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Microsoft Patents Sudo's Behavior
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ha8xxWCeJqE/Microsoft-Patents-Sudos-Behavior
Foofoobar writes "Just when you thought all was safe on the crazy patent front, Microsoft has come out of the obvious patent closet to file patent number 7617530, which basically duplicates the functionality of 'sudo' which is found in all Linux systems. PJ over at groklaw has a wonderful writeup on the entire fiasco."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/2055226/Microsoft-Patents-Sudos-Behavior?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/2055226"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/2055226/Microsoft-Patents-Sudos-Behavior?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2Z24ThNgDs2wDCNs_g1B13N-9fk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2Z24ThNgDs2wDCNs_g1B13N-9fk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/ha8xxWCeJqE" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2009-11-11T21:38:00+00:00patentsrusty-shotgun's-right-twice-a-dayyro22,2,2,2,0,0,0http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/2055226/Microsoft-Patents-Sudos-Behavior?from=rssLegalTorrents Launches Copyright-Compliant Tracker
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/T2g75ju7Yxk/LegalTorrents-Launches-Copyright-Compliant-Tracker
drDugan writes "Many legitimate media providers are using Bittorrent to distribute content, but the recent Pirate Bay legal verdict and closures left many content downloads unavailable. Along with the ongoing legal issues at Mininova and other sites, options have been scarce for legitimate Bittorrent tracking service. Once a torrent is created with a tracker URL, that tracker has to stay running for normal distribution to continue. LegalTorrents.com has quietly launched a solution with three open Bittorent trackers for its members, including a fully automated, community-based flagging system to blacklist and immediately remove copyright-infringing content. Users submit SHA1 hash values for content with infringing materials. Site members can include and track their own published materials regardless of flagging."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/2026244/LegalTorrents-Launches-Copyright-Compliant-Tracker?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/2026244"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/2026244/LegalTorrents-Launches-Copyright-Compliant-Tracker?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_u4RCocZhuQi2qCHEqb0-RxM22k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_u4RCocZhuQi2qCHEqb0-RxM22k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/T2g75ju7Yxk" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2009-11-11T20:55:00+00:00mediapresumption-of-downloadnews2323,21,18,15,6,1,1http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/2026244/LegalTorrents-Launches-Copyright-Compliant-Tracker?from=rssChina Lauds iPhone App That Spreads Gov't Views
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Maw9bk65seg/China-Lauds-iPhone-App-That-Spreads-Govt-Views
angry tapir writes "China's film and TV regulator has praised the growth of an iPhone application from state broadcaster CCTV as the country looks for new ways to project its political views abroad. The free iPhone app, one of a growing number from Chinese state-owned news outlets, has gained 500,000 users in the month or so since it went online and is adding 2,000 new users each day, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said in a statement on its Web site. The CCTV app has shown 'favorable performance' and proven especially popular during broadcasts of major events, such as a high-flown military parade held in Beijing last month, the statement said."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1950225/China-Lauds-iPhone-App-That-Spreads-Govt-Views?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/1950225"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1950225/China-Lauds-iPhone-App-That-Spreads-Govt-Views?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BO9vByoPf4qF6p75BmxJ7Qh_s4c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BO9vByoPf4qF6p75BmxJ7Qh_s4c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Maw9bk65seg" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2009-11-11T20:07:00+00:00governmentkind-of-action-adobe-wants-in-onyro7777,76,53,45,13,5,1http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1950225/China-Lauds-iPhone-App-That-Spreads-Govt-Views?from=rss40 Years of Multics, 1969-2009
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/fyCoLnS1NHk/40-Years-of-Multics-1969-2009
gribll writes "October 2009 marked an important milestone in the history of computing. It was exactly 40 years since the first Multics computer system was used at MIT. The interview is with Multics co-developer, MIT Professor and Turing Award winner Fernando J. Corbato. Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) is regarded as the foundation of modern time-sharing systems. Multics was the catalyst for the development of Unix and has been used as a model of operating system design since its release four decades ago. There is also a picture gallery of Multics history."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/197205/40-Years-of-Multics-1969-2009?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/197205"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/197205/40-Years-of-Multics-1969-2009?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/k7nrGBSnauI/Microsoft-Disconnects-Modded-Xbox-Users
S-4'N3 writes "The BBC reports that Microsoft has disconnected approximately 600,000 Xbox users from Xbox Live because the devices they are using have been modified, either with software or with new chips, to play pirated games. 'Microsoft confirmed that it had banned a "small percentage" of the 20 million Xbox Live users worldwide. Microsoft said that modifying an Xbox 360 console 'violates' the service's 'terms of use' and would result in a player being disconnected.'"<p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1821255/Microsoft-Disconnects-Modded-Xbox-Users?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/1821255"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1821255/Microsoft-Disconnects-Modded-Xbox-Users?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/emdk_eEUyEtLccGz2zzflWkkh1E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/emdk_eEUyEtLccGz2zzflWkkh1E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/k7nrGBSnauI" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2009-11-11T18:31:00+00:00xboxsure-it's-in-the-tos-somewheregames361361,351,283,227,52,23,11http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1821255/Microsoft-Disconnects-Modded-Xbox-Users?from=rssFirefox Most Vulnerable Browser, Safari Close
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZSppWt6VFuk/Firefox-Most-Vulnerable-Browser-Safari-Close
An anonymous reader writes "Cenzic released its report revealing the most prominent types of Web application vulnerabilities for the first half of 2009. The report identified over 3,100 total vulnerabilities, which is a 10 percent increase in Web application vulnerabilities compared to the second half of 2008. Among Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox had the largest percentage of Web vulnerabilities, followed by Apple Safari, whose browser showed a vast increase in exploits, due to vulnerabilities reported in the Safari iPhone browser." It seems a bit surprising to me that this study shows that only 15% of vulnerabilities are in IE.<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1626224/Firefox-Most-Vulnerable-Browser-Safari-Close?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/1626224"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1626224/Firefox-Most-Vulnerable-Browser-Safari-Close?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4zGvM3t2a1rhUoGECvolUvrugwc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4zGvM3t2a1rhUoGECvolUvrugwc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/ZSppWt6VFuk" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-11-11T17:45:00+00:00mozillasay-what-nowtechnology187187,186,148,111,46,29,23http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1626224/Firefox-Most-Vulnerable-Browser-Safari-Close?from=rssHeart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/GRoRv3sxvq4/Heart-of-the-Milky-Way-Photos-From-NASA
PBH submitted a link to a really amazing composite image of the Milky Way released by NASA. They combined infrared, visible, and x-ray images taken by Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra to create one beautiful image to commemorate the 400 years since 1609, when Galileo looked up.<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1550233/Heart-of-the-Milky-Way-Photos-From-NASA?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/1550233"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1550233/Heart-of-the-Milky-Way-Photos-From-NASA?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fm-CX8_XaSVNl2nbG1AYt8y-YXY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fm-CX8_XaSVNl2nbG1AYt8y-YXY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/GRoRv3sxvq4" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-11-11T17:00:00+00:00nasado-you-need-newer-desktop-artscience7070,68,55,43,6,6,3http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1550233/Heart-of-the-Milky-Way-Photos-From-NASA?from=rssProject Natal Release Details Emerge
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/6Ft7XUyyuXM/Project-Natal-Release-Details-Emerge
scruffybr writes "Today the first information about the pricing and launch of Microsoft’s Project Natal has emerged. The pricing for the hardware will be much much lower than many had anticipated, coming in at around £50 when sold separately from the console. The idea being that it’s low enough that people will purchase on impulse."<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1544201/Project-Natal-Release-Details-Emerge?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/1544201"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1544201/Project-Natal-Release-Details-Emerge?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KVVwYbC_HPZjrLOfVn8C7HfgIuY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KVVwYbC_HPZjrLOfVn8C7HfgIuY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/6Ft7XUyyuXM" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-11-11T16:12:00+00:00inputdevwatch-me-dance-computerhardware122122,122,96,72,25,12,8http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1544201/Project-Natal-Release-Details-Emerge?from=rssScientists Unveil Lightweight Rootkit Protection
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/SF4cU0tSBpU/Scientists-Unveil-Lightweight-Rootkit-Protection
DangerFace writes "Scientists are set to unveil a lightweight system they say makes an operating system significantly more resistant to rootkits without degrading its performance. The hypervisor-based system is dubbed HookSafe, and it works by relocating kernel hooks in a guest OS to a dedicated page-aligned memory space that's tightly locked down. The team installed HookSafe on a machine running Ubuntu 8.04, and found the system successfully prevented nine real-world rootkits targeting that platform from installing or hiding themselves. The program was able to achieve that protection with only a 6 percent reduction in performance benchmarks."<p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1517233/Scientists-Unveil-Lightweight-Rootkit-Protection?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/1517233"></a></p><p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1517233/Scientists-Unveil-Lightweight-Rootkit-Protection?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c08FKo7DMHNaPXr_iQC9P0ol7gE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c08FKo7DMHNaPXr_iQC9P0ol7gE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/SF4cU0tSBpU" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-11-11T15:26:00+00:00securitytake-two-of-theselinux126126,126,107,88,35,15,10http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1517233/Scientists-Unveil-Lightweight-Rootkit-Protection?from=rssHow Vulnerable Is <em>Our</em> Power Grid?
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/D1MKvE5oh8k/How-Vulnerable-Is-emOurem-Power-Grid
coreboarder writes "Recently it was divulged that the Brazilian power infrastructure was compromised by hackers. Then it was announced that it was apparently faulty equipment. A downplay to the global public or an honest clarification? Either way, it raises the question: how vulnerable are we, really? With winter and all its icy glory hurtling towards those of us in the northern hemisphere, how open are we to everything from terrorist threats to simple 'pay me or else' schemes?"<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1426256/How-Vulnerable-Is-emOurem-Power-Grid?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/1426256"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1426256/How-Vulnerable-Is-emOurem-Power-Grid?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dp2-Bc9YHF0pTwW2s45b1M4Evfo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dp2-Bc9YHF0pTwW2s45b1M4Evfo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/D1MKvE5oh8k" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-11-11T14:35:00+00:00powerdc-is-screwed-but-ac-will-be-finehardware291291,283,228,190,43,23,12http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1426256/How-Vulnerable-Is-emOurem-Power-Grid?from=rssOS X Update Officially Kills Intel Atom Support
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/6w52mKPlqqQ/OS-X-Update-Officially-Kills-Intel-Atom-Support
bonch writes "After apparently disabling and then re-enabling support for the Atom chipset in test builds of their 10.6.2 update, Apple has officially disabled support for the chipset in the final update. This makes it impossible for OSX86 users to run 10.6.2 on their Atom-based netbooks until a modified kernel shows up."<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1336200/OS-X-Update-Officially-Kills-Intel-Atom-Support?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/1336200"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1336200/OS-X-Update-Officially-Kills-Intel-Atom-Support?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_F8npMZR86lcAkKx8MhgpRh-e7M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_F8npMZR86lcAkKx8MhgpRh-e7M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/6w52mKPlqqQ" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-11-11T13:54:00+00:00hardhackhackintosh-smackintoshhardware462462,449,358,294,64,27,16http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1336200/OS-X-Update-Officially-Kills-Intel-Atom-Support?from=rssMicrosoft Plugs "Drive-By" and 14 Other Holes
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/YhsJGsDoEjw/Microsoft-Plugs-Drive-By-and-14-Other-Holes
CWmike writes "Microsoft today patched 15 vulnerabilities in Windows, Windows Server, Excel, and Word, including one that will probably be exploited quickly by hackers. None affects Windows 7. Of today's 15 bugs, Microsoft tagged three 'critical' and the remaining 12 'important.' Experts agreed that users should focus on MS09-065 first and foremost. That update, which was ranked critical, affects all still-supported editions of Windows except Windows 7 and its server sibling, Windows Server 2008 R2. 'The Windows kernel vulnerability is going to take the cake,' said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security. 'The attack vector can be driven through Internet Explorer, and this is one of those instances where the user won't be notified or prompted. This is absolutely a drive-by attack scenario.' Richie Lai, the director of vulnerability research at security company Qualys, agreed. 'Anyone running IE [Internet Explorer] is at risk here, even though the flaw is not in the browser, but in the Win32k kernel mode driver.'"<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/0053244/Microsoft-Plugs-Drive-By-and-14-Other-Holes?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/0053244"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/0053244/Microsoft-Plugs-Drive-By-and-14-Other-Holes?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/LsKmOq128JY/Judge-Rules-Web-Commenter-Will-Be-Unmasked-To-Mom
LegalReader writes "An Illinois judge has decided that an anonymous commenter on a newspaper website will be unmasked, even though the mother of a teen about whom 'Hipcheck16' allegedly made 'deeply disturbing' comments hasn't yet decided whether to sue over the posting."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/0310258/Judge-Rules-Web-Commenter-Will-Be-Unmasked-To-Mom?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/0310258"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/0310258/Judge-Rules-Web-Commenter-Will-Be-Unmasked-To-Mom?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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Sam notes an Ars story on Microsoft pulling the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool from the Microsoft Store website after a report indicating that the tool incorporated open source code in a way that violated the GNU's General Public License. Whether the software giant is actually violating the GPL, a widely used (including by the Linux kernel) free software license, is not confirmed. "We are currently taking down the Windows USB/DVD Tool from the Microsoft Store site until our review of the tool is complete," a Microsoft spokesperson told Ars. The fact the company pulled the tool doesn't bode well, so we'll have to watch closely to see what the company puts back on its servers.<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/0252256/MS-Pulls-Windows-7-Tool-After-GPL-Violation-Claim?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/0252256"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/0252256/MS-Pulls-Windows-7-Tool-After-GPL-Violation-Claim?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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Many readers are sending in the news about Go, the new programming language Google has released as open source under a BSD license. The official Go site characterizes the language as simple, fast, safe, concurrent, and fun. A video illustrates just how fast compilation is: the entire language, 120K lines, compiles in under 10 sec. on a laptop. Ars Technica's writeup lays the stress on how C-like Go is in its roots, though it has plenty of modern ideas mixed in: "For example, there is a shorthand syntax for variable assignment that supports simple type inference. It also has anonymous function syntax that lets you use real closures. There are some Python-like features too, including array slices and a map type with constructor syntax that looks like Python's dictionary concept. ... One of the distinguishing characteristics of Go is its unusual type system. It eschews some typical object-oriented programming concepts such as inheritance. You can define struct types and then create methods for operating on them. You can also define interfaces, much like you can in Java. In Go, however, you don't manually specify which interface a class implements. ... Parallelism is emphasized in Go's design. The language introduces the concept of 'goroutines' which are executed concurrently. ... The language provides a 'channel' mechanism that can be used to safely pass data in and out of goroutines."<p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/0210212/Go-Googles-New-Open-Source-Programming-Language?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/11/11/0210212"></a></p><p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/0210212/Go-Googles-New-Open-Source-Programming-Language?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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