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Submission Summary: 0 pending, 71 declined, 10 accepted (81 total, 12.35% accepted)

Television

Submission + - MPAA wants to prevent recording movies on DVRs

I_am_Rambi writes: At the request of theatrical film makers, the Federal Communications Commission on Friday quietly launched a proceeding on whether to let video program distributors remotely block consumers from recording recently released movies on their DVRs. The technology that does this is called Selectable Output Control (SOC), but the FCC restricts its use. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) wants a waiver on that restriction in the case of high-definition movies broadcast prior to their release as DVDs.

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Programming

Submission + - OpenOffice.org to get many new features!

I_am_Rambi writes: OpenOffice.org is set to get new features of Thunderbird, Sunbird intergration, connectors and more! "Second, and I think that although we have no clear roadmap for this yet (besides, our version naming scheme is going to change once again ), OpenOffice.org and StarOffice shall include the Mozilla Foundation's Thunderbird and Sunbird (calendaring application) in the future. Besides the inclusion of those two softs inside the office suite, connectors to Sun Calendar Server and Microsoft Exchange will also be developed accordingly."

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