebook and Yahoo – have committed to the event by pledging to turn on support IPv6 and leave it on for good."
Your Rights Online

Submission + - Stuxnet/Flame/Duqu uses GPL code: release it! (crysys.hu)

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David Gerard
David Gerard writes: "It seems the authors of Stuxnet/Duqu/Flame used the LZO library, which is straight-up GPL. And so, someone has asked the US government to release the code under the GPL. (Other code uses various permissive licenses. As works of the US
federal government, the rest is of course public domain.) Perhaps the author could enlist the SFLC to send a copyright notice to the US government..."
Space

Submission + - Do Solo Black Holes Roam the Universe? (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: Two mysterious bright spots in a disheveled, distant galaxy suggest that astronomers have found the best evidence yet for a supermassive black hole being shoved out of its home. If confirmed, the finding would verify Einstein's theory of general relativity in a region of intense gravity not previously tested. The results would also suggest that some giant black holes roam the universe as invisible free floaters, flung from the galaxies in which they coalesced. Although loner black holes may be an entity that has to be reckoned with, they would still be rare.
Google

Submission + - Google Buys Quickoffice (forbes.com)

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x0d
x0d writes: "Google this morning disclosed in a blog post that it has acquired Quickoffice, a Plano, Texas company which offers software for editing, viewing and creating Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on a mobile device.
Terms were not disclosed."
Your Rights Online

Submission + - Fourth European Committee Rejects ACTA (zeropaid.com)

Submitted by Dangerous_Minds
Dangerous_Minds writes: Last month, ACTA was rejected by three European committees (the industry committee, the civil liberties committee, and the legal affairs committee). Now, the fourth European committee, the the Development Committee, has voted to reject ACTA as well, making it zero for four. ZeroPaid is offering a quick timeline of the series of blows to ACTA all last month as well. The next stop for ACTA will be the lead committee, the Trade Committee which is scheduled to hand down a decision later this month on June 21. From there, it'll head to the full house for a vote in July.
Science

Submission + - Humans Evolved "Runner's High" to Keep Us Moving (medicaldaily.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The euphoric feeling known as "runner’s high" after exercise may have played a role in the evolution of humans' ability to run long distances, according to a study.

Researchers said that the "runner's high," which is triggered by natural neurotransmitter chemicals called endocannabinoids that activate the brain's pleasure circuits in the same way as some drugs like cannabis, developed as an evolutionary 'treat' to motivate endurance exercise in humans and other animals that run long distances.
Android

Submission + - Microsoft pushes mobile automation to new heights, but only for Android (bgr.com)

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes: Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new app and set of APIs called on{x}, which pushes smartphone automation to new heights. The app allows users to write custom scripts that automate various smartphone functions based on time, location and a number of parameters similar software does not currently support. On{x} opens the door to a wide range of functionality that isn’t widely available anywhere else, but for the time being, users with smartphones powered by Microsoft’s own Windows Phone platform won’t have access to any of it...

Submission + - Carmageddon 4: Reincarnation is 50K short of a Linux Port on KickStarter (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Stainless Games, the developers of the classic & controversial "Carmageddon" demolition-racing games of the 1990s, have been fundraising on Kickstarter.com to make Carmageddon 4: Reincarnation, a modern 2012-tech remake of the old 90s racing games, a reality for several weeks now. They overshot their original goal of raising 400,000 Dollars several days ago, and are currently at 550,000 Dollars pledged, with 32 hours remaining in the funddrive. Here's the kicker: If Stainless manage to reach the "Stretch Goal" of 600,000 Dollars pledged before time runs out, they will commit themselves to making a Linux version of Carmageddon 4: Reincarnation. For those of you itching to play good old Carmageddon again, with 2012-level gfx & physics, multiplayer over internet & LAN, and natively on Linux to boot, you have 32 hours to put your money where your gaming desires are. Lets hope Stainless Games can raise enough in the next day-and-a-half — the missing 50K — to make a Linux port of the next Carmageddon game in the series financially viable!

Submission + - A new (old) way to keep Moore's Law humming? (xconomy.com)

Submitted by
curtwoodward
curtwoodward writes: "The folks who make microprocessors have a problem: They need finer wavelengths of light to keep packing circuits onto silicon wafers, but the current generation of light sources are just too fat.
Companies who make these high-powered lights have found a way to create finer beams, in the 13.5 nanometer wavelength. But they're not bright enough yet to churn out products on a commercial scale.
A small company that just spun out of the University of Washington thinks it might have an answer — Zplasma has gone back and found a new way of creating extreme ultraviolet light from a method that had been abandoned. They say it's much brighter, more stable, and cleaner than the current alternatives.
But a lot of people have made claims in this arena before, and fallen flat. Will they pull it off?"

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