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RTÉ Sport 38 min 51 sec ago

Ryder Cup race heats up at Dutch Open

Denmark's Soren Hansen boosted his Ryder Cup chances with an opening five-under-par 65 at the Dutch Open, one stroke behind leader Rolf Muntz.

The Register 40 min 30 sec ago

Phreakers seize government phone system

Department of Homeland (in)Security

Information technology workers at the US Department of Homeland Security are busy scraping egg off their collective faces after unknown hackers broke into their telephone system and wracked up $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia.…

RTÉ News 43 min 44 sec ago

Eight released after public order incident

Eight men, who were arrested following an incident at Glengad in Co Mayo today, have been released without charge.

RTÉ News 45 min 52 sec ago

Cause of Madrid air crash unknown

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of yesterday's air crash in Madrid which killed over 150 people.

RTÉ Sport 46 min 35 sec ago

Sunderland sign Cisse and Healy

Sunderland have confirmed the signing of France striker Djibril Cisse on a season-long loan from Marseille.

RTÉ News 47 min 4 sec ago

Bombers kill 59 in Pakistan

Two suicide bombers have killed 59 workers at Pakistan's main army munitions factory. 67 people were injured in the explosions.

RTÉ News 51 min 42 sec ago

Abuse allegations reported at nursing homes

Reports of poor care and allegations of abuse at a number of nursing homes in Donegal, Cork and Kerry have been obtained by RTÉ News.

RTÉ News 55 min 26 sec ago

Doping scandal hits Olympic showjumping

An Irish entry was one of four horses banned from competing in today's Olympic show jumping competition for doping.

BBC NEWS | World 1 hour 5 min ago

Six dead in fresh Afghan attack

Three Canadian and three Polish Nato soldiers are killed in the latest fighting in Afghanistan, officials say.

RTÉ Sport 1 hour 14 min ago

Espanyol deny Liverpool bid for Riera

Espanyol sporting director Paco Herrera has re-iterated there have not been any enquiries from Liverpool or any other club for winger Albert Riera.

Slashdot 1 hour 21 min ago

Fair Use Must Be Considered In DMCA Notices

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "US District Judge Jeremy Fogel has ruled that an 'allegation that a copyright owner acted in bad faith by issuing a takedown notice without proper consideration of the fair use doctrine thus is sufficient to state a misrepresentation claim,' which paves the way for a lawsuit against Universal Music over a ridiculous DMCA Takedown notice they filed. One can only hope that this ruling will some day be used against those who file misguided copyright complaints against computer printers. Those lawyers who rely upon buggy infringement detection programs to do their thinking for them — programs which are incapable of making subjective considerations like fair use — might want to think again before rubber stamping computer-generated DMCA Takedown notices."

FOSS for students

Whether you're a high school student or just starting out with your college coursework, the free software community has provided a wide range of solutions to make life easier. Browsing the package repository of my Linux distribution led me to applications for everything from gene sequencing to particle physics, but there are a few real gems I think any student could benefit from, including math and chemistry tools such as TiLP, wxMaxima, Kalzium, Gnome Chemistry Utils, and OpenOffice.org Math.

Linux.com 1 hour 22 min ago

FOSS for students

Linux Journal 1 hour 42 min ago

Product Spotlight: Virtualization for High-End Computing

ScaleMP's vSMP Foundation aggregation platform enables the creation of high-end x86-based symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systems, providing superior performance at prices significantly lower than traditional SMPs and comparable to managed x86 clusters.

RTÉ Sport 2 hours 2 min ago

Lynch banned from Olympic Jumping

Four horses have been banned from competing in Thursday's Olympic Jumping competition for doping, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) announced on Thursday. Denis Lynch’s mount Latinus is one of those banned.

RTÉ News 2 hours 3 min ago

Russia begins withdrawing tanks from Georgia

Russia has begun pulling tanks and troops back over its frontier, pledging all forces would leave Georgia by tomorrow night

RTÉ Sport 2 hours 3 min ago

Horse Sport Ireland make Lynch statement

Horse Sport Ireland have made a statement on the banning of rider Denis Lynch and his horse Lantinus from the Olympic Individual Jumping competition.

BBC NEWS | World 2 hours 5 min ago

Russia 'ready to sell Syria arms'

Moscow is ready to sell new weapons of "a defensive character" to Syria, Russia's foreign minister says.

Slashdot 2 hours 13 min ago

Compact Disc Turns 26, Has a Bright Future

javipas writes "The Compact Disc was created 26 years ago, but apparently it is as healthy as 15 years ago, when computing versions of this format (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW) made the market explode. Nowadays CD has been replaced in some segments, but not on the music industry, that continues to support it massively. The shy return of vinyl and the absence of real competitors make CD's future very bright, so it seems this birthday will not be by any means the last one we celebrate. Happy birthday!"

Hong Kong -- Here Comes Me Inc Software! -- and More Bankrupcy Bills

More bills, bills, bills in the bankruptcy, but it's winding down. But SCO is winding up. Guess where Me Inc Software, the subsidiary, is located? In Utah, or Delaware, or anyplace that the US bankruptcy court in Delaware or the creditors can get at the profits, which SCO executives have described as an anticipated "river of revenue"? Nay, m'lords. In Hong Kong. We learn from the bills that there is a Me Inc Software foreign subsidiary now in China, filing profits tax forms.

So, what do you think? Can Novell get its money from a Hong Kong foreign subsidiary? I'm sure we all agree that SCO would never try to stiff anyone, so the fact that they are setting this up just before the bankruptcy court is about to decide on the question of how Novell will get the money the Utah court decided SCO owes them must be entirely coincidental. I feel a song coming on: Ah, sweet mystery of life
At last I've found you...
T'is love and love alone that can repay

I hope Novell likes music, because methinks it will never see that $3 million. The other creditors? Do they still hope? Like a raisin in the sun. Hark! There is one, buried in the bills, asking about the status of the case. Dream on, my friend! Lie back, try to relax, while I tell you about Hong Kong.