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Swartz’s Last Gift, the Invasion of the Androids & More…

Friday FOSS Week in Review

Will appeals court ruling mean death to software patents?

Absolutely no one knows what a ruling handed down last week by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals will ultimately mean–but it might be very good for those of us who’ve been arguing against software patents. Indeed, the ruling had PJ at Groklaw throwing out three separate “OMG”s in her article with the announcement. In other words, she was euphoric:

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May 17th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Business, Internet, Media, News | Leave a comment

Why Schools Require MS Office; Nokia Plays Rope-A-Dope & More…

Friday FOSS Week in Review

Pretty fonts coming to Linux?

Most of us here at FOSS Force have been using various flavors of Linux for thirteen years or so. During that time we’ve gotten used to reading comments on the ugliness of fonts in Linux, especially when it comes to browsers.

We’ve never particularly understood this or noticed any homeliness in regards to Linux fonts. Of course, we’ve also never been able to understand reviewers who write about how unexciting [...]

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May 10th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Browsers, Business, Humor, Internet, Linux, Media, News, Potpourri, Security, Software | Leave a comment

Ubuntu Wins Our “Tablet OS” Poll

If the unscientific poll we conducted on tablet operating systems is any indication, it appears as if Canonical can depend on a community of early adopters if and when a tablet is released with Ubuntu OS preinstalled.

In our poll we asked, “What operating system would you be most likely to consider for a tablet if available?” The options were Android, iOS, BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT, Ubuntu, webOS, None of the above and Other. Those who chose [...]

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May 7th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Linux, Mobile, Site News, Software | 2 comments

Sharing a Tweet…

We couldn’t help but want to share this cartoon that we stumbled upon while purusing Twitter this evening. It makes fun of our favorite subject to make fun of…

#Windows twitter.com/TheLazyDog_/st…

— The Lazy Dog (@TheLazyDog_) April 27, 2013

Ha! How many times have you watched that exact time frame being displayed while you wait for a file or directory to be copied?

April 28th, 2013 | Tags: , | Category: Humor | Leave a comment

Oracle Patches 2 Java Holes–At Least 5 Remain

It would seem that Oracle is getting serious about addressing security issues in Java. Late Monday the company pushed Java 7 Update 17 that fixes two security holes that were already being exploited in the wild.

The vulnerabilities addressed in Monday’s patch had been known since at least February 1 and were originally scheduled to be fixed in a scheduled security update in April, according to a security blog on the Oracle website:

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March 6th, 2013 | Tags: , , , | Category: Browsers, Internet, News, Security | One comment - (Comments are closed)
 
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