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IBM Asks Court to Toss SCO's Entire Case 230

Posted by Zonk from the out-with-the-bathwater dept.
Lost+Found writes "After three and a half years of case proceedings, summary judgement motions have been submitted in the highly controversial SCO v. IBM case. SCOX shares took a loss of 18.75%, or $0.39, to close at $1.69. IBM shares rose 0.97%, a gain of $0.79, to close at $82.00. From the article: 'Both sides in SCO v. IBM have filed motions for summary judgment. To be precise, SCO has filed one for partial summary judgment and IBM has filed several motions for summary judgment, one for each of SCO's claims and two more for good measure on two of IBM's counterclaims. In other words, it is asking the court to throw out SCO's entire case, and to grant it judgment on two counterclaims without even going to trial on those two.' More motions for summary judgement from SCO against IBM counterclaims are currently being uncovered at Groklaw."

Comment Re:How tested is this technology. (Score 2, Informative) 492

by pbettendorff (#16074896) Attached to: Vaporizing Garbage to Create Electricity
I cannot tell about Japan, but in Zurich (Switzerland) two such plants are operating since 1969 (continously upgraded). A link (in german, unfortunately) to the technical description: http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/internet/erz/home/khkw /technik.html. The plants do not only generate electricity, but also heat, which in transported to industries and houses in the vicinity (a couple kilometers around the plants).
Most interesting, and answering a lot of the previous question is the PDF about the energy production:
  • Electricity production: 91500 MWh
  • Internal electricty consumption: 38000 MWh
  • Net electricity production: 53500 MWh
  • Heat production: 406000 MWh
A second PDF links to the emission statistics. For the non-german speakers: the red bars are the legal limits, which are quite strict compared to the US.

Why Google's New Products Need Not Succeed 235

Posted by timothy from the in-and-of-themselves-heretofore-thereunder dept.
RJS writes "There have been some industry analysts lately who have called into question Google's real success, claiming that while Google's search remains a big winner, it has missed the mark when it comes to generating profitable, secondary products. BusinessWeek has just such an article ("So much fanfare, so few hits") but others argue that success relative to the size of Google's bread-and-butter (search) ultimately doesn't matter because it doesn't cost Google much extra to keep these secondary services — like Gmail — operational: the Google grid is on and growing regardless of what services are being run on top of it."

Warner to Sell Music on DVD 365

Posted by Zonk from the lining-up-for-it-i'm-sure dept.
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Warner Music is planning an aggressive attempt to replace the CD by pushing consumers to buy their music on specially outfitted DVDs, the Wall Street Journal reports. It's music to the ears of some struggling retailers who seek a new physical product to re-capture some of the online (and file-sharing) market. 'As a retailer I'm going to be holding on desperately for any compelling physical product,' said Eric Levin, who owns two independent stores called Criminal Records in the Atlanta area. 'So the introduction of a new format...is cause for excitement.' More from the article: 'But there are some stumbling blocks that may discourage consumers from embracing DVD albums. The new discs would not play on normal CD players, meaning consumers could not simply pop their new discs into their car stereos or other players. And users would not be able to copy the main audio mix onto their computers. On the proposed DVD album, the main audio mix is to be protected by the same software that already protects the content on normal DVDs.'"

What Do You Want on a News Website? 95

Posted by Cliff from the information-that-matters dept.
SomethingBig asks: "The BBC is asking people to redesign their homepage, with the best design winning an Apple laptop. With news websites becoming ever more crowded and cluttered, what is really the most important information for a news organization's homepage? Should it contain local news? Traffic? Weather? What type of information would you want on the BBC's homepage (or CNN's if you're in America)?"
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SketchUp Hooks Up With Google Earth 139

Posted by Zonk from the happy-couple dept.
zmarties writes "Having recently bought the company and 3d design product SketchUp, Google has now taken the next step of releasing a free personal version of the SketchUp software. Currently available for Windows XP, with a Mac version 'coming soon', the program allows for simple drag and drop design of 3d models - which amongst other uses can then be displayed in Google Earth. The pro version remains available for commercial use, with lots more features. Google are also introducing 3D Warehouse, designed as a repository for 3d models created in the program. The models can be viewed in Google Earth via a network link, so you can see geolocated models as you browse the world, rather than having to explicitly download them. Google has pre-populated the warehouse with a number of models which range from complete complex buildings, such as the Taj Mahal, through to individual design elements such as traffic lights and furniture."

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