Microsoft forced partners to vote Yes
Vote Yes to Open XXML and we’ll make sure that you get extra marketing money for you campaigns; this is Microsoft’s Sweden’s own words when they rounded up their Gold Partners in Sweden.
Archive for August, 2007
Linux Foundation: Just say “no” to OOXML
The Linux Foundation has issued a call to all nations asking them to just say “no” to Microsoft’s bid to make OOXML a standard. The plea comes amid accusations that Microsoft isn’t playing fair.
Sony confirms internal depletion of 60GB PS3 supply
Sony elaborated on previous comments made about 60GB PS3 inventory stock on Wednesday, confirming that only retail supply of the $499 machine remains and suggesting that the expected 80GB price drop is imminent.
Ready for a new K: an inside look at KDE 4.0
A brand new interview with Wade Olson, KDE’s North American contact about the soon-to-be-released KDE 4.0, the benefits of FLOSS development, and more.
Adobe! Where is 64-bit Flash player for Linux?
Some days ago Mr. Mike Melanson of Adobe Flash’s Linux port fame posted in Penguin.SWF blog about the news of H.264 coded support in Flash. Nice, a new codec. But there’s a question that doesn’t want to be silenced: What about a nice, clear and objective answer about the availability of a 64bit version of the Flash plugin?
Greek government has declared a State-of-Emergency for the entire country
The Greek government declared a state of emergency for the entire country on Saturday after forest fires killed at least 41 people as they swept across the south of the country. Unofficial death tolls reported by local media are closer to 50. Authorities believe arsonists may be responsible for some of the blazes.
Truth Happens | Dance on the grave of DRM with this awesome cartoon requiem
Bird Song: A requiem for DRM. Brought to you by Red Hat.
10% Discount on PS3 Clusters
Terra Soft is pleased to offer a 10% discount on all PS3 clusters through the end of September ‘07.
Desktop linux users doubled
Some great news from DesktopLinux.com! They recently revealed the desktop survey results. The facts are there, the number of desktop Linux users has doubled the last year!
A Linux Company Helping Poor & Homeless Children in Africa Needs YOUR Help!
The projects may be completed only if the funds are made available through the volunteers. In addition to the funds donated by Terra Soft, I encourage family, friends, and industry associates to support what I hope will be the beginning of a life long relationship with Pistis, its staff, and the children.” –Kai Staats, CEO Terra Soft Solutions Inc.
Microsoft Unveils New Linux Hate Site
Microsoft has finally killed off it’s old anti-Linux “Get the facts” website that had been spreading lies about Linux for years. However, don’t think that anything has changed, the site is being replaced with another, more insidious site called “Windows Server Compare.” Take a look.
Bill Gates said to have made calls to the Secretary of Defense over OOXML
Bill Gates has reportedly been making phone calls to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce to push the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to ignore the votes of its advisory committees and vote “yes” on ISO standardizing Microsoft’s OOXML format, the one in competition with the OpenDocument Format (ODF).
The Best Game in Town: The world’s first PS3-based supercomputing cluster
Terra Soft’s CEO, Kai Staats, called the building of the PS3 cluster a “highlight of [his] time in this industry”. We caught up with Kai recently for an insider’s view on the PS3 cluster.
Linus Torvalds talks future of Linux
INTERVIEW | Linus Torvalds relates his plans for the future of Linux, including the 3.0 kernel, problems with the Linux release cycles and which distro he personally runs on his home PC. ” ’Compile everything by hand’ ones simply weren’t interesting to me,” Torvalds says. And there was that time he was bitten by a ferocious real-life penguin.
BitTorrent Admin Monitored by US Government, Forced to Dump Linux
Sk0t, an ex-administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent tracker is to have his internet connection forcibly monitored by the US Government. If that wasn’t bad enough, the monitoring software is Windows based - which means he is being forced to ditch Linux - or face being barred from the internet.
Join the Yellow Dog Folding@Home Group with the Sony PlayStation3
With the new PS3 firmware and the start of PS3 in Europe on 23.03.2007 we’re trying to get a YellowDog group for Folding@Home started. If you have never heard of it before, basically you’re donating computer power to help research on protein folding. Although most in the group use Yellow Dog Linux, all systems and architectures are welcome!
Why I refuse to call it GNU/Linux
When listening to others talk about GNU/Linux it always strikes me as odd the argument that is used. That the Linux kernel was made usable by the marriage of the GNU tool set to it so therefor it should be called GNU/Linux as it is a blending of the two and Linux is only the kernel. On the face of it this argument makes sense …
Linux(OpenGL) vs Vista(Directx 10) Pay attention game developers.
With Screen-shots like these there is no reason not to have Linux games in development.
Why we love Linus
LT: No, really. First off, I’m actually perfectly well off. I live in a good-sized house, with a nice yard, with deer occasionally showing up and eating the roses (my wife likes the roses more, I like the deer more, so we don’t really mind). I’ve got three kids, and I know I can pay for their education. What more do I need?
Putin bans BBC broadcasts in Russia
The BBC said Friday its Russian-language FM broadcasts have been taken off the air by its Moscow distributor, which said its programs were “foreign propaganda.” Critics say Putin’s government has stifled media freedoms and quashed political opposition as part of a broader effort to increase Kremlin control over Russian political life.
Linux Hardware Support Better Than Windows
Something I often hear from people that talk about Linux on the desktop is this: people want to be able to go to the store, buy hardware, and be confident that it will Just Work.
I would like to point out that things are rarely this simple on Windows. And, in fact, things are often simpler on Linux these days.
Russia, China to hold joint military excercise
CHEBARKUL, Russia (Reuters) - Troops from Russia, China and Central Asian states will take part in a joint military exercise on Friday designed to show off their alliance’s increasing power.
Could Linux become the dominant OS?
The truth is that there can be multiple OSes but only one commodity OS, and Linux will eventually become that OS.
Get Chinese Characters to Appear Properly in Firefox
Unfortunately, even with the Chinese Language support installed, Chinese will not appear properly in Firefox under many distos such as Yellow Dog Linux v5, so I have written the steps needed to make it work for you.
Mozilla 24: A 24-hour worldwide community event
We’re (Mozilla) hosting our own conference on September 15-16th, taking place online and at locations in Japan, Europe and the San Francisco Bay Area. Mozilla 24 will feature industry leaders who will present on Web trends and technologies that will help shape the future of the Web. Are you a Web developer, researcher, engineer or end user?
Rudy Giuliani: “Freedom is Slavery”
“Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.”
Fox News Censors Straw Polls Results
Fox News blatantly cut certain candidates out of the results they reported for the Iowa Straw Poll that took place yesterday. They didn’t just stop listing candidates after a certain point. They listed positions one through three, skipped four and five, and then continued with positions six through eight. See for yourself.
Linus explains why open source works
“Linus Torvalds is often described as an open source champion, interested in licensing only insofar as it affects his ability to share code and improve software more quickly. However, his real position is more complicated — and to some, perhaps surprising.”
Error Found in GISS Dataset - 1934, NOT 1998, the Hottest Year on Record
Error found in surface temperature data. NASA acknowledges, corrects its dataset. “1934 is now the hottest, and 3 others from the 1930’s are in the top 10. Furthermore, only 3 (not 9) took place since 1995 (1998, 1999, and 2006). The years 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 are now below the year 1900 and no longer even in the top 20.” Coverage by the MSM: 0
Canada to Militarily Defend Arctic from Russia’s New Claim of Ownership!
As the race to back up claims over the resources of the Arctic Ocean heats up, Canada has said it will build two new military bases in its far north.
Russian bombers resume Cold War sorties
Russia’s strategic bombers have resumed their Cold War practice of flying long-haul missions to areas patrolled by NATO and the United States, a Russian general says. On Wednesday a Russian bomber flew over a US military base on the Pacific island of Guam and “exchanged smiles” while US pilots scrambled to track it.
