An anonymous reader writes that earlier this month, Sony received word of a lawsuit from a Newport Beach company called Parallel Processing. They’ve filed against the electronics giant alleging that the Cell processor, used in the PlayStation 3, infringes on a patent they own. They’ve made the somewhat outrageous demand that every infringing chip (and…

qedramania writes “Linuxworld seems to think ODF is a dead duck. Is the Windows monopoly too big and too entrenched? Other than diehard Linux fans, does anyone really care if they have to keep paying Microsoft to do basic word processing? It seems as though the momentum is towards a complete Microsoft monoculture in software…

Here is the story from Slashdot: An anonymous reader writes “The Software Freedom Law Center has given legal clearance to OpenHAL, a wireless component for Linux, based on their pro-bono review of the code. This announcement dispels allegations of infringement on Atheros’ proprietary HAL software. ‘We believe that this outcome will clear the way for…

Here is another Story from Slashdot: onehitwonder writes “Well-known CIO John Halamka has rigorously tested six different operating systems over the course of a year in an effort to find a viable alternative to Microsoft Windows on his laptop and his company’s computers. Here is CIO.com’s initial writeup on Halamka’s experiences; we discussed their followup…

Here is the story from Slashdot: The FCC has set rules for the upcoming auction of 700-MHz spectrum and they went halfway on the four open access principles that Google and others had called for. The agency said yes to “open devices” and “open applications,” thus requiring the auction winner to permit consumers to use…

I know this Story is an old one though I have to write these ahead of time: ubermiester writes “ArsTechnica reports that AT&T has inked a deal with eMusic, a direct competitor to Apple’s iTunes music store. eMusic specializes in independent artists and offers DRM-free content for direct download. For a monthly fee (the number…

Here is the story from Slashdot:   Loconut1389 writes “I’ve been an avid mouse user for years, but lately all of the wrist movements have added up and combined with a desire for some added precision when not using my tablet in photoshop, I decided to purchase a large trackball. Logitech makes a few with…

Starting today and then until wednesday i will not be putting posts out. unless i can think of somethings today.

Hopefully the OS on my computer doesn’t die today! it would be so sad! 🙁 Though I am sure nothing bad will happen.. Goodluck on Friday the 13th. Big hint its a number

Well It seems that Vista just wouldn’t Stay on my laptop…. the booTloader would not tell me what options. So it looks like I will be trying to get all the datA back. Ryan Orser Hint look for unusual words.