Europe 'will not accept' three strikes in Acta treaty
February 28, 2010
ZDNet UK: “The European Commission has pledged to make sure the Acta global treaty will not force countries to disconnect people for unlawfully downloading copyrighted music, movies and other material.”
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Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage
February 28, 2010
PC World: “Canonical’s Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers.”
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Pocketing Police (PayPal confiscates Xorg funds)
February 28, 2010
DoctorMO’s Blog: “An odd bit of news from the xorg foundation. During some discussion on their mailing list about missing funds it became apparent that PayPal had simply taken $5k of their money because PayPal thought xorg foundation were some sort of scam.”
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The Quake III Test
February 28, 2010
OStatic: “If people haven’t started thinking about the current crop of smartphones as computers, maybe this will help: Quake III Arena (Q3A) ported to the Android platform.”
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The Internet Doesn't Make Us Dumber: Pew
February 28, 2010
In its Future of the Internet survey, research organization canvassed nearly 900 Internet experts and business leaders, who expressed a resounding faith in technology’s ability to help us evolve, but voiced concerns about the Internet’s openness.
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Google Refreshing Trial Gmail Feature Offerings
February 28, 2010
Search giant gives the revolving door a spin at its experimental Google Labs shop, discontinuing several underused features and introducing a bevy of new ones that aim to spruce up its Gmail service.
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Facebook Lands Patent for News Feed
February 28, 2010
Social networking site is awarded patent for news feed activity stream, potentially giving it a monopoly on the technology behind an essential feature on dozens of sites across the social Web.
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Intel & Nokia Make a Joint Mobile Push
February 28, 2010
Both companies have mobile open source initiatives; now they’re working together on the ambitious MeeGo operating system designed for mobile devices and much more.
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Google-Apple Rivalry Heats Up With reMail Buy
February 28, 2010
As it continues to move in on the mobile market, Google has snapped up reMail, a popular e-mail client available on Apple’s App Store, promptly shutting it down in the latest sign of growing competition between the two giants.
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Microsoft Scores Win Against Waledac Botnet
February 28, 2010
Software giant obtains temporary injunction ordering shut down of 277 Internet domains suspected of orchestrating massive “Waledac” botnet, one of the nation’s 10 largest.
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