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Norman writes:
here's Microsoft v Motorola — and the rest of the explosion in a spear factor that is our handy cut-out-and-add-more-squiggles guide to who's suing who over mobile patentsLink to Original Source
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tuXx writes:
On Thursday, Linux rolled out the official Release Candidate of its upcoming Ubuntu OS version 10.10, codenamed Maverick Meerkat, tech news site PC World reports.
Read more: [spam URL stripped]Link to Original Source
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googlePLEXS writes:
Wave open sign-ups: Google Wave is open to all users at wave.google.com, as a Google Labs product — no invitation needed. Google Apps administrators will also have the option to add Wave as a Labs feature for their domains, helping groups of people communicate and work together more productively.Link to Original Source
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normsky writes:
A software company's stipulation that customers could not take action against it for the poor performance of its software was unfair and could not be enforced, the High Court has said.
"Pursuant to `the Sale of Goods Act 1979, a term is to be implied into the contract that Entirety would be fit for the purpose for which it was bought, namely that the system would increase revenue and occupancy levels and would allow quicker check-in and check-out, including accurately processing groups and making changes to group reservations while preserving the accuracy of the system," he wrote.
"I am satisfied that Entirety was not fit for the purpose for which it was sold ..Link to Original Source
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tux writes:
Ubuntu's commercial sponsor Canonical has tried to clarify how — if not why — it has licensed a closed-source and patented codec for video on PCs running its Linux.
Canonical is the first Linux shop to have agreed to license the codec in question, H.264 from MPEG LA. Even though Red Hat and Novell are also available for use on PCs, they have not licensed H.264.Link to Original Source
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isometric writes:
IA Labs is accusing Nintendo of infringing on two separate IA Labs patents through technology used in the Nintendo Wii, Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus, the Wii Balance Board, Wii Remote, Wii Wheel, Wii MotionPlus, Wii Nunchuck and Wii Zapper ..
"Computer interactive isometric exercise system and method for operatively interconnecting the exercise system to a computer system for use as a peripheral" and "Force measurement system for an isometric exercise device."Link to Original Source
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ericb writes:
Microsoft, which has considerable interests in the country, including its Bing search engine, responded directly to criticism by Google's co-founder Sergey Brin, who this week accused the company of speaking against human rights and free speech.
Brin, who pressed for the closing down of Google's self-censored Chinese search engine, said yesterday: "I'm very disappointed for them in particular.
"I would hope that larger companies would not put profit ahead of all else. Generally, companies should pay attention to how and where their products are used."Link to Original Source
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viralMeme writes:
Microsoft plans to begin phasing out Unix and Linux platform support for its FAST enterprise search products, as of its next release.
According to a Thursday blog post from Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Bjørn Olstad, the team will be "investing in interoperability between Windows and other operating systems, reaffirming our commitment to 10 years of support for our non-Windows products, and taking concrete steps to help customers plan for the future."Link to Original Source
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viralMeme writes:
Security researchers have turned their attention to femtocells, and have discovered that gaining root on the tiny mobile base stations isn't as hard as one might hope
Whoever designed these devices should be sent back to computer school. An authentication device that can be bypassed is a contradiction in terms. Or as some pen pusher would put it in a report: an unantipicate security excursion. Did not anyone check these devices for security vulnerabilities. What are they teaching them in college nowadays ?
"Uh you've reached stewie and brian, we're not here right now, uh and if this is mom, uh send money because we're college students and we need money for books...and highlighters...and.... ramen noodles...and condoms, for sexual relations with our classmates"Link to Original Source
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Joe Quimby writes:
Microsoft and Yahoo have finalized and executed their Web-search agreement after five months of deliberation, the companies announced Friday.
Microsoft and Yahoo reached a revenue-sharing agreement in July to combine their search businesses. Under the 10-year agreement, Yahoo's Web search would be powered by Bing and Yahoo would retain most ad revenue from its site.Link to Original Source
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elREG writes:
Sun's Zettabyte File System (ZFS) now has built-in deduplication, making it probably the most space-efficient file system there is.
There's a discussion of ZFS deduplication in a Sun blog, which says that chunks of data, such as a byte range or blocks or files, are checksummed with a hash function and any duplicate chunks will not be stored but instead reference this master chunk.Link to Original Source
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viralMeme writes:
"The cool thing about the Pixel Qi technology is, you know, poor kids in Africa got it first. You know, it's the classic Innovator's Dilemma."Link to Original Source
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T-1000 writes:
The governor of California has launched a new initiative to compile open source textbooks for the state. He hopes that the plan will help cut costs and improve the quality of education. The effort seems very promising, but the state's complex standards and arduous textbook evaluation process will pose major challenges.Link to Original Source
