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NASA World Wind 1.4 Released With Trailer 117

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @06:45PM from the fun-toys dept.

Bull_UK writes "As many of you probably already know NASA had to shift it's priorities to the upcoming Java version of World Wind, leaving 1.4 effectively orphaned, but the Open Source community came together and with a lot of hard work we were able to finish what Chris Maxwell started. Some of the new things which differentiate the new World Wind from the competition are the amazing new visual effects, including HDR, check out the video for some examples. Remember this virtual globe has never had the same goals as Google Earth, if you just want to see your house stick with GE, although many areas have high resolution as good and sometimes better than GE. World Wind is aimed at education and science, all the default imagery is copyright free, you don't need to purchase a license to redistribute the imagery and there are no pro or expert versions to buy, you can happily use World Wind at work or school without fear of any lawyers confiscating your research."

Submission + - SCO Vs. Blogger

Submitted by Conrad Mazian on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @08:16PM

Conrad Mazian writes: According to this article in Forbes, The SCO Group is trying to subpeona Pamela Jones of Groklaw:

http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/13/groklaw-sco-ibm-t ech-enter-cz_dl_0213sco.html?partner=yahootix

Submission + - Illinois Bill to Ban Social Networking Sites

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AlexDV

on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @06:36PM

AlexDV writes: "Library blogger Michael Stephens is reporting that Illinois Senator Matt Murphy (R-27, Palatine) has filed a senate bill which "Creates the Social Networking Web site Prohibition Act. Provides that each public library must prohibit access to social networking Web sites on all computers made available to the public in the library. Provides that each public school must prohibit access to social networking Web sites on all computers made available to students in the school." The bill's full text can be found here.

What is it with politicians introducing crazy Internet-related legislation lately? Could this bill have something to do with the fact that prominent Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John Edward are using social networks as a core component of their campaigns? Hmm..."

Social Networking Sites Opening Their APIs 56

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @05:44PM from the importing-friends dept.

prostoalex writes "Business Week magazine is looking at social networking sites opening their APIs to third-party developers to enable social applications not supported by the network itself. Facebook is setting an example by releasing their API from beta into 1.0, and many others are expected to follow the suit. Quoting from the article: 'Since Facebook, a network of 17 million college students, started a pilot program last summer, third-party developers have created some 100 new applications. Now a Facebook user name and password can be used to log in to content-sharing and chat site Mosoto, and to automatically import Facebook friends into Mosoto's buddy list for chat. Facebook itself does not offer a chat function.'"

Comment Re:Missing the point as always (Score 1) 393

by awshux on Wednesday May 10, 2006 @02:37PM (#15302868) Attached to: Grand Theft Auto IV Unveiled On 360

Actually the point most people are missing is that Sony won't have GTA as an exclusive anymore to drive console sales. GTA3 was, without question, the title that drove more PS2 sales than any other. Thought MS was able to obtain the title later, the lack of GTA was a factor that tipped the mainstream balance of opinion. Remember the PS2 launch library was weak, and part of the reason GTA sold as well as it did was a lack of other titles to choose from. Console features aside, from a business perspective, MS just took away a tentpole from Sony.

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