http://www.loseyourmother.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:40:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en commentary spacewalk-list@redhat.com : currently has over 250 members... spacewalk-devel-list@redhat.com: currently has about 120 members... The first patch from inside Red Hat came within three days of the opening of the mailing list. The first patch from the community came within eight days. I've suggested before that the company that owns the heart of open-source monetization ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/09/red-hats-project-spacewalk-could-make-it-the-hub/ One reason this walled garden approach benefits cellular operators is that they get paid both by subscribers and by content providers. With open Internet access, only subscribers pay. Another benefit is that their approach reduces use of limited 3G bandwidth, meaning carriers don't have to build a more robust network. It ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/08/firefox-hits-500-million-yet-cant-get-a-break-on/ Ghosty, one of my favorite satellite radio DJs, he's on Sirius Disorder, urged listeners to email their favorite weird and obscure music. Never heard of any of the records, but it set me to wondering about some of my more out titles, and if I had to pick one I'd ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/08/poll-tell-us-about-your-favorite-obscure-music/ A group of vigilantes calling themselves Anonymous have posted a video explaining the recent attacks against the Church of Scientology. A copyright violation claim by the Church of Scientology against the posting of one of its videos to YouTube has prompted a full-on assault by a group calling itself Anonymous. ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/08/anonymous-hackers-take-on-the-church-of-scientolog/ As Oracle heads into 2009, CEO Larry Ellison has a $13.6 million carrot dangling in front of him. That's the maximum bonus award the billionaire will be eligible for under the company's 2009 bonus plan, which was approved by shareholders during Oracle's annual meeting last week. According to a Securities and ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/08/oracle-dangles-136-million-bonus-over-ellison/ Kudos to Silicon Alley Insider for answering the question about why Sony BMG was not among the major record labels filing a copyright lawsuit against Project Playlist. Hilary Lewis at SAI reported that Sony BMG is in negotiations with the music start-up. On Monday, the Recording Industry Association of America ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/08/sony-bmg-in-talks-with-project-playlist-bucks-oth/ A water fight announcement posted on social-networking site Facebook is being blamed for damaging an award-winning public garden in England. More than 350 people descended on the Millennium Square garden in Leeds on Monday with water guns and buckets, leaving plants trampled, turf torn up, and water features full of foam ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/08/facebook-crowd-blamed-for-trashing-english-garden/ A T-Mobile executive said Wednesday that the carrier will offer a Google Android cell phone by the end of 2008. At a wireless conference in Redwood City, Calif., Joe Sims, vice president and general manager of T-Mobile USA's Broadband and new Business Division, said that he has seen prototypes of ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/08/t-mobile-to-carry-android-phone-by-years-end/ Ever since Michael Moore's movie Roger and Me, Flint, Michigan has not registered on the list of America's Joyous Top Ten. So it's not strange, then, that the city of Flint is trying to find sponsors for its surveillance cameras. Well, not very strange. City officials have become somewhat excited by the success ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/08/the-spies-who-would-like-you-to-sponsor-them/ LG Decoy (Credit: LG) The LG Decoy, which we mentioned last week, is now officially available from Verizon Wireless. If you'll recall, the Decoy is the first-ever handset with a stowaway built-in Bluetooth headset in the back. It's a slider phone, with a 2-megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, stereo Bluetooth, an MP3 ... http://www.loseyourmother.com/2010/08/lg-decoy-launches-on-verizon-wireless/