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EC invests AU$660m in robotics R&D
The European Commission has announced it is to double the amount of funding given over to robotics research and development. Read more »
Microsoft offers up source code in EC dispute
Microsoft on Wednesday offered to license some of its Windows Server source code to rivals, as it seeks to avoid a potential fine of up to US$2.45 million a day imposed by European antitrust regulators. Read more »
EC awaits Microsoft's full antitrust compliance
A fully functional version of Windows without Microsoft's Media Player included is taking longer than EC authorities would like. Read more »
EU software patent law may halt Linux development: Aussie lawyer
Should the European Commission formalise the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive, it could seriously affect the development of open source software. Read more »
Microsoft could face more fines, warns EU
European antitrust regulators on Thursday issued a formal warning to Microsoft, threatening further penalties against the software giant over its pricing of protocol licenses. Read more »
Europe doubts Microsoft's 'genuine' interoperability
The European Commission has expressed doubt over Microsoft's announcement claiming a move toward greater interoperability. Read more »
Samba: EU made Microsoft talk again
Australia's very own "smartest man in ICT", Samba author Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, talks about the days when Microsoft was run by programmers, not lawyers, and how the software giant has finally started to give open-source developers due credit. Read more »
Google: EU's next antitrust target?
The European Commission has defended itself against US criticism of the Microsoft antitrust ruling, as reports suggest Google may be next. Read more »
ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'
The International Organisation for Standardisation is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format, according to analyst group Gartner. Read more »
Software patent directive rejected
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to reject the directive on the patentability of computer implemented inventions. Read more »
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The open-source techie who means business
Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop. Read more »
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How useful is OpenSocial?
-- This week's coverage was all over the local MySpace developer launch, we took a look at Google's AppEngine, had more videos than we knew what to do with and can someone put us out of our misery buy Yahoo already! Read more »
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This blog post covers some of the technologies available for creating applications for the Semantic Web. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the visionA successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.