Submission + - OS/2 2.0 build 6.605 restored (os2museum.com)
yuhong writes: OS/2 2.0 build 6.605 has been restored. This is not the same as the MS OS/2 2.0 SDKs from 1990, but it is very similar.
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 93 declined, 8 accepted (101 total, 7.92% accepted)
Submission + - Windows Vista enters extended support (microsoft.com)
yuhong writes: "On April 10, the second Tuesday of April, Windows Vista will exit Mainstream Support and enter Extended Support. This means that no-charge (free) support will end, no further service packs will be created, nor will future IE versions (such as IE10) be available for Vista. Also, no new non-security hotfixes will be created or be available without an Extended Hotfix Support Agreement (EHSA). This will last for 5 years before support for Vista completely ends in 2017."
Submission + - MS traces Duqu zero-day to font parsing in win32k (microsoft.com)
yuhong writes: "MS has traced the Duqu zero-day to a vulnerability in font parsing in win32k. Many file formats like HTML, Office, and PDF support embedded fonts, and in NT4 and later fonts are parsed in kernel mode! Other possible attack vectors for example include web pages visited using web browsers that support embedded fonts without the OTS font sanitizer (which recent versions of Firefox and Chrome has adopted)."
Submission + - CSS 2.1 becomes W3C Recommendation (w3.org)
Submission + - MPEG continues with royalty-free MPEG video codec (robglidden.com)
yuhong writes: From the press release: "In recognition of the growing importance that the Internet plays in the generation and consumption of video content, MPEG intends to develop a new video compression standard in line with the expected usage models of the Internet. The new standard is intended to achieve substantially better compression performance than that offered by MPEG-2 and possibly comparable to that offered by the AVC Baseline Profile. MPEG will issue a call for proposals on video compression technology at the end of its upcoming meeting in March 2011 that is expected to lead to a standard falling under ISO/IEC “Type-1 licensing”, i.e. intended to be “royalty free”."
Submission + - The Challenge In Delivering Open-Source GPU Driver (phoronix.com)
yuhong writes: After the recent Intel Sandy Bridge launch leaving Linux users at launch day having to build the latest source from Git repositories in order to have full support for the integrated graphics, Phoronix looks at the problems involved in delivering new graphics drivers for Linux.
Submission + - SPAM: Interview with Sergey Brin over Google and China
yuhong writes: "NY Times has interview with Sergey Brin on Google and China. A few quotes from it: "Mr. Brin lived in the Soviet Union until he was nearly 6 years old, and he said the experience of living under a totalitarian system that censored political speech influenced his thinking — and Google’s policy. “It has definitely shaped my views, and some of my company’s views,” he said." Yes, business is personal, especially these days."
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Submission + - SPAM: Behind Google's recent decision about China
yuhong writes: This article by The Independent takes a look at what is behind the recent decisions made by Google regarding China, particularly regarding Sergey Brin was born in the USSR which played a big part in this decision. From the article: "He's always had an emotional tug within him, saying 'we shouldn't be making compromises'," says Ken Auletta, the author of Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.
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