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Ballmer's tongue again causes trouble for Microsoft - Network World
Microsoft Thursday issued a statement saying it still has no interest in Yahoo after CEO Steve Ballmer said that for shareholders a deal would make economic sense.The company issued a terse statement to media around mid-day: "Our position hasn't changed. Microsoft has no interest in acquiring Yahoo; there are no discussions between the companies."
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Ballmer's words alone were a decent deal for Yahoo shareholders, who saw the stock rise $2.19 per share in just more than 60 minutes following the CEO's remarks during his appearance at the Gartner Symposium in Florida. In the same time frame, Microsoft stock was up $2.10.
Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' figures revealed - Music | thevine.com.au
Radiohead's publishing company Warner Chappell is set to release the exact figures behind the 'pay what you like' model for In Rainbows.The band have been quiet on how many copies of the album they'd actually sold. The album was digitally released in October of 2007 and ever since the official response from management has been only that a "substantial" amount had been sold.
According to musically.com, Warner Chappell will reveal today that a total of three million copies of In Rainbows were offloaded, including box sets, CDs and all downloads including iTunes and pay-what-you-like downloads via the official site. Meaning that the venture was far a more successful release than previous albums Kid A, Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief, all of which instead sold in the low hundreds of thousands. In fact they made more money from In Rainbows on digital copies alone - before the CD even hit shops - than they did in total for previous album Hail To The Thief. And despite figures showing that more people downloaded it from BitTorrent search engines than bought it via legal means, the album has still gone on to shift 1.75 million copies of the physical release. Makes you feel a bit better about paying nothing?
The article states: "Really there seems little doubt that the experiment was a success fromboth Warner’s and the band’s perspective. For Warner it served to provea point that by licensing directly (ie outside the collecting societynetwork) and by offering a genuine one stop shop for licensing (iecombining all the digital rights into one offer from a single entity)the publisher was able to generate far more money for both themselvesand the band than would have been possible under the traditional system."
MPAA to EFF on RealDVD lawsuit: you're living in the past
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is firing back at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) over accusations that the organization is trying to limit innovation with its lawsuit over RealDVD. The MPAA said that the EFF's claims are "disingenuous and wrongheaded," and that Hollywood isn't "living in the past" like the EFF apparently is.
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"Forgive us if we take offense when the EFF and other activist organizations that continually take the side of those who profit from widespread copyright infringement attack our industry," wrote MPAA chief technology officer Jim Williams, according to a copy of the letter published by CNet. "It's a desperate throwback to the Napster days of old when (EFF would) pull out this tired and weathered playbook. It's not 2001 anymore. We've moved on. So should you."
Report: Motorola planning to join the social with Android (Updated)
Motorola is no stranger to open mobile platforms. Being a founding member of the LiMo Foundation, the Symbian Foundation, and the Open Handset Alliance, we weren't surprised when the company officially announced its plans earlier this month to introduce an Android phone. New rumors, however, say that the company is customizing the much-buzzed mobile OS to offer a "social smartphone."
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As has become par for the course in the smartphone space, Motorola's phone is said to have a large iPhone-like touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and a focus on social networking, according to BusinessWeek. Motorola is said to have been shopping spec sheets and mockups to carriers around the world for the past couple of months. The Android phone is slated to land in the US sometime around the second quarter 2009, carrying expectations that it can help reenergize Motorola's slumping handset division.
Hands on: Fennec alpha 1 puts Firefox on your handheld
Mozilla has announced the availability of the first Mobile Firefox alpha release. The project, which is codenamed Fennec, aims to bring the desktop Firefox browsing experience to mobile devices like MIDs and phone handsets. This early alpha release delivers a compelling user interface and demonstrates the impressive scope of the browser's potential on diminutive devices, but suffers from performance limitations and instability that reflect the need for significant refinement before it's mature enough for mainstream adoption.
RIAA now wants to avoid trial in innocent infringement case
The RIAA has apparently had a change of heart towards a Texas woman accused of sharing music over KaZaA when she was 16 years old. In Maverick v. Harper, the industry group has backed off its demand for a jury trial and has instead opted to accept a judge's $7,400 damage award: $200 for each of 37 songs downloaded in whole or in part by the RIAA's hired investigative gun, MediaSentry.
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Whitney Harper admits to using KaZaA, but said that she had no idea that it was illegal to download and share music over P2P. She cited a lack of warnings from the KaZaA software that the music contained on the popular network was "stolen or abused copyrighted material" and a general lack of understanding of copyright infringement, P2P applications, and P2P networks.
The week in Microsoft: Vista SP2, Silverlight 2, Windows 7
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Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2: watch this space. Microsoft has put up a knowledge base article placeholder for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. Details are still scarce on the upcoming service pack, which may be released either in 2009 or 2010.
It's official: Windows 7 to ship as... Windows 7. Codename Windows 7 will be called Windows 7 when it is released. I bet you had to do a double take on that one, but yes, it is true.
Final release of Windows 7 to have kernel version 6.1. Windows 7 will be shipping with kernel version number 6.1, despite the fact that the name implies it will be 7.0. Microsoft's reasoning is that this will help with application compatibility.
Silverlight 2 lands for IE, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. Silverlight 2 RTW (Release to Web) has now arrived for both Windows and Mac. The new version supports IE, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. Opera and Konqueror support is still nowhere to be seen.
BBC NEWS | Health | Internet use 'good for the brain'
For middle-aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests.A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulated centres in the brain that controlled decision-making and complex reasoning.
The researchers say this might even help to counteract the age-related physiological changes that cause the brain to slow down.
Startup chipmaker hopes to hook enterprise with 1Gbps WiFi
Startup chipmaker Quantenna Communications says that it can push 1Gbps over regular WiFi without defying the laws of physics. This isn't as hyped up as it sounds at first glance. The company's initial goal is to cover houses with a combination of high bandwidth and mesh networking, making it possible to push multiple streams of video and data without glitches at slower rates—as fast as 100 to 200Mbps. Their future sights are set on the enterprise market where 1Gbps might mean something.
15 Linux Music Players - Download your Favorite
There are a lot of great music players out there for Windows and Mac operating systems but so does Linux. Some of these players support almost anything, some don’t. Some are heavy on the system, some aren’t. I’ve compiled a list of most used Linux based music/media/audio players
40 brilliant Gmail hints, hacks and secrets | News | TechRadar UK
Gmail goes from strength to strength as Google rolls out new features every few months.We've dug deep to bring you 40 top tips that'll make you a Gmail super-user, with total control over every aspect of the service.
How to Improve Your iTunes Experience (Part 1) [Mac Only] | MakeUseOf.com
I love my music and everything else that goes along with it. I love the fact that in my iTunes, every song is properly labelled, is nicely arranged alphabetically by artist and have their particular album artwork attached in high resolution. It is so much easier to search for the songs you want when almost all the fields (i.e. genre, artist, album, year) are completed. Every little bit of information helps Genius to find the songs which match the ones you are listening to, creating a playlist which suits your current musical mood.I grimace when I browse though some of my friends’ playlists and most of the songs are labelled “Track 1, Track 2…. Untitled Artist”. They must have some kind of ESP or monumental memorizing ability to remember what track is by which artist.
Listening to music on iTunes can be more than simply “listening”. It can turn into a pretty interactive hobby which for me, has become an obsession. A fairly rewarding one, at least. Here’s how you can convert from mere music-listening to actively interacting and expanding your music experience. In this part 1, I’ll show you how to enjoy your current music collection.
Record Label ‘Infringes’ Own Copyright, Site Pulled | TorrentFreak
The website of a record label which offers completely free music downloads has been taken down by its host for copyright infringement, even though it only offers its own music. Quote Unquote Records calls itself “The First Ever Donation Based Record Label”, but is currently homeless after its host pulled the plug.QuoteUnquoteQuote Unquote Records is an Internet based record label, run by Bomb the Music Industry! and ‘The Arrogant Sons of Bitches’ frontman Jeff Rosenstock. A forward looking outfit, all artists on the label give their music away for free on the label’s website. Well, they would, if the webhost hadn’t have taken down the site for alleged copyright infringement
TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: From Evil to Good: List of Formerly Closed-source Software
Increasing number of software applications are going the free/open-source way these days. Looks like more and more software companies and developers have seen the barriers of closed-source programs and have now fully realized the significance of freedom.Here are some of the most notable software packages which were published under a proprietary software license but later released as free and open source software. Note that some software from this list are still published commercially alongside their free and open-source version.
Adobe Flex
Adobe Flex is a collection of technologies released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross platform, rich Internet applications based on the proprietary Adobe Flash platform. The initial release in March 2004 by Macromedia included a software development kit, an IDE, and a J2EE integration application known as Flex Data Services.
Adobe Flex was relicensed in 2007 under Mozilla Public License.
Apache Derby
Apache Derby is a Java relational database management system that can be embedded in Java programs and used for online transaction processing. It has a 2 MB disk-space footprint.
It was released as free and open-source software by IBM in 2004 and donated to the Apache Software Foundation.
Bitstream Vera
Bitstream Vera is a typeface (font) with a liberal license. It was designed by Jim Lyles from Bitstream, and is closely based on Bitstream's Prima, for which Lyles was also responsible. It is a TrueType font with full hinting instructions, which improve its rendering quality on low-resolution devices such as computer monitors. The font has also been repackaged as a Type 1 PostScript font for LaTeX users, and is called Bera.
It was relicensed in 2003 through the efforts of Bitstream and the GNOME Foundation.
Blender
Blender is a 3D animation program which can be used for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, skinning, animating, rendering, particle and other simulations, non-linear editing, compositing, and creating interactive 3D applications.
Released in 1996 as proprietary, it was relicensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) in 2003.
Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter computer game developed by 3D Realms and published by Apogee Software. It was released on January 29, 1996. Duke Nukem 3D features the adventures of Duke Nukem, a character that had previously appeared in the platform games Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II which were also published by Apogee.
Duke Nukem 3D was relicensed under GPL in 2003.
Doom
Doom is a 1993 computer game by id Software that is a landmark title in the first-person shooter genre, and in first person gaming in general. It is widely recognized for pioneering immersive 3D graphics, networked multiplayer gaming on the PC platform, and support for custom expansions (WADs).
Doom's source code was originally released under a restrictive license in 1997, but was later relicensed under GPL in 1999.
Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator, also known as Netscape, was once a proprietary web browser that was popular during the 1990s. Once the flagship product of Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant browser in usage share, its user base had almost completely evaporated by 2002, partly due to the inclusion of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser with the Windows operating system, but also due to lack of significant innovation after the late 1990s.
Netscape Navigator was later open-sourced in 1998 under Mozilla Public License.
id Tech
id Tech 2 and id Tech 3, formerly known as Quake II engine and Quake III Arena are game engines developed by id Software for use in their games, most notably the first-person shooter game Quake . Since its release, id Tech has been licensed for use in several other games.
id Tech 2 and id Tech 3 were relicensed in 2001 and 2005 respectively. They are both under GNU General Public License.
Java
Java is a programming language originally developed by Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun's Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities. Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode which can run on any Java virtual machine (JVM) regardless of computer architecture.
On 13 November 2006, Sun Microsystems released much of Java as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). On 8 May 2007 Sun finished the process, making all of Java's core code free and open source, aside from a small portion of code to which Sun did not hold the copyright.
Movable Type
Movable Type is a weblog publishing system developed by the company Six Apart. It was publicly announced on 3 September 2001, and version 1.0 was publicly released on 8 October 2001.
On 12 December 2007, Movable Type was relicensed as free software, under the GNU General Public License.
Qt
Qt is a cross-platform application development framework, widely used for the development of GUI programs (in which case it is known as a Widget toolkit), and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as console tools and servers. Qt is most notably used in KDE, the web browser Opera, Google Earth, Skype, Qtopia, Photoshop Elements and OPIE.
Released in 1991, Qt was relicensed in 1999 under Q Public License (QPL).
Open Sound System
The Open Sound System (OSS) is a standard interface for making and capturing sound in Unix operating systems. It is based on standard Unix devices. The term also refers sometimes to the software in a Unix kernel that provides the OSS interface; in that sense it can be thought of as a device driver or collection of device drivers for sound controller hardware. The goal of OSS is to allow one to write a sound-based application program that works with any sound controller hardware, even though the hardware interface varies greatly from one type to another.
In July 2007, 4Front Technologies released sources for OSS under Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) for OpenSolaris and GPL for Linux. In January 2008, 4Front Technologies released OSS for FreeBSD (and other BSD systems) under BSD License.
Second Life
Second Life (abbreviated as SL) is an Internet-based virtual world launched in 2003, developed by Linden Research, Inc (commonly referred to as Linden Lab), which came to international attention via mainstream news media in late 2006 and early 2007.[4][5] A downloadable client program called the Second Life Viewer enables its users, called "Residents", to interact with each other through motional avatars, providing an advanced level of a social network service combined with general aspects of a metaverse. Residents can explore, meet other Residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, create and trade items (virtual property) and services from one another.
Second Life started as proprietary software in 2003, but was relicensed under GPL v2 in 2007.
SimCity
SimCity is a city-building simulation game, first released in 1989 and designed by Will Wright. SimCity was Maxis' first product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles, and enhanced into several different versions including SimCity 2000 in 1993, SimCity 3000 in 1999, SimCity 4 in 2003, and SimCity DS & SimCity Societies in 2007. The original SimCity was later renamed SimCity Classic. Until the release of The Sims in 2000, the SimCity series was the best-selling line of computer games made by Maxis.
On January 10 2008 the SimCity source code was released under the free software GPL 3 license. The release of the source code was related to the donation of SimCity software to the One Laptop Per Child laptop, as one of the principles of the OLPC laptop is the use of free and open source software.
Solaris
The Solaris Operating System, usually known simply as Solaris, is a free Unix-based operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1992 as the successor to SunOS.
Solaris is certified against the Single Unix Specification. Although it was historically developed as proprietary software, a majority of its codebase is now open source software as OpenSolaris.
Watcom C compiler
The Watcom C/C++ compiler is esteemed amongst DOS developers by the high execution speed of the compiled code it produces and for having been one of the first compilers to support the Intel 80386 "protected mode". In the mid-1990s, some of the most technically ambitious DOS games such as Doom and Duke Nukem 3D were built using Watcom C.
The Free version was released as OpenWatcom in 2003.
TechBlog: T-Mobile's G1 with Google is no iPhone – but it's close
Having been an iPhone 3G owner since July, I was prepared to not be too impressed with the T-Mobile G1, the very first mobile phone to use Google's Android software as its operating system. The photos from its unveiling made it look big and clunky, and screen shots of the software seemed almost cartoonish in design.But as a product manager for T-Mobile admitted to me, the G1 "doesn't photograph well". It's a lot more exciting in person -- it's sleeker than you think, and the software is quite impressive for an initial version. No, neither the hardware nor the software are as elegant as that of the iPhone, but the G1 is a close runner-up. Of the smartphones out there, it's the closest contender yet.
I've been using a review unit for about a week, long enough to find both things I like and things I think need fixing. The best news about the G1 is that not only can T-Mobile fix its flaws, so can any other skilled programmer.
That's because, like the iPhone, the G1 has a place you can go to download new applications for it. The G1 Market, like the iTunes App Store, is increasingly full of useful programs. But unlike the App Store, there's no gatekeeper for the applications. Anyone can write a program and add it to the Market.
What this means is that, yes, quality is going to vary wildly. But G1 users will be able to rate and review apps, and it should become quickly apparent when a program is junk. This open system also means that features that are missing or don't work well could be overcome by downloadable applications.
25 essential Firefox add-ons for power users | News | TechRadar UK
A bare copy of Firefox is a wonderful thing, but when you start stuffing it with add-ons it gets even better.So what are the best add-ons for power users? Here's our top 25:
Featured Download: LastPass Adds Form Filler, Syncs Form Profiles and Passwords
Windows/Mac/Linux: Previously mentioned Firefox extension and Internet Explorer plugin LastPass has updated, adding an automatic form filler to help you save more time filling out forms on the web. We've been on a bit of a password syncing kick lately, what with Foxmarks adding support for password syncing and our own guide to syncing passwords with Dropbox, but LastPass' seamless browser integration for syncing both passwords and forms could attract a lot of people. After all, these useful features earned LastPass its honorable mention in our Hive Five Best Password Managers less than a week after we covered it. LastPass is a free download, works anywhere Firefox and IE do.
Featured Firefox Extension: Foxmarks Updates, Adds Password Syncing
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Popular bookmark-syncing Firefox extension Foxmarks has expanded to support password syncing between your browsers. Many of you have been looking for a good way to sync your passwords since Google discontinued Browser Sync, and now Foxmarks is filling that very need. We told you Foxmarks had been testing password sync a few weeks ago, and now the latest version of the extension bears the fruits of that labor. Once you've updated, syncing your passwords is as simple as ticking the checkbox next to Passwords in the Sync tab of the Foxmarks preferences. You'll need to set a pin to secure your passwords (Foxmarks uses AES 256-bit encryption), but Foxmarks takes care of the rest. It's not as comprehensive as syncing your passwords with Dropbox and KeePass or 1Password since Foxmarks only syncs browser passwords, but if that's all you need, this one's a winner.
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