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  1. WordPress Multiuser: on WordPress 2.0 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    WordPress MU is multi-user version of the famous WordPress blogging application. It is ideal for people wanting to offer a hosted version of WordPress
    http://mu.wordpress.org/

  2. what about archive.org on India Forms Expert Group on Google Earth Images · · Score: 1
  3. Reuters news story on CNet on Microsoft to Invest $1.7 billion in India · · Score: 2, Informative
  4. Three Laws of Robotics on Free Software Foundation Begins Rewriting the GPL · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why no add something like this, so that it can not be used to harm someone.

    1. A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
    2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
    3. A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotic s

  5. $100 Laptops on New Orleans to Deploy Free Wi-Fi City Wide · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Now start distributing $100 laptops to poor ppl.
    http://laptop.media.mit.edu/

  6. Is SETI a Security Risk? for EARTH on Is SETI a Security Risk? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    First I thought SETI is risk to earth itself. What if aliens are listning us and preparing for something big!

  7. cloak and dagger on Texas Sues Sony BMG over Rootkit · · Score: 1

    cloak-and-dagger (klkn-dgr) adj. Marked by melodramatic intrigue and often by espionage.

  8. Why not release OS X with on Jobs Offers Free Mac OS X For $100 Laptops · · Score: 1

    Strong product keys like Windows 9X/2000 had, no activation.

  9. Spyware Sony seems to breach copyright on Stiffer Penalties for Copyright Violations · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The spyware that Sony installs on the computers of music fans does not even seem to be correct in terms of copyright law.
    It turns out that the rootkit contains pieces of code that are identical to LAME, an open source mp3-encoder, and thereby breach the license

    http://dewinter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=art icle&sid=215.

    Sony rootkit violating GPL?, Seems to include parts of LAME?
    http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?show topic=38700

  10. Spyware Sony seems to breach copyright on Sony's EULA Worse Than Its Rootkit? · · Score: 1

    The spyware that Sony installs on the computers of music fans does not even seem to be correct in terms of copyright law.

    It turns out that the rootkit contains pieces of code that are identical to LAME, an open source mp3-encoder, and thereby breach the license

    http://dewinter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=art icle&sid=215.

  11. How it will look like on Novell to Standardize on GNOME · · Score: 3, Interesting

    May be somethink like this, you can see some names from Novel
    http://tango-project.org/

  12. Get it here on .Net Framework and Visual Studio Now Available · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix

    http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

  13. Re:Wow on Worst Jobs in Science: Year Three · · Score: 4, Informative

    NASA Ballerina link if www.popsci.com give up

    http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/mpeg/115084mai n_ballerina.mpeg

  14. Processor {Power vs Heat vs GHz} on Which CPU Is Tops in Price/Performance? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Almost all power consumed by processor get converted to heat any idea about Power consumed vs work done?

  15. Bangalore will have 4 time zones on Ontario to Match U.S. DST Change · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mayor of Bangalore says "that if Bangalore isn't on the same time as the United States, it will be hurt financially"

  16. Alternate Interfaces on IMDb Turns 15 · · Score: 5, Informative
  17. Groklaw Interviews MySQL AB CEO Marten Mickos on The Ups and Downs of MySQL AB · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200510112 11450706

    * no money went to SCO from MySQL, so MySQL is not supporting SCO financially
    * it was SCO seeking out the partnership, not the other way around
    * MySQL had stopped supporting SCO in 2004
    * MySQL did not put out the press release about the partnership. Mickos did provide a quotation for the press release however. Here's the press release in question, taken from MySQL's web site. http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_ 948.html

  18. RIAA and iTune store on 200gb Hack for iPod Nano · · Score: 1

    RIAA will be happy to sell you 200 GB of songs, think how fast they will get rich.

  19. Conversion to Buddhism on Microsoft May Become Major Opponent of Patents? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Conversion to Buddhism

    As the legend goes, one day after the war was over, Ashoka ventured out to roam the city and all he could see were burnt houses and scattered corpses. This sight made him sick and he cried the famous quotation, "What have I done?" The brutality of the conquest led him to adopt Buddhism

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka

  20. Dupe on Google Plans to Offer Free WiFi in San Francisco · · Score: 2, Insightful
  21. Red Hat Global File System on Red Hat and HP Establish Linux Storage Lab · · Score: 2, Informative
  22. Slashdot screenshot on Emergency Gadgets Reviewed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Copies of Slashdot screenshots printed and laminated.

  23. Mozilla hits back at browser security claim on IE More Secure Than Mozilla? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Mozilla has reacted to a Symantec report issued on Monday which said serious vulnerabilities were being found in Mozilla's browsers faster than in Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The study was conducted over the first six months of 2005.
    http://www.zdnet.co.uk/print/?TYPE=story&AT=392191 86-39020375t-10000025c

  24. also on KernelTrap on New Tool to Track Kernel Testing Time · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Tracking Kernel Usage
    http://kerneltrap.org/node/5606

  25. AbiWord & Gnumeric on OpenOffice Goes LGPL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Will there be any merger or code share between Gnome Office and Open office?
    http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/
    http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/
    http://www.abisource.com/