Microsoft's latest intellectual property (IP) licensing agreement is once again raising eyebrows among Linux and open source software fans, prompting some to wonder what Microsoft may be doing with regard to Linux and open source software.
Read more »Don't confuse Microsoft's IP with Linux
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DOM flaw can crash many browsers
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The Luxembourg security specialists G-SEC have published details of a vulnerability in the majority of browsers which will either crash the browser or consume so much memory that it makes the computer virtually unusable. The trick is simple. Using JavaScript's DOM (Document Object Model), create a selection menu on the web page; a select element.
Read more »Community Live - Online Gaming High Scalability
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The inaugural meeting of the Online Gaming High Scalability Special Interest Group was a one day conference on the theme of "Should you bet on the Cloud".
Read more »GNOME 3.0 with more applications made in Mono
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Just have a look at what will be gnome 3.0...here is it.. And along with the controversy found with Mono. Richard Stallman, a member of the GNOME Foundation, has said that GNOME 3.0 will include more applications made with Mono: "The only application that Mono is now part of the whole launch is Tomboy
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JITter Bug
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Bugs are a fact of life in the technology world, and the Open Source community is no exception. What is exceptional, however, is the open way these vulnerabilities are handled, as the developers behind Mozilla's Firefox browser have aptly demonstrated.
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Peer-To-Patent Has NOT Shut Down
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While I'm certainly a big fan of involving more people in the process of reviewing patents, I've been a huge skeptic of the "Peer-to-Patent" program that the USPTO tested over the past few years. As I noted earlier, there's very little incentive for most people to actually get involved in peer reviewing a patent that early on.
Read more »Gran Canaria Desktop Summit Review: Video of Plasma Netbook UI and Qt KDE Lab in South America
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The KDE team are to work closer with Kwin developers to reinforce the integration of the KDE window manager into the project. The announcement was made at the end of the joint Gnome and KDE Gran Canaria Desktop Summit that came to a close July 11.
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Video: Stallman on DRM, Patents and C #
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In another of our videos of the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit, Richard Stallman declares his position on DRM, patents and C #.
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Searching your desktop with beagle
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Beagle is a free desktop search tool which is gaining popularity with several applications. You can search your desktop just as you search with google. It is possible to use beagle as a standalone search tool or integrate with applications such as firefox for easy desktop search. In fact, it is one application that any serious Linux user can not ignore
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SCO's 8K, Transfer Rights, and Two New Cravath Litigators Join the IBM Team
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IBM is adding two Cravath litigators to its bankruptcy team, Benjamin H. Diessel and Michael T. Reynolds, and SCO has filed an 8K with the SEC, describing the proposed sale and attaching the proposed agreement. I noticed something peculiar about transfer rights.
Read more »Dell: Chrome is one of many Linux-based OSes
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Although Dell didn't have much to say about Google's Chrome OS announcement last week, the PC maker is apparently looking closely at it. But for Dell--which was not listed as one of the PC makers working with Google on Chrome OS--it is just one of a number of Linux-based operating systems it is evaluating.
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VirtualBox 3.0 released
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Now published the final version 3.0, including many improvements published in the official VirtualBox, VirtualBox 3.0 features.
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VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 9.04 Server
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This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.0 (released on June 30, 2009) on a headless Ubuntu 9.04 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment.
Read more »It Can Now be Cheaper to Shop Using Firefox
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It can now be cheaper to shop using Firefox. Vouchers.Im Indicator for Firefox is a new add-on which will keep consumers aware of all promotions and discounts available on the websites they visit.
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doom and game evolution
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I just finished quake4, and I am playing (again) doom3 on Linux right now. It feels great – so if anyone wants to say that there are no games on Linux, I could just show the list of some of the games I played this year and found quite impressive...
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