rs232 - Slashdot User

Submission + - Microsoft to reinvent TCP/IP (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by rs232 on Friday October 16, 2009 @11:50AM

rs232 writes: Arms globocorp Lockheed Martin announced today that it has won a $31m contract from the famous Pentagon crazy-ideas bureau, DARPA, to reinvent the internet and make it more suitable for military use. Microsoft will also be involved in the effort

Submission + - Windows for Warships(TM) gets virus infection .. (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by retrovirus on Thursday January 15, 2009 @02:00PM

retrovirus writes: "The Ministry of Defence confirmed today that it has suffered virus infections which have shut down "a small number" of MoD systems, most notably including admin networks aboard Royal Navy warships"

Submission + - New York Times sued over URL linking .. (cnet.com) 1

Submitted by Davros on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @03:15PM

Davros writes: GateHouse Media, which publishes more than 100 papers in Massachusetts, accuses the Times of violating copyright by allowing its Boston Globe online unit to copy verbatim the headlines and first sentences from articles published on sites owned by GateHouse

Submission + - iPlayer chief pushes tiered charging for ISPs .. (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by rs232 on Sunday December 28, 2008 @02:26PM

rs232 writes: The executive in charge of the BBC iPlayer has suggested that internet users could be charged £10 per month extra on their broadband bill for higher quality streaming

Submission + - Schools warned off Microsoft deal .. (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by

rs232

on Saturday October 27, 2007 @06:12AM

rs232 writes: ""The UK computer agency Becta is advising schools not to sign licensing agreements with Microsoft because of alleged anti-competitive practices"

"the problem was that Microsoft required schools to have licences for every PC in a school that might use its software, whether they were actually doing so or running something else""

Submission + - Mark Webbink Joins Board of Software Freedom Law C (groklaw.net)

Submitted by

rs232

on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @02:20PM

rs232 writes: ""This is good news, that Mark Webbink has joined the board of the Software Freedom Law Center. Good news for the FOSS community. For him, I think the idea of a laid back, restful retirement is now just a dream" http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071010100411901"

Submission + - Hospital wants critical blogger's anonymity ended (chron.com)

Submitted by

rs232

on Friday September 28, 2007 @08:30AM

rs232 writes: ""An unlikely Internet frontier is Paris, Texas, population 26,490, where a defamation lawsuit filed by the local hospital against a critical anonymous blogger is testing the bounds of Internet privacy, First Amendment freedom of speech and whistle-blower rights"

http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5149745.html"

Submission + - Microsoft can evade GPL 3 ..

Submitted by

rs232

on Saturday August 04, 2007 @08:31AM

rs232 writes: ""Microsoft should be able to extricate itself from the implications of the new GPL 3, according to a leading Australian intellectual property lawyer"

"Unless there is something more specific in the certificate or the collaboration agreement between Novell and Microsoft, I would be very surprised to see this upheld. It was a nice try on the part of (the FSF), but at this stage, I'd say it's not going to be an effective strategy. It will be tough to hold up in court."

'In this case, she said, Microsoft never acted — never 'entered' into the agreement, and the terms and conditions can only apply to new actions by Microsoft, not older ones. She said: "Their actions so far are not enough to say that they are bound."'

http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39167957 ,00.htm"

Submission + - Microsoft FUD Watch ..

Submitted by

rs232

on Monday July 30, 2007 @07:13AM

rs232 writes: ""Not a week goes by when Microsoft doesn't manufacture a little fear, uncertainty and doubt about something. Yesterday's financial analyst conference was full of it"

"Our approach is simple: We look at who said what and why it's FUD. Lots of companies engage in FUD, and we only single out Microsoft because we're Microsoft Watch"

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/m icrosoft_fud_watch_62707.html"

Submission + - MS strikes GPLv3 from Linspire deal

Submitted by

rs232

on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @06:47AM

rs232 writes: ""Microsoft says software that's licensed under GPLv3 isn't covered by the patent protection deal it recently signed with desktop Linux distributor Linspire"

http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle .jhtml?articleID=201001836
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Did the original patent deal with Linspire explicidly mention GPLv3 and if not can they retrospectivly rewrite the terms of the license. If so what good is it?

http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=2007 0614085735536"

Submission + - Microsoft and LG Electronics sign Linux covenant .

Submitted by

rs232

on Thursday June 07, 2007 @11:43AM

rs232 writes: ""Microsoft Wednesday inked another cross-licensing patent agreement, this time with South Korea's LG Electronics, covering the company's Linux-based embedded devices"

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132662-c,company news/article.html"

Submission + - Data storm caused nuclear-plant shutdown ..

Submitted by

rs232

on Saturday May 19, 2007 @11:00AM

rs232 writes: "'The U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Homeland Security called this week for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to further investigate the cause of excessive network traffic that shut down an Alabama nuclear plant'

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11465"

Submission + - Why Doesn't Microsoft Have A Cult Religion?

Submitted by

rs232

on Saturday May 12, 2007 @01:50PM

rs232 writes: "'Apple has one. So does the Java community, Oracle, IBM, and Google. Lord knows anyone who uses Linux or free and open source software is dedicated to spreading the gospel of St. Linus Torvalds and St. Richard Stallman. But does anyone really worship the Gods of Redmond?'

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/ 2007/05/why_doesnt_micr.html"

Submission + - The Netscaping of Symantec and McAfee

Submitted by

rs232

on Sunday October 22, 2006 @10:06AM

rs232 writes: "I mention Netscape because, if you believe Symantec and McAfee, a similar situation is about to unfold within the security industry

http://cnet.com.au/software/internet/0,239029524,3 39271785,00.htm"

Submission + - iPod virus not our fault says MS

Submitted by

rs232

on Sunday October 22, 2006 @09:58AM

rs232 writes: ""It's not a matter of which platform the virus originated [on]. The fact that it's found on the portable player means that there's an issue with how the quality checks, specifically the content check, was done," Poon wrote in a blog entry.

"Steve, if you need someone to advise on how to improve your quality checks, feel free to contact me 8)."

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/10/ 19/5673"

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