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A couple of hours ago, the Google Security Team posted an article claiming that Google’s made the switch to OpenID, joining Yahoo! and Microsoft in the ranks OpenID providers.
But it looks like someone may have been a bit to hasty to pull that switch (perhaps itching to get some of the limelight Microsoft has been […]

Eight-year-old picks Linux XO laptop over Windows
The eight-year-old, representative of the target audience for the educational notebook, spent an afternoon exploring each notebook, finally picking the Linux version mostly because it had more software that was not yet explored. Each iteration had its pros and cons, however, including the Linux version’s slower web browsing and […]

um pouco da história do github:
- http://akitaonrails.com/2008/10/21/off-topic-tradu-o-como-eu-desisti-de-usd-300k-da-microsoft-para-trabalhar-full-time-no-github
sobre o git curto este artigo, que já passei e repassei pra n amigos nerds, mas vai de novo aqui:
Git is the next Unix
When I first heard about git, I was suspicious that there could be anything special about it, but after watching Linus’ talk about it, I was… […]

eff comemora os 10 anos da dmca e relaciona os casos que ela já causou.
aproveitando:
RIAA Litigation May Be Unconstitutional

Note the key advantages Git offered in each step:
1. Git creates a full repository with this command. With Subversion, you’re just checking out the files in the repository.
2. With each branch, no new files are created in the project file hierarchy on your system. Since you have […]

Android is now available as open source
comentário selecionado:
ant the code is hosted on android.kernel.org. Cool.
cool.

Game Distribution and the ‘Idiocy’ of DRM
(grifo nosso)
Ars Technica did an interview with execs from CD Projekt’s Good Old Games about where the problems are with current DRM implementation. “For me, the idiocy of those protection solutions shows how far from reality and from customers a lot of executives at big companies can be. You […]

atualizando:
minha opinião.

miguel icaza, o playboy da novell, dá entrevista e, pra variar, fala merda.
comentários do lwn SEMPRE pertinentes:
At best, Miguel de Icaza is a Novell whore. At worst, he’s a Microsoft whore.
This isn’t just about Mono. How about Silverlight? When MS announced it, Miguel was right there announcing Linux-support for it. And that was long before […]

então, já falamos aqui sobre a tal da acta, e o negócio tá rolando.
paralelamente, outras forças do lado negro se movimentam para fechar o cerco a ‘pirataria’ do pior jeito possível.
aqui no brasil o azeredo fez uma lei absurda, e pelo jeito, ficou por isso.
a real é que conforme você acompanha, menos vontade de falar […]

há uma discussão sobre a possibilidade do large hadron collider, lhc para os íntimos, que está sendo finalizado em genebra, suiça, abrir um buraco negro quando for ligado e tragar nós, a terra, e talvez todo o universo que conhecemos até aqui.
eu quero que se foda esse medo e agora tem que ir até o […]

The Video Bay: site de vídeos
PlayBle: site de música
novo e ’super’ protocolo p2p

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