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Xfce 4.10, the Sane Linux Desktop
Authored by: SilverWave on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 10:46 PM EDT
Xfce 4.10, the Sane Linux Desktop

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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions

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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the Xubuntu Desktop *Should have done this years ago!*
Authored by: SilverWave on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 10:53 PM EDT
Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Install the Xubuntu Desktop
Installing Xubuntu Desktop is like having installed Xubuntu originally.

It will install the desktop and all the applications that make up Xubuntu.

It does not remove any applications that are part of Ubuntu.
This is great - the ease of use - the clear feel - the speed!

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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions

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iPhone Toppled! PC World - Galaxy S III Sales Top iPhone 4S in August
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 12:23 AM EDT
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409261,00.asp

"The iPhone 4S lost ground to Samsung's Galaxy S III last
month, marking the first time that the Apple smartphone was
not the top-selling smartphone in the U.S. since its launch,
according to Tuesday data from Canaccord Genuity."

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100% of publicly educated students in Estonia will learn how to code starting in the 1st grade
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 02:07 AM EDT
"Called ProgeTiiger, the new initiative aims to turn
children from avid consumers of technology (which they
naturally are; try giving a 5-year-old an iPad sometime)
into developers of technology (which they are not; see
downward-spiraling computer science university degree
program enrollment stats).

ProgreTiiger education will start with students in the first
grade, which starts around the age of 7 or 8 for Estonians.

The compsci education will continue through a student’s
final years of public school, around age 16."

http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/04/estonia-code-academy/

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Cambridge University helps new Raspberry Pi users break the crust with free guide, tutorials
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 04:20 AM EDT
Cambridge University is offering a free guide to creating a
simple OS for the device called "Baking Pi".

It's part of a course for new students of the institution's
computer lab (who each get a Pi as part of their tuition),
but the guide and a tutorial series are free to the public,
as well. Programming experience is not required "if you are
smart and persistent," but it will certainly be easier if
you have some, according to the Pi website.

The campus, which is the seat of the Raspberry Pi
Foundation, certainly has a vested interest in getting new
coders to the board.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/05/cambridge-university-
raspberry-pi-guide/

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Just for fun BBC - 7 Questions on Patents
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 09:00 AM EDT
Seven Questions on Patents I only got 4 right.

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  • I got 5 right - Authored by: artp on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 02:14 PM EDT
    • I only got 3 n/t - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, September 06 2012 @ 03:03 AM EDT
      • Re: I only got 3 - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, September 06 2012 @ 04:49 AM EDT
        • Re: I only got 3 - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, September 06 2012 @ 10:41 AM EDT
Leaked Prototype: Nokia “Lauta” RM-742 – Cancelled “Immediate” N9 Successor
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 09:57 AM EDT
Link

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  • Working link - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 10:05 AM EDT
Infographic: Ppatent-wars
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 11:19 AM EDT
http://www.ceo.com/legal/infographic-patent-wars/

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The Delphic Oracle's advice ought to be heeded by both Apple and Oracle
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 05 2012 @ 05:51 PM EDT
If Croesus attacks he will destroy a great empire.

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Wikimedia Foundation seeks declaratory relief in response to legal threats from Internet Brands
Authored by: uchuha on Thursday, September 06 2012 @ 01:29 AM EDT

The Wikimedia Foundation published this article on the Wikipedia village pump today about a suit which seeks declaratory relief from Internet Brands for a new travel wiki which the foundation seems ready to host.

The back-story is that nearly all active Wikitravel community members have become frustrated to the breaking point at the low level of service from their current hosting provider, Internet Brands, and so have petitioned WMF to start a new travel wiki to which the community can migrate.

IB have responded by suing two community members.

From the article it would appear that WMF feel these suits are really aimed at WMF, and are taking action

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4th Amendment v. your text messages
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, September 06 2012 @ 04:17 AM EDT
Rhode Island Superior Court Associate Justice Judith Savage's decision in State of Rhode Island v. Michael Patino is a bold and interesting one, because the status of text messages in criminal investigations remains unsettled in the US.

Savage wrote "this Court finds that it is objectively reasonable for people to expect the contents of their electronic text messages to remain private, especially vis-à-vis law enforcement."

[...]

Savage reasoned that cell phone contents are deserving of Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures because people generally keep them on their person at all times. "Text messages are often raw, unvarnished, and immediate; revealing the most intimate of thoughts and emotions to those who are expected to guard them from publication," she wrote, further stating that the court "does not find that the remote possibility that an unintended party will receive a text message due to his or her possession of another person‘s cell phone is sufficient to destroy an objective expectation of privacy in such a message."

[...]

Savage herself noted that the US Supreme Court has declined to provide guidance to lower courts. "Even the United States Supreme Court has struggled with the legal challenges raised by emerging technology, most especially in the realm of cellular phones and their contents," she wrote. "Indeed, in City of Ontario [California] v. Quon [a case decided in 2010], the parties asked the high court to decide whether text messages should be afforded Fourth Amendment privacy protection. But the Supreme Court declined, choosing instead to decide the case on narrower grounds and allow this question to percolate in the lower courts."

[...]

The state of Rhode Island is expected to appeal Savage's decision.

Jon Brodkin, ars technica

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Nokia apologises for 'faked' smartphone advertNokia apologises for 'faked' smartphone advert
Authored by: tiger99 on Thursday, September 06 2012 @ 08:01 AM EDT
BBC

Now where have we heard tricks like that before? Could it have been a certain failing software company in Redmond? Did they not even fake a video deposition in a court case?

Obvioulsy Nokia are now utterly infected with the all-pervasive Billness.

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The Linux Graphics Stack
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, September 06 2012 @ 08:50 AM EDT
This is an introductory overview post for the Linux Graphics Stack, and how it currently all fits together.

I initially wrote it for myself after having conversations with people like Owen Taylor, Ray Strode and Adam Jackson about this stack. I had to go back to them every month or so and learn the stuff from the ground up all over again, as I had forgotten every single piece. I asked them for a good high-level overview document so I could stop bothering them. They didn’t know of any. I started this one. It has been reviewed by Adam Jackson and David Airlie, both of whom work on this exact stack.

Also, I want to point out that a large amount of this stack applies only to the free software drivers. That means that a lot of what you read here may not apply for the AMD Catalyst and NVidia proprietary drivers. They may have their own implementations of OpenGL, or an internal fork of mesa. I’m describing the stack that comes with the free radeon, nouveau and Intel drivers.

http://blog.mecheye.net/2012/06/the-linux-graphics- stack/

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Bot-Mediated automatic takedowns of streaming video
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, September 06 2012 @ 10:49 AM EDT
"As live streaming video surges in popularity, so are copyright “bots” — automated systems that match content against a database of reference files of copyrighted material. These systems can block streaming video in real time, while it is still being broadcast, leading to potentially worrying implications for freedom of speech" link

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