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Submission + - YouTube will support HTML5 with Free/Open formats (thesilentnumber.me) 1

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shadowmage13

on Friday January 15, 2010 @09:41AM

shadowmage13 writes: "After the recent post about YouTube, so many votes were put in for HTML5 using Free and Open formats, that Google has already cleared them all out (to make space for others) and issued an official response (requires Google login): "We've heard a lot of feedback around supporting HTML5 and are working hard to meet your request, so stay tuned. We'll be following up when we have more information. We're answering this idea now because there are so many similar HTML5 ideas and we want to give other ideas a chance to be seen." -Mia, YouTube Team. Now all the top ideas are concerning copyright and DMCA abuse."

Submission + - Can Ubuntu reach over 16,000 anime lovers in April (thesilentnumber.me)

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shadowmage13

on Monday November 23, 2009 @08:56PM

shadowmage13 writes: "After months of planning, i am happy to finally announce that the Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team will be preparing a booth at the upcoming 2010 Anime Boston convention. We need support from the community to secure a booth and print materials including copies of the Ubunchu! manga. I really believe the Anime fandom is a perfect match for Ubuntu, and they are by nature very much in line with open source and remix culture."

Submission + - Google's OpenSocial Platform Releases 3

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shadowmage13

on Thursday November 01, 2007 @08:48PM

shadowmage13 writes: "Google just announced that starting tonight, developers can start writing applications using the social API for Orkut, MySpace, Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, Ning, Oracle, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING at http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial. Will Facebook give in?"

Submission + - DRM Isn't Really About Piracy

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shadowmage13

on Monday January 15, 2007 @08:41PM

shadowmage13 writes: "Hollywood privately admits that DRM is not really about piracy. In a nutshell: DRM's sole purpose is to maximize revenues by minimizing your rights so that they can sell them back to you. You can take action on Digital Restrictions Management on DefectiveByDesign of the Free Software Foundation, Digital Freedom, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation."

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