Apple to Allow Free iPhone/Touch Apps Without Special Approval?Mac Rumors, VA -24 minutes agoIn this model, free software is unlikely to be subject to much if any scrutiny by Apple Such a tiered system could appease those concerned that an Apple …
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Groups Unite to End Software PatentsIT Business Edge, KY -58 minutes agoThe Free Software Foundation, the Public Patent Foundation and the Software Freedom Law Center have formed the coalition called End Software Patents to …
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Ex-CEO charged in fake anti-virus software schemeJoongang Ilbo, South Korea -50 minutes agoAbout 3.96 million Internet users used the free software, and 1.26 million of them decided to buy the cure to treat their computers, believing that they …
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Au contraire | Developers around the world, unite!The Post, Pakistan -11 minutes agoThere are some basic differences between the ‘free software’ and ‘open source software’ streams. The former harps upon the philosophical notion of liberty …
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Free, Open Software Supporters Advocate Against Microsoft Document …Intellectual Property Watch, Switzerland -1 hour agoBy Kaitlin Mara Free software and open standards proponents met this week in Geneva to discuss the importance of standards-setting and to debate the role of …
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Microsoft: save $44 billion, just make Hotmail freeComputerworld, MA -30 minutes agoClick 'Install' to get this free software . . . ." Whoa. Install software? No thank you very much. Why should I have to do that to use things that should be …
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Futronic Announces Microsoft Vista and Windows 2008 Server Support …PR Newswire (press release), NY -1 hour agoThis is free software and can be downloaded from Futronic webpage. It is only necessary for customers to buy the Futronic FS80 USB2.0 Fingerprint Scanner to …
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Declaration for open standards in the internet passedHeise Online, Germany -49 minutes ago… the European Software Market Association (ESOMA), the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), and the Free Software Foundation Europe. …
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Can Linux Stage a Coup D'Etat?LinuxInsider.com, CA -57 minutes agoEven nongovernmental agencies in Europe support the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) movement, according to Kahn. While Linux is becoming very …Can Microsoft, Yahoo Weather IP Together?Law.com (subscription)all 5 news articles
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Can Microsoft, Yahoo Weather IP Together?Law.com (subscription), CA -36 minutes agoWhile the announcement was viewed with skepticism by free-software advocates, it's still a vastly different tack than Microsoft has taken in the past. …
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