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Shuttleworth Calls For Coordinated Release Cycles
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
voodoosws points out on Mark Shuttleworth's blog Shuttleworth's call for synchronized publication of Linux distributions, excerpting: "There's one thing that could convince me to change the date of the next Ubuntu LTS: the opportunity to collaborate with the other, large distributions on a coordinated major / minor release cycle. If two out of three of Red Hat (RHEL), Novell (SLES)...
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Startup Offers Instant-Boot Windows Alternative
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on January 16, 2008
A Silicon Valley startup named Device VM has a product that circumvents the boot-up process, according to a story in MIT's Technology Review. Device VM recently released a tiny piece of software that gives users the option to boot either Windows or a faster, less-complex operating system called Splashtop. The company is partnering with PC OEMs and consumer electronics companies to integrate...
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We Know Who's Behind Storm Worm
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on January 28, 2008
jmason reminds us of a story from a few weeks back that got little attention, adding "This doesn't seem to be just bluster; as far as I can tell, everyone who knows the RBN now agrees that this seems likely." Brian Krebs's Security Fix blog at the Washington Post carried a story about the Storm worm containing some pretty staggering allegations. "Dmitri Alperovitch [of Secure Computing]...
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Mega-D Botnet Overtakes Storm, Accounts for 32% of Spam
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on February 01, 2008
The new Mega-D Botnet has overtaken the notorious Storm worm botnet as the largest single source of the world's spam according to security vendor Marshal. This botnet currently accounts for 32 percent of all spam, 11 percent more than the Storm botnet which peaked at 21 percent in September 2007. It started about 4 months ago but has been steadily increasing since then. It is also using news...
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A Look at The RIAA's War Against College Students
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on February 02, 2008
p2pnet.net has put together a fascinating retrospective on the RIAA's war against college students, commenced February 28, 2007. The campaign is described as one to 'force "consumers" to buy what they're told to buy — corporate "content," as the Big 4 call their formulaic outpourings.' In a scathing indictment not only of the major record labels, but of those schools,...
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A $1 Billion Email Gaffe
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on February 05, 2008
Jake writes in with the story behind an explosive NYTimes scoop last week. It seems that the Times's pharmaceutical industry reporter, Alex Berenson, scored a page-one blockbuster when he revealed that Eli Lilly was looking to reach a settlement with federal prosecutors over the company's alleged inappropriate marketing of anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa. A settlement figure of $1 billion was...
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Is Linus Torvalds Speaking for Linux Anymore...
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on February 07, 2008
An anonymous reader writes to tell us CNET is currently running a story asking 'Is Linus Torvalds even speaking for Linux anymore?' It examines both Torvalds' recent public statements on other operating systems and his current approach towards Linux. The author wonders if his utopian view of how an operating system should be viewed and used is just too alien from what the majority of...
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Book Publishers Abandoning DRM
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on March 10, 2008
The New York Times is reporting that book publishers are beginning to phase out DRM-protected audio books. This month the world's largest publisher, Random House, started offering DRM-free mp3s; Penguin has announced that it will follow suit. Their logic? DRM just doesn't work. 'Publishers, like the music labels and movie studios, stuck to DRM out of fear that pirated copies would...
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Microsoft Ties $235m IT Aid To Use of Windows
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on January 21, 2008
Microsoft will spend $235m in schools worldwide over the next five years, part of a plan to triple the number of students and teachers trained in its software programs to up to 270 million by 2013. 'Microsoft's investment shows how important it views developing markets to its future business. Last year, Microsoft introduced the Student Innovation Suite, which includes the XP Starter...
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ICANN Writes US Government Requesting Independence
via RoomForMilk: Fresh Skimmed Slashdot Headlines by (author unknown) on January 23, 2008
Combat Wombat writes with word that IP address and domain name overseer ICANN has put in a request to the US government, asking to be freed from ties to the United States. A 'lengthy' report was sent to the US Dept. of Commerce, and covers the numerous steps the organization has already completed along the road to independence. The BBC reports that a meeting will be held soon in response...
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