Here’s something abandonware enthusiasts can be thankful for: the Library of Congress yesterday approved six exemptions to US copyright. The one most pertinent to gamers is that, for archival purposes, copy protection on software no longer being sold or supported by its copyright holder can be cracked.
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Two boxed Zune players sat ignored on the top shelf of a Plexiglas showcase packed with iPod accessories in a Virgin Megastore and by mid-afternoon, the store had sold one Zune player and one other person had inquired about them.
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During a telephone conference with reporters yesterday, outgoing Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin told a reporter that the system’s new lockdown features are so capable and thorough that he was comfortable with his own seven-year-old son using Windows Vista without antivirus software installed.
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Windows Vista has been finally released… press release here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/nov06/11-
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Q/A here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/nov06/11-
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and you can listen to the press conf here at 11am PST: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/
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What should the Linux desktop of 2007 and beyond be like? That’s what the OSDL wants to know in its latest Linux Client Survey, which runs from now until Dec. 1. The results will help the OSDL’s Desktop Working Group work on the areas of development that are critical to users.
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Tammie Marson of Palm Desert, California responded to a lawsuit from the RIAA by stating that her wireless router was not secure, and that therefore the file sharing seen on her network could have been from any passerby. The defense worked, and the RIAA dropped the case.
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We’ve all been talking about the relationship between Oracle and Red Hat with all the recent activity. This TechWorld article sums up the state of affairs between the two.
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We’ve all been talking about the relationship between Oracle and Red Hat with all the recent activity. This TechWorld article sums up the state of affairs between the two.
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After failing to resolve connection issues, a United Nations summit on the Internet goes on without Internet access!
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