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:Author: 		Tobias Schlitt
:Date:			Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:35:38 +0200
:Copyright:		CC by-nc-sa

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- BEWARE: orkut.com <=> orkit.com

  Recently I got pointed to http://www.orkit.com, which obviously looks like
  http://www.orkut.com (the popular service by Google). But beware! Also the
  site looks exactly the same way that Orkut looks like it are different
  registrars:

- Welcome back, GIF!

  Only a couple of days are left until the patent on the, mostly used in GIF
  and TIF images, LZW compression algorithm runs out. The patent, hold by
  Unisys has already expired in the USA last year. Today it expires in Europe,
  too, and Canada (as the last state worldwide) will follow on July the 7th.

- Linuxtag is coming...

  One week left until Linuxtag.

- GMail - Here we go

  Finally I got a GMail account for testing. :) Thanks to David Costa who
  invited me! You can from now on reach me at [schlitt@gmail.com]. Please send
  me some rant or so, if you got time, so I can test their advertising stuff!
  :)

- How movies change our parlance

  ... from an unnamed mailinglist ...

- PEAR QA Core

  Thanks to everyone who voted for me in the QA Core election and congrats to
  the other members. It seems to be a very good team, I guess.

- Skippy - or Expose for Gnome

  MacOS (especially X) is a very cool operating system in matters of usability
  and style. I like it very much, except it's only deficiencies:

- PHP5 RC3 out now

  Download it here.

- Klingon Programmers

  Did you ever talk to a Klingon programmer? If not, get a little impression,
  what their attitude is like...

- Attention: Gallery security update

  Everyone using the Gallery software should urgently update their
  installation!