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- Perens new crusade is patent law
- Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...
- Tags: Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Software intellectual property, New software product, new crusade, Perens, crusade, patent law, patent, innovation
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
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- New Koobface campaign spoofs Adobe's Flash updater
- Earlier this week, the botnet masters behind the most efficient social engineering driven botnet, Koobface, launched a new campaign currently spreading across Facebook with a new template spoofing Adobe's Flash updater embedded within a fake Youtube page. The malware campaign is relying on compromised legitimate web sites,...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., CAPTCHA, YouTube Inc., Social Engineering, Worm, Gang, Koobface, 0x3E8/youtube/console=yes/, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- On the future of Open Source thought leadership
- After over a decade of being in the shadow of the Free Software movement and 30 years of its inflexible dogmatic principles, disruptive new Open Source thought leadership is emerging that is truly able to compromise with the realistic needs of business and end-users without carrying...
- Tags: Software, Leadership, Richard Stallman, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Creating a new data type to better model risky outcomes
- Let's See If I've Got This RightTom presents his answer, which is almost guaranteed to be not precisely correct (and which the single number per cell folks are calling wrong.)Jane presents her range of answers, which still may not include the right answer and, if it did, may or may...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Tom, Jane, Management Science, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Report: Microsoft trying to settle EC antitrust matters
- Report: Microsoft trying to settle EC antitrust mattersSilly Boy.Protectionism helps no-one. Your "sissy socialist" message is offensive.What is US government doing meanwhile?They just let these European sissy socialists get away w/ screwing American companies on all sorts of sorrow butt excuses at every turn? Giving in now, there's no end...
- Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, CLI, Microsoft Corp., ballot screen, EC antitrust matter, EC antitrust, Microsoft Trying
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Blizzard working on new online game project
- Blizzard working on new online game projectNot new...This would be fascinating, if Blizzard did not announce this information four years ago.They stated that they were working on another MMO before World of Warcraft's second expansion pack, "Burning Crusade" had entered public beta. They said even then that this would...
- Tags: Games, Blizzard, new online game project, online game project, online game
- Discussion threads 2009-05-15
- Politics of climate change overhwelming the science?
- Politics of climate change overhwelming the science?RE: Politics of climate change overhwelming the science?Energy conservation is great and benefits everyone. Carbon credits are phony. Much warming data is built on computer models that don't show any warming unless a "correction factor" is added.If Al Gore is so serious about climate...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, TVs, Energy Conservation, Carbon Credits, tax, Humanity!, climate change, Obamasiah, Climate Change
- Discussion threads 2009-03-28
- Microsoft to laid-off workers: Give us back our money
- Microsoft to laid-off workers: Give us back our moneyEthics are personalEthics are a personal matter. The fact that there are many people who don't have them can be frustrating, annoying, and a major PITA. BUT, their lack NEVER gives me an excuse to behave the same. I choose to keep...
- Tags: Business ethics, Personal finance, Operational accounting, Litigation, Microsoft Corp., Borg, worker, ethics
- Discussion threads 2009-02-22
- PPoPP 2009 Day 2: Are most programmers stupid?
- PPoPP 2009 Day 2: Are most programmers stupid?Yale Patt is being foolish.You cannot ignore the factors of time and money. In the real non-ideal world, their are many practical considerations that cannot be avoided.Most programmers are average, which may not be good enough for "Yale Patt" but it is...
- Tags: Development tools, programmer, PPoPP 2009 Day 2, Yale Patt
- Discussion threads 2009-02-20
- Windows 7 beta 1 review
- Windows 7 beta 1 reviewRegistry?It is my understanding that Windows 7 still uses the Registry.The feature of Windows that I most despise.If this is true, then what is the point of Windows 7 ?RE: Windows 7 beta 1 reviewthere is no point for Windows 7. all the eye candy desktop...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 beta 1 review, Windows 7 Beta 1, WINDOWS 7 BETA, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-12-28
- Mac mini revision rumored for Macworld Expo
- Mac mini revision rumored for Macworld ExpoApple is the #1 pusher of DRM[i]For video output, the Mac Mini will use the DRM-crippled DisplayPort for connectivity[/i]What makes this even more disgusting is Steve Jobs "heartfelt" letter to the industry that all DRM should be banished. Uh huh. Is that why iTMS...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, digital-rights management, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-16
- Going paperless...Are we really saving money?
- Going paperless...Are we really saving money?As an educator...my opinion carriers a bit of weight due to living in the trenches with the students. Although the idea of a PDA type device to carry textbook information is both logical and practical in an ideal world. The world of education...
- Tags: Worksheets
- Discussion threads 2008-11-14
- Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobs
- Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobsIf I were a Sun employee I'd be looking for another job.There seems to be a never ending stream of layoffs at Sun. Very demoralizing.RE: Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobsi think it's hard to compete for Sun in the new IT market place. The...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Linux, Operational accounting, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Now Let, Careful Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., job
- Discussion threads 2008-11-14
- Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we are
- Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we areand then in 2015...after a generation of high school leavers are very familiar with Linux and other FOSS apps, businesses will be able to start switching to Linux without the need to retrain new starters.Then in 2020 when this generation are...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Free Market, Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- News to know: HP's Smartphone; Obama's iPhone app; Skype in China; Data breach bill
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: WSJ: H-P plans to unveil smartphone Jason D. O'Grady: Obama campaign unleashes iPhone app Track the Presidential election polls with...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Skype Technologies S.A., Apple Inc., Smartphone, Obama, Smart Phones, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, RSS, Financial Accounting, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Perens new crusade is patent law
- Can we have a system which protects medical inventions while discouraging patent trolls, and what would it look like? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Patent, Bruce Perens, Blackberry Case, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Laptop wars: Toshiba goes thin with 128GB solid state drive
- Laptop wars: Toshiba goes thin with 128GB solid state drive128GB SSD is Good NewsWith SSDs for Laptop capped at 32GB until now, this new 128GB Portege from Toshiba makes for the first serious SSD alternative to latops equiped with traditional HDD. Thanks a lot for the information.RE: Laptop wars: Toshiba...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Toshiba Corp., laptop computer, solid state disk, Apple Inc., SSD, Cell
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violationwho do they think they are fooling?apologizing for nothing does not absolve M$ of the other grave crimes they commited in the last 20 years.The point of CodePlex is???I have a fellow developer thats completely oblivious to anything non-MS. We would discuss...
- Tags: Open Source Initiative, open source, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML win
- Microsoft wasting no time rejoicing in its OOXML winLong live the Microsoft Zimbabwe standardIn recognition of ISO adoption of IS 29500 it will hence forth be formally known ans the Zimbabwe stand.Microsoft vote riggers sorry I mean keen standards followers were quoted as saying "we learnt all about ballot...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Sanity, Microsoft Corp., OOXML
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- Asustek: Two-thirds of Eee PCs will have Windows XP
- Asustek: Two-thirds of Eee PCs will have Windows XPMore $$ ... crippled OS. Sign me up!An extra $200 for a crippled version of Windows on these?? Get real!They're selling as fast as they can build them with Linux pre-installed. Did the Palm market never materialize way back...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linus, Linux, AsusTek Computer, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Eee PC, OEM
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
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