Comment Re:And where did the retro-fit funds go? (Score 1) 407
Maybe they'll spread out a little more and work a little closer to home
I think you'll find that those two things don't usually go together.
Comment Re:From the original disgruntled developer (Score 2, Informative) 782
If you try to sell GPL software you really open up a can of worms in terms of ethical problems.
I still don't see why you think this. You and your hundreds of friends created a work under the GPL. Sale is clearly contemplated by the GPL. Are future developers required to assume that you didn't know what you were doing and to check with each of you to find out how you feel about something that's laid out in black and white in the license?
Amazon Pulls Purchased E-Book Copies of 1984 and Animal Farm 645
Oracle Goddess writes "In a story just dripping with irony, Amazon Kindle owners awoke this morning to discover that 1984 and Animal Farm had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid for, and thought they owned. Apparently the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic edition, and apparently Amazon, whose business lives and dies by publisher happiness, caved. It electronically deleted all books by George Orwell from people's Kindles and credited their accounts for the price. Amazon customer service may or may not have responded to queries by stating, 'We've always been at war with Eastasia.'"
Wikipedia Moving From GFDL To Creative Commons License 90
FilterMapReduce writes "The Wikimedia Foundation has resolved to migrate the copyright licensing of all of its wiki projects, including Wikipedia, from the GNU Free Documentation License to the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. The migration is scheduled to be completed on June 15. After the migration, reprints of material from the wikis will no longer require a full copy of the GFDL to be attached, and the attribution rules will require only a link to the wiki page. Also, material submitted after the migration cannot be forked with GFDL "invariant sections," which are impossible to incorporate back into a wiki in most cases. The GFDL version update that made the migration possible and the community vote that informed the decision were previously covered on Slashdot."
Comment Re:Just about any Dual core and up. (Score 1) 272
Don't automatically assume judgments without knowing all of the details.
I can't see the details, because you couldn't get your video camera to focus.
Submission + - Asteroid impact threat
Maggie McKee writes: "Kamchatkans and Venezuelans beware. A 20-million-tonne asteroid could be heading your way. Californians have even more reason to worry — the asteroid is more likely to hit the Pacific Ocean, triggering a tsunami that could devastate the west coast of North America.
These are among the scenarios projected for asteroid Apophis, which researchers now say has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting Earth on 13 April 2036. Calculations show it would strike somewhere along a narrow track that stretches eastward from Siberia to the west coast of Africa. The threat, while small, is real enough to merit a United Nations protocol for dealing with the problem, experts say."
New Microsoft Dirty Tricks Revealed 207
Conrad Mazian writes "Robert X. Cringely has an article on the Technology Evangelist web site where he claims that Microsoft destroyed evidence in the Burst vs Microsoft case. Specifically Burst's lawyers had asked for certain emails, Microsoft claimed that they couldn't find the backup tapes the emails would be on, and while this was happening the tapes were in a vault at Microsoft — until they mysteriously disappeared. It's a fascinating story, and even names one person at Microsoft."
Scientists Expose Weak DNA in HIV 196
Ace905 writes "The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced Thursday that they had discovered a very promising 'weak spot' in the HIV virus. The HIV virus, a progenitor to full blown AIDS has eluded all attempts at a vaccine since it was discovered sometime in the 1970's. The major problem with developing a vaccine initially was isolating the virus. Conventional viruses are often defeated with existing drugs, or after being tested against new compounds. HIV has been unique, and staggering in it's ability to resist all attempts at treatment by mutating its own genetic code. HIV is able to resist, with great effectiveness, any drug or combination drug-therapy that is used against it."
Submission + - The end of Pegasus Mail
rueger writes: The Register reports that David Harris has ceased development of Pegasus Mail. I used Pegasus for years until moving to a Mac, and sorely miss the power and flexibility that it gave me. This was the e-mail client for people who really use e-mail, rather than needing handholding.
I would pay for this program, and pay well.
Submission + - eBay's Innovation Machine?
Anonymous writes: CIOInsight.com has published a case study on eBay and its efforts to expand beyond online auctions. Writer Ed Cone says the company may struggle to meet investor demands unless it does so, despite double-digit growth rates and profits of $1.08 billion. "They are in a tough spot, because they're approaching maturity with the core auction business," says Sucharita Mulpuru, a senior retail analyst with Forrester Research Inc.
To make it happen, eBay is retooling its technology platform to "help its large sellers become more efficient and grow its fixed-price marketplaces, and turbocharge its international business, which has not developed as planned; in late 2006, eBay shut down its Chinese affiliate and entered a minority partnership with a Beijing company." The key is service-oriented architecture and a growing community of third-party developers.
To make it happen, eBay is retooling its technology platform to "help its large sellers become more efficient and grow its fixed-price marketplaces, and turbocharge its international business, which has not developed as planned; in late 2006, eBay shut down its Chinese affiliate and entered a minority partnership with a Beijing company." The key is service-oriented architecture and a growing community of third-party developers.
Submission + - French Space Agency's UFO Archive To Go Online
Anomalous Cowbird writes: For those who still think 'the truth is out there,' MSNBC reports that the French space agency (and who knew they had one?) is planning to publish their archive of 'UFO sightings and other phenomena' online. The archive reportedly includes some 6,000 reports relating to around 1,600 incidents. Time to brush up on that high school French?
Submission + - Gmail: 60 users mailboxes were lost
asphyx0r writes: "According to the french website Clubic ( http://www.clubic.com/actualite-67645-gmail-emails -60-utilisateurs-disparu.html , french), 60 Gmail users have lost their emails.
Google confirmed that 60 users have lost their mailboxes content, and was unable to resotre a backup. The only recovered mail was 1 week old.
To avoid problem, Clubic advise you to backup your mail using the free Gmail POP access."
Submission + - UFO Spotted at Airport
Submission + - Tux Magazine Folds
An anonymous reader writes: Tux magazine, billed as 'The first and only magazine for the new Linux user,' has published its last issue, according to a New Year's Day announcement by publisher Phil Hughes. Tux, which was a sibling of Linux Journal, had reportedly achieved a circulation of over 100,000 readers. Linux Journal, meanwhile, was sold to former Linux Journal executive Carlie Fairchild late last year.
Submission + - Cheap drug dodges big pharma patents
An anonymous reader writes: A pact made in a pub could lead to a cheap version of a drug that cures hepatitis C becoming available to millions of the world's poorest people, reports New Scientist. The trick was to tweak the structure of an existing patented drug. That's pretty cool, as much of the vast sums spent on developing new drugs goes on marketing and shareholder dividends. But who's going to pay for the clinical trials?
