Month: October 2007

Red Hat Vows To Stand Up To Patent Intimidation

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It looks like Red Hat isn’t going to allow Microsoft to bully them into paying for Patent Protection. Microsoft has stated that linux is infringing on multiple patents and intellectual property. Red Hat provides an enterprise Linux operating system, when you’re more or less purchasing continual and automatic updates and the option for Technical Support from RedHat directly. Red Hat previously provided their Variant of Linux for free, and then discontinued it. They now provide a free desktop version called Fedora there are also other variants of Fedora like CentOS which is more of an enterprise operating system very much like Red Hat but not affiliated with Red Hat directly.

How To: Stream Music From The iPhone In Ubuntu w/ Rhythmbox

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I know that you can get your ipod working within Linux using gtkipod, and if you actually mount the file system on the ipod you can then write to it use gtkipod. I don’t know why jailbreaking and mounting the iphone is required. Good read though.

How To: Stream Music From The iPhone In Ubuntu w/ Rhythmbox – >>>>>>>> This is the Best Damn Guide EVER written to stream media from your iPhone to your Ubuntu PC using Rythmbox.

Corporate critics feel the stinging lash of DMCA misuse

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I use to work for an ISP and was head of the Abuse Department. We only really received legitimate DCMA’s that were then handled by legal. We didn’t really seem to get that many DMCA notices, maybe its because we’re a Canadian organization?

Corporate critics feel the stinging lash of DMCA misuse –

Two recent cases show that companies aren’t always fans of criticism, and some will file misguided DMCA notices and defamation cases to scrub it from the Internet.

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Bricks, apps, and warranties, oh my! Apple, AT&T hit with $800 million suit

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Follow up on bricking, apps, and warranties as well as the $800 Million Dollar Suit brought upon Apple and AT&T.

Bricks, apps, and warranties, oh my! Apple, AT&T hit with $800 million suit – Another class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple and AT&T, which takes to task the companies’ actions when it comes to locking the iPhone to a specific carrier, blocking out third-party applications, the “bricking” debacle, and the iPhone’s warranty.

Microsoft changes mind, agrees to fix IE’s URI handler

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Microsoft agrees to release a patch to fix some of the security issues but not all in Internet Explorers URI Handler. I don’t understand why Microsoft has such a lazy stance on security, I want to use Internet Explorer just as securely as any other browser. One mis-typed url after a fresh install of Windows could cause malicious software to gain entry to me desktop.

Microsoft changes mind, agrees to fix IE’s URI handler

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Microsoft agrees to release a patch to fix some of the security issues but not all in Internet Explorers URI Handler. I don’t understand why Microsoft has such a lazy stance on security, I want to use Internet Explorer just as securely as any other browser. One mis-typed url after a fresh install of Windows could cause malicious software to gain entry to me desktop.

Microsoft changes mind, agrees to fix IE's URI handler – Microsoft has stated that they will be releasing a patch to fix some, but not all, potential security flaws resulting from third-party applications being fed maliciously malformed URI requests.Read More…

Intel X38 motherboards finally begin to surface

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Intel’s new motherboard X38 is seeing the light of day. One of the biggest features is the DDR3 support on the board. More details below and within each review of the Asus and MSI version that was reviewed.