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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Sun picks GPL license for Java code — After years of requests and debates, Sun Microsystems is ready to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license. — On Monday, it plans to put the code for the programming software under the version 2 of the General Public License (GPLv2) …
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Java Is Free — When I took the job at Sun in early 2004, I had a long talk with John Fowler, about this blog among other things. John said: "You might end up happier if you don't blog about open-sourcing Java." That was then. Today's story is simple: Unmodified GPL2 for our SE, ME, and EE code.
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Nick Bradbury:
Web 3.0 Does Not Validate — This weekend much of the geekosphere was buzzing about the "Web 3.0" article in the NY Times, but from where I stand, Web 3.0 does not validate. — Apparently, Web 3.0 is the latest re-branding of the Semantic Web, a noble attempt to turn the Web of documents into a Web of data.
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Matthew Klam / New York Times:
The Online Auteurs — 1. Some people were clowns at the kitchen table and in Mrs. Gadjodnick's third-grade class — they've been funny all their lives — and without making a big thing out of it, they've always believed that the world could use them up there on the silver screen.
Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Lycos seeks rebirth as "virtual living room" — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lycos Inc., a U.S. Internet portal that survived the bursting of the late 1990s dot-com bubble, plans to resurrect itself as a teen broadband video channel with a built-in text chat room. — Having missed much of the …
Valleywag:
Valleywag Release Candidate 2 — Some changes, today, on Valleywag, in design, personnel, and mission. Obviously, there's a new design. Nick Douglas, editor since launch earlier this year, is leaving. And we're going to change the mix of stories, slightly. — 1. Design.
Kevin Newcomb / ClickZ:
Pre-Roll Not the Answer for Online Video — The growth of online video this year has been staggering, but marketers are still struggling to find ways to effectively monetize the channel. According to a new report from eMarketer, as well as comments of several speakers at the Ad:tech …
Michel Marriott / New York Times:
Microsoft Counting on a Twist to Make Zune Shine in Shadow of iPod — The hoopla was still swelling around last November's debut of the Xbox 360, Microsoft's latest entry in the game-console wars, when some on its development team began turning their attention to conceiving a new product.
Ken Elefant / VentureBeat:
The seven strategies for mobile ads, and which ones will work — The past few years haven't been easy for wireless service providers. With 3G and fee-based data services a flop and a sagging voice business, not much seems to be going right for the mobile industry. But the situation is set to change.
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James Brightman / Business Week:
Predatory Packaging — Are expensive bundles of next-gen consoles, games and assorted add-ons just one big con? — Many GameStop/EB customers may have been alerted this week to an upcoming bundle package for the Nintendo Wii. Rather than offering a standalone console for purchase online …
Kevin J. O'Brien / International Herald Tribune:
Waiting for Skype to pay off for eBay — BERLIN: The managers of eBay, the world's largest online auctioneer, had something else in mind in September 2005 when they decided to pay at least $2.6 billion to buy Skype, the pioneer in Internet telephone service then based in Luxembourg.
news.samba.org:
Samba Team Asks Novell to Reconsider — The Samba Team disapproves strongly of the actions taken by Novell on November 2nd. — One of the fundamental differences between the proprietary software world and the free software world is that the proprietary software world divides users by forcing …
Mark Anderson / Wired News:
A Sneak Peek at a Fractured Web — CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Internet censorship is spreading and becoming more sophisticated across the planet, even as users develop savvier ways around it, according to early results in the first-ever comprehensive global survey of internet censorship.
Gizmodo:
T-Shirt Turns Air Guitar Riffs Into Actual Sounds: The World Weeps — Odds are that everyone has rocked out to the sweet sounds of an air guitar on at least one occasion and now scientists have invented a t-shirt that transforms your air riffs into real ones.
Google Blogoscoped:
Popular Blog Posts — I asked several bloggers about their most popular, or one of their most popular, blog posts - the kind that made an impact on people, had skyrocketing traffic numbers, or triggered a meme or changes. Here are their answers (please note that I adjusted case for some answers …
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Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Alarm Raised for Critical Broadcom Wi-Fi Driver Flaw — Computer security analysts are raising the alarm for a critical vulnerability in the Broadcom wireless driver embedded in PCs from HP, Dell, Gateway and eMachines. — The vulnerability, which exposed as part of the MoKB …
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