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California Joins Open Document Bandwagon

( anr | 2007. 03. 02., p – 00:13 )

A legislator in California has decided that it's time for California to get on the open formats bandwagon. If all of the bills filed in the last few weeks pass, California, Texas, and Minnesota will all require, in near-identical language, that 'all documents, including, but not limited to, text, spreadsheets, and presentations, produced by any state agency shall be created, exchanged, and preserved in an open extensible markup language-based, XML-based file format.' What type of formats will qualify? Again, the language is very uniform (the following is from the California statute): 'When deciding how to implement this section, the department in its evaluation of open, XML-based file formats shall consider all of the following features: (1) Interoperable among diverse internal and external platforms and applications; (2) Fully published and available royalty-free; (3) Implemented by multiple vendors; (4) Controlled by an open industry organization with a well-defined inclusive process for evolution of the standard.'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1434218&threshold=4

Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again

( anr | 2007. 03. 02., p – 00:05 )

The EC is threatening Microsoft with yet more fines. This time, it's over the interoperability protocols that Microsoft has been ordered to open up to its rivals. The EC has examined 1,500 pages of information about the protocols, and concluded that they 'lack significant innovation'. This is pretty damning for both Microsoft and the patent system, as it has been awarded 36 patents covering this technology and has another 37 pending. Could this encourage someone like the EFF to start pushing to get these patents overturned? The EU has a FAQ about this issue, containing additional details on the subject.
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1810254&threshold=4

Alternative Uses for your Laptop

( anr | 2007. 03. 01., cs – 04:18 )

It is obvious that people would find life extremely difficult without computers, maybe even impossible. If they disappeared for just one day, would we be able to cope?
Be a part of one of the biggest global experiments ever to take place on the internet. The idea behind the experiment is to find out how many people can go without a computer for one whole day, and what will happen if we all participate!
Shutdown your computer on this day and find out! Can you survive for 24 hours without your computer?
http://www.shutdownday.org/
a videokat erdemes megnezni;)

How IT Increases Productivity

( anr | 2007. 02. 27., k – 19:12 )

Several readers wrote to tell us about a groundbreaking study reported in Computerworld. Researchers at Boston University and MIT analyzed how IT makes people more productive at an individual level. They gathered more than 125,000 email messages, 5 years of project data, and survey responses to see what factors predicted revenue generation and completed projects. Abstracts for the original articles are available. Among the surprises: IT didn't necessarily make projects faster but it did dramatically increase productivity by facilitating multitasking; and IT-supported social networks predicted productivity better than experience did.
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/27/0056212&threshold=4

Software Bug Halts F-22 Flight

( anr | 2007. 02. 26., h – 11:10 )

The new US stealth fighter, the F-22 Raptor, was deployed for the first time to Asia earlier this month. On Feb. 11, twelve Raptors flying from Hawaii to Japan were forced to turn back when a software glitch crashed all of the F-22s' on-board computers as they crossed the international date line. The delay in arrival in Japan was previously reported, with rumors of problems with the software. CNN television, however, this morning reported that every fighter completely lost all navigation and communications when they crossed the international date line.
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/25/2038217&threshold=4

Google’s First Production Server

( anr | 2007. 02. 26., h – 10:47 )

...with the hair pulled back, revealing a rack of cheap networked PCs, circa 1999.
Each level has a couple of PC boards slammed in there, partially overlapping. This approach reflects a presumption of rapid obsolescence of cheap hardware, which would not need to be repaired. Several of the PCs never worked, and the system design optimized around multiple computer failures.
According to Larry and Sergey, the beta system used Duplo blocks for the chassis because generic brand plastic blocks were not rigid enough.
http://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/157722937/

Top Ten Open Source Innovators

( anr | 2007. 02. 23., p – 20:31 )

Open source is so much more than Linux these days. A lot is happening beyond the popular operating system. Open source models are thriving in CRM (SugarCRM), messaging (Scalix), and systems management (Zenoss). Datamation has identified ten leading commercial open-source innovators and the projects they are working on in their article, Ten Leading Open Source Innovators.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/23/0032233&threshold=4

Microsoft slapped with $1.52 billion payout in MP3 suit

( anr | 2007. 02. 23., p – 06:32 )

Those federal juries in San Diego do seem to frown on MP3 patent infringement. They just ordered Microsoft to fork over $1.52 billion (yes, with a "b") to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing on two MP3 audio patents with its Windows Media Player, the largest patent ruling in history. Naturally, Alcatel-Lucent seems to like this turn of events.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/22/microsoft-slapped-with-1-52-billion-…
http://digg.com/tech_news/Microsoft_slapped_with_1_52_billion_payout_in…

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