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Comment vs Slashdot 2008 (Score 1) 707

by droidix55 on Tuesday November 06, 2012 @11:20AM (#41893769) Attached to: In the 2012 U.S. presidential election:

The gap between the (R) and (D) isn't as wide:

http://slashdot.org/poll/1661/with-us-election-so-close-im-preparing-to-

Has Slashdot gotten a little more conservative over the years?

Comment Re:Still same old non-open source board though... (Score 2) 155

by droidix55 on Thursday September 06, 2012 @11:43AM (#41248835) Attached to: Raspberry Pi Revision 2.0 Board Announced

Hopefully that will change soon with the reverse engineering effort underway: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE3NTE

Submission + - Ubuntu Linux dumps X.org for Unity on Wayland (cio.com.au)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 05, 2010 @02:13AM

An anonymous reader writes: Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu will move away from the traditional X.org display environment to Wayland — a more modern alternative. The move means there is now little reason for GNOME developers to recommend Ubuntu as an operating system.

Feed Ars Technica: Mono 2.8 released with full support for C# 4.0 (arstechnica.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Friday October 08, 2010 @09:12AM

The Mono project, which produces an open source implementation of the .NET runtime, has released version 2.8. The update brings full support for version 4.0 of the C# programming language, substantial improvements to the optional LLVM-based Mono backend, and a new garbage collection implementation that is more efficient.

Mono was originally created to accelerate Linux application development and enable Windows developers to bring some of their existing code and skills to the Linux platform. The focus of the project has expanded in recent years as Novell has explored ways to monetize the underlying technology. Mono is increasingly viewed as a compelling tool for supporting rich embedded scripting in applications and bringing C# to environments where it wouldn't otherwise run.

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Submission + - Oracle Sues Google for Infringing Java Patents (perens.com)

Submitted by

Bruce Perens

on Thursday August 12, 2010 @08:48PM

Bruce Perens writes: "Oracle has brought a lawsuit against Google claiming that Google has infringed patents on the Java Language, presumably in Android. We don't have the text of the lawsuit yet. But there's a patent grant that should allow Google to use Java royalty-free. Has Google failed to meet the terms of the grant?"

Comment So a secure comparison algorithm would be.. (Score 2, Insightful) 304

by droidix55 on Friday July 16, 2010 @05:37PM (#32932542) Attached to: OAuth, OpenID Password Crack Could Affect Millions

Say you have two hashes

break each into an array of integers, create a result array with the same size
XOR the two arrays containing the hashes into the result array
OR all of the ints in the result array together
if the result is 0 then the authentication is successful

Would that work?

Submission + - Apple to hold iPhone 4 press confere (engadget.com)

Submitted by teh31337one on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @09:11PM

teh31337one writes: Engadget writes :Headline says it all folks. Obviously the company is going to be getting out in front of this antenna drama (finally). We've been invited and we'll be there, presumably reporting live! It all happens at 10AM PT, Friday the 16th.

Comment Response from Apple? (Score 1) 670

by droidix55 on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @03:36PM (#32436182) Attached to: iPad Bait and Switch — No More Unlimited Data Plan

Has Apple posted a response to this move from AT&T? I noticed their site still conveys the old plans without any disclaimer that they are going away on June 7th (since if you ordered today you might not have it until then).

Submission + - The MMORPG Ryzom goes Free Software! (ryzom.com)

Submitted by acemtp on Thursday May 06, 2010 @06:02AM

acemtp writes: Breakthrough for Free Software Gaming--Ryzom Announces Full Release of Source Code and Artwork, and a Partnership with the Free Software Foundation to Host a Repository of the Game's Artistic Assets.

Bookmark Editorial: X Could Learn a Lot from Vista, Windows 7 (osnews.com)

by droidix55 on Sunday August 16, 2009 @06:36PM

Submission + - Apple kills Google Voice apps on the iPhone 5

Submitted by

molnarcs

on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @05:08AM

molnarcs writes: "Apple pulls Google Voice-enabled applications from its App Store citing duplication of functionality. This includes both Google's official Google Voice and third party apps like Voice Central. Sean Kovacs, main developer of GV Mobile says that he had personal approval from Phillip Shiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing last April. TechCrunch's Jason Kincaid suspects AT&T behind the move."

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