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Free software guru speaks on patents
The Register: Speaking in London last week, Richard Stallman, founder of GNU, argued passionately against the legalisation of what he calls "software idea patents". The core of Stallman's argument is that if companies are allowed to patent software ideas, big business will ride roughshod over the smaller players, and the free software movement will be effectively strangled....Read More
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Single mom overwhelmed by recording industry suit
From SiliconValley.com: Tammy Lafky has a computer at home but said she doesn't use it. "I don't know how," the 41-year-old woman said, somewhat sheepishly. But her 15-year-old daughter, Cassandra, does. And what Cassandra may have done, like millions of other teenagers and adults around the world, landed Lafky in legal hot water this week that could cost her thousands of dollars.....Read More
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Cool app
My Budget: The aim of the program is to make it as easy as possible for people to do their own personal budgets and keep track of their finances. Using this program you can: Create a budget and organize budget items into categories. Nominate budget items to be paid from either a cash account or via a "Direct Debit" account which allows you to save for big ticket items and ensure timely payment of scheduled bills. Automatically calculates how much money you must put aside each fortnight to meet all your "Direct Debit" obligations Automatically tells you how much money you must have in Direct Debit account to meet your obligatory payments on any particular date. Record and save expenses against each of your budget categories. and more
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Chrooting Apache
From Linux.com: The chroot daemon allows you to run a program and have it see a given directory as the root (/) directory. This effectively locks the process into its very own filesystem ("chroot jail") isolated from the real / filesystem. In this article we will look at how to install the Apache Web server in such an environment.....Read More
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