Feed news.com: Affero: a new GPL for software as a service (news.com)
The Free Software Foundation releases a variation of the GPL that brings its reciprocity obligations to software running as an online service.
Submission + - Users can edit Google Maps locations, wiki-style (computerworld.com.au)
An anonymous reader writes: For those who have gotten lost, delayed or just plain frustrated on a trip due to a mistaken marker on Google Maps, the company has unveiled a potential solution.
Google on Monday announced that registered Google users in the US and Australia can move incorrect markers for their homes or businesses to the correct locations.
Google did note that access to some listings, such as hospitals, government buildings or businesses whose listings have been claimed through Google's Local Business Center, will be restricted. In addition, some edits, such as moving a place marker more than 200 yards (or 200 meters in some countries) from its original location requires a moderator's approval before they show up on the map, according to Google.
To prevent users from deliberately moving a marker to the wrong address, there will be a "Show Original" link that will direct users to the original marker. If the new one is in the wrong place, users can fix it.
Submission + - FSF Releases New License for Web Services (fsf.org) 1
mako writes: "The Free Software Foundation has released the Affero General Public license version 3. The license is essentially the GPLv3 with an added clause that requires that source code be distributed to users that interact with the application over a network. The license effectively extends copyright to web applications. The new AGPL will have important effects for companies that, under the GPL, have no obligation to distribute changes to users on the web. This release makes adds the license to the stable of official FSF licenses and is compatible with the GPLv3."
Comment Re:Article totally misleading.... get the facts (Score 2, Insightful) 242
Marcos Eliziario wrote:
"And if a law needs clarification"
It's not a law, it's a proposal. There is a huge difference. It still has to go through several steps.
"And if a law needs clarification"
It's not a law, it's a proposal. There is a huge difference. It still has to go through several steps.
Submission + - Spammers overcome Hotmail/Yahoo CAPTCHA systems
thefickler writes: It appears that spammers have found a way of automatically creating Hotmail and Yahoo email accounts, having already created more than 15,000 bogus Hotmail accounts, according to security company BitDefender.p>
BitDefender says that a new threat, dubbed Trojan.Spammer.HotLan.A, is using automatically generated Yahoo and Hotmail accounts to send out spam email, which suggests that spammers have found a way to overcome Microsoft's and Yahoo's CAPTCHA systems.p>
BitDefender says that a new threat, dubbed Trojan.Spammer.HotLan.A, is using automatically generated Yahoo and Hotmail accounts to send out spam email, which suggests that spammers have found a way to overcome Microsoft's and Yahoo's CAPTCHA systems.p>
Feed NVIDIA launches Tesla: GPUs are the new CPUs (engadget.com)
Filed under: Desktops
We've seen a couple cautious attempts at leveraging the raw floating-point capabilities of modern high-powered graphics cards, but NVIDIA is taking the gloves off with the launch of Tesla, its new general-purpose computing platform built on the 8-series graphics cards we all know and love. According to NVIDIA, the only way to skirt the inevitable collapse of Moore's Law is to join the GPU and CPU together, so two of the three Tesla configs are in the form of workstation upgrades -- a $1,499 single GPU PCI Express card and a $7,500 dual-GPU "deskside supercomputer" that plugs into a custom PCI controller. The truly crazy can pony up a full $12,000 for NVIDIA's first rack units, the four-GPU Tesla S870, which has a peak performance of 2 Teraflops. We're hearing the card and deskside unit will be available in August and that the servers will start shipping in November or December -- perfect for the Engadget Folding@Home holiday rush.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Journal Journal: Miramax busting Michael Moore downloaders 2
Remember a few days ago when Michael Moore announced he was OK with illegal sharing of his new movie? Miramax head Harvey Weinstein is now bragging about the company's creation of fake download sites to collect user data which is now going to the police. Also, the US government hasn't confiscated the film despite Moore's hyperventilation about
Battlestar Galactica's End Officially After Season 4 356
Ant writes "First it was off, and then it was back on. Yahoo is now reporting on a release put out by David Eick and Ronald Moore stating that they will conclude Battlestar Galactica at the end of Season 4. They said it was a creative decision, and that they wanted to end the show on their own terms. The show was always planned with a definite beginning, middle and end, unlike many other sci-fi shows and dramas. Sci Fi Channel has accepted the decision. The news had been foreshadowed this spring through statements from stars Edward James Olmos and Katee Sackhoff. Ronald Moore himself had said that the show was heading into its final act, although he said the final act could be one or two more seasons. Now we know that the final act will last for one season. The special 2-hr. episode 'Razor' starts off the season in November. The first regular episodes of Season 4 will air in early 2008."
Submission + - Microsoft bullies UK developer (zdnet.co.uk)
ZDOne writes: "Microsoft has shown that once again despite having a near bottomless marketing budget — it is supremely talented at coming across as ruthless and uncaring.
The boys at Redmond have demanded — with very unsubtle lawyers' letters — that a London-based Windows developer withdraws a version of his free debugging tool from distribution, and is claiming that the tool breaches its licensing conditions.
What's this about Microsoft finally seeing the light around the benefits of an open source community approach to software development — we are not convinced.
Microsoft angered by UK developer
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,3928 7310,00.htm"
Microsoft angered by UK developer
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,392
Is Parallel Programming Just Too Hard? 680
pcause writes "There has been a lot of talk recently about the need for programmers to shift paradigms and begin building more parallel applications and systems. The need to do this and the hardware and systems to support it have been around for a while, but we haven't seen a lot of progress. The article says that gaming systems have made progress, but MMOGs are typically years late and I'll bet part of the problem is trying to be more parallel/distributed. Since this discussion has been going on for over three decades with little progress in terms of widespread change, one has to ask: is parallel programming just too difficult for most programmers? Are the tools inadequate or perhaps is it that it is very difficult to think about parallel systems? Maybe it is a fundamental human limit. Will we really see progress in the next 10 years that matches the progress of the silicon?"
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