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AnnouncementsArticles of interest EFF: Ubuntu 12.04 will bring OS-level privacy optionsThe EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) blog has an article on new privacy features in the upcoming Ubuntu release. "Retrofitting operating systems to support privacy against local attackers is a worthy objective, but not an easy one. We hope that Ubuntu and other projects will be in this for the long haul. The first step is probably defining clear API and mechanisms to enable non-GNOME applications to be told about the user's preferences for logging, and opening a lot of bug reports to get them respected. For now, you can now delete your GNOME activity log from the past hour, day, week, a specific date range, or everything stored on your computer."
Linux gets a bigger shield against patent attacks (InfoWorld)Simon Phipps comments on the expansion of the Open Innovation Network's patent protection umbrella. "Too bad there's a sinister underbelly to this good news: what's omitted. Most notably, Android -- which is based on the Linux kernel -- is missing from the list altogether, along with its Dalvik language interpreter. Moreover, the definition is now so broad that two of the founders, Sony and Phillips, are concerned their products will be affected and have effectively reserved the right to sue the Linux community."
New Books Programming Perl, 4th Edition--New from O'ReillyO'Reilly Media has released "Programming Perl, 4th Edition" by Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall, and Jon Orwant.
Calls for Presentations CFP: Third International Computer Art Congress (CAC.3)CAC.3 - Post Digital Art - will take place in Paris, France, November 26-28, 2012. The call for papers deadline is June 4, 2012. "We encourage researchers, artists, engineers and thought leaders to present a paper on subjects including - but not limited to: Algorithmic Art, ASCII Art, Bio Art, Computer Graphics, Connected Creation, Computer Music, Demo-Scene, Digital Illustration and Paintings, Education, Fractal and Generative Art or Music, Interactive and Media Art, Motion Graphics, Sound Visualization, Software Art, Internet Art, Tradigital Art, Video Games,.."
Upcoming Events Events: March 15, 2012 to May 14, 2012The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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