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Native ZFS Is Coming To Linux Next Month 273

Posted by timothy on Friday August 27, 2010 @08:26PM from the is-it-as-magical-as-advertised? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Phoronix is reporting that an Indian technology company has been porting the ZFS filesystem to Linux and will be releasing it next month as a native kernel module without a dependence on FUSE. 'In terms of how native ZFS for Linux is being handled by this Indian company, they are releasing their ported ZFS code under the Common Development & Distribution License and will not be attempting to go for mainline integration. Instead, this company will just be releasing their CDDL source-code as a build-able kernel module for users and ensuring it does not use any GPL-only symbols where there would be license conflicts. KQ Infotech also seems confident that Oracle will not attempt to take any legal action against them for this work.'"

The Grown-Up Video Game 152

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 23, 2010 @11:29PM from the getajob-hero dept.

Phaethon360 writes "Now, more than ever, we're seeing many Mature ratings (M+, 17+, 18) being distributed by various national media regulators. But that isn't the only indicator for a game's intended audience. It doesn't take a thousand swear words, scantily clad women or gratuitous violence to differentiate a ten-year-old's game from a twenty-year-old's. The spectrum of human emotions encompasses a wider palette than just revenge, fear, and loss, but the games that shy away from these are frequently mistaken as being for a younger audience. From the article: 'The human experience is one that is made up of great hardship, pain, loss, death, and a multitude of experiences seemingly designed to destroy a person. However, that same experience is also filled with joy, love, laughter, family and friends. ... These so-called “grown-up” games need not be relegated to the category of niche gaming. In fact, at times we find that these video games are capable of reaching mass popularity among the gaming community. It is here that we find one of our generation’s outlets for the expression of conflict.'"

Feed Honda Revs Hybrid: Fast Fauxward (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Sunday March 04, 2007 @03:32PM

The green sports car race is hyped this week with a hybrid Honda mean machine. Have fun, but hold off on the eco kudos -- these rides burn hydrocarbons. In Epicenter.

Objections Over Antibiotic Approved for Use in Cattle 253

Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 04, 2007 @02:40PM from the that's-a-human-drug-right-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Washington post reports that the FDA is expected to approve the marketing of the new antibiotic called Cefquinome for use in cattle. This is over objections of the American medical association, the FDA advisory board and the World Health Organization. Cefquinome is from a class of highly potent 'last line of defense' antibiotics for several serious human infections. It is feared that large scale use in cattle will allow bacteria to develop a resistance to these drugs. This news follows complaints from the FDA that it is no longer getting the funds needed to do the research required for the desired level of food safety."

Feed Fuel Efficient Geneva Motor Show (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Sunday March 04, 2007 @02:12PM

Environmentally friendly tech and hybrids dominate this year's Geneva Motor Show, making fuel efficiency the top theme in a climate of global warming concerns. By the Associated Press.

Comment Re:CPU and memory hogging bug in Firefox 1.5? (Score 1) 646

by freak117 on Wednesday November 30, 2005 @02:56AM (#14145029) Attached to: Firefox 1.5 Final Now Available

The grey bar at the bottom is caused by a faulty extension, probably Linky or one of the Google extensions. Disable your extensions and then reenable them one-by-one to find the culpret.

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