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Submission + - RealPlayer to support One Click Video Ripping

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on Friday June 01, 2007 @03:24AM

Aditi.Tuteja writes: "RealPlayer is coming up with a free version in June which will allow one-click video ripping.This free downloadable video player will allows anyone to save and organize video files in all major formats including Flash, QuickTime, RealMedia and Window Media and will support video ripping from websites like YouTube or more. RealPlayer will only download DRM free files. The new RealPlayer will not download or record video that is DRM infected but will download everything else"

Submission + - Microsoft, Google agree to NGO code of conduct

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on Friday January 19, 2007 @11:27AM

Aditi.Tuteja writes: "Technology companies have come under fire for providing equipment or software that permits governments to censor information or monitor the online or offline activities of their citizens. For example, last year, Google's approach to the China market was criticized over its creation of a censored, local version of its search engine.

Microsoft, Google, and two other technology companies will develop a code of conduct with a coalition of nongovernmental organizations (NGO) to promote freedom of expression and privacy rights, they announced Friday.

The two companies along with Yahoo, and Vodafone Group said the new guidelines are the result of talks with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School."

Submission + - New Patent Suit Threatens Bluetooth Standard

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on Friday January 05, 2007 @04:55PM

Aditi.Tuteja writes: "A U.S. research institute has sued Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Matsushita-owned Panasonic for violating a patent for Bluetooth technology, potentially putting the free wireless standard at risk.

The Washington Research Foundation, which markets technology from the University of Washington, is seeking damages from the three mobile-phone makers for using a radio frequency receiver technology without paying royalties, according to court papers obtained by Reuters./p"

Submission + - Oracle plugs 122 security holes

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on Thursday October 19, 2006 @05:49PM

Aditi.Tuteja writes: "Oracle has released a 'critical patch update' that plugs 122 security vulnerabilities across the company's databases, enterprise applications, developer tools and middleware. Oracle has also started providing additional information indicating whether a flaw can be exploited by remote attackers without any authentication credentials.

But Oracle has failed to deliver its patches on all platforms.Patches for Oracle databases 9.2.0.6 and 10.1.0.5 will not be available until the end of this month. Users running Oracle 10.2.0.1 on Linux on Power servers will also have to wait until the end of October, as will users running Oracle 10.2.0.2 on Windows."

Submission + - Cisco granted triple play patent

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on Friday October 13, 2006 @05:51PM

Aditi.Tuteja writes: "Cisco was recently granted a patent on a "system and method for providing integrated voice, video and data to customer premises over a single network." Sound a lot like triple play? Yes It is.

The patent, which was filed back in 2000, describes a system that would allow consumers to receive all of their home services through one service provider instead of two or three.

It also makes mention of the inefficiency of forcing consumers to receive all of their home services through different infastructures that aren't easily compatible.The patent's wording seems broad enough to cover nearly all existing implementations of "triple play," and some are scared that Cisco will try to wield some legal power against such providers as AT&T and Comcast with its newly granted patent. If such a thing were to happen, progress on Project Lightspeed could slow even more and providers would likely have to pay a hefty fee to Cisco before proceeding with their plans."

Submission + - Yahoo Mail Goes OpenSource

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on Saturday September 30, 2006 @05:44PM

Aditi.Tuteja writes: "Yahoo Mail goes Open source, The company made the announcement ahead of a 24-hour "Yahoo Hack Day," where it had invited more than 500 most youthful outside programmers to build new applications using Yahoo services. This "Hack Day" mixed Web programming competitions, overnight slumber party and a music festival where pop music superstar Beck had been hired to play a concert on the Yahoo campus.

Considering the different needs for the huge user base, some users would like to benefit from one or other web application integrated within yahoo mail, although Yahoo is big but it can't build or buy each innovation, they decided to give away their code publicly."

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