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Submission + - Sun releases

Submitted by

htd2

on Monday January 15, 2007 @01:10PM

htd2 writes: "Sun has released the source for Fortress a new highly portable language designed among other things for modern HPC applications. Fortress is designed to make exploiting parallelism as simple as possible while supporting a range of syntax designed to support modern HPC applications. The initial release is of a Fortress interpreter and a subset of the Fortress Language is available from http://fortress.sunsource.net/

Fortress is released under a BSD license"

Submission + - Democrats Propose Mandatory DRM for Podcasts

Submitted by Knytefall on Monday January 15, 2007 @01:06PM

Knytefall writes: Joe Biden, Dianne Feinstein, and two GOP senators are sponsoring a bill called the PERFORM Act that would require podcasts with music and satellite radio to be locked-up with music industry-approved DRM software, according to a Cnet report and a statement from Sen. Feinstein's office. "All audio services — Webcasters included — would be obligated to implement "reasonably available and economically reasonable" copy-protection technology aimed at preventing "music theft" and restricting automatic recording." Do you really want the RIAA designing software and hardware?

Submission + - Fighting child porn vs. ruining innocent lives

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Monday January 15, 2007 @12:44PM

netbuzz writes: "ABC News has the story of a horrifying example of how legitimate societal concerns about child pornography are leading to overzealous prosecutions that can upturn if not ruin the lives of innocents. In this case, the innocents are a teenage boy and his parents, who have been so traumatized by the injustice that they've taken the drastic though understandable step of disconnecting their PC from the Internet. What can other parents do to lessen the chances of this nightmare happening to their families? And what can technologists contribute to the cause of sorting true child porn traffickers from those who are merely unwitting hosts? http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1046 0"

Submission + - Firefox 3 on the way

Submitted by

stanislavb

on Monday January 15, 2007 @10:22AM

stanislavb writes: "The developers of Firefox 3 have confirmed the list of changes in the third version of the most popular Web Browser."

Submission + - Innovative features on iPhone are old hat in Japan

Submitted by

Robaato

on Monday January 15, 2007 @10:20AM

Robaato writes: "According to this Los Angeles Times article (reg. req.), the iPhone is still a ways behind your typical Japanese cellphone. Midrange models in Japan include GPS functionality, music, games, web browsing, and more.
For example, I've never NOT had the equivalent of "Visual Voice Mail" or "push" e-mail on my (NTT DoCoMo) phones."

Submission + - EU study: open source increases competitiveness

Submitted by Rob on Monday January 15, 2007 @07:19AM

Rob writes: Increased use of free and open source software in Europe could increase the region's competitiveness with the US, according to a European Commission study. "Given Europe's historically lower ability to create new software businesses compared to the US, due to restricted venture capital and risk tolerance, the high share of European FLOSS developers provides a unique opportunity to create new software businesses and reach towards the Lisbon goals of making Europe the most competitive knowledge economy by 2010," states the report.

Submission + - Pirate Bay and Sealand negotiating

Submitted by

Kawahee

on Monday January 15, 2007 @07:09AM

Kawahee writes: "Coming off previous /. coverage of The Pirate Bay's intentions to purchase Sealand following it being put up for sale, The Pirate Bay has revealed on it's website www.buysealand.com that it has entered into negotiations with Sealand. From the post:

The Government of Sealand has initiated negotiation. Tomorrow, the ACFI and Government of Sealand will sit down in the SMTP chambers of the Internets to discuss the future of the micronation.
— We welcome the request and hopefully we can settle on a price. But knowing how hard non-kopimistic people can be to negotiate with, we will go with Plan B if they're not willing to meet our demands, press officer of ACFI says.
BuySealand.com is also now sporting a donation meter, and as of the 15th of January it stands at USD $13,714."

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