November 30, 2006
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Most of you probably know that a bunch of movie and television studios recently ganged up to sue the iPod service firm Load ‘N Go Video , for the ‘crime’ of loading DVDs onto video iPods. Load’N’Go’s business was selling … Continue reading
November 29, 2006
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This holiday season, if you have big bucks for your home theater, you’re probably thinking about adding a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD player to the entertainment center. On the one side, Intel, Toshiba, and Microsoft are pushing HD-DVD while Blu-Ray has … Continue reading
November 20, 2006
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Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian today issued an “Open Letter to the Community from Novell,” in which he defends his company’s recent accord with Microsoft, and challenges recent statements made by Microsoft on the topic of Linux and patents. In the … Continue reading
November 17, 2006
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Reluctantly, the Ubuntu developer community has decided that with the next version of Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn, it will be including some proprietary drivers. Feisty Fawn’s emphasis on “multimedia enablement” appears to be the culprit. Feisty Fawn, aka Ubuntu 7.04, is … Continue reading
November 17, 2006
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What a surprise! What a shock! Ballmer thinks Linux rips off Microsoft intellectual property. According to Eric Lai in Computerworld, Ballmer said Microsoft was motivated to sign a deal with SUSE Linux distributor Novell because Linux “uses our intellectual property” … Continue reading
November 13, 2006
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D-Bus 1.0 seems at the same time to be both such a simple and such an esoteric thing. On the one hand, it’s simply another IPC (interprocess communication) system. On the other, it may prove as important for Linux desktop … Continue reading