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cooper writes “Heise Open posted news about a bug report for the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) which describes a massive data loss problem when using Ext4 (German version): A crash occurring shortly after the KDE 4 desktop files had been loaded results in the loss of all of the data that had been created, including many KDE configuration files.” The article mentions that similar losses can come from some other modern filesystems, too. Update: 03/11 21:30 GMT by T : Headline clarified to dispel the impression that this was a fault in Ext4.

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The Guardian just launched a new API which will allow third-party developers to access and reuse the Guardian’s content database in their own applications.

je ne sais quoi writes “The Apple rumor mill is churning today. Reuters and the DOW Jones news wire are reporting that an anonymous source in Taiwan has leaked that Apple has ordered some 10-inch touch-screens from WinTek, the maker of the touch-screen for the iPhone. It looks like an Apple netbook could possibly be in the works for a delivery date in Q3 of this year, in time for back-to-school sales. CNET and Engadget have completely unsubstantiated mock-ups.”

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Julie188 writes “When the Android Market began offering paid apps last month, developers with the unlocked version of Google’s Android phone quickly learned that they couldn’t access them. The policy, which threatened to alienate the small developer base that Google needs to nurture at all costs, didn’t make much sense. And now, with the release of Version 1.1 of Android for the developer phone, developers can access paid apps — as long as they aren’t copy-protected. But in a weird way, that’s good news. Very few developers currently copy-protect their Android apps simply because Android’s copy-protection scheme is notoriously weak.”

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Byzantine writes “The Mississippi Legislature has passed MS House Bill 1461 which would amend the state’s tax laws specifically to charge sales tax on ‘electrically transferred digital products,’ including products bought via mail-order. The bill is currently on the governor’s desk awaiting signature.” Softpedia claims that 20 states have enacted download taxes of one sort or another — most of them for iTunes music — and that New York is considering taxing downloads of all kinds.

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NVIDIA is known primarily for their PC graphics cards, but they’ve been in the news recently both for the expansion of their CUDA and PhysX initiatives as well as (allegedly) developing a CPU to challenge Intel and AMD.

ivaldes3 writes in to note his post up on Linux Medical News, pointing out the severe shortcomings of the Health IT provisions of the just-passed stimulus bill. “The government has authorized enough money to purchase EMR freedom for the nation. Instead the government appears set to double down on proprietary lock-down. The government currently appears poised to purchase serfdom instead of freedom and performance for patients, practitioners and the nation. An intellectual and financial servitude to proprietary EMR companies for little or no gain. A truly bad bargain.”

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ChunKing writes “YouTube is to block all premium music videos to UK users after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the Performing Rights Society. For many of us in the UK this is great news. The two main music licensing agencies in the UK — Phonographic Performance Limited and PRS — have a stranglehold on music use in this country and are stifling creativity.”

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That brings the consortium up to 38 media companies, representing 793 total newspapers, up from 635 newspaper partners a year ago, and 176 at launch in November, 2006

Despite public statements to the contrary, Apple did lay off around 50 enterprise salespeople last week, CNET News has learned. Sources who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal confirmed reports by Valleywag and 9to5Mac.com that roughly 50 salespeople were let go by the company for “business and economic reasons”.