As I get more and more spam, and Akismet is unable to catch it all, I’ve installed wp-hashcash which is a really good idea. I wish there was some similar functionality for phpBB, as my forum gets even more spam. And you don’t want to see my inbox, it’s horrible after a few years with [...]
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DivX 6.2.5 Released
DivX Shiny New Features > We here at DivX like to spend our time making things work faster, better, and with some serious style. With that in mind we’ve just finished a whole bunch of work on the DivX decoder, including many performance quality enhancements that we know you’re going to love! Got to say [...]
Companies sue Sweden over Pirate Bay raid
The Local – Companies sue Sweden over Pirate Bay raid > Ten companies which had their servers confiscated during the police’s raids against file-sharing site The Pirate Bay plan to demand compensation from the Swedish state. > The companies say they will hand in demands for between 10,000 and 200,000 kronor each to the Chancellor [...]
RIAA Targets YouTube
broadband û News û RIAA Targets YouTube – Best not hum that ABBA song on video… > The RIAA & MPAA are taking a strong interest in YouTube videos of copyrighted content the past few months, judging from activity in our forums. Users are increasingly receiving the same DMCA takedown request letters frequently dished out [...]
Google Browser Sync for FireFox
Google Browser Sync > Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings ââ¬â including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords ââ¬â across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser sessions. More goodness from Google. They’ve been busy lately, [...]
Google Earth 4 for Linux and OSX
Google Earth – Download Google is continuing their Linux support with a release of Google Earth for both Linux and Mac OSX. First Picasa, now this. I’m pretty happy about all this, even though they use Wine to ease the porting.
RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing ‘contained’
USATODAY.com – RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing ‘contained’ > LOS ANGELES ââ¬â Nearly a year after the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling against online music file-sharing services, the CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America says unauthorized song swapping has been “contained.” > “The problem has not been eliminated,” says association CEO Mitch [...]
Sun Java 1.5 & Compiz / XGL
Seems there’s an assumption in Sun Java 1.5 about window managers which causes it to bug out with Compiz & Xgl. A temporary workaround is: export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit or grab Compiz CVS and apply the following patches: — dix/window.c 2006/05/29 18:12:27 1.1 +++ dix/window.c 2006/05/29 18:15:15 @ -1265,8 +1265,12 @ result = EventSelectForWindow(pWin, client, (Mask )*pVlist); [...]
USPTO overturns part of the JPEG patent
GROKLAW > This is amazing. Do you remember that the Public Patent Foundation asked the US Patent Office to take another look at the JPEG patent? Yesterday, the reexamination proceeding initiated by PubPat bore fruit: the USPTO has rejected the broadest claims Forgent Networks is asserting against the JPEG standard on the basis that the [...]
Emmy Huang: Yes, Virginia, there will be a Flash Player 9 for Linux
Emmy Huang: Yes, Virginia, there will be a Flash Player 9 for Linux > Yes, Adobe is actively working on the Linux version of Flash Player 9. We expect to make a pre-release version available on Adobe Labs for early feedback and testing before the end of the year, with the full release expected in [...]