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Submission + - VMware releases open source Cloud Foundry (networkworld.com)

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Julie188
Julie188 writes: "VMware shook the cloud world with an announcement that it was releasing an open source platform-as-a-service called Cloud Foundry. Not surprisingly, the new cloud platform takes direct aim at Microsoft's Azure and Google's Google Apps platforms. Cloud Foundry is made up of several technologies and products that VMware has acquired over the recent past and is released under an Apache 2 license. While VMware isn't the first-and-only player to launch an open source cloud initiative (Red Hat has DeltaCloud, Rackspace and Dell have OpenStack), some believe that with VMware now in the open source cloud business, pressure could be mounting for Microsoft and Google to release versions of their cloud that could be hosted somewhere other than their own data centers."
Google

Submission + - Old Media Says: Google to Destroy Film & Music (dailymail.co.uk)

Submitted by SirWinston
SirWinston writes: A Daily Mail editor has written perhaps the most Luddite attack on Google ever, reading just like a 19th-century manifesto against looms and factories. "Google has become a global predator ruthlessly gobbling up potential rivals such as YouTube and ‘stealing’ the creative work of writers, film makers and the music industry... Google has granted these piracy sites a licence to steal... It undermines investment in the very creative industries that have become such an important part of our national prosperity, and employ hundreds of thousands of people." The article lionizes brick-and-mortar business and traditional media, and reads as a funny anachronism--except that these may be the attitudes of European regulators now shaking down Google and new media.
Caldera

Submission + - Groklaw declares victory, no more articles (groklaw.net)

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tomhudson
tomhudson writes: "Pamela Jones announced that as of May 16th, she will no longer be updating groklaw

"I have decided that Groklaw will stop publishing new articles on our anniversary, May 16.

I know a lot of you will be unhappy to hear it, so let me briefly explain, because my decision is made and it's firm. In a simple sentence, the reason is this: the crisis SCO initiated over Linux is over, and Linux won. SCO as we knew it is no more. "

For those who have followed the SCO crach-and-burn-fest, May 16th is Red Dress Day."
Software

Submission + - Free software helps diabled use mouse (scienceblog.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A University of Washington team has developed a piece of free software to help those with motor control problem do what most of us take for granted every day — successfully use a computer mouse to get stuff done.The Pointing Magnifier combines an area cursor with visual and motor magnification, reducing need for fine, precise pointing. The UW team is actively seeking user feedback.
Idle

Submission + - What Happens If You Get Sucked Out of a Plane? (discovery.com) 2

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astroengine
astroengine writes: "We've all wondered about it. When flying at 30,000ft, you look around the cramped economy class cabin thinking 'I wonder if I'd survive being sucked out of this plane if a hole, say, just opened above my head?' That's probably around the time that you should fasten your seat belt. According to medical experts interviewed by Discovery News in the wake of the Southwest Airlines gaping hole incident, the rapid depressurization, low oxygen levels and freezing cold would render you unconscious very quickly. Assuming you don't get chopped in half as you exit through the hole and hit the tail, you'd be long dead before you hit the ground. Nice."
Iphone

Submission + - Toyota yields to Apple over jailbroken phones (wired.com)

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zakkie
zakkie writes: "Toyota has caved to pressure from Apple and pulled custom themes from jailbroken iPhones. According to ModMyi.com founder Kyle Matthews, a representative of Toyota's ad agency said that Toyota gave in to Apple's request in order to "maintain their good relationship with Apple", and amounted to a direct attack by Apple on jailbroken iPhones."

Submission + - An autonomous sailing robot to clean up oil spills (kickstarter.com) 1

Submitted by rDouglass
rDouglass writes: Protei : a low-cost open-source oil collecting robot that autonomously sails upwind, intercepting oil sheens going downwind. This crowd sourced, open source hardware, collaboratively developed project could help prevent the tragedy of the next oil spill. Furthermore, it is a prime example of what people can do together when they collaborate, working together on the research and development, design, and funding. Licensed under the Open Source Hardware (OSHW) license guarantees that as many people in all parts of the world will benefit from this effort as possible.

Submission + - The Awesome Button (makezine.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: An awesome hardware hack which demonstrates how easily human interface (eg, Keyboard, Mouse) devices can be created and hacked into ordinary objects, with all the programming done using simple Arduino software environment.
Google

Submission + - Google Earth to include Google Deep Sea (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk
mikejuk writes: You may have heard about the swash buckling adventures to be undertaken by Virgin Oceanic — visits to the bottom of the deepest parts of the oceans of the world. What you might not have noticed is that in the future we can all join in. The data from video cameras taken down on the five planned dives will be fed back to Google Earth.
As Sir Richard Branson said at the launch of Virgin Oceanic, more men have been to the moon than have ventured further down than 20,000 feet. As long as everything goes according to plan, the entire population should be able to experience a trip to the bottom of the oceans — if only virtually courtesy of Google Earth.
GNOME

Submission + - ALS sufferer used legs to contribute last patch (gnome.org) 1

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krkhan
krkhan writes: "This is a little old but seeing as it didn't make it to /. at the time I think it deserves a headline now. Adrian Hands was suffering from ALS and had lost motor skills when he used his legs to type in Morse code and fix a 9 year old bug in Gnome. The patch was submitted three days before he passed away."

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