Comment Re:more cron fun (Score 1) 548

by shamer on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @10:28PM (#33211588) Attached to: Canonical Begins Tracking Ubuntu Installations

I should read all the comments first before posting.

my bad.

Comment more cron fun (Score 1) 548

by shamer on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @10:27PM (#33211578) Attached to: Canonical Begins Tracking Ubuntu Installations

and what of /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest (Ubuntu 9.10)

Looks to me like it's sending installed package information.

Police Seize Computers From Gizmodo Editor 1204

Posted by Soulskill on Monday April 26, 2010 @05:40PM from the stuff-just-got-real dept.

secretcurse writes "California police have served a search warrant and seized computers from Jason Chen, the Gizmodo editor who unveiled the 4th-generation iPhone to the world. Gawker Media's COO has replied claiming that the warrant was served illegally due to Mr. Chen's status as a journalist. The plot thickens..."

Comment Re:Download Record (Score 1) 554

by shamer on Thursday June 12, 2008 @02:09PM (#23767571) Attached to: Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday

arr i guess it would help if i red TFA.

my bad.

Torvalds Says Microsoft is Bluffing on Patents 157

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 04, 2008 @11:12AM from the summon-the-patent-attorneys-from-their-crypts dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates a number of its patents, is nothing more than "a marketing thing," according to Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel. "They have been sued for patents by other people, but I don't think they've — not that I've gone through any huge amount of law cases — but I don't think they've generally used patents as a weapon," Torvalds said. "But they're perfectly happy to use anything at all as fear, uncertainty and doubt in the marketplace, and patents is just one thing where they say, 'Hey, isn't this convenient? We can use this as a PR force.'""

Yahoo May Re-Consider Google Alliance, Rebuff Microsoft 273

Posted by Zonk on Sunday February 03, 2008 @11:33PM from the now-the-rubberband-is-on-the-other-claw dept.

anastasd writes "Reuters is reporting that Yahoo might consider a business alliance with Google as a way to top a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft. 'Yahoo management is considering revisiting talks it held with Google several months ago on an alliance as an alternative to Microsoft's bid, that source said. At $31 a share, Yahoo believes the bid undervalues the company, two sources said. A second source close to Yahoo said it had received a procession of preliminary contacts by media, technology, telephone and financial companies. But the source said they were unaware whether any alternative bid was in the offing.'"