Author: JT Smith
In a brief filed Friday, the “high-tech bane of the music industry” reiterated its position that neither its users or the company itself are in violation of copyright laws, says the Associated Press.
German firms pay $46 billion for mobile phone licenses
Author: JT Smith
Six bidders drove up the price of wireless phone licenses in Germany to
a “staggering” $46 billion.
a “staggering” $46 billion.
Web surfers want privacy protections
Author: JT Smith
MSNBC is reporting websurfers want privacy, but aren’t sure how to keep their information private.
RIAA trying to stop other sites from sharing music
Author: JT Smith
Techserver reports in greater detail about the RIAA trying to sign online retailers in an effort to stop the spread of music online.
MacWEEK in review
Author: JT Smith
MacWEEK’s week in review sumamrizes some of the events that happened recently in the industry, including the LinuxWorld Expo, Michael Cowpland resigning from Corel, and an addition to Apple’s board of directors.
Category:
- Linux
Mainsoft possibly porting applications
Author: JT Smith
An anonymous reader submitted this PlanetIT story which discusses the announcement of Mainsoft to possibly port popular Microsoft applications to Linux.
Category:
- Linux
Spreadsheets under BSD
Author: JT Smith
BSDToday has a pair of articles covering spreadsheets. The first spreadsheet software reviews covers Applix Spreadsheet, Xspread, and sc.
The second continue with Gnumeric, Abacus, and Oleo.
The second continue with Gnumeric, Abacus, and Oleo.
Category:
- Unix
Napster war could erode buyer base
Author: JT Smith
This article, from Florida Today, questions what effect the shutdown of Napster will have on the sales of CDs. It cites a Rolling Stone survey that said 36% of people bought more music, compared to 8% who bought less, because of online music.
FreeBSDzine Issue #7 out
Author: JT Smith
The latest issue of FreeBSDzine is out. It has articles on dual booting FreeBSD 4.0 with Windows 98, Mexican FreeBSD advocacy and VLan interface configuration
Category:
- Linux