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RIAA chief to step down
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link { com.com }
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Hillary Rosen, CEO of the RIAA has said she will step down as head of the organization at the end of this year. Hillary said she wanted to spend more time with her family. "Mommy, why do all these people on the Internet hate you?"
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Unskilled and Unaware of It
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link { apa.org }
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Do you feel like everyone around you are actually really inept? Do your co-workers seem interested only in self-promotion? Check out this study on how difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence leads to inflated self-assessments.
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FBI to release computer-security updates
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link { com.com }
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The FBI is set to announce new initiatives to keep companies up to date on the most threatening software vulnerabilities. I don't know about you, but I don't think I'll be voluntarily installing FBI software on my servers anytime soon.
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Microsoft spying for the US?
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link { com.com }
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China thinks Microsoft software contains secretly embedded code that the United States government can manipulate at will. - And from what I gather, China knows all about spying. DDR, anyone?
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Do you know your online rights?
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link { chillingeffects.org }
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The way things have been going, I wasn't sure we had any rights left. Apparently we do, and you can check out what they are at this cool site. . .
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Catching up with Ogg Vorbis and Xiph CEO Emmett Plant
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Chris Campbell
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Ogg Vorbis 1.0 Released! System Toolbox had a chance last week to catch up with Xiph CEO Emmett Plant. Check out what he has to say about Vorbis and then swing over and download 1.0! (if you can get in).
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BeOS Developer Edition
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link { beosonline.com }
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BeOS Lives! Check out the newly available download of this popular OS (dubbed "The Media OS"). It will even install to its own partition now, which is a welcome relief to folks who do not want to have to install a FAT-based Windows Install.
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Microsoft's Land War in Asia
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John Campbell
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Microsoft has a new effort aimed at "small businesses" to enforce compliance- Seen here in Florida.
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Towel Day Wrap-up
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D. Clyde Williamson
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With individuals all over the world taking part, Towel Day was a tremendous success and a fitting tribute to Douglas Adams. Clyde tells us about his Towel Day at Marcon. Read on!
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MPAA v. 2600 Appeals
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Marcia K. Wilbur
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Marcia K. Wilbur, author of "DMCA" and "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act", joins us with a rundown of May 1st happenings in the DeCSS case.
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Vorbis Recombinant
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Emmett Plant
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The guys at Xiphophorus have been very, very busy. Releasing beta4 of the Vorbis CODEC, moving to a BSD license and forming a non-profit corporation to champion free multimedia development and distribution efforts are just the beginning.
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The End of Maximum Linux
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Emmett Plant
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At midnight last night, Imagine Media announced that it was closing the doors on Maximum Linux Magazine. Emmett Plant talks to some of their staff to find out the story.
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Booth Bunnies - More Than Fluff
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David Bounds
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Linux Trade Shows: The latest and the greatest technology, news and equipment... more importantly, Booth Babes!
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Linux Cluster Overkill
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Chris Ball
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Chris Ball talks to Dan Reed (head of the NCSA) and Dave Gilardi (Director of Linux Clusters at IBM) about their new Linux clustering project.
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A Vote for Freedom
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D. Clyde Williamson
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Land of the free and home of the proprietary? Clyde takes a look at FREE, an open source application for counting ballots in elections.
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Ogg Vorbis - The Successor to MP3?
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Andrea Glorioso
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While the mp3 format may appear unstoppable, an alternative lurks on the horizon with better quality and freedom in mind. Is this the next wave of internet audio?
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