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Microsoft takes on the free world
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/...
Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties from distributors and users. Users like you, maybe.
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MPAA Math: 40% Plus 70% Equals?
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070508/202525.shtml
MPAA continues to invent new math. It adds up the 70% (of camcorded movies) coming from Canada with the 40% coming from New York City (not to mention % from the rest of the world) and still come up with 100%. Considering they can't back up earlier reports claiming 30%, 40% and 50% from Canada, don't expect them to explain the 70% either.
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Think you know Javascript? Think again..
http://101out.com/js.php
This is a great list of informative videos of javascript. I thought i knew javascript very well, i was wrong! A must watch for anyone that programs for the web!
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The future's five enemies (and how to beat them)
http://www.valleywag.com/tech/wild-prognostication/the-futur...
Wasn't it sci-fi author William Gibson who said "The future is here, it's just unevenly distributed among pithy sci-fi authors"? The future is indeed inevitable, and it must fight enemies like the following five: Baby Boomers, the movie industry and music industries, cell providers, the government, and Web 2.0.
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Learn how to make the switch to Linux
http://www.maximumpc.com/linux?page=0%2C0
Hardcore-user mag Maximum PC shows you how to make the switch to Linux. Specifically, Ubuntu Linux. This exhaustive article covers every step, from downloading and installing the OS to connecting to your network to actually using Linux.
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Coming soon: SQL Server "Katmai" details
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/05/10/mic...
On Thursday, Microsoft plans to release more details about the next version of SQL Server, codenamed "Katmai." According to the website SD Times, Microsoft corporate vice president Ted Kummert will disclose some of the new features later today in his Business Intelligence conference keynote address.
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The 6 Essential Elements of A Great Website Widget
http://stefanjuhl.com/2007/essential-elements-of-widgets/
A list of elements that should be included when developing a website widget to make it succeed and provide value for the developer in this Web 2.0 era.
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"We're not dead yet!" - Old media turns combative against new media
http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSN0847652320070...
Time Warner, Viacom, and other Big Media companies increasingly consider new content distributors like Google Inc. to be more foe than friend.
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Tags: Google, time warner, viacom, media
EFF to psychic: There will be a DMCA abuse suit in the near future
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070509-eff-to-psychic...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has begun fighting back this week against one DMCA takedown abuser. The organization has filed a lawsuit against "paranormalist" Uri Geller for sending a takedown notice to YouTube over a video that heavily criticizes his psychic and magical abilities. The suit alleges that Geller and his company Explorologist Ltd. "knowingly and materially" misrepresented their claim under the DMCA when demanding that the video be taken down, and therefore violated the..
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The Pirate Bay called a right-wing effort to 'reach young people' through file-sharing?
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8741/The+Pirate+Bay+called+a+ri...
New plan of attack by the IFPI tries to link TPB with right-wing extremist groups, with one guy saying "Politicians loved the bit about the music but, the aim was to reach young people" to apparently spread a right-wing ideology.....
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