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Submission + - Kasparov arrested by Russian police (en.rian.ru)

perdelucena writes: "The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov was arrested outside a Moscow court, where the verdict in the trial of the Pussy Riot group members was being announced on Friday, Russian police said."

Comment Re:Ob. Matrix quote (Score 0, Redundant) 478

Credits to Agent Smith
I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. A virus.

Google

Submission + - Google, Sun Headed for Showdown Over Android (itworld.com)

narramissic writes: "There's trouble brewing between Google and Sun over the way Android handles Java. Google wrote its own virtual machine (called Davlik) for Android instead of using JME, most likely as a way to get around licensing issues with Sun, said Stefano Mazzocchi, a developer and board member at Apache Labs. If Google used any of Sun's intellectual property to build Dalvik, Sun could sue Google for patent infringement. But here's where it gets interesting ... Sun is a vocal advocate for open source and it would 'hardly appease the open source community to sue Google over an open source software stack,' said Mazzocchi."
Red Hat Software

Submission + - Red Hat to Enter the Desktop Market

head_dunce writes: "It looks like Red Hat is going to release their Global Desktop Linux in September and give Ubuntu a challenge for the Linux desktop market. I'm a little confused by the article though, it claims Red Hat Global Desktop "would be sold with a one-year subscription to security updates." Shouldn't the security updates be open, and the customer support be subscription based?"
Microsoft

Submission + - MS Works Adware (reuters.com)

ericrost writes: "Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it will offer a free, advertising-supported version of its basic productivity software, Microsoft Works, as part of a test program with computers manufacturers."

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUS N0121019020070802

Well, we all knew it was coming. How do we feel about our Free applications competing with adware?

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