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Operating Systems

Submission + - Charity shuns open source code

Submitted by
brown-eyed slug
brown-eyed slug writes: "The BBC has an article explaining Christian Aid's decision to use Microsoft software in preference to Linux. It re-opens the classic debate about the total cost of ownership, highlighting the wider availability of Microsoft skills, as well as the beneficial pricing policy of the Seattle giant.

From the article
"...one of the things that we find is that Microsoft is viewed as the big, bad organisation — but they've actually got some good corporate social responsibility. If you're a charity or an educational institution, you pay pence in the pound for the licence, compared to what a major bank might pay."
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Linux Business

Submission + - Linux desktop is dead... say IT bosses

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Linux desktop is dead in the water according to silicon.com. in fact Mac OS X stands a better chance of wisespread adoption, they say. They've also spoken to a group of UK CIOs who pretty much all say the same.

The CIO of Betfair said: "At the moment there are too many options for the Linux desktop to support mass market tools. A more likely Unix on the desktop is Mac OS X."
Microsoft

Submission + - Ballmer, Ozzie share MS plans for Web domination

Submitted by
celcxo
celcxo writes: "Ben Worthen at CIO.com just posted a detailed article that delves into Microsoft's intention to reinvent itself — and the serious hurdles it faces in the process. From the story: "[MS VP of Server and Tools Marketing] Lees introduced the concept of supporting applications built on non-Microsoft platforms by saying that's "what's called interoperable," as if no one in the room had ever heard the term before.""
Republicans

Submission + - Nuclear weapon blueprints available on Internet

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: New York Times reports that the www site congressional Republicans wanted to be set up to make confiscated documents from Iraq available on the Internet has been distributing detailed information on how to build nuclear weapon firing circuits and triggering explosives, as well as the radioactive cores of atom bombs. The old papers are from time prior to the first Persian Gulf War. Could the Republican Logic be as follows: "We have to start a war against a country so that their nuclear designs do not fall into wrong hands. Then we post them onto the Internet for the whole world to see." http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/world/middleeast /03documents.html?ei=5065&en=9b92b000e0a064e6&ex=1 163134800&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print

Feed Gas to Hydrogen a Fallacy (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
Using natural gas to power today's capable vehicles will do more to reduce oil dependency and pollution than converting it to hydrogen. In Autopia.


United States

Submission + - Stealth Fighter Retires From Service

Submitted by Lev13than
Lev13than writes: The Toronto Star reports that the F117A Nighthawk stealth fighter has been quietly retired from active duty. The plane was honoured with a discreet "Silver Stealth" ceremony this week at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. As the world's first operational stealth aircraft, the F117A was an impressive technological achievement. However, advances in stealth technology and radar detection have effectively rendered the 25-year old plaform obsolete. Of an estimated 55 F117As built, only one was lost in combat (shot down in Kosovo by, ironically, a partially laser-guided missile). The Nighthawk will be replaced by the F22 Raptor.
United States

Submission + - Pentagon Fears Combat Software Hacked

Submitted by PreacherTom
PreacherTom writes: Pentagon officials report that "maliciously placed code" could compromise the security of the Defense Department and, ultimately, hurt its ability to fight wars. The culprits: offshore programmers. While the Pentagon has stepped up its vendor screening and software testing of late, it's becoming more difficult and costly to test every line of software code on increasingly sophisticated weapons systems. The task force assigned to this issue will be soon presenting its report, and most likely will determine that offshoring presents too great a risk.
The Courts

Submission + - Santangelo's kids attacked by Record Label's

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Patricia Santangelo may have fought off the first round with the RIAA, but now the rest of the sharks are circling, as to use their case as an example. Read the story here
Wireless Networking

Submission + - FCC strikes down Logan's ban on private Wi-Fi

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: FTA: A two-year effort by Logan International Airport officials to shut down private alternatives to the airport's $8-a-day wireless Internet service was decisively rejected yesterday by federal regulators, who blasted airport officials for raising bogus legal and technological arguments.
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles /2006/11/02/fcc_rebukes_logan_says_continental_can _offer_wifi/
Once in a while, government agencies actually do the right thing...
Biotech

Submission + - Compound in red wine reverses fatty diet's effects

Submitted by
AgentPaper
AgentPaper writes: "A recent study from the Harvard Medical School indicates that resveratrol, an antioxidant compound found in red wine, significantly reduced the effects of a high-fat diet on mice, as well as significantly extended their lifespans. The catch? The mice were dosed with 24 milligrams per kilogram of the stuff — and since the average red wine contains 1.5-3 mg of resveratrol per liter, that equates to consuming 560-1120 liters of wine a day in the average 70-kg human. Bottoms up!"
KDE

Submission + - Krita 1.6: State of the art

Submitted by
brendan0powers
brendan0powers writes: "The KOffice raster image editor Krita reached version 1.6 along with the rest of the office suite earlier this month. But don't be misled; although Krita comes bundled with KOffice, it is not a second-tier productivity accessory like Microsoft Office Picture Manager. Krita is a fully-loaded raster graphics workhorse that stands on its own. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/23/18532 20"
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Opens the Windows CE Kernel

Submitted by
Urban Strata
Urban Strata writes: "As expected, Microsoft Chief Strategy Officer Craig Mundie announced the formal release of Windows Embedded CE 6.0 this morning in Redmond. What wasn't expected, however, is that Microsoft has decided to make the CE kernel 100% shared source. "Developers can now access shared source code for the Windows CE kernel — as well as certain device drivers and application-level components — directly from within the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 distribution package," reports WindowsForDevices.com. "To do this, they click on a function in the IDE that installs the shared source, and indicate their acceptance of the associated shared source license." Is this the beginning of a new generation of openness at Microsoft?"
Security

Submission + - Boarding pass printing webpage- FBI ensues

Submitted by thermowax
thermowax writes: The Washington Post is running an article- scary on several levels- about an IU student who created a web page capable of printing look-alike NorthWest boarding passes, ostensibly to draw attention to the no-id-required-at-the-gate-loophole. Predictably, the jackbooted thugs have seized everything he owns that has an LED. Schneier weighs in with his opinion of the absurdity. Article is at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2006/10/31/AR2006103101313.html
United States

Submission + - BinLaden Costume gets a Lawyer Arrested

Submitted by spikedvodka
spikedvodka writes: Believe it or not, Someone dressed up as Bin Laden, and got himself arrested on Halloween. Read the article here To make things better, he is a lawyer, and the one who tipped the press off to President Bush's Drunk Driving record in 2000. Of course, the best part was his statement "There was a First Amendment this morning when I woke up. I don't know how it evaporated with the dawn"

Now he did have a squirt gun, and some plastic grenades with him... but it will be interesting to watch where this leads. He is scheduled for a court appearance in December, and is out on $500 bail

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