Comment It's not for me (Score 1) 219
I tend to avoid consuming computers, they chafe on the way out
Watch 200 Years of Global Growth In 4 Minutes 270
kkleiner writes "A professor of international health in Sweden, Hans Rosling has a long history of exploring the facts and figures that surround our changing world. In the a segment of the BBC series, Rosling gives one of his most famous lectures with a new twist. Using 120,000+ bits of data and augmented reality, the exuberant professor takes us through the last 200 years of global history and its uneven growth of wealth and health." This is really worth watching. Seriously.
Palm Sued Over Palm Pre GPL Violation 374
zaxl writes "Palm is being sued by Artifex Software over the PDF viewer in Palm's Pre smartphone, which may violate the GNU GPL. Artifex alleges that Palm has copied Artifex's PDF rendering engine, called muPDF, and integrated it into the Palm Pre's PDF viewer application without the proper licensing conditions. The entire application must be licensed under the GPL if muPDF is part of the application. It seems more and more cell phones are shipping with open source code, but in a closed manner."
Comment Re:IE7 on MS VirtualPC (Score 0) 220
I've found a little utility that installs Internet Explorer 3, 4, 5, 5.5 and 6 all working in conjunction with IE7. Check it out here: http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
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