Guaranteed Porting for a Heterogeneous UNIX Environment
DeveloperWorks: "To guarantee porting for many heterogeneous UNIX® platforms, a build system should be pluggable. You can create a powerful build system by integrating Apache Ant, the GNU compiler collection (GCC), Make, and Subversion. The build system should be componentized so that adding or removing new platform support for new components is easy. It should also use techniques to automatically detect the current platform, and then invoke corresponding platform-specific build components. This article shows how to construct such a system..."
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Business Process Improvement
Do You Need Business Process Improvement? If you are trying to decide if you need to consider business process improvement, you first need to look at the business processes that your company or b...
Vermont bridges checked often
Transportation Secretary Neale Lunderville offered assurances Thursday that each bridge receives a top-to-bottom inspection at least every two years and their use is restricted if conditions warrant.
Long Reach Overhaul Highlights Open Source CRM
An Ottawa-based provider of CRM for small and medium-sized businesses, The Long Reach Corporation has a surprisingly far-flung customer base, with clients in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. That is likely due to the special niche it fills for SMBs.
The Swedish National Police Move to an Open Source Infrastructure...
eMediaWire: "MySQL AB [has] announced that the Swedish National Police is implementing an enterprise-wide project for building all future IT systems on an open source software infrastructure based upon Linux, MySQL and JBoss..."
55. Ecommerce 101
Payment gateways, secure transitions, order fulfilment. Ecommerce can be a confusing subject. In this week's show we are joined by Eric and Ben from the eBiz Vodcast and together we endeavour to explain all you need to know in order to get started in ecommerce.
Home Automation in GNU/Linux
Free Software Magazine: "Home Automation is anything that your home does for you automatically to make living there more enjoyable or productive..."
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Poster 4
tags: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , movie posters , poster teasers Which Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster is your favorite? After you've seen them all (I've found ten so far), I am going to ask you to vote for your favorite! Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Nokia's Linux OS to support 3G
... Nokia recently upgraded its membership of the Linux Foundation from 'Silver' to 'Gold' status, and ... status, and has contributed to the Linux kernel code for using HSPA with Texas Instruments' ...
ubExact Gives Search a Little More Personality
Google and Yahoo are so well established in my daily Internet search routine that I wasn't expecting to find anything new with a beta engine from a start-up search company. But ubExact had more than one pleasant surprise in how it lets users search. ubExact launched its beta on Sept. 2.
Gentoo Linux: Your Friendly Quick Installation Guide
... Swain takes a look at the Gentoo Linux installation and offers a quicker guide than ... enviorment 4. Install: sysklogd, xfree, icewm, grub, kernel (2.6.4), nano, gdm 5. Help configure grub ...
Social Networks to Rein In Spendy Habits
Dan Hassenplug's monthly expenses used to include around $300 for lunch and three or four books bought from Amazon.com. Now he's plugged into a new breed of social network that helps him manage his finances. "When you see a graph that says you averaged $10 a day for lunch -- about $300 for the month -- well, that's a lot of money," said the 24-year-old design manager from Geneva, Ill.
Rooney won't face charges
The Football Association will take no action against Wayne Rooney for his badge-kissing antics at Goodison Park on Saturday.
Globat.com Gives Holiday Bonuses to Web Hosting Affiliates
... a new bonus program for its affiliates. For the month of November, every Globat.com Web hosting affiliate has the opportunity to earn a special cash bonus on top of the ...
Mumbai Terrorism, Worm Warning, Holiday Woe (PC World)
PC World - A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners.
Hands-on video guide to Windows 7 (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Now that Microsoft has made the Windows 7 beta available for public download, many people are trying to figure out what's new and different. And many others not willing to risk their PCs by installing a beta OS are curious, too. (Thinking of installing the beta yourself? Use InfoWorld's free Windows Sentinel applet to see if it's compatible with Windows 7.)
81st Academy Awards Nominees
Nominations for the 81st Academy Awards were announced on January 22, 2009 by Academy President Sid Ganis and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker. (Read on Source)
Facebook Connect for iPhone debuts
Facebook has announced Facebook Connect for the iPhone, which allows developers to add Facebook compatibility to a variety of iPhone apps. The new technology allows apps to share social information via Facebook across multiple platforms. Apps will be able to add Facebook's social aspects in differing ways. Facebook Connect will allow Urban Spoon and Movies by Flixster users to read and share revie...
Pioneering Stem Cell Research in Race Horses Will Help People
tags: performance horses , polo , racing , tendon injury , stem cell research Horses clear a jump during the Challenge Cup Handicap Steeplechase on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival in the UK. Image: BBC News. Those of you who follow my writings about racehorses and other high-performance horses will be interested to learn that several ... (Read on Source)
Real DVD Copying Case Gets Off To An Inauspicious Start
The latest joke of a lawsuit from Hollywood, over Real Networks' RealDVD software, began today. The movie studios were actually able to get the judge to close the courtroom and kick out the press, despite not following the normal procedures to request such a move. If you haven't followed the case at all, basically Hollywood is suing RealNetworks for making software that allows you to back up your own DVDs, though it places significant limitations on them. What's really odd about this is that there are tons of free DVD rippers out there that put no restrictions whatsoever. In Real's case, it puts significant limitations on the backup copies -- and courts have shown in the past that making a backup of a digital good is accepted as fair use. Taking Real's product off the market makes almost no sense at all.
However, it seems like Hollywood's argument is based on the claim that Real somehow is using "hacker" technology in its product that violates the DMCA. It's not clear why using hacker technology should make the situation any different than having built your own. The MPAA is also claiming that there is no fair use defense to backing up a DVD, which is difficult to believe, given that fair use covers backups of music and software. What makes a movie so different? Well, the MPAA, of course, will claim (as it did in a previous case, against 321 Studios) that the encryption makes it illegal.
And that's where the problems come in. Thanks to the anti-circumvention clause of the DMCA, an action that is clearly fair use (backing up a movie) becomes illegal not because of the backup, but because of the circumvention of the DRM. That should go against all common sense: if the action itself is legal fair use, why should it matter how it's done (or who made the software)? Unfortunately, we don't often see common sense win out in these cases... and the early reports from the court room suggest that the judge is siding with the MPAA. Perhaps this isn't a surprise. Marilyn Hall Patel is the same judge who declared Napster illegal as well, despite a strong safe harbor defense. In this case, she told RealNetworks:
"They have the copyright. That's the issue here right? They have the copyright. They have the right to exclude."That's actually a somewhat scary quote from the judge who should know better. Copyright does give them a right to exclude, but a limited right, which is supposed to be weighed against the rights of consumers, including their rights to fair use for things like (drum roll....) making a backup.
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Lektoren kritisieren neuen Uni-Kollektivvertrag
Vergangene Woche war es soweit: Nach dem Dachverband der Universitäten stimmte auch die Gewerkschaft dem Kollektivvertrag für die rund 30.000 Angestellten an Österreichs Universitäten zu. Während sich die Verhandler und die meisten Politiker zufrieden zeigten, regt sich bei den Unilektoren nun Widerstand. (Read on Source)
How to find a manual on the Web
It's probably happened to all of us at one time or another; we buy something that has a heft manual to go along with it, and we promptly lose that... (Read on Source)
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Early lead, rookie brew up win
Minnesota Twins center Carlos Gomez slides in safely for a triple, past Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Bill Hall during sixth inning action at the Metrodome. (Read on Source)
Shields wins 1,600, but 5th in 800 despite his great time
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Drew Shields didn't repeat his 1,600-800-meter double from last season, but the Fishers senior still went out with a bang. (Read on Source)
States say to feds: Get off our turf
The wave of government bailouts and the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package are reviving interest in an issue that’s largely been dormant since the mid-1990s: states’ rights. (Read on Source)
Choosing The Right Domain Names.
When you are thinking of purchasing a new domain, you want to come up with a domain name that relates to the nature of your business. If you cannot find something that relates to your business, you sh...
The Carbon Trust Standard Company Implements AssureSign Electronic Signature Software to Expedite Do
Biometric Electronic Signature Solution Enhances Organization's Green Initiative (PRWeb Jun 29, 2009)
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Free Windows 7 OEM Upgrades Announced, Businesses Get Strict Limits
... Windows Vista. Some analysts, such as former Windows 2000 developer-turned blogger Michael Cherry of Directions on ... -- Microsoft pursued a similar strategy with Windows Vista, limiting the free upgrades to five installs. ...
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