Author: JT Smith
Experts say consolidation of this market ‘littered’ with releases is inevitable, according to a report at MSNBC.com.
Category:
- Linux
Club site on Yahoo! blocked by Saudis
Author: JT Smith
Pornography and other offensive materials a little too much for officials to stomach, in this report published at MSNBC.com.
Source code in meatspace gets T-shirt maker sued
Author: JT Smith
Washington Post tells us, “This code reveals how to crack the supposedly impregnable digital video-disk format. A hacker could use it to make copies of DVD movies and exchange them across the Internet.”
A hacker crackdown? Or a cracker hackdown?
Author: JT Smith
Salon asks, can independent programmers be held responsible for the actions of users?
Category:
- Linux
Net slaves get no respect and no vacation
Author: JT Smith
Members of Congress, federal workers and legions of lobbyists may be fleeing Washington DC, seeking respite from another humid August, but local techies remain dutifully ensconced in their cubicles–sometimes for 16 hours a day.
Category:
- Linux
Verizon still won’t play nice with union
Author: JT Smith
Verizon Communications Inc.’s latest contract offer to striking telephone workers did little to address employee concern about mandatory overtime and job stress, the Communications Workers of America said.
Category:
- Open Source
Snooping specialist has a lock on health-conscious surfers
Author: JT Smith
A Boston technology firm is surreptitiously tracking computer users across the Internet on behalf of pharmaceutical companies, a practice that demonstrates the limits of a recent agreement to protect the privacy of Web surfers.
Klingon Academy weeds out wimps
Author: JT Smith
New game requires a high-end PC and a good chunk of your time. And this is a surprise because?