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Submission + - Illegal CD's smell different. (yahoo.com)

sgt scrub writes: "I've never thought about sniffing my CD's before buying them but that is all about to change. According to this Yahoo! news article, dogs can be trained to tell the difference between a legit copy of a DVD and one from those pesky pirates.
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials said on Wednesday.
Paddy was given to Malaysia by the MPA to help close down piracy syndicates who churn out vast quantities of illegal DVDs. The dog is specially trained to detect chemicals in the discs."

Operating Systems

Submission + - Fixstars buys Terra Soft (fixstars.com)

sgt scrub writes: "If you have put Yellow Dog Linux on a PS3, Pre X86 Apple, or have an interest in the CBE (Cell Broadband Engine), you will be pleased to know that Fixstars has purchased Terra Soft.

"A Cell/B.E. software developer and long-time user of Yellow Dog Linux, Fixstars has great faith in Yellow Dog Linux," said Satoshi Miki, CEO of Fixstars. "This business acquisition allows us to offer a reliable and stable Linux distribution with sense of ease for our customers. I have no doubt that in the expanding Cell/B.E. ecosystem we will offer the best Cell/B.E. solution of the High Performance Computing generation."

I can't think of any group of people better suited to expand the Cell horizon."

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