Tag: news

  • Levy-yhtiöt tarjoavat kestitystä radioille

    “Levy-yhtiöt yrittävät kosiskella radion musiikkiohjelmista päättäviä mm. kalliilla konserttimatkoilla saadakseen mahdollisimman paljon soittoaikaa omille levyilleen. […]

    Levy-yhtiöt käyvät viikottain esittelemässä kanavien musiikkipäälliköille uusimpia julkaisujaan saadakseen ne soittolistoille. Yhdysvalloissa nousi kesällä kohu, kun kävi ilmi että yksi yhtiöistä lahjoi listojen kokoajia.

    Kulttuuriuutisten tekemä puhelinkierros kotimaisille musiikkipäälliköille paljasti, että Suomessakin heille on tarjolla muutakin kuin levy.”

    YLE24
    linkitys omani

  • Yahoo 'helped jail China writer'

    “Internet giant Yahoo [is] accused of supplying information to China which led to the jailing of a journalist for “divulging state secrets”. Reporters Without Borders said Yahoo’s Hong Kong arm helped China link Shi Tao’s e-mail account and computer to a message containing the information.”

    BBC

  • OpenOffice Goes LGPL

    “On 2 September 2005 Sun announced the retirement of the Sun Industry Standard Source License (SISSL). As a consequence, no future Sun open-source project will use the SISSL. Projects currently using the SISSL under a dual-license scheme, such as OpenOffice.org, are dropping the SISSL and thus simplifying their license scheme as soon as the development cycle allows. […]

    Effective 2 September 2005, all code in the [OpenOffice.org] 2.0 codeline will be licensed exclusively under the LGPL. All future versions of OpenOffice.org, beyond OpenOffice.org 2 Beta 2, will thus be released under the LGPL only. The change in licensing implicitly affects all languages and platforms in which OpenOffice.org is distributed.”

    OpenOffice.org via /.

  • Ketkäs ne rikkovatkaan niitä tekijänoikeuksia?

    “Laulaja Eija Kantola voitti lopulta pitkään vatvotun varhaistuotantoaan koskeneen oikeusriidan VL-Musiikki Oy:ta vastaan. Korkein oikeus katsoi levy-yhtiön loukanneen Kantolan oikeuksia, kun se markkinoi Kantolan varhaista Samppanjaruusu-äänitettä laulajan uudella taiteilijanimellä.”

    Savon Sanomat

  • Krakkeri vieraili Jyväskylän yliopistolla

    “Päivittämätön Apache-palvelin joutui krakkerin kohteeksi sunnuntaina Jyväskylän yliopistossa. Tietomurto kohdistui taidetiedekeskus Artes Liberalesin palvelimeen sekä sen sähköiseen taidegalleriakokoelmaan.”

    MikroPC.net
    linkitys omani

  • Download Linspire for Free

    “We thought it would be fun […] to give away a free digital copy of Linspire for a few days! This is actually a great way to highlight what it is that makes Linspire special and unique, and different from other Linux distributions. For the next few days, you can obtain a free digital copy of Linspire by following the instructions below. Hurry! This truly “free” Linspire offer ends September 6th, 2005!”

    Linspire via ZDNet

  • Computer alert for drowning girl

    “A 10-year-old girl has been saved from drowning by a computer system designed to raise the alarm when swimmers get into difficulties. The girl […] was at the deep end of the pool in Bangor, north Wales, when she sank to the bottom. The £65,000 system, called Poseidon, detected her on the pool floor and sounded the alarm. A lifeguard pulled her out and she recovered in hospital.”

    BBC

    The video of the incident, produced by the system is very impressive.

  • Mac Mini offer quickly dropped

    “Apple has dropped a 30-day trial offer for its Mac Mini after less than 12 hours. The promotion […] offered a 30-day money-back guarantee, and was available only through Apple’s online store. […] The rapid retraction of the offer prompted plenty of speculation online among bloggers and those in the Mac community.”

    ZDNet via Google News

    “News of the deal quickly spread, and it’s being widely suggested that the offer became rapidly over-subscribed, prompting Apple to withdraw the offer to any further customers. That may have been the intention all along. Some companies pay good money for the kind of coverage the Mac Mini test drive programme has brought Apple, most of it suggesting or at least implying there is very strong demand for the computer.”

    The Register

  • Massachusetts plans to abandon Microsoft Office

    “Massachusetts Monday unveiled plans to phase out Microsoft Corp.’s Office in favor of office-productivity suites that support an open-document format from the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), according to a statement on the commonwealth’s Web site.”

    Computerworld via Google News