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Comment Online journals for free (Score 1) 317

by michaelgoldberg on Monday June 09, 2008 @05:10PM (#23715701) Attached to: Are Academic Journals Obsolete?

That is a good example. Wouldn't it advance the flow of human knowledge if most, or all, of peer-reviewed research was available online, for free? Keep the review, but vastly improve the access. Especially important to do if the research gets any government funding.

Why Google Should Embrace OpenOffice.org 277

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @06:04PM from the because-it's-soft-and-squishy dept.

CWmike writes "Preston Gralla has a decent idea that could move the office needle: If Google really wanted to deliver a knockout punch to Microsoft, it would integrate OpenOffice with Google Docs, and sell support for the combined suite to small businesses, medium-sized business, and large corporations. Given the reach of Google, the quality of OpenOffice, and the lure of free, it's a sure winner. Imagine if a version of it were available as a Web service from Google, combined with massive amounts of Google storage. Integrated with Google Docs, it would also allow online collaboration. For those who wanted more features, the full OpenOffice suite would be available as a client — supported by Google. wouldn't be at all surprised to see this happen. Just yesterday, IBM announced that it was selling support for its free Symphony office suite. It's not too much of a stretch to imagine Google doing the same for OpenOffice, after it integrates it with Google Docs."

McCain Supports Warrantless Domestic Surveillance 650

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @03:34PM from the just-lookin'-just-listenin' dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "While there have been shifting reports about McCain's view on warrantless wiretapping, nothing could be clearer than the latest comment by McCain adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin, who said, 'We do not know what lies ahead in our nation's fight against radical Islamic extremists, but John McCain will do everything he can to protect Americans from such threats, including asking the telecoms for appropriate assistance to collect intelligence against foreign threats to the United States as authorized by Article II of the Constitution.' Article II, of course, is what Bush has argued gives the President virtually unlimited power during war, and McCain has already voted in favor of Telecom Immunity, though he sometimes mentions, to those asking for accountability, wanting to hold hearings about what the telecoms did."

Submission + - Malware vs. anti-malware, 20 years into the fray (computerworld.com)

Submitted by jcatcw on Tuesday May 06, 2008 @11:53AM

jcatcw writes: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols considers the dissimilarities between maleware of yore and current infiltrations as we approach the 20th anniversary of the William Morris worm. Modern malware apps curl up and make themselves at home in your system, where they wait for a chance to snatch an important password or a credit card number. Welcome to the era of capitalist hacking. Any self-respecting malware program today is polymorphic, making signature-based av approaches difficult. Heuristics and virtual sandboxes offer alternatives, but all such methods are reactive. Unfortunately, montoring lists and networks is about the only current alternative.

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