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<blockquote><p>A class action lawsuit has reportedly been filed against Apple Inc. (“Apple”), Hachette Book Group, Inc. (“Hachette Book”), Harpercollins Publishers, Inc. (“Harpercollins”), Macmillan Publishers, Inc. (“Macmillan”), Penguin Group (USA) Inc. (“Penguin”) and Simon & Schuster, Inc. (“Simon & Schuster”) (collectively “Defendants”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District Court of California (styled Anthony Petu and Marcus Mathis v. Apple Inc., Hachette Book Group, Inc., Harpercollins Publishers, Inc., Macmillan Publishers, Inc., Penguin Group (USA) Inc. and Simon & Schuster, Inc.) alleging, among other things, that Defendants unlawfully contracted, combined and conspired to unreasonably restrain trade in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act by agreeing to switch to the Agency model of eBook pricing by coordinating their pricing to directly set retail prices higher than had existed in the previously competitive market and by agreeing to restrict the price range of eBooks, according to the Apple, Hachette Book, Harpercollins, Macmillan, Penguin & Simon & Schuster eBook antitrust class action lawsuit complaint.</p></blockquote> that's a long sentence

Sometimes Newton's Law of Inertia is just as applicable to the digital world as to the physical. All too often our files sit around never to be filed. Downloads and other sundry files pile up never to leave. Fortunately, an uncluttered desktop can be a reality.

Just wanted to let you know you’re up for review. Some of your co-workers, who shall remain anonymous, have filed several complaints that you’re proving to be a disruption at work. Is there any particular reason you scream “Uhh” at the top of your lungs for the duration of your time at work each day? If you’re confused about your action items, there are procedures for dealing with that as we discussed at last week’s staff meeting. There’s no need to be disruptive by voicing your confusion for 8 hours straight. Please see me tomorrow.

09 Jun FEDORA 11 DISPONIVEL PARA DOWNLOAD Filed Under (Fedora) by admin on 09-06-2009 Tagged Under : Fedora 11, Leônidas Depois de tanto esperar, é com enorme prazer que o Projeto Fedora Brasil anuncia hoje o lançamento da décima primeira versão de uma das maiores e mais famosas distribuições GNU/Linux do mundo, conhecida por sua característica inovadora, sempre atuando na vanguarda da tecnologia. Antecipando-se à maioria das vezes no lançamento de novidades.

09 Jun FEDORA 11 DISPONIVEL PARA DOWNLOAD Filed Under (Fedora) by admin on 09-06-2009 Tagged Under : Fedora 11, Leônidas Depois de tanto esperar, é com enorme prazer que o Projeto Fedora Brasil anuncia hoje o lançamento da décima primeira versão de uma das maiores e mais famosas distribuições GNU/Linux do mundo, conhecida por sua característica inovadora, sempre atuando na vanguarda da tecnologia. Antecipando-se à maioria das vezes no lançamento de novidades.

Weekly Birdbath By Laura Laura Jul 23, 2009 3:16 pm Filed under Culture Tagged as weekly birdbath Reintroducing sb_core Hey, it’s been over a year since we announced it, so Andrew Leucke thought that some of you developers might need reminding that you can get free stuff for fixing bugs. Some past winners have been announced on the blog, but it’s safe to say this program could use some revitalizing and there’s no shortage of bugs to choose from in Bugzilla. Fix stuff, get free stuff…it’s that simple

HowToCreateYourOwnGNULinuxDistribution Filed in: Builder.HowToCreateYourOwnGNULinuxDistribution · Modified on : Thu, 28 May 09 As part of creating gNewSense, we created our Builder which allows for the creation of a new GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Hardy. From a simple config file you can choose the name of your distribution, release, tagline and what packages you'd like to be installed/removed by default. Graphics will be automatically generated. These scripts are obviously biased towards producing gNewSense, but should provide a good base to work off. Note that there is no need to follow these steps to use gNewSense, you can download an iso from one of the Mirrors. You'll need at least 80GB of free disk space, and preferably a very fast Internet connection (you'll be pulling 40GB of data). This can be run on any Debian derivative capable of bootstrapping Ubuntu Hardy (8.04). All commands must be run as root. If you have any queries, please drop into our IRC channel. This is still very much beta software.

"Doing more checking, Schoemaker found a LinkedIn profile where Farrell listed himself as working as a Google AdWords account strategist. That’s since changed (Schoemaker says it was changed the day he filed suit), but here’s how it looked from a screenshot that Schoemaker sent me:"

Ship or Sheep? an intermediate pronunciation course (Book Audio CDs) Posted at 5:42 am | Filed Under Uncategorized

According to TMZ, legendary blues singer Syl Johnson filed a lawsuit against the hip-hop band claiming the music from his 1969 record "Is It Because I'm Black" were used without permission on Hill's "Lock Down (Interlude)."

Put this in the category of “you gotta be kidding me.” Microsoft has applied for and received a patent (U.S. Patent #7,415,666) that essentially patents “Page Up/Page Down” functionality. The patent (Timothy D Sellers, Heather L. Grantham, Joshua A. Dersch) that was filed in March 2005 is yet another proof that our patent system is as (if not more) dysfunctional as Britney Spears.

Re Firefox ! Filed under: — Tags: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft, Mozilla, Software release life cycle, Web browser — Digtital Move's @ 11:30 am Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1 by ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes — So, how does Microsoft’s latest beta release of Internet Explorer 8 compare Mozilla’s Firefox 3.0.1 in terms of speed? Let’s find out in this quick head-to-head! Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1 by ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes — So, how does Microsoft’s latest beta release of Internet Explorer 8 compare Mozilla’s Firefox 3.0.1 in terms of speed? Let’s find out in this quick head-to-head!

A charity operated by "Get Smart" actress Anne Hathaway's boyfriend is being investigated by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the New York Post reported. Until recently, Hathaway's beau, 29-year-old Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri, sat on the children's charity's board of directors, The Post reported. Cuomo's office refused to tell the Post why it was investigating the Manhattan-based charity, which says its programs include vaccinating Third World children. Cuomo's probe comes two months after Follieri was arrested in Manhattan on charges that he bounced a $215,000 check — written against an account that a source said had just $39 in it — to a New Jersey man for services to his real-estate company, the Follieri Group. Charges were dropped in May. Earlier this year, Follieri settled a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle, who accused him and the Follieri Group of "systematically misappropriating" at least $1.3 million of more than $55 million that Burkle's company had contributed to a joint venture to buy and redevelop Catholic Church properties. Burkle's suit said Follieri used the money to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included private jet travel for himself and Hathaway, as well as for loans of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the foundation.

Lately, I've seen some people criticize Mozilla because a particular bug (often a request for a new feature) that they care a lot about hasn't been fixed, on the basis that the bug was filed some number of years ago (generally more than five). I think this line of criticism is undeserved and seriously misguided. People who make this argument are, effectively, criticizing us for our openness.

Hey David, We have exactly the same critics at W3C. When a spec takes a lot of time, or things are not solved right away. We have tons of reproaches, because the information is accessible.

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In a brief filed in federal court yesterday, Universal Music Group (UMG) states that, when it comes to the millions of promotional CDs ('promo CDs') that it has sent out to music reviewers, radio stations, DJs, and other music industry insiders, throwing them away is 'an unauthorized distribution' that violates copyright law. Yes, you read that right -- if you've ever received a promo CD from UMG, and you don't still have it, UMG thinks you're a pirate."

Online history: The rise and rise of social networking Mid to Late 1990s First social networking sites emerge, such as sixdegrees.com and classmates.com. By 1999 MySpace is in operation; at the same time Hertfordshire couple Steve and Julie Pankhurst, devise Friends Reunited. 22 March 2002 Friendster is launched by Jonathan Abrams in California. For a while it is considered the No 1 social networking site. March 2003 MySpace, widely held to be the biggest social networking site of them all, is launched by Tom Anderson. 4 February 2004 Facebook is launched by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg. Initially the network is only for Harvard students. Within two months all the Ivy League schools are included and over the next two years more universities, high schools and corporations are added. 2 September 2004 A lawsuit is filed against Zuckerberg by ConnectU founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, alleging that he illegally used the concept and codes for their site after he worked for it as a programmer. January 2005 Bebo launched by UK couple Michael and Xochi Birch. The site quickly climbs to the top of the social networking league. 23 August 2005 The domain facebook.com is purchased for $200,000. March 2006 Facebook reportedly turns down an offer to buy the site for $750m, allegedly claiming it should be able to fetch $2bn. September 2006 'Wall Street Journal' reports Yahoo is in talks with Facebook to buy the site for $1bn. 22 August 2006 Facebook signs a three-year US-based deal with Microsoft to be the exclusive provider of advertising on the site in return for a revenue split. 11 September 2006 Facebook opens to everybody 13 or over with an email address. 28 March 2007 ConnectU's lawsuit is dismissed without prejudice. They immediately refile and are granted a new hearing. 3 August 2007 Six major British firms, among them Vodafone, Halifax and Virgin Media, remove their adverts on Facebook after they appear on a rotating basis on a BNP-related page. October 2007 A Tory aide, Philip Clarke, is suspended from his job after posting pictures of him applying burnt cork to another aide along with racist comments on Facebook. 24 October 2007 Microsoft buys a 1.6 per cent share in Facebook for $240m and will now begin to sell advertising for Facebook internationally as well as in the US. December 2007 Zuckerberg publicly apologises for launching the dubious advertising system Beacon on Facebook.

William Galvin, the Massachusetts secretary of state, filed a civil fraud complaint against Merrill a day after the firm took the unusual step of agreeing to reimburse Springfield for losses on the investments.

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday rejected lawsuits filed by 21 Tokyo residents who demanded that a permit extension allowing Odakyu Railways Co. to finish building roads and elevated railways between Kitami and Setagaya-Daita stations in Setagaya Ward be canceled.

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<blockquote><p>Reading the patent, you realize it describes the quite common smartphone. It's a patent for a mobile phone with removable storage, an internet connection, a camera and the ability to download audio or video files. The patent holding firm who has the rights to this patent wasted no time at all. At 12:01am Tuesday morning, it filed three separate lawsuits against just about everyone you can think of, including Apple, Nokia, RIM, Sprint, AT&T, HP, Motorola, Helio, HTC, Sony Ericsson, UTStarcomm, Samsung and a bunch of others. </p></blockquote> Et après les gens du monde libre se demandent pourquoi les compagnies sont frileuses d'implémenter Ogg Theora. Tant qu'une technologie n'est pas implémentée par une société commerciale à larges revenus, il n'y a aucun moyen de savoir s'il existe un brevet même avec toutes les précautions possibles.

Plaintiff: International Information Systems Security Certifications Consortium Defendant: Miko Degraphenreed, Degrapheinread Information Systems Security Corporation, Google, Incorporated and Yahoo!, Incorporated Case Number: 2:2007cv01195 Filed: November 16, 2007 Court: Ohio Southern District Court Office: Columbus Office [ Court Info ] County: FRANKLIN Nature of Suit: Intellectual Property - Trademark Cause: 15:1114 Trademark Infringement Jurisdiction: Federal Question Jury Demanded By: None

Microsoft has already filed for a patent on the very elegant heuristics in the WPF DirectionalNavigation feature, so it would make a natural addition to a future version of Internet Explorer. I'd love to see a similar approach adopted by Firefox, or at least developed as a Firefox add-on.

Jan Miksovsky aimerait voir apparaître une meilleure façon de sélectionner les liens au clavier. Et pour lui, cette manière de procéder nous vient de WebTV, et a été intégrée de façon innovamment innovante dans .net 3.0. Alors, les navigateurs en retard par rapport à la prochaine version (haha) d'Internet Explorer ? Sauf que, w3m le fait déjà (entre autres)... Microsoft aura-t-il fait correctement ça recherche d'antériorité cette fois-ci ?

I couldn't agree more. In my 8 years in IBM Research, I first filed a patent an year or so after I joined I think. They have a whole system in place to reward you with cash and plaques on the wall based on how many patents you file and how many get issued. And the system makes it easy to do it- hired lawyers do most of the work and all the inventor does is fill a form and then edit the draft application done by the lawyers.

Le système, l'individu et ses (non) choix