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Subject: Breaking: Judge grants Apple an injunction against the Galaxy Nexus
Another trade-injunction run-around as a bludgeon against competition. Another Judge who apparently doesn't get technology. And so the inanity/insanity continues...
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/breaking-judge-grants-apple-an-injunction-against-the-galaxy-nexus/
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/06/breaking-judge-grants-apple-an-injunction-against-the-galaxy-nexus/
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: PanoVRama: Open Multi-Projector Image Rendering
If you happen to have about six projectors laying around, there's a new open-source project available that comes out of academia for panoramic multi-projector image rendering to have a panoramic visualization system for things like flight simulators and Google Earth...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEzMDA
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEzMDA
For any independent developers that have been wanting to explore ways to contribute to the open-source Radeon driver but have been intimidated by the lack of documentation within the code, the situation is beginning to improve...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEzMDE
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEzMDE
The trouble is, too many big publicly held companies have invested tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars of shareholder money buying up patents. Eliminating software patents, then, would wipe out billions of dollars in wealth being held not only by the trolls but by the likes of IBM, Oracle, Google, Apple and Microsoft. In other words, it isn’t going to happen. Too many of these guys employ people on K Street.Software patents are costing us even more than we realize, however. We got an inkling this week from the BBC of how much that cost might be. It seems that the trolls alone are costing the U.S. $29 billion dollars yearly, according to James Bessen and Michael Meurer who took part in a study conducted by Boston University:
http://fossforce.com/2012/06/googles-nexus-tablet-maddogs-blog-patent-news-more/
http://fossforce.com/2012/06/googles-nexus-tablet-maddogs-blog-patent-news-more/
For those that missed it, the Green500 list was updated for June 2012. IBM's BlueGene/Q super-computer hardware dominates but there's a few surprises besides that...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEzMDI
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEzMDI
In the last seven days: Google announced Android 4.1, problems with Windows Update, Firefox for Android refreshed. Also, Richard Hillesley on why companies give away their code, and the Kernel Log on the networking changes coming in Linux 3.5
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-Roundup-for-the-week-ending-30-June-1629375.html/from/rss
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/The-H-Roundup-for-the-week-ending-30-June-1629375.html/from/rss
Another digital game platform GOG.com (former Good Old Games) is becoming increasingly popular. Although there have been very successful, mainly older, titles like Wing Commander or Carmageddon distributed on this game platform thus far (often bundled with DOSBox or ScummVM), today there are more newer AAA titles such as The Witcher 2 being included in the game catalog of GOG.com.
http://steamforlinux.com/?q=en/node/62
http://steamforlinux.com/?q=en/node/62
The Free Software Foundation says it strongly rejects any approach to computer security that involves placing trust in Microsoft or any other proprietary software company.
http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/55484-fsf-slams-microsoft-imposition-of-secure-boot
http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/55484-fsf-slams-microsoft-imposition-of-secure-boot
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Free Software Foundation recommendations for free operating system distributions considering Secure Boot
"Under the guise of security, a computer afflicted with Restricted Boot refuses to boot any operating systems other than the ones the computer distributor has approved in advance. Restricted Boot takes control of the computer away from the user and puts it in the hands of someone else. To respect user freedom and truly protect user security, computer makers must either provide users a way of disabling such boot restrictions, or provide a sure-fire way that allows the computer user to install a free software operating system of her choice."
http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/whitepaper-web
http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/whitepaper-web
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: How to disable lock screen in Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon
In Linux Mint Cinnamon, if you are idle for a while, you computer screen will blank out and the lock screen feature will be activated and you will have to enter your password to re-access your computer. If you dont want to enter the password all the time, you can disable the lock screen feature easily.
http://www.linuxandlife.com/2012/06/how-to-disable-lock-screen-in-linux.html
http://www.linuxandlife.com/2012/06/how-to-disable-lock-screen-in-linux.html
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: GNU C Library 2.16 Brings Many Features (GLIBC)
Version 2.16 of glibc, the GNU C Library, was released on Saturday afternoon. This update to the de facto C library for GNU/Linux systems brings many new features. There's x32 and ISO C11 support along with performance optimizations...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEzMDg
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEzMDg
OSGeo-Live 5.5 has been released. OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or virtual machine based on Xubuntu, featuring a variety of open-source geospatial software.
http://www.chrishaney.com/?linux&release=OSGeo-Live%205.5
http://www.chrishaney.com/?linux&release=OSGeo-Live%205.5
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: This week at LWN: A survey of Linux audio plugins
Whether for a word processor, an image editor, or a Web browser, plugins have become a common characteristic of modern application software design. An audio plugin functions generally in the same manner as any other kind of plugin: it extends the capabilities of the host application in some way. For example, a DAW (digital audio workstation) may have its own reverberation effect, but if the workstation supports plugins I can substitute a 3rd-party reverb plugin with preferable features and sound quality.
https://lwn.net/Articles/502183/
https://lwn.net/Articles/502183/
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: I upgraded from Debian Squeeze to Wheezy today
Though my track record with in-place upgrades of Linux/Unix systems is far from positive, I decided to do just that with my long-running (since late 2010) Debian Squeeze laptop today. It went surprisingly well -- and by that I mean I'm using a fully upgraded Debian Wheezy laptop to create this post in Nautilus via sftp.
http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/linux/debian/2012_0629_upgrade_squeeze_to_wheezy
http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/linux/debian/2012_0629_upgrade_squeeze_to_wheezy
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: Kernel Log: Coming in Linux 3.5 (Part 1) - Networking
A new packet scheduler is designed to help avoid buffer bloat and "Early Retransmit" offers faster connection recovery after TCP packet loss. The E1000e driver already supports the network chip for Intel's next-generation desktop and notebook platform
http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-Linux-3-5-Part-1-Networking-1625047.html/from/rss
http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Kernel-Log-Coming-in-Linux-3-5-Part-1-Networking-1625047.html/from/rss
The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 13 Xfce RC.
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2077
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2077
Hi folks, I hinted in my first blog that I would like to do more technology stuff and I finally have a means to start. I should explain, this morning I read a blog over on darkduck's blog, it appears to be a guest post, however it angered me in such a way I just felt I had to make some sort of response.
http://nmunro.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/my-major-reason-for-starting-blog.html
http://nmunro.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/my-major-reason-for-starting-blog.html
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: jQuery 2.0 to drop support for older IE versions
With the upcoming releases, jQuery is planning to drop support for Internet Explorer 6,7 and 8. The developers are saying supporting these browsers is putting an unacceptable maintenance burden on the project
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/jQuery-2-0-to-drop-support-for-older-IE-versions-1629469.html/from/rss
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/jQuery-2-0-to-drop-support-for-older-IE-versions-1629469.html/from/rss
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: ClassicMenu Indicator Brings Ubuntu’s Classic Menu to Unity
Linux: Not everyone hates Ubuntu's Unity, but there are a few things you might miss from Ubuntu's old interface—like it's easy-to-navigate dropdown menu for applicatoins and settings. ClassicMenu Indicator puts that classic menu back in your menu bar.
http://lifehacker.com/5922344/classicmenu-indicator-brings-ubuntus-classic-menu-to-unity
http://lifehacker.com/5922344/classicmenu-indicator-brings-ubuntus-classic-menu-to-unity
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Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 EST
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Subject: The state of FireWire audio interfaces support on Linux
The state of FireWire audio interfaces support on Linux
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/the-state-of-firewire-audio-interfaces-support-on-linux
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/the-state-of-firewire-audio-interfaces-support-on-linux