Archive for March, 2008

Hacker Camps Train Network Defenders - Wall Street Journal

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Hacker Camps Train Network DefendersWall Street Journal -58 minutes agoMr. Evans demonstrates this with free software that can decrypt most passwords in seconds.The software finds an encrypted version of a password, …

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Richard Stallman, Live and Unplugged - IT Management

Richard Stallman, Live and UnpluggedIT Management, CT -30 minutes agoHe launched the Free Software Foundation way back in 1985, and led the drafting of the most recent GPL. When Stallman walks in, he points to a table full of …

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A new dawn - ITP.net

A new dawnITP.net, United Arab Emirates -3 minutes agoBy Edward Poultney on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 EMEA, APAC & the Americas Chairman Crawford Beveridge shines Sun's focus on free software onto the Middle East …

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Report: Number of GPL v3 projects tops 2000 - InfoWorld

Report: Number of GPL v3 projects tops 2000InfoWorld, CA -3 hours agoThe Free Software Foundation approved the GPL v3 in June 2007 following a protracted public discussion and amid dissent from Microsoft , which denied that …

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Did Verizon FiOS' Free HDTV Inch Us One Step Closer To Jonathan … - InformationWeek

Did Verizon FiOS' Free HDTV Inch Us One Step Closer To Jonathan …InformationWeek, NY -8 minutes ago… talked about how the gap between services (eg: subscription-base support) for free software and services for free cars is probably closer than we think. …

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Imperas to Demonstrate OVP During This Week’s Multicore Expo - Business Wire (press release)

Imperas to Demonstrate OVP During This Week’s Multicore ExpoBusiness Wire (press release), CA -58 minutes ago… seed the ecosystem around this, Imperas initiated the Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) movement for high performance, open, free software virtual platforms. …

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Red Hat, Oracle fly above economic woes - Australian IT

Red Hat, Oracle fly above economic woesAustralian IT, Australia -54 minutes ago… million - further evidence that a highly successful business model can be built on packaging, supporting and servicing Linux and other "free" software. …Red Hat's Growth Is Leaving Vapor TrailsMotley FoolRed Hat And The Power Of Infinite GoodsTechdirtall 51 news articles

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Free software: democracy for your PC - SixDegrees

Free software: democracy for your PCSixDegrees, Finland -14 minutes agoWhether or not you consider yourself a computer person, you probably use some form of free software every day. If you’re reading the web version of this …

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RE: Ugh. - Newmobilecomputing.com

RE: Ugh.Newmobilecomputing.com -14 minutes agoYou get this great free software that's useful. They get you hooked and then they all quit for "personal reasons". How about we not make it to begin with? …

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Photoshop Express Terms of Use Cause Stir, Will Be Revised - Slashdot

Photoshop Express Terms of Use Cause Stir, Will Be RevisedSlashdot -31 minutes agoTheir official response? its use at the same time. I need to inform you that although Adobe Reader is a free software, Adobe maintains its distribution rights.

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