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Submission + - Bitcoin Trademarking Lawyer Now Sending Bogus DMCA (techdirt.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @02:26PM

An anonymous reader writes: A couple weeks ago, Slashdot wrote about a lawyer named Michael Pascazi who was trying to trademark Bitcoin. Techdirt picked up on the story, via Slashdot, and wrote a post about it, which included Pascazi's evidence of the trademark. Pascazi has now sent Techdirt a bogus DMCA takedown request over the post, claiming that the header and footer in his stationary, which appears via an embed on the story violates his "copyright." He appears to be claiming that simply posting any version of his stationary is a copyright violation. It's not clear if the content in question is even copyrightable, and if it is how Techdirt's use isn't fair use.

Submission + - What is the best open source Exchange replacement (slashdot.org)

Submitted by Machtyn on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @02:21PM

Machtyn writes: I'm looking for a decent calendaring system for a small office of 5 computers. I'd prefer not to use Exchange as they will be very reluctant to make that cost for a single use calendar.

Submission + - Apple Finally Approves Google+ App For iPhone (computerworld.com)

Submitted by

CWmike

on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @02:13PM

CWmike writes: "Apple approved the Google+ app for the iPhone on Tuesday, and posted it to the App Store. Only an iPhone version of Google+ was available. It's unclear whether Google has created an iPad-specific app. Still, the app may not be available to everyone immediately, said Vic Gundotra on Google+, who heads Google's social division. Two weeks ago, a Google employee said that the company had submitted Google+ to the App Store. 'The Google+ iPhone app has been submitted to the App Store (no not today, sometime prior to today) and is awaiting approval,' said Erica Joy on July 4. According to that timeline, Google's app took twice as long as the vast bulk of submitted apps to win Apple's approval."

Submission + - Illumination Software Creator 4.0 Preview (lunduke.com) 1

Submitted by mrmangosir on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @02:12PM

mrmangosir writes: The visual programming tool Illumination will be reaching version 4.0. I have had a chance to test drive the previous version and compare it to an advanced version of Google's Android on-line developer tool and Yahoo's mashup pipes incarnation.

Its ability to output to Android, WebOS, iOS (iPad & iPhone), Windows Phone 7, Flash Websites, HTML5 Websites, Desktops (Python), Nokia Tablets (Python), some of which are being added to v4.0 must be one of the biggest range of languages and platforms I have seen to date. This gives a developer a massive ability to develop one mobile application for more than one platform. I tested the output and you could take the source code and compile or further developer in the available IDE's for each platform. There are some limitations, being that not every aspect like MySQL connectivity is instantly available to put into your application. But there is the availability of adding custom "code blocks", mainly added by the community like MySQL connectivity. They are doing the "indie pay what you want" sale, until 22nd July. For me, I may buy a copy for a friend or two, even if it supports the indie developers as I bought one a while back. Also lastly and most importantly you can develop on a Windows, Mac or Windows machine.

Submission + - Google giving away OpenWRT-based BISMark routers (extremetech.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @02:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: More than two years after the launch of Measurement Lab, the internet connection speed and analysis project, Google and the National Science Foundation are taking things to the next step and providing testers with free Netgear routers pre-loaded with benchmark and diagnostic firmware. Measurement Lab (aka M-Lab) is a collaborative project tasked with aggregating truly vast amounts of data about internet connections in the US. Until now M-Lab has only consisted of software tools that you can run on your PC — but now, thanks to the Broadband Internet Service Benchmark (BISMark) project being led by Georgia Tech and the University of Napoli, M-Lab participants can provide data straight from the horse’s mouth: their router.

Submission + - Reddit Co-Founder accused of Hacking MIT Computers (webmarketingwar.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @02:04PM

An anonymous reader writes: New York Times has reported that Reddit co founder Aaron Swartz has been indicted for stealing more than 4 million documents from the highly prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) .

Submission + - Poll: Browser PKI provides users with... 1

Submitted by arglebargle_xiv on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:29AM

arglebargle_xiv writes: - An effective defence against phishing attacks
- Better than nothing at all
- More security theatre than the TSA
- A protection racket to keep CAs in business

Submission + - Details on AMD's HD 7000 (naviwire.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:24AM

An anonymous reader writes: Details on the HD 7000 from AMD have come out today. This is the first GPU that we know of, to use the PCI-E 3.0 spec, but its release date still remains unknown. We sure hope there will be native support from AMD and Intel at the time of its release. It is codenamed Southern Islands, and based on a 28nm process sporting upscaled VLIW4 stream processors.

Submission + - Music Recording Artist Engages Radio Playlist Mana (prunderground.com)

Submitted by

prunderground

on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:24AM

prunderground writes: "Music recording artist Sekrett Scilensce (Secret Silence) engaged FM radio playlist managers with “The Wasteland”, a politically charged Soul Hip-Hop crossover song which has been met with unexpected reactions from listeners and FM personnel alike."

Submission + - Netflix Down for Hours Just After Price Increase (informationweek.com)

Submitted by benfrog on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:23AM

benfrog writes: Netflix was down for hours last night (a Sunday night) following its recent price increase, just in time to further enrage customers. This couldn't have been worse timing.

Submission + - NoScript awarded Security Innovation Grant (dragonresearchgroup.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:15AM

An anonymous reader writes: NoScript Awarded with the DRG Security Innovation Grant of 2011. The value of the award if U$ 10,000 and will be used to improve the tool and look with more confidence at the goal of releasing a NoScript Anywhere beta build for Android and desktop Firefox by September. What would you do with $10,000 to raise the bar on Security?

Submission + - New material for growing adult stem cells (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by

Bob the Super Hamste

on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:05AM

Bob the Super Hamste writes: "The BBC is reporting that scientists at Glasgow and Southampton universities have come up with a new material that can be used to grow adult stem cells on. The new material may allow stem cell therapies for re-growing bone and other tissue. This hope is that this new material will allow stem cells to not turn into unwanted cell types that are not needed for the treatment. The new material has nano pits that allow for greater expansion of the stem cells. The research was published in the journal Nature Materials"

Submission + - Attachmate does the right thing for Mono (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:02AM

mikejuk writes: Attachmate who recently decided to dump the Mono development team has done the right thing in allowing Miguel de Icaza's new company, Xamarin, a perpetual license to all the intellectual property of Mono, MonoTouch, Mono for Android and Mono for Visual Studio. This allows them to continue to develop and sell the products. Of course this income might just give them the time needed to support the software which is a good thing as Attachmate has also handed over the support for all existing customers to Xamarin.

So the future of Mono still isn't completely safe as there is no guardian angel just at the moment but at least Attachmate has decided not to play the part of the devil in making it more difficult for Xamarin to take over Mono. Now what is needed are some corporate sponsors that are serious about the long term survival of .NET as a cross platform system — anyone seen Microsoft?

Submission + - Can Paste Magazine Ignite A Digital Publishing Rev (showbizsandbox.com)

Submitted by

sperlingreich

on Thursday July 14, 2011 @04:51PM

sperlingreich writes: "Less than a year after ceasing publication of their print edition Paste Magazine has revived itself in a new digital format. Editor Josh Jackson reveals how the new Paste mPlayer was designed from the ground up as a next-generation publication chock full of long-form features, downloadable music and multi-media content. Is Paste giving us a glimpse into the future of magazines?"

Submission + - Google Plus Hurts Profits (operationreality.org)

Submitted by Samfer on Thursday July 14, 2011 @04:44PM

Samfer writes: According to most analysts, Google is expected to report later today when they release their earnings that their profit growth for Q2 2011 will be slightly lower due to the $200 million plus they are and will be spending to take on Facebook Inc. in social networking with the launch of Google+ (Plus). Most mainstream sources estimate that Google will report profits during the period of only around $7.85 instead of higher estimates before the full scope of the Google Plus project was revealed earlier this month according to analysts at BGC Partners.

It is estimated that Google has already spent over $100 million on Google Plus in Q2 2011 alone. It is clear that Google is pouring it on with the new Google Plus and really finally mounting their first serious foray into social networking, with Facebook Inc. sitting squarely in their cross hairs. It’s a big challenge and perhaps a gamble, but Google is clearly investing the money and willing to sacrifice shorter term profits by investing heavily in social networking, e-commerce, and mobile software in the hopes of finally being able to diversify out of their traditional search engine quarantine.

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