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Comment 8 bit???? (Score 2, Interesting) 308

by RichardDaGeek on Thursday August 07, 2008 @01:03AM (#24502505) Attached to: $12 MIT Computer Based On NES, Not Apple II

I have to question the usefulness of a 8 bit system in terms of running modern software, as well as being a useful as a whole. I mean does anyone know a modern linux distro that runs on a 8 bit processor?

Feed The Register: Google to rescue Linux from Microsoft lawyers (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday August 07, 2007 @06:12PM

The battle for the soul of open-source

Google has joined the fight to save Linux from an army of patent-waving Microsoft lawyers.

Sun Moves Into Commodity Silicon 236

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday August 07, 2007 @06:07PM from the whole-lotta-threads dept.

Samrobb writes "According to Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz, Sun has decided to release its UltraSPARC T2 processor under the GPL. Schwartz writes, 'We're announcing the fastest microprocessor we've ever shipped this week — delivering 89.6 Ghz of parallel computing power on a single chip — running standard Java applications and open source OS's. Simultaneously, we've said we're entering the commodity marketplace, and opening the chip up to our competition... To add fuel to the fire, the blueprints for our UltraSPARC T2... the core design files and test suites, will be available to the open source community, via its most popular license: the GPL.'" Sun is still working on getting these released; early materials are up on OpenSPARC.net.

Submission + - Prior art on Verizon patents

Submitted by greenbird on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @03:25PM

greenbird writes: Techdirt has information from Daniel Berninger documenting prior art in the Verizon patents being used to destroy Vonage. So a successful company and possible an entire market may be undermined or destroyed by blatantly invalid patents. From the article:

"In particular, the claims in both patents were anticipated by open standards assembled by the VoIP Forum (H.323) in 1996 and published in January 1997 with the participation of members from Cisco Systems, Microsoft, IBM, Nortel, Intel, Motorola, Lucent, and Vocaltec Communications, among others."

and

"The Eric Voit patent applications reflect, in particular, contributions made by VocalTec Communication to the VoIP Forum during 1996 and formally published at the same time as a separate document."

Microsoft / Adobe Competition Heating Up 219

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @03:01PM from the ding-dong-front-page-is-dead dept.

MicroAdobe writes "Microsoft has noticed that some of the coolest sites on the Web, YouTube and MySpace included, get much of their flash from Flash and other design programs sold by Adobe. But as Microsoft gets ready to ship its own line of tools for designers and Web developers, the company is finding it must also defend against Adobe on its home turf, the desktop. At the same time, the line between Internet and desktop programs is blurring, and both companies see an opportunity to capture new business." The article focuses on the competition and doesn't even mention that Adobe's CEO called Microsoft a $50 billion monopolist.

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