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Silverlight 2 announced
Microsoft has just (at 6pm on a Monday evening!) announced that we'll all be able to download Silverlight 2 tomorrow. Silverlight 2 will include the following features - cut straight... More
Nasa hacker loses last-ditch appeal
Self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith against extradition to the US. In an email sent to ZDNet.co.uk on Monday, McKinnon's... More
Up to 1.7m MoD personal details missin...
The potential number of people affected by the the loss of a hard disk containing MoD details could be a high as 1.7 million, defence minister Bob Ainsworth told parliament on Monday. In... More
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Can you imagine what would have happened if the great philosophers, scientists, musicians, artists and writers had patented their ideas so that nobody else could use them without paying. We today wouldn't be able to have a conversation without violating somebodies intellectual property. The arguement of the free software community is that software should be treated in the same manner, copyrightable but not patentable.
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Microsoft exec talks patent politics
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Its the applications and device drivers that run on windows that cement its dominance. How many people would fork out hundreds of pounds for Vista if Linux ran all the software and kit they wanted to use.
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Windows' dominance stifles demand for Linux
