"New Zealand electric racecar developer Greenstage is close to finishing an open source project called 'Tumanako,' which would allow owners of electric cars and motorcycles to tweak the code in their vehicles. Electric vehicle gearheads grouse about proprietary code that keeps current, torque and speed within very conservative limits. 'In racing, you need the system to push all those parameters to the limits. You only need the system to survive until just past the finish line,' says Bill Dube, the owner of the record-setting KillaCycle. Open source code could also be used to build any type of electric vehicle, from cars and submarines to motor-launched aerial gliders, from scratch. It's like Linux for your Chevy Volt."

The Peruvian government and Microsoft signed an agreement to use Windows XP and Office, as well as other educational resources in the laptops as part of an OLPC pilot program, minister of education José Chang announced last week (18 September).

The move makes Peru the first country worldwide to test the change in the operating system of the OLPC devices.

Chang justified the change from Linux to Windows by saying public school students in Peru "need to use the most modern tools with the most global use".

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JavaScript License Web Labels is a format that the FSF proposes webmasters use to publish license information and source code for the JavaScript they deploy on their sites. It looks simple enough to be accessible to any visitor, but provides enough detail that automated tools can confirm that all of a site's JavaScript is actually free. Such software will make it practical for people to run free JavaScript and refuse nonfree code. Tools like this are already being developed: LibreJS is a plug-in for Mozilla-based browsers that will support JavaScript License Web Labels.

The group has been formed to promote education and promotion of Freedom across technology, arts, and content. This includes formats, licenses, software, hardware and more. Our scope is Quebec, Canada where we wish to support individuals and organizations with similar goals. The goals are similar to those of the Free Software Foundation. Our primary objective is to act as a liaison between similar international organizations and relay what's happening in Quebec to them (and vice-versa). We hope this will lead to increased cooperation, effective use of resources, and stronger messages going tp everyone as a result of global actions being executed locally.

Le groupe a été formé pour encourager l'éducation et la promotion de la liberté de la technologie, des arts et du contenu. Cela inclut les formats, licences, logiciels, le matériel et plus encore. Notre champ d'action est le Québec, au Canada, où nous tenons à soutenir les individus et organismes ayant des objectifs similaires. Les objectifs sont semblabes à ceux de la Free Software Foundation. Notre objectif principal est d'agir comme liaison entre les organisations internationales similaires et relais ce qui se passe au Québec pour eux (et vice-versa). Nous espérons que cela mènera à une coopération accrue, l'utilisation efficace des ressources, et la diffusion d'un message clair, résultat d'actions globales au niveau local.

The PlayStation 3 is a compromised system. Its master key is all over the Internet, custom firmware allowing third-party software to run on the hardware is a click away, and Sony is furiously trying to stop this information from spreading. The company asked the courts for a temporary restraining order keeping those responsible from any further sharing of the keys or information about cracking the PS3, and is suing for damages.

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