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Das Grundgesetz ist links

jf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:37:09 +0000

Von wegen Verfassungsschutz! Es geht um das vorherrschende System. Darum werden auch nicht die irren Links-Fundis im Westen überwacht, sondern die Realos im Osten. Die sind für den real existierenden Kapitalismus viel gefährlicher …

spiegel…0,1518,811506,00

Copyright-Abkommen: Warum ACTA in den Papierkorb gehört

jf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:14:15 +0000

(SPIEGEL Netzwelt) – Markus Beckedahl:

Wollen wir mit dem ACTA-Abkommen eine Privatisierung der Rechtsdurchsetzung mit schädlichen Nebenwirkungen für Meinungsfreiheit, Datenschutz und den Zugang zu Kultur zulassen? …

spiegel…0,1518,811808,00

Investigators achieve important step toward treating Huntington’s disease

jf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:13:20 +0000

(Medical Xpress) – “For the first time, we have been able to successfully deliver inhibitory RNA sequences from stem cells directly into neurons, significantly decreasing the synthesis of the abnormal huntingtin protein,” said Jan A. Nolta, principal investigator of the study and director of the UC Davis stem cell program and the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures …

medicalxpress…2012-01-…huntington

Seeing Quadruple

jf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:40:09 +0000

(ESA/Hubble) – The core of the galaxy is only the faint and diffuse object seen at the centre of the cross-like structure formed by the other four dots, which are images of a distant quasar located in the background of the galaxy …

spacetelescope…potw1204a

To Thwart Hackers, New Security Software Makes Hacking Tedious

jf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:24:02 +0000

(Discoblog) – Veronique Greenwood:

When you think of protecting a website from hackers, the first thing that comes to mind is probably blocking them out. But what if you just let them on a wild-goose chase, feeding them nuggets of false information and leading them down dead-ends until they get fed up and go do something else? …

discoblog/2012/01/25/…tedious

Bonobos: the self-domesticated ape?

jf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:10:18 +0000

(Not Exactly Rocket Science) – Ed Yong:

Brian Hare puts forward the hypothesis that bonobos are “self-domesticated” apes. By naturally selecting for a ‘nicer’, less competitive ape, evolution has forged an animal with the same cluster of traits that humans have pushed onto other species …

notrocketscience/2012/01/25/bonobos

Dell Servers Embrace SUSE Linux, But SUSE Studio Is Real Story

jf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:55:29 +0000

(The VAR Guy) – The interesting nugget of information involves SUSE Studio, which Dell will use to build and deploy customized Linux application stacks. Here’s why …

thevarguy.com/2012/01/24/dell…story

KDE SC 4.8 arrives with enhanced power management

jf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:31:08 +0000

(The H Open Source) – Chris von Eitzen:

The major update to the open source K Desktop Environment includes changes to the KDE Platform itself as well as the KDE Applications and Plasma Workspaces …

h-online.com/-1421837

HealthCheck: Linux Mint

jf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:22:18 +0000

(The H Open Source) – Richard Hillesley:

The success of Linux Mint is down to its usability – easy to set up and get running and then use. The latest development is a new user interface, Cinnamon. Richard Hillesley looks at the history of Mint, claimed to be the second most popular Linux distribution after Ubuntu, and considers whether Cinnamon marks a turning point for the distribution …

h-online.com/-1405495

Relaunched: the 6502 microprocessor

jf — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:59:24 +0000

(The H Open Source) – Chris von Eitzen:

The W65C02S6TPG-14 – its current name – is pin and software compatible with its grandfather, a 1975 drawing board design that was later used in the early Apple and Commodore computers as well as the UK’s own BBC Micro …

h-online.com/-1422007