Mercury News: “In the latest step toward bringing back North America’s largest bird from near-extinction, three endangered California condors raised in captivity are scheduled to be released Saturday at Pinnacles National Monument, south of Hollister. Over the next several weeks, four other condors also will be released at Pinnacles, an expanse of rocky outcroppings 80…
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Konfabulator says, “Yahoo!, here we come!”
Take a look at the front page of Konfabulator.com. Looks like they’Ve been planning this for a couple of days. Tags: internet, software, technology, web
...Read MoreYahoo! Buys Konfabulator
Holy crap! Yahoo! bought Konfabulator! Mercury News: “Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo Inc. has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer platform for monitoring the weather, stock prices and a wealth of other customized information without opening a Web browser. The deal, finalized late last…
...Read MoreAustralian man guilty of copyright infringement… for hyperlinking
In a particularly mind-numbing move Australian courts have decided that merely pointing people in the direction of materials being distributed (legally/illegally) on the internet is a violation of the copyright of said materials. ArsTechnica: Stephen Cooper ran a website called mp3s4free. Stephen thought that he was well within his legal rights because he was just…
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