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Google Demands Higher Chip Temps From Intel 287

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 15, 2008 @10:53AM from the because-they-can dept.

JagsLive writes "When purchasing server processors directly from Intel, Google has insisted on a guarantee that the chips can operate at temperatures five degrees centigrade higher than their standard qualification, according to a former Google employee. This allowed the search giant to maintain higher temperatures within its data centers, the ex-employee says, and save millions of dollars each year in cooling costs."

Judge Tosses Telco Suit Over City-Owned Network 281

Posted by kdawson on Friday October 10, 2008 @09:23AM from the why-not-sue-the-state-for-building-roads dept.

tsa sends along news of the city of Monticello, Minnesota, which was sued by their local telco, Bridgewater Telephone Company, because the city chose to build a fiber optics network of their own. The judge dismissed their complaint of competition by a governmental organization. Quoting: "The judge's ruling is noteworthy for two things: (1) the judge's complete dismissal of Bridgewater Telephone Company's complaint and (2) his obvious anger at the underfunding of Minnesota's state courts. Indeed, the longest footnote in the opinion is an extended jeremiad about how much work judges are under and why it took so long to decide this case."

Walmart Caves On DRM Removal 215

Posted by kdawson on Friday October 10, 2008 @08:33AM from the just-kidding dept.

cmunic8r99 writes in with an email he received from walmart.com yesterday evening about the pending shutdown of their DRM services (which we discussed a while back). Walmart has reconsidered and won't be shutting off its DRM servers after all. They are still moving to an all-MP3 store, but won't break all the DRMed music its customers have already downloaded; this because of "feedback from the customers."

Cambridge Breached the Great Firewall of China 250

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday July 04, 2006 @01:06PM from the didn't-work-against-the-mongol-spammers-either dept.

Darren Rayes writes to mention a ZDNet article on Cambridge academics' claims that they have breached the great firewall of China. They also claim that by misusing the firewall they can launch DDoS attacks against IP addresses behind the wall. From the article: "The IDS uses a stateless server, which examines each data packet both going in and out of the firewall individually, unrelated to any previous request. By forging the source address of a packet containing a 'sensitive' keyword, people could trigger the firewall to block access between source and destination addresses for up to an hour at a time."

Henry's Python Programming Guide 143

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 22, 2006 @12:21PM from the not-just-for-programmers-anymore dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Seems like someone else has put up another Python programming guide, although this one seems to be a little easier to get through. From the article: 'My name is Henry the Adequate, and I am a Python programming Guru. I know all of their movies, and their TV shows, and can quote the dead parrot sketch in my sleep. In fact I do quote it in my sleep. That may explain why I am single, although it could also have something to do with the flamethrower. Naturally many old-timers want to know what this new-fangled Python thing is all about. "Henry," they say, "What is this new-fangled Python thing all about?" See what i mean? So, here, at last, is the article you have all been waiting for...'"

Bearshare Shut Down by RIAA 269

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday May 06, 2006 @02:53PM from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

Pichu0102 writes "According to WebProNews, Bearshare has been shut down by the RIAA." From the article: " Online file-sharing service BearShare, along with operators Free Peers Inc., is packing it up due to a $30 million settlement with the recording industry. The conditions of the settlement were agreed to by the P2P company to avoid further copyright infringement litigation."

The Fedora Core 5 Install Experience 67

Posted by Zonk on Saturday May 06, 2006 @12:33PM from the feel-the-shiny dept.

daria42 writes "A detailed image gallery walks the reader through the complete Fedora Core 5 installation."

Comment Oh, yeah, it's Slashdot (Score 1) 1213

by ericbinet on Tuesday January 17, 2006 @07:23PM (#14495185) Attached to: Most Disappointing

I thought I'd be in the 1st category saying my salary is crap, but wait, it's Slashdot! People don't have sex lives here!

Comment NPL-like license for first 2 years, then GPL (Score 1) 113

by Pierre Sarrazin on Friday October 01, 1999 @09:26PM (#1645872) Attached to: Toward a Better Open Source License

Some companies might be interested in releasing
their source code under a license that would be
NPL-like in the first 2 years (for example), but
that would also garantee that the license would
change to the GPL after that period.

This way, the company can benefit from the
open development and has time to develop new
products and services.

The original source code and all submitted
modifications to it would be covered by the
GPL after the 2 year period.

The hacker community would thus improve the
company's code while knowing that eventually
all these improvements will be made available
to the public for ever.

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