Attention developers: This "improvement" you call kernel mode setting is pretty much a regression for users of my particular video chip, the Intel 830m, and could be equally useless for other Intel video hardware. Do you think that maybe figuring out why kernel mode setting doesn't work in these cases is the thing to do?
Read more »Turning off kernel mode setting is the key to Intel 830m video in Ubuntu Lucid
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Inside Open Source's Historic Victory
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Hall agreed to serve pro bono publico (at no charge, for the public benefit), and asked the court for a declaratory judgment that the patent was unenforceable. Katzer responded by bringing a SLAPP suit against Jacobsen. SLAPP is a law that was meant to defend little folks sued by big rich companies, but is increasingly used in just the other direction.
Read more »New Millenium Learners Conference 2010 - Day 1
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If you have been following my live tweets today you will know that day 1 of the "New Millenium Learners Conference 2010" taking place here in Vienna at the moment was really interesting. The opening session led by people from the Austrian Ministry of Education introduced some of the projects that the Ministry has been working on in Austria.
Read more »Turning Patents Into "Invention Capital"
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Nathan Myhrvold, chief of Intellectual Ventures, says patent holders are being treated unfairly.
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Three short stories, all about Android
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Occasionally, your editor will be struck by a series of topics all associated with a common theme. The recent fuss about Android's presence (or the lack thereof) in the mainline kernel ties in well with a couple of other items of notice: the Nexus One phone and the role of free software on the Android platform in general.
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Android Gets Mobile Application for Video Ad
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After a successful rollout on the iPhone, iVdopia's mobile video advertising platform is now available to Android mobile devices. What kind of ads will emerge?
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Want a job? Get a computer science degree
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Here's a tip for incoming and current college students: If you want to have a high-paying job on graduation day, study computer science.
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Say Everything: Blogging as open-source journalism.
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As fascinating as the chronicle of blogging are the constant dismissals of it through its decade-plus history, as both a literary medium and an alternative to professional journalism. And Rathergate, the defining moment when the latter got its comeuppance, is thoroughly documented...
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Slideshow is a beautiful yet functional Google Chrome Extension
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Google Chrome is growing and so is it's arsenal of extensions. Google Chrome recently stole the limelight from Safari browser and became the third most popular web browser in the world. And Slideshow is a beautiful yet functional image viewing extension for Google Chrome.
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Hands-on and under the hood: Ars tests Firefox on Android
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Mozilla's mobile Firefox browser is coming to Google's Linux-based Android operating system. Although the porting effort is still at an early stage of development, it is moving forward swiftly.
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Screenshots Gtk Applications for Mono
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Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily create cross platform applications.
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5 modules that should come by default in Drupal
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Drupal is a great CMS no doubt. I have gone round and tried lots of them, but I still come back to Drupal. However, the more I use it, the more I feel that the following five modules should actually come by default with every Drupal installation.
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Report on openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 2
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Finally another milestone. I’m trying openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 2 to tinker with it and see if I can report something. Let’s go.
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Awesome Ubuntu Software Center Updates
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Two awesome new features that the Ubuntu Software Center recently got in Lucid...
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The Legend of Edgar 0.50
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The Legend of Edgar has been updated to 0.50
Changes
Added the 2nd Mine map, you can get to it via the Basement.
Added a large number of translations from Google.
Added support for Medals, you will need to register with Parallel Realities to use this feature.
Changed the Ant Lion puzzle
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