ChimaeraX - Slashdot User

Comment Re:More bundled software, more LOC, more LP bugs (Score 1) 499

by ChimaeraX on Friday March 23, 2007 @01:21PM (#18461835) Attached to: Surprise, Windows Listed as Most Secure OS

By that logic, was OpenOffice included in the numbers for Redhat? I would be willing to bet that OpenOffice was counted against Redhat, while MS Office was not counted against Winders. Was Firefox or Evolution counted against Redhat? If so, was Internet Exploder or Outlook(Express) counted against MS?

When comparing my apple (pardon the pun) to your orange, it is clear mine makes better apple pie...

RIAA Arrests Pro Artist for Making Mixtapes 426

Posted by Zonk on Thursday January 18, 2007 @03:23PM from the you-are-doing-this-all-wrong dept.

Maximum Prophet writes "The RIAA is now going after mixtapes; specifically, the well-known mixtapes of rap artist DJ Drama. From the article: 'On Tuesday night he was arrested with Don Cannon, a protégé. The police, working with the Recording Industry Association of America, raided his office, at 147 Walker Street in Atlanta. The association makes no distinction between counterfeit CDs and unlicensed compilations like those that DJ Drama is known for.' The story goes on to say that many of the artists featured on the mixtapes would never have had the exposure and thus sales they had if DJ Drama had not featured them on a mix. Nowhere is a specific artist mentioned who claims to have been wronged by him. Additionally, the article states that mixtapes such as those made by DJ Drama are an accepted and integral part of rap music culture. His arrest is confusing on several levels."

The .XXX Saga Continues in Wellington 302

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday March 26, 2006 @08:42PM from the site-your-sights-on-pr0n dept.

netrover writes "CircleID is reporting on the latest developments on the .XXX top-level domain as the related ICANN meeting is currently underway in Welligton, New Zealand. From the article: 'The .XXX TLD was widely expected to receive its final approval at the ICANN's last meeting held in Vancouver about 4 months earlier but the discussion was unexpectedly delayed as the organization and governments requested more time to review the merits of setting up such a domain.' But as it has been reported, it appears the discussions at ICANN Wellington are in limbo once again."

Core Duo Power Sapping Bug is Microsoft Issue 109

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 17, 2006 @09:40AM from the explore-all-possibilities dept.

illusoryphoenix writes "A few weeks ago, Tom's Hardware noted a significant reduction in battery life of the Core Duo processors it tested when USB devices were inserted. Intel claimed that Microsoft had a bug in their USB drivers, while Tom's Hardware was unable to reproduce the same result for any of the other Pentium M microarchitecures. This issue has finally been publicly confirmed by Microsoft to be a USB driver problem which keeps the processor from entering advanced sleep states."

Alzheimer's Progresses Faster in Educated People 226

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 17, 2006 @09:17AM from the dumber-they-are-the-softer-they-fall dept.

Nrbelex writes "Bloomberg news is reporting that 'High levels of education speeds up the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in next month's issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Mental agility dropped every year among Alzheimer's disease patients with each additional year of education, leading to an additional 0.3 percent deterioration, the researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center in New York found. The speed of thought processes and memory were particularly affected.'"

Korea Plans to Choose Linux City, University 207

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 17, 2006 @08:43AM from the one-to-grow-on dept.

thefirelane wrote to mention an ambitious plan in the works by the South Korean government. Work is underway to choose a city, which will become a place where open-source software will become the mainstream operating system. From the article: "The selected government and university will be required to install open-source software as a main operating infrastructure, for which the MIC will support with funds and technologies. In the long run, they will have to migrate most of their desktop and notebook computers away from the Windows program of Microsoft, the world's biggest maker of software. 'The test beds will prompt other cities and universities to follow suit through the showcasing of Linux as the major operating system without any technical glitches and security issues,' Lee said. "

Congressman Quizzes Net Companies on Shame 459

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 17, 2006 @07:56AM from the ethical-dilemmas dept.

mjdroner writes "Cnet has a transcript of the House of Representatives hearing on net censorship with Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and Yahoo reps. At one point, Rep. Tom Lantos asks if Microsoft is ashamed of their actions in China. Microsoft: 'We comply with legally binding orders whether it's here in the U.S. or China.' Lantos: 'Well, IBM complied with legal orders when they cooperated with Nazi Germany. Those were legal orders under the Nazi German system.'"

Sony Rootkit may Lead to Regulation 266

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 17, 2006 @04:11AM from the enough-is-enough dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Computerworld has a story about DHS officials meeting with Sony to read them the riot act, following the rootkit fiasco. From the story: 'A U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official warned today that if software distributors continue to sell products with dangerous rootkit software, as Sony BMG Music Entertainment recently did, legislation or regulation could follow.'"

We Don't Need No Stinkin' Broadband 572

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 17, 2006 @12:25AM from the luddite-and-lovin'-it dept.

Ant writes "eMarketer has an article on The Yankee Group's analysis on why some Americans aren't feeling the broadband love. It was based on Ipsos Public Affairs. 45% of Americans say it's simply too expensive. 30% say that they just don't want it. 14% say they feel dial-up is adequate for their needs. Less than 10% are not able to get broadband access in their area. Five percent insist broadband is "too complicated". Another 5% aren't even sure why they don't have it..."

A 1.2 Petabyte Hard Drive? 431

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 16, 2006 @10:40PM from the peta-unavailable-for-comment dept.

Angry_Admin writes "Rather than spend millions of dollars for an array of hard drives when you can have all that storage on just one drive? A story at P2P.net US inventor Michael Thomas, owner of Colossal Storage, says he's the first person to solve non-contact optical spintronics which will in turn ultimately result in the creation of 3.5-inch discs with a million times the capacity of any hard drive - 1.2 petabytes of storage, to be exact. According to the article, In the past, data storage has only been able to orient the direction a field of electrons as they move around a molecule, Thomas said. "But now there's a way to rotate or spin the individual electrons that make up, or surround, the molecule," he says. He expects a finished product to be on the market in about four to five years, adding the cost would probably be in the range of $750 each."

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