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Submission + - GPL v3 Arrives, bans patent pacts

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Josh Fink
Josh Fink writes: "Linux-watch.com has an article concerning GPL v3 which was released on March, 28. The Free Software Foundation included some new patent information regarding third parties not involved in the agreement in the third discussion draft. From the article: "We have also added new terms to stop distributors from colluding with third parties to offer selective patent protection, as Microsoft and Novell have recently done. The GPL is designed to ensure that all users receive the same rights; arrangements that circumvent this make a mockery of free software, and we must do everything in our power to stop them." You can read the full article here."
Robotics

Cisco Develops Mobile Robots for Wireless Nets 51

Posted by samzenpus from the can-you-follow-me-now dept.
coondoggie writes "Cisco has developed a set of small smart robots, which can act as wireless communications relays, that sense when a mobile user is moving out of service range, and can follow the user to maintain connectivity. According to Dave Buster, product marketing manager for the Cisco Global Government Solutions Group, the robots can follow a user almost anywhere to maintain connectivity. Published reports said the robots were part of Cisco's "Information on the move" initiative — a wide ranging plan to secure all things wireless. Whether or not the systems has an enterprise application, it is of interest to the military and initiatives such as the Army's Future Combat Systems which uses a variety of advanced systems to achieve battleground superiority."
KDE

Submission + - Could KDE 4.0 be the holy grail of Desktops ?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: This article ponders on whether the upcoming KDE 4.0 could indeed be the holy grail of Desktops. One of the most repeated complaints by a section of Linux enthusiasts is the perceived complexity of KDE when compared with its popular counterpart Gnome. The author of the article wonders whether incorporating the simple but functional File manager Dolphin is a sure sign that the KDE developers are gunning for KDE 4.0 to be everything for all sections of Linux/Unix users be they power users like Linus Torvalds or the grandmas and grandpas.
Slashdot.org

Submission + - when did you find slashdot?

Submitted by rucs_hack
rucs_hack writes: I first encountered slashdot during an 'ethics in computer science' lecture in 2002, when the lecturer mentioned it, and a friend stared at me in disbelief when I said I hadn't heard of it. Now it's an essential part of my daily net routine (who doesn't have one of those..).

It took me a few tries to understand the way slashdot works (I'm a bit slow...), I rather stupidly was surprised at the way stories moved off the front page so quickly. I saw a story on speech recognition and went back in a week to find it gone (omg, such a noob).

What about you? How did you find slashdot?
User Journal

Journal Journal: AI: What if the First Self Aware System... 3

Journal by eno2001

...was developed by the spam industry? One of my hats at work, is mail admin. We've been using a Barracuda Spam Firewall for the past few years and it's been doing an admirable job. But, I've noticed some very interesting trends in the past year or two regarding spam. You know how much of the spam you receive just happens to have a From that you could argue is an amalgamation of a few people you know? And you know how sometimes the subject lines relate to personal interests of yours? Well las
Power

Boeing Working on Fuel Cell Aircraft 163

Posted by samzenpus from the 12,000-AA-batteries-not-included dept.
"Boeing is working with development partners on a fuel cell-based small aircraft. It seems like a logical use of the technology. Now if they can come up with a quiet, personal-sized VTOL craft a la Paul Moller's Skycar (which is anything but quiet), we'll really have something." From the article "A Boeing research director was quoted as saying, "While Boeing does not envision that fuel cells will provide primary power for future commercial passenger airplanes, demonstrations like this help pave the way for potentially using this technology in small manned and unmanned air vehicles."
Space

New Horizons Photographs Earth Sized Storm 31

Posted by samzenpus from the bring-an-unbrella dept.
Matthew Sparkes writes "The New Horizons spacecraft has taken the closest ever photos of Jupiter's Little Red Spot, which is actually a storm the size of Earth which has been raging since 2005. New Horizons targeted the storm when it passed Jupiter to gain speed for its journey to Pluto. The source of the red hue remains an open question. Some scientists believe hurricane-like winds lift material from beneath Jupiter's cloud-tops up to an altitude where radiation from the Sun can chemically alter it, producing the red colour. Scientists have estimated that winds in the storm were whipping around the atmosphere at 180 metres per second."
Security

New IAB Chair Defends DNSSEC 49

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the chickens-and-eggs dept.
bednarz writes "Olaf Kolkman, the new chair of the Internet Architecture Board, says that DNSSEC — an approach to authenticating DNS traffic that has been slow to take off — is not a failure. 'It is taking a while to percolate into software, and for that software to percolate into the market, and for people to adapt their environments to deploy and operate DNSSEC. The deployment is hindered by a chicken-and-egg problem'."
United States

US No Longer Technology King 815

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the i-coulda-been-somebody dept.
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that according to a recent report from the World Economic Forum the US has lost the leading spot for technology innovation. The new reigning champ is now apparently Denmark with other Nordic neighbors Sweden, Finland and Norway all claiming top spots as well. "Countries were judged on technological advancements in general business, the infrastructure available and the extent to which government policy creates a framework necessary for economic development and increased competitiveness."
Microsoft

Microsoft to Buy DoubleClick? 195

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the double-or-nuthin dept.
roscoetoon writes to tell us Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft is in talks to buy DoubleClick. Seen as a move to compete against the Google advertising engine Double Click owners Hellman & Friedman are seeking a $2 billion payday. "The purchase would give Microsoft tools to battle Google Inc. for ads that appear on Web sites. DoubleClick works with advertisers to create online campaigns, such as streaming video clips to promote New Line Cinema's movie "The Number 23." The New York-based company's Dart technology monitors the performance of Internet ads for marketing companies."
Education

Evolution of Mammals Re-evaluated 249

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the shaking-the-tree-to-see-what-falls-out dept.
AaxelB writes "A study described in the New York Times rethinks mammalian evolution. Specifically, that the mass extinction of the dinosaurs had relatively little impact on mammals and that the steps in mammals' evolution happened well before and long after the dinosaurs' death."
Book Reviews

GWT Java AJAX Programming 100

Posted by samzenpus from the prefix-programming dept.
simon_kehler writes "The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a Java AJAX framework that provides an easy to use programming paradigm for web developers using the Java programming language. It is one of the more recent entrants into this field, but has been gaining a lot of traction and popularity. GWT Java AJAX Programming authored by Prabhakar Chaganti and published by Packt Publishing addresses the use of GWT to build ajaxified user interfaces. The author gently introduces the reader to GWT and then leads the reader through a series of tasks, each of which shows how to perform an useful action with GWT." Read below for Simon's review.

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