Oracle v. Google – Patent Infringement Instructions, Damage Phase Witnesses, and the Continuing Saga of Infringer’s Profits
The jury is out on the issue of patent infringement, and the instructions issued to the jury (1153 [PDF; Text])are more favorable to Google than originally drafted. Gone are the references to "blind willfulness" and included are the definitions more favorable to Google than to Oracle. The Special Verdict Form (Text) is shortened as well given that the parties stipulated to indirect infringement on a finding of direct infringement.
Linux Mint 13 :Maya” RC Released
The Linux Mint team has announced the release of Linux Mint 13 ‘Maya’ RC. Linux Mint 13 features the choice between a productive, stable and mature MATE 1.2 desktop and the brand new modern-looking and exciting Cinnamon 1.4.
Shall We Play a Game? – Gamification and Software Development
It’s always easy to shy away from the latest buzzwords and pass them off as the passing fancy of the day, but gamification can drive usage for your software or service. You just have to be clever about how you implement it.
Android: What, Me Fragmented?
There are nearly 4,000 different types of devices running Android, OpenSignalMaps has found. More than 1,300 of them have custom ROMs that tweak the android.build model. Android brands are almost as diverse as the models, OpenSignalMaps discovered. Further, the application programming interface level, meaning the Android version, has also become more fragmented over time.
Nonfree DRM’d Games on GNU/Linux: Good or Bad?
A well known company, Valve, that distributes nonfree computer games with Digital Restrictions Management, recently announced it would distribute these games for GNU/Linux. What good and bad effects can this have?
DRM books need to disappear. NOW
DRM turned a 10 minute purchase into a 2 and a half nightmare (and counting). I wanted to buy a book: I ended up in a journey which made it dead clear that in a sane world, there is absolutely no space for DRM-protected contents. The only real warning I have about this article is that it may make you feel sick.
Canonical Hires Designers for Ubuntu
Are you looking for a job? Well, if you’re a good designer, live in London, UK, and you want a job at Canonical, now it’s the right time to apply for one of the many positions offered by the company behind the popular Ubuntu operating system.
Apache OpenOffice. Windows Users Dominate Downloads
When Apache OpenOffice 3.4 was released last week — the first OpenOffice release under Apache – I *guessed* that it was likely a better fit for Windows and Mac users than for Linux users. As it turns out, after a week of availability, that’s exactly the case.
Linux Mint 13 RC Cinnamon Screenshot Tour
The Release Candidate of Linux Mint 13 was announced on May 16th, it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2 and based on the recently released Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system.
A Tale of Two Suites: Do We Still Need OpenOffice.org?
Would a rose by any other name still smell as sweet? Or would it, perhaps, end up sweeter? That, essentially, is the question at the heart of the forking process, which in turn is at the heart of a key situation today. Namely: Now that we have LibreOffice, do we still need OpenOffice as well? In the wake of Apache OpenOffice’s new update, that’s been the question du jour down at the Linux blogosphere’s Punchy Penguin Cafe.