The US copyright lobby has long argued against open source software – now Indonesia’s in the firing line for encouraging the idea in government departments.
Traveller on a beach, Indonesia. Photograph: Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty
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February 25th, 2010
Using Open Source Makes You An Enemy Of The State
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February 19th, 2010
A New Era for Videogame Graphics?
Videogames are about to get a whole lot better-looking. Thanks to a new algorithm created by Morgan McGuire, Williams College assistant professor of computer science, and Dr. David Luebke, senior research manager at Nvidia, videogames will achieve film-quality graphics in the near future, or so the pair promises.
McGuire took a year [...]
January 23rd, 2010
YouTube and Vimeo Ditching Flash for HTML5
YouTube and Vimeo is kicking Adobe’s Flash to the curb in favor of the sharp new HTML5.
Both YouTube and Vimeo have announced that they are launching HTML5-based players on their video streaming
sites, thus booting out the long-standing champ of multimedia delivery, Adobe Flash. With recent security issues plaguing Adobe products, it’s no surprise that media [...]
January 20th, 2010
Italian mafia finds UK good for business
London firms act as fronts for drug-dealing and money-laundering and provide hideouts for fugitive gunmen, says anti-mafia investigator
The tentacles of the mafia are spreading to the UK, as British cities become key locations in the mob’s vital money-laundering operations, according to Italy’s leading expert in organised crime, Francesco Forgione.
Last week Britain’s Gambling Commission suspended the [...]
January 11th, 2010
Should have gone to Spermsavers…
Specsavers is commemorating 25 years in the eye business with its latest ’should have gone to Specsavers’ TV advert.
Dubbed ‘Spermsavers’, the ad features a short-sighted sperm swimming past the egg it’s supposed to fertilise, before trying to impregnate the company logo.
