Google signs up to become defender of Linux
The search engine joins the Open Invention Networkm, whose set of Linux patents numbered over 100 before Google joined its ranks. The move is directed more at Microsoft than SCO.
Archive for August 7, 2007
Wii Firmware update, Shopping Channel Redesigned
When Nintendo took down the Shopping Channel for 3 hours earlier we knew something was up, it now seems that Nintendo updated the firmware on the Wii to include many small but nice features and even according to anecdotal evidence increase the speed of the UI. Also updated is the Wii Shopping Channel.
VoIP fights back: 10c untimed calls to 31 countries
Optus and Virgin might be signing customers by the bucketload to their new unlimited calls + broadband plans, but the VoIP guys are fighting back.
Dell’s open source push hampered by drivers
Reluctance on the part of component vendors to offer open source drivers is slowing the PC maker’s Linux rollout.
Government orders Telstra: no CDMA shutdown
The Government has today blocked Telstra from shutting down the CDMA mobile network prematurely.
The walls have ears, the phones have eyes: new Microsoft video phone follow
No matter where you sit in the room, this new phone from Microsoft will swivel round and follow you.
EXCLUSIVE: new pictures of the Nanobook
Watch out eeePC, the Nanobook is coming to get you.
94 percent of spam-advertised scams are hosted on individual Web servers
Computer scientists from UC San Diego have found striking differences between the infrastructure used to distribute spam and the infrastructure used to host the online scams advertised in these unwanted email messages. This discovery should aid in the fight to reduce spam volume and shut down illegal online businesses and malware sites
Adobe, Microsoft accused of infringing on browser-related patents
Previously-unknown Aloft Media has sued Adobe and Microsoft, accusing them of infringing on two software patents covering browser UIs.
ET:QW - Australian Date Confirmed - We are honorary Europeans!
We told you on Saturday that Enemy Territory: Quake Wars had a release date - landing in Europe on September 28th, before making its way to the US for an October 2 launch. It’s now been confirmed that Australia is, in fact, a part of Europe and so we’ll be getting the game on September 28th… that’s a few days before the US! Ha!
New iMacs likely to be boon to Apple
New iMacs are likely to juice Apple’s Mac shipments for the September quarter. Meanwhile, these iMacs happen to line up with the back-to-school and holiday seasons.
Open source legislation and digital civil rights
A panel of activists and bloggers discusses national broadband policy, Internet access as a civil right, and an experiment in “open sourcing” legislation.
