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| Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:56 AM PDT  10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:1. On Releasing Your Company's Software as Open Source If your company has built useful applications based on an open source framework or using open source tools -- or maybe even if it's merely developed some cool stuff that others might find useful -- at some point the development staff, at least, will contemplate the merits of releasing the software as open source. When's the right time... if ever? More @ ITWorld 2. Keeping pirates at bay THREE big court cases this year—one in Europe and two in America—have pitted music-industry lawyers against people accused of online piracy. The industry prevailed in each case. But the three trials may mark the end of its efforts to use the courts to stop piracy, for they highlighted the limits of this approach. More @ Economist.com 3. KVM is the feather in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Red Hat announced Wednesday the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, a new major point update of the company's popular commercial Linux distribution. This version introduces official support for KVM and marks an important milestone in Red Hat's gradual transition away from Xen. More @ ArsTechnica 4. Extreme steel 'Velcro' takes a 35-tonne load 5. Apple approves Commodore 64 emulator for iPhone A previously rejected iPhone title offering emulated play of Commodore 64 titles has been approved after the developer made changes to align it with Apple's SDK. It allows the iPhone to act as a system that was what was once Apple's staunch competitor. More @ AppleInsider 6. Google Porn Filter Gained China's Thumbs-up China approved of Google's efforts to filter porn from search results on its China portal following state-led criticism of the links, the former head of Google China said Sunday. More @ PCWorld.com 7. Hacking the Magical Number Seven With Storytelling Our short-term memory is widely believed to have a capacity of seven elements, plus or minus two. This assumption has influenced a number of major decisions — it's the reason that U.S. phone numbers have seven digits, for example. There are ways to trick your brain into being able to store more than seven (plus or minus two) items, however. More @ Gigaom 8. Scratch-n-Scroll noteable mousepad puts the "do" back in "To Do" list 9. Redesigning Craigslist Craigslist has built a cult-like following, changing the way people find jobs, apartments, and romance. But unlike most websites, its design has gone mostly unchanged over the years. In a recent article called "Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess", Wired magazine exposes why (and tries to help). More @ idsgn.org 10. Top 10 Greatest Chess Players in History There is no doubt that throughout the history of chess there have been many superb players who have reshaped and redefined the way the game is played. This list is an attempt to examine and categorize the greatest of those. More @ Listverse  |
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