O'Reilly Network Developer NewsThe O'Reilly Network: for developers who need in-depth technical content on open source and emerging technologies.GPL Gains Clout in German Legal Case- (Found July 2, 2008 ) GPL Gains Clout in German Legal Casehttp://news.com.com/2100-7344-5198117.html?tag=nefd.hed Linux Backers Foresee Desktop Gains- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Linux Backers Foresee Desktop Gainshttp://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5198121.html?tag=nefd.top Perl 5.8.4- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The fourth maintenance release of Perl 5.8 has been released. "The Perl 5 developer team is pleased to announce the Perl Release 5.8.4, the fourth maintenance release of Perl 5.8. ...is a maintenance release for perl 5.8, incorporating various minor bugfixes and optimisations. This release updates Perl to the Unicode Character Database, Version 4.0.1, and fixes some minor errors in Perl's UTF8 handling. It provides optimisations for Unicode case conversion functions, map and sort, and on most...http://news.oreillynet.com/pub/n/2826 Sony Launches Actual E-Paper Device- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Sony has launched the first e-paper device in the form of the LIBRlé. "The Electronic Paper Display is reflective and can be easily read in bright sunlight or dimly lit environments while being able to be seen at virtually any angle - just like paper. Its black and white ink-on-paper look, combined with a resolution in excess of most portable devices at approximately 170 pixels per inch (PPI), gives an appearance similar to that of the most widely read material on the planet - newspaper..http://news.oreillynet.com/pub/n/2825 Open Voting at OSCON- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Open Voting at OSCONhttp://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/22/1913223&mode=thread&tid=103&tid=99 |