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Submission + - Disability groups on OpenDocument Format v1.1

Submitted by

peterkorn

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:54PM

peterkorn writes: "In the person of Curtis Chong, president of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science, the "Voice of Nation's Blind" have spoken: "OpenDocument is no longer a thing to be feared." With the release of OpenDocument v1.1 as an OASIS standard, the accessibility issues raised by the members of the OASIS ODF accessibility subcommittee have been fully addressed. See my blog entry for the details, and lots of other quotes about the release of OpenDocument v1.1. (full disclosure: I'm co-chair of the OASIS ODF accessibility subcommittee, and have been involved in Sun's ODF and StarOffice/OpenOffice.org accessibility work, among other things)"

Submission + - Dude Beats Mario. With his feet.

Submitted by

RockoTDF

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:52PM

RockoTDF writes: "Apparently some Guy can beats Super Mario 1 with his feet! Just when we thought people had ran out of things to do with the NES, along comes this new challenge. You can tell from the vid inside that he is actually doing it as well."

Submission + - Why Steve Isn't Going to Upset the DRM Apple Cart

Submitted by BSDetector on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:43PM

BSDetector writes: It seems that the Steve Jobs and Apple veneer may be cracking for all to see. In an article in the UK Guardian

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2 012883,00.html/

Charlie Demerjian from the Inquirer is quoted as saying '...called Jobs "the lowest form of hypocrite"'. Another telling quote from Torgeir Waterhouse of Forbrukerradet (Norway's consumer council) is that 'FairPlay is an illegal technology whose main purpose is to lock the consumers to the total package provided by Apple by blocking interoperability.'

Based on this article, it appears that the cult of Steve may have to deal with the barbarians at the gate more than than ever.

Submission + - New SciFi Series

Submitted by gribbler on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:39PM

gribbler writes: This week a Vancouver based company debuted a teaser for their new SciFi show called Sanctuary, a compelling new science fiction series. Sanctuary's cast is led by internationally-recognized actor Amanda Tapping (Stargate: SG-1, Stargate Atlantis). Created by veteran science fiction writer/producer Damian Kindler, Sanctuary also stars Robin Dunne (Dawson's Creek, The Big Hit, Species 3) and Emilie Ullerup (Battlestar Galactica). "The future of media is convergence: television, video gaming and social networking will combine to become a single, powerful entertainment medium," says Marc Aubanel, co-founder of Stage 3 Media(TM). "Sanctuary is poised to be at the forefront of this revolution." Here are a few links to some info and the website with the trailer.

Submission + - Microsoft Outlaws 3rd Party IM Clients

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @11:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: With the latest update to the MSN Instant Messenger client, now called Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft has required all users to sign a new contract which among other things forbids the use of 3rd party instant messenger clients to connect to the MSN messenger service, such as the AJAX Meebo client, Gaim, and Trillian among others. Worth noting, they do provide a list of authorized 3rd party clients, such as Yahoo Messenger, that are allowed access to the service.

Excerpt: "In using the service, you may not use any unauthorized third party software or service to access the Microsoft instant messaging network currently known as the .NET Messenger service."

Submission + - Microsoft claims IBM is blocking OOXML

Submitted by

walterbyrd

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @10:44PM

walterbyrd writes: ""Microsoft is accusing rival IBM of orchestrating a campaign to block efforts to standardize Office document formats." Of course, when Microsoft says "standardize" they mean Microsoft standards. Funny thing is: why blame IBM for ODF? I thought Sun had more to do with ODF than IBM. Seems like Microsoft is forever immating Apple, and paranoid of IBM."

Submission + - Judge Dismisses Suit Against MySpace

Submitted by zoltamatron on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @10:38PM

zoltamatron writes: The Texas lawsuit filed by four families against MySpace was dismissed today. The families alleged that MySpace was at fault for their daughters being sexually assaulted by men they had met online. U.S. district judge Sam Sparks wrote in his decision, "If anyone had a duty to protect Julie Doe, it was her parents, not MySpace,"

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