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The IRS is paying Equifax millions for a login system that's been hacked twice(qz.com)
34 points by imanewsman 9y ago|2 comments
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Never trust the first number announced in a data breach(qz.com)
2 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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React relicensing is a clearer win for patent trolls than it is for open source(qz.com)
1 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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by imanewsman 9y ago
For some context, Bezos wrote this letter months after Amazon was awarded its infamous patent on one-click checkout. Amazon used the patent to sue Barnes & Noble and ultimately force it to add extra steps to the checkout on barnesandnob
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by imanewsman 9y ago
I wrote a bit yesterday about Cloudflare's previous stance on this issue, which has always been that the company does not think it's its place to pick and choose whom it does business with: https://qz.com/1053689&#
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The Bitcoin accounts used in the WannaCry ransomware attack were just emptied(qz.com)
2 points by imanewsman 9y ago|1 comments
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Sci-Hub could kill the paid subscription model in academic research, study finds(qz.com)
2 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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The weird and hilarious Flash projects that set the tone of the modern internet(qz.com)
6 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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Watch as ransomware money gets laundered on the blockchain [graphic](qz.com)
1 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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The Petya ransomware attack made ~$20k less than WannaCry in its first 24 hours(qz.com)
1 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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137 things the Republican party wants to know about every American voter(qz.com)
2 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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Russians faked Google Alert emails to phish a company that makes voting software(qz.com)
1 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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Should researchers pay the Shadow Brokers for early access to malware?(qz.com)
1 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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Inside the WannaCry ransomware attack [long read](qz.com)
2 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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by imanewsman 9y ago
I don't think you're wrong, I just think you're splitting hairs. The order says the license is a contract that exists, sure. Contracts are enforceable.
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by imanewsman 9y ago
In order to dismiss the motion, the court had to explain why the GNU GPL is an enforceable contract: https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/califo...
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by imanewsman 9y ago
The defense argued that the license was not enforceable. In the order, the federal court laid out the reasons the license _is_ enforceable. Here's the order: https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-cour
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A federal court has denied a pre-trial motion to dismiss a GPL enforcement case(qz.com)
853 points by imanewsman 9y ago|215 comments
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States are moving to cut college costs by adopting open-source textbooks(qz.com)
2 points by imanewsman 9y ago|0 comments
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If you only work on your malware on weekdays, you might be a CIA hacker(qz.com)
78 points by imanewsman 9y ago|24 comments
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89% of patent lawsuits in E.D. Texas settle; in all other courts, 70% do(qz.com)
3 points by imanewsman 10y ago|0 comments
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GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources(qz.com)
1841 points by imanewsman 10y ago|462 comments
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Cold War spies extracted data from typewriters using magnets and radio signals(qz.com)
1 points by imanewsman 10y ago|0 comments
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by imanewsman 10y ago
In 2014, Jon Stewart offered an interesting definition of clickbait: "I scroll around, but when I look at the internet, I feel the same as when I’m walking through Coney Island. It’s like carnival barkers, and they all sit out there an
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How Adobe Flash fell, and why Flash content is worth preserving(qz.com)
13 points by imanewsman 10y ago|20 comments
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Mapquery – A map data storage and retrieval API built on Express and PostGIS(github.com)
2 points by imanewsman 10y ago|0 comments
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How much daylight does daylight saving time save?(qz.com)
2 points by imanewsman 11y ago|0 comments
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How do you put a price tag on a video game when it’s the first of its kind?(qz.com)
2 points by imanewsman 11y ago|2 comments
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Never trust the first number announced in a data breach(qz.com)
2 points by imanewsman 11y ago|0 comments