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Vonage Admits They Have No Workaround 345

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @11:19AM from the i-hear-violins dept.

drachenfyre writes "It looks like Vonage has no workaround for their recent patent infringements. This means if a permanent stay isn't granted it is likely that it will be the end of the line for Vonage. What will happen if millions of phone customers suddenly lose their service? Their own filing to the court stated 'While Vonage has studied methods for designing around the patents, removal of the allegedly infringing technology, if even feasible, could take many months to fully study and implement.'"

Submission + - Best commercial insurance quote from peterbest

Submitted by

Steve Ashby

on Thursday November 16, 2006 @07:17AM

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Submission + - The Tyranny of Idiots

Submitted by IQ150 on Thursday November 16, 2006 @03:55AM

IQ150 writes: Open Source software is not inherently bad, but the way that it has been brought to the world, with horrible licenses such as the GPL make it appear to be bad. The truth is that people like Richard Stallman are the bad-guys and not the software. What to do about it? Help save software at Tyranny of Idiots.

Feed China Lifts Wikipedia Ban, but Some Topics Remain Blocked (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Thursday November 16, 2006 @02:12AM

Wikipedia said the Chinese government is permitting access to most of the Chinese-language version of its online encyclopedia.

How Often Do You Replace Your Hard Drives? 254

Posted by Cliff on Thursday November 16, 2006 @01:45AM from the mean-time-between-failure dept.

Telemachas asks: "I recently purchased a Dell P4 2.8 GHz swap meet computer with a 200 gig hard disk for a good price and all is working fine. It does not seem prudent, however, to trust my data on a swap meet item. For another @ $ 75.00 each I can purchase new 200 gig HDDs. I would also like to do my first RAID system. I am now wondering how often, if at all, do Slashdot readers replace their HDDs?"

OpenBSD 4.0 Pre-orders are Available 163

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 20, 2006 @11:04PM from the come-and-get-it dept.

fuzzyping1 writes "Pre-orders for OpenBSD 4.0 are now available in the online store. Five architectures on three CDs in a soft-shell DVD case. Check out the highlights of OpenBSD 4.0. This new release includes support for many new wireless chipsets, the UltraSPARC III platform, a new load-balancing feature for network trunks, and much, much more."

How to Crack a Website - XSS, Cookies, Sessions 167

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 14, 2006 @04:48AM from the waste-your-time dept.

twistedmoney45 writes "Informit.com provides an insiders look at a real life XSS attack and how it was used to bypass the authentication scheme of an online web application, leading to "shell" access, an admin account, and more. XSS attacks are often discussed in theory — this walk through illustrates just how dangerous these types of attacks can be in reality."

The Future of Closed Source Software and Linux 566

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 03, 2006 @01:47AM from the hand-me-downs dept.

slashy writes "What is the future of closed source software and Linux? OSWeekly.com delves into the subject and emerges with a possible answer. Quote: "I have been struggling with one major problem lately with the Linux operating system and that problem is the amazing lack of new and exciting software. It's frustrating because by the time said software does finally make its way down to the Linux user, the Windows crowd has been using it for nearly a year or longer. Perhaps some of this is because there does not appear to be a clear, simple to follow outline cooperative for companies to design for the open source operating system. Arguably this is because of the perceived need to keep things "open," however, I feel it's time for Linux to grow up and find some kind of common ground with the closed source community. I am a firm believer that both parties could learn a lot from each other; unfortunately I don't see that happening any time soon."

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