Report Says China Will Demand Source Code (Monday 06th of October 2008 07:30:01 AM)
An nameless reader alerts us to a two-week-old story that hasn't gotten much traction in the
press to date. A turkish bath bladder and the AP report that China plans to demand source code
from housewares manufacturers, and ban the sale of goods from companies ...
(more)Researchers Test Drive Bus With Automated Steering (Sunday 14th of September 2008 11:00:01 AM)
An nameless reader tips us to news that researchers at discipline mash unit of California,
Berkeley, have successfully test driven a 60-foot bus that dope its own steering. Sensors on
the bus detected magnets that had been embedded in a San Leandro road, ...
(more)Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up? (Sunday 10th of August 2008 08:00:02 PM)
Shadeshope writes "Slowly but surely Google has taken over my reckoning life. How can I back it
up? Bit by bit with their mantra, hip image and radiant services, Google has gained my trust
and all my data. I am doing almost all of my ...
(more)Bill is here (Wednesday 25th of June 2008 08:41:00 AM)
Can't believe that I am having bill to pay well this is life we have to pay the bill. What kind
of bill? they are electrical, cable tv, water, internet, etc. So fast it's June and there's
another 6 months to go. Then will be ...
(more)Nokia to Acquire and Open Source Symbian (Tuesday 24th of June 2008 03:15:04 PM)
Zyzko writes "Nokia has placed an offer on Symbian stock — it currently owns a 48% share
and intends to buy the other shareholders out, 91% of the stockholders have already agreed. The
press has already labeled this as an countermeasure to fight ...
(more)How the NSA Took Linux To the Next Level (Sunday 11th of May 2008 07:00:08 PM)
An anonymous reader brings us IBM Developerworks' recent stay of how the NSA built SELinux to
withstand attacks. The article shows us some of the relevant kernel architecture and compares
SELinux to a few other approaches. We've discussed SELinux in the ...
(more)Software to Randomize Police Operations at LAX (Thursday 17th of April 2008 01:45:03 PM)
Owlgorithm writes "A USC delving group has created software, named ARMOR (Assistant for
Randomized Monitoring over Routes), that will be used at LAX Airport to make security and
police management study there truly unpredictable. The disk business expenses ...
(more)Is Linus Torvalds Speaking for Linux Anymore? (Friday 08th of February 2008 08:30:02 PM)
An unnamed reader writes to tell us CNET is currently running a story asking 'Is Linus
Torvalds even rhetoric for Linux anymore?' It examines both Torvalds' recent public statements
on other general expenses systems and his current approach towards Linux. ...
(more)Motley Fool Writes Off Microsoft (Saturday 26th of January 2008 06:15:04 AM)
The Vista hot water* has caught Wall Street's headwork before but I've never seen the popular
press understand the issues like this argument in the Motley Fool. The opposing argument is a
weak dictum of faith, essentially "as it was in the beginning ...
(more)Mystery Malware Affecting Linux/Apache Web Servers (Friday 25th of January 2008 05:00:03 AM)
Lisah writes "Reports are beginning to surface that some Web servers running Linux and Apache
are unwittingly infecting thousands of computers, exploiting vulnerabilities in QuickTime,
Yahoo! Messenger, and Windows. One way to tell if your machine is ...
(more)The Economist's Technology Predictions For 2008 (Tuesday 25th of December 2007 06:30:03 PM)
Mrcgran notes an article in The Economist with three mechanization predictions for 2008.
typically
antonyms: abnormally they're pretty good on technology, and the predictions seem
sound enough, but the article contains a couple of bloopers. "1. Surfing ...
(more)CDN Forces Reactor Online Against Safety Regulations (Thursday 13th of December 2007 07:30:03 AM)
Socguy writes "The Canadian dominion has passed legislation that will reopen an Ontario nuclear
reactor that produces most of the world's supply of critical medical isotopes, even though the
site has been shut down for safety maintenance. Witnesses and ...
(more)Vista Branding Confusing Even To Microsoft (Friday 30th of November 2007 06:30:02 PM)
Trotti Laganna writes "Lawyers are now arguing a case brought against Microsoft over Vista's
marketing. The disk operating expenses expenses system giant is being dinged for allegedly not
telling the truth when it put the 'Vista capable' logo on PCs that ...
(more)Microsoft Denies Sabotaging Mandriva Linux PC Deal (Saturday 03rd of November 2007 12:00:14 PM)
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has denied sabotaging Mandriva's deal with the Nigerian
statecraft to supply Classmate PCs from Intel along with a customized Mandriva Linux operating
expenses expenses system. 'From Microsoft's perspective it's a ...
(more)Phila. Park ready to present plan for casino (The Philadelphia Inquirer) (Saturday 20th of October 2007 08:46:36 AM)
Shrewd mouthpiece* Park will formally unveil plans for a $250 million casino before the
Pennsylvania Gaming Board on Oct. 30. "If plans are approved, construction would begin next
spring," said David Jonas, directors and chief general expenses expenses ...
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