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Comment Re:Seriously... (Score 1) 693

What a brilliant idea!

I've lost countless sleeps because I'm worried that my DRM-free songs might wander away, or get kidnapped by bad guys.

Now there's a way to identify the rightful owner, and I'm sure honest TPB users will email me songs that I accidentally lost in the torrent sea.

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Submission + - U of Kansas recommends against Vista, Office 2007

An anonymous reader writes: In an email to all faculty and staff, the University of Kansas IT recommended against installing either Microsoft Vista or Office 2007. Vista is deemed problematic because of hardware requirements and incompatibility with widely used software such as statistical packages, Blackboard and PeopleSoft; Office is zinged because "The radical redesign has moved and/or renamed virtually every feature." Individuals purchasing machines with Vista are asked to "roll back" to XP. Obligatory evolution and Wizard of Oz jokes aside, KU is probably typical of a large organization that has apparently decided after a few weeks of consideration that Microsoft's latest offerings just aren't worth the trouble. How general is this trend?
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Submission + - Vista Sales Strong

An anonymous reader writes: It seems Microsoft is not only alive, but has been thriving these last few months. Following Apple's solid earnings yesterday comes above-expectations from Microsoft. Profits jumped 65% from the previous year, and sales of its Windows operating system were strong: (from TFA)

Microsoft said it deferred $1.2 billion in Windows Vista revenue to the third quarter, to account for upgrade coupons given to PC buyers during the holiday season before the consumer launch of the new operating system. Excluding this figure, client revenue totaled $4.1 billion, 30 percent higher than last year.

Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said Vista beat internal forecasts by $300 million to $400 million, and Office 2007 sales were $200 million better than expected.
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Submission + - Forking Ideas From Ex-Boss

An anonymous reader writes: I have decided to leave my current company of 10 years, after seeing a piece of application developed by me not fully utilized to serve and capture market shares, and I would like to start a new business offering a similar service. This app is surprisingly simple, like an online contact form with a few backend logics for distribution purposes, it is not currently patented and possibly cannot be patented. Obviously I will steer clear of using any codes in the existing app, but would there still legal problems by "forking" a similar service given my intimate involvement with the development in its previous life, and what steps should I take to minimize these risks?

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