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Ex-Sun boss McNealy launches social gaming startup - Computerworld

2 saves http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220654/Ex_Sun_boss_McNealy_launches...

Interesting to see Scott's new venture is so far from his enterprise roots.

Solaris Family Reunion Video & Photos

1 save http://smartos.org/2011/10/07/solaris-family-reunion-2/

Good to see the open source Solaris family getting together here; shame it was all so far from here.

Execution by secret WH committee

16 saves http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/06/execution_by_secret_wh_committee/singl...

Doesn't the US Constitution explicitly prohibit this?

Sign Dining

18 saves https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/02/opinion/sunday/20111002_Scho...

I'm sure this restaurant sign-language is common, I'll have to start watching for it.

Steve Jobs: Arab-American, Buddhist, Psychedelic Drug User, and Capitalist World...

1411 saves http://www.juancole.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-arab-american-buddhist-psychedel...

Most of the obituaries I have seen were of-a-kind, but this article really highlights the facts that make Jobs success all the more remarkable and his example all the more valuable. As if it needed amplification on either.

Time zone database shut down

13 saves http://www.thedailyparker.com/PermaLink%2Cguid%2Cc5f28bae-4b9c-41ea-b7b7-88...

This is just crazy. Copyright simply doesn't apply to facts you get from reading books, even copyrighted books.

What community?

4 saves http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2011/10/06/what-community/

If you're interested in the Tizen project, take a look at Dave Neary's well-founded scepticism. The whole project has the sound of a force-fit that will lead to a poor community experience. A poor community experience is a symptom of deeper malaise that can well mean project failure. I remember doing a similar double-take when I first looked at the Symbian proposals, guessing they were from a corporate mind rather than based on actual experience of open source communities.

fOSSa 2011 Conference - Lyon, France, 26-27-28th October 2011

5 saves http://fossa.inria.fr/

I'll be speaking at the end of day 2 of this conference. It's free, please come along!

OpenStack Foundation on the horizon | ITworld

3 saves http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computing/210737/openstack-foundation-horizon

Good overview of the dynamics of RackSpace's Damascus Road conversion to wanting a Foundation for OpenStack.

Rackspace spins up OpenStack Foundation • The Register

1 save http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/05/rackspace_openstack_foundation/

The Document Foundation publishes details of LibreOffice 3.4.3 security fixes

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After allowing a respectful delay to ensure as many people as possible have upgraded, TDF announces that the most recent release of LibreOffice includes some important security fixes. It's good to see they are doing pro-active research to improve security - and I'm impressed to see a member of staff from Tata involved too, I hadn't realised they were so active.

I checked, and they did submit details of the fix to the OpenOffice.org security mailing list in good time, but I doubt there will be an update of OOo from Apache soon so it would be smart to ensure you have LibreOffice 3.4.3 if you have any earlier releases of OpenOffice.org.

Massive Security Vulnerability In HTC Android Devices (EVO 3D, 4G, Thunderbolt, ...

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Very bad news for HTC's Android customers here.

On its first birthday, LibreOffice has reason to celebrate • The Register

4 saves http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/28/libreoffice_celebrates_first_birthd...

After a year of work, the LibreOffice Community is now showing signs of the strength and maturity the open source world needs. Monthly releases, open Board elections in progress, incorporation near and an international conference coming up, The Document Foundation has succeeded in all the ways its various detractors a year ago said it would fail.

U.S. top court rejects Internet music download case

4 saves http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/03/music-internet-downloads-idUSN1E7...

Excellent legal result that narrows the ability of the music industry to tax new technology. People will pay for value, so it's time for these folk to create value instead of clinging to their outdated concept of their market.

ODF 1.2 approved as an official OASIS standard

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Good to see this progress. Let's hope all the implementations are faithful and interoperable.

Mathematically Correct Breakfast -- Mobius Sliced Linked Bagel

617 saves http://www.georgehart.com/bagel/bagel.html

While this is cool, I am definitely waiting for the Möbius Loop Bagel.

Alert To Activists: Customs Enforcement of IPR

6 saves http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/alert-to-activists-custom...

This is a very worrying development. Borders are places with arbitrary rules, over-empowered and unaccountable officers and no recourse for victims. It is simply wrong to give open-ended powers regarding arguable and intangible "infringements" to these people.

Amarino - "Android meets Arduino"

460 saves http://www.amarino-toolkit.net/

Fascinating toolkit to allow open hardware hackers to integrate Android devices into their schemes.

Patent trolls cost inventors half a trillion dollars

1 save http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/21/technology/patent_troll_cost/

If we needed any further proof that the patent system has undergone thorough and irreversible "regulatory capture", surely this has to be it? Isn't the last remaining political justification for them that they "promote innovation"?

Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options - Graphic - NYTimes.com

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Longer (and in my view substantially more complex and less readable) than the US Constitution, and changing so often I can't keep track of it. Do Facebook want to prevent us controlling our own privacy by making it too complex to manage?

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