If you can't compete, litigate. This train of thought has been quite prevalent among major technology companies as of late, most notably by Apple and Microsoft, who both cannot compete with Android on merit, so they have to resort to patent lawsuits and FUD.
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Most americans support an Internet kill switch
Sixty-one percent of Americans said the President should have the ability to shut down portions of the Internet in the event of a coordinated malicious cyber attack, according to research by Unisys.
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New Koobface Variant Infects Linux Systems
Security researchers warn that a new drive-by download attack is capable of infecting Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems with a new variant of the notorious Koobface worm.
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Customize The Ubuntu Main Menu
The Ubuntu menu can be customized so that it fits your needs and gives you access to what's important while not displaying menu items you'll never need. I've created a 'Customize The Ubuntu Menu' video and placed it on Youtube and at the end of this Ubuntu tutorial.
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Smalltalk way of life
One Smalltalk aspect still astonishing me after years of practicing is the joy it brings when it is time to track bugs.
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My experience in developing both a C++ and Smalltalk version of Dr. Geo showed me you got a huge boost in productivity, which of course brings directly happiness while writing code and tracking bugs.
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Microsoft to charge royalty fees to prevent netbooks from using Android
Microsoft plans to impose royalty fees on Taiwan-based vendors of Android handsets for using its patents in e-mail, multimedia and other functions, with Acer and Asustek Computer being targets in an actual attempt to prevent the two vendors from adopting Android and Chrome OS for their netbook and tablet PCs, according to Taiwan-based makers.
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Gravaj sekurigeldonoj: Firefox 3.6.12, 3.5.15; Thunderbird 3.1.6, 3.0.10; baldaŭ SeaMonkey 2.0.10
Mozilo eldonis korektaĵojn de gravega malsekuro en Fajrovulpo kaj Tondrobirdo, uzebla per JavaSkripto. Oni planas eldoni la korektaĵon por SeaMonkey hodiaŭ.
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MeeGo Linux 1.1 Released
The 1.1 Core OS provides a complete set of enabling technologies for mobile computing. The MeeGo stack contains Linux Kernel 2.6.35, X.org server 1.9.0, Web Runtime, Qt 4.7, and Qt Mobility 1.0.2, supporting the contacts, location, messaging, multimedia, and sensor and service frameworks.
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Oracle OpenOffice.org vs. TDF LibreOffice
Oracle continues to be at the center of controversy despite their press release stating they will continue to support and release OpenOffice.org as an open source project.
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Marketing an open source business
When it comes to running an open source business, the question I’m asked second most often is "How do you market your services?" (The first is "How do you make money selling free software?") I wish I had a concise, step-by-step answer, but I don’t. The best I can do is to relate some of my experiences.
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What's The Fastest Linux Filesystem On Cheap Flash Media?
Compact Flash and SD storage cards are everywhere; gigabytes for cheap in a tiny form factor. Most come formatted with VFAT. So what is the fastest Linux filesystem for these little devices?
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EFF Urges EU Data Protection Authorities to Call for the Repeal of the EU Data Retention Directive
While the directive itself is limited to the storage of traffic data, Privacy Authorities found that data relating to the contents of communications is also being stored.
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Google's Go has been called to go into GCC 4.6
Last year one of the many projects introduced by Google was the Go programming language. Do you remember? It's reached a state of being a production-ready language, at least within Google's confines, but this project hasn't received as much attention and interest by the Linux and open-source communities as some of their other work such as VP8 and their new container format.
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KDevelop 4.1 IDE brings Git integration, patch exporting, external scripts support, project fetching, integrated hex editor, PHP 5.3 support and more.
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Fostering free software education: FTA and FSF partner
The Free Technology Academy and the Free Software Foundation announced today their partnership in the FTA's Associate Partner Network. The Network aims to expand the availability of professional educational courses and materials covering the concepts and applications of free software and free standards.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanFrom the very start, directories have served a very useful purpose on the Internet. (One I find useful for example is Free Web Directory). News sites can also be considered directories: they index and categorize news stories! What about categorizing software? In the open source world you get Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat; there are still, believe it or not, shareware and freeware directories like FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and Freeware Downloads (although you need to be careful, as they are not like their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselAbout Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software?, it's clear that the topic of software directories is very hot. Most of what you find on Google, however, are not pointing to free and open soruce software -- or worse, they mix the two. Examples of such sites are Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download, which simply don't focus on "free as in freedom", and still can be used as good free software directories.