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[osdn starter] December 19, 2002
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 03:00:54 EST
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December 19, 2002 STARTER SERIES
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Slashdot
Quicktime 6 Becoming Mobile-Phone Standard?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/230217
[0]k-hell writes "It [1]seems [2]like Apple's QuickTime 6 is becoming
standard on some 44 million Japanese mobile phones. Apple and many
other companies are pressuring hard to make [3]MPEG-4 the industry
standard for video-on-demand services in 3G cellular networks, and to
keep Microsoft and its proprietary Windows Media out of the mobile
phones market."
Links
0.
http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~kjetihel/
1.
http://www.onlinereporter.com/charts/tor327/tor327.html#2
2.
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/1218nttdo.html
3.
http://www.m4if.org/Nintendo's Playstation Settlement Bombshell http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/2247214
[0]Magamo writes "[1]Console Talk has the story on a [2]settlement
between [3]Sony and [4]Nintendo over the rights to the "[5]PlayStation"
name, which was originally a joint owned copywrite, given to a CD and
Cartridge based system to play SNES games. The settlement is for 10% of
Sony's proceeds, past and present on the "PlayStation" name, currently
amounting to approximately $2.3 billion. Nintendo is allowing Sony to
pay it off in installments over the next 20 years. Nintendo currently
plans on using the money to create a new game studio comprised of
members of some of the biggest in the japanese industry, in order to
create titles exclusively for the [6]GameCube. Hmm, my guess is that
Sony's next console will be shying away from the PlayStation
moniker..."
Links
0. mailto:magamo@ranka.2y.net
1.
http://www.consoletalk.com/
2.
http://www.consoletalk.com/News/FullStory.php?id=146
3.
http://www.sony.com/
4.
http://www.nintendo.com/
5.
http://www.playstation.com/
6.
http://www.gamecube.com/New Software Secures Data when Owners Walk Away http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/2241201
[0]Makarand writes "Leave an operating laptop unattended on your desk
and your sensitive data is accessible to anyone who gets hold of it. To
limit this risk many users configure their systems to fall into a
"sleep" mode after a period of inactivity and ask for a password before
the system can be awakened. This constant re-authentication proves to
be a headache for many users. Now a Professor and his graduate student
at at the University of Michigan have come up with a system called [1]
Zero-Interaction Authentication (ZIA), [2]described in this article in
The Age, to protect data on mobile devices. The system works by
starting to encrypt data the moment the owner walks away from the
system. The owners wear a token with a encrypted wireless link with the
laptop. If the token moves out of range the ZIA re-encrypts all data
within 5 seconds. If the cryptographic token moves within range the
system decrypts the information for the owner. The token, which could
take many forms, is currently a wristwatch with a processor running
Linux designed by IBM."
Links
0. mailto:{the-Junta(@)HotMail.}
1.
http://www.acm.org/sigmobile/mobicom/2002/papers/p002-corner.pdf
2.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/17/1039656378113.html
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/2047205
An anonymous reader writes "There is a new Quicktime [0]Trailer avalible for Terminator 3 up and avalible to download. Features include shiny chrome, blue LED's a-plenty and a few seconds of a CGI'ed army of Terminators." Looks like a pretty fun movie. Links
0. http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/t3/
Opera Gives That C64 Feel
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/1328245
[0]howcome writes "[1]Opera yesterday relased beta2 of the forthcoming
7.0 version. Opera now supports mulitple user style sheets and by
selecting "Nostalgia" from the menu all web pages suddenly resemble
Commodore 64 ([2]screendump1 [3]screendump2) from 20 years back. Also,
there is a [4]handheld emulator to see what a page will look like on a
handheld device running Opera. To get you through Christmas, you can
also use the "fast-forward" button. Try it on Google ([5]screendump)!"
Links
0.
http://people.opera.com/howcome
1.
http://www.opera.com/
2.
http://people.opera.com/howcome/2002/opera/sdsd2.png
3.
http://people.opera.com/howcome/2002/opera/sdsd.png
4.
http://www.opera.com/products/smartphone/smallscreen/
5.
http://people.opera.com/howcome/2002/opera/sdjj.png
FTC Moves Forward With National Do-Not-Call List http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/2043243
netringer writes "The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is proposing some new regulations [0]creating a national 'Do Not Call' list to keep US phones from being rung by telemarketers. Telemarketers who call a number on the list could be fined up $11,000. The new FTC rules also require that telemarketers have Caller ID enabled and limit abandoned 'hang up' calls from predictive dialers. The new rules have some loopholes, allowing calls from charities and businesses that have somehow gotten your permission or have done business with you before. The Direct Marketing Association is threatening to sue to save U.S. consumers from the potential loss of buying opportunities." Links
0. http://www.msnbc.com/news/849058.asp?0dm=C14LT
Killing Unwanted Text Messages from Yahoo! Alerts? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1335225
[0]Creighti asks: "When I first got my new cellphone I immediately
received several automated Text Message 'Alerts' from Yahoo and MSN
which recurred on a daily basis. My guess was (is) that the previous
owner of my cell phone number signed up for these things. Six months
later I'm still getting unwanted text messages from Yahoo! Alerts. I
managed to get rid of the MSN messages by signing up with MSN (gack),
registering the phone number as mine, and de-selecting all text
messages. I've tried the same trick with Yahoo. I've tried filling out
the Yahoo! Help form that appeared to apply (interestingly enough, the
Yahoo Help entry I've used several times to request they stop sending
the unwanted alert appears to have been removed, but clicking the 'No'
button on [1] this page would work). I've even tried emailing
abuse@yahoo.com. Anyone else getting text-message spammed by Yahoo! (or
any other service)? Any suggestions for what I should do next to try
and get Yahoo! to stop sending these unwanted messages?" Why aren't the
text message preferences deleted when the cancellation notices comes
thru?
Links
0. mailto:davidb@ontoncle.net
Sony, Matsushita Back Linux For Consumer Goods http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/1948257
malx writes "Says the Financial Times: 'Matsushita and Sony have
[0]agreed to jointly develop the Linux operating system for digital
consumer electronic products, in a highly unusual and cooperative deal
between two of the fiercest rivals in the industry.' Interesting
because Sony and Matsushita are bitter foes: this shows they're even
more scared of Microsoft." Sorry, [1]it's a dupe.
Links
Video Streaming Goes Peer-to-Peer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/189233
[0]CMU ESM Project writes "Our research group at Carnegie Mellon
University has developed a peer to peer streaming video content
distribution system called End System Multicast (ESM). The system
constructs a self-organizing and adaptive overlay network using the
receivers that are tuning into the broadcast events. The system has
been used fairly successfully for [1] quite a few events. Now we want
test the system with a lot of more users and different user join
patterns. We are streaming some very cool video, such as Triumph of the
Nerds by Bob Cringely, distinguished lecture by Eric Schmidt, CEO of
Google, ACM SIGCOMM conference paper presentation by Dave Clark, and
2002 Sony Legged Robot Soccer Championship. [2]Here is the detailed
schedule. So please tune in, enjoy, and help test our system!" The
streaming is based on QuickTime; for Linux users, the project page
steps through installation of CodeWeaver's CrossOver plug-in.
Links
0. mailto:esm-help@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
1.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~ESM-streaming/broadcast.html#pastbroadcast
2.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~ESM-streaming/
LOTR: The Two Towers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/1622249
Let's try to mash all the LOTR submissions into one. Reviews:
[0]comingsoon.net, [1]Empire Online (UK), [2]CNN, [3]Slate, [4]Salon.
The LA Times has a story about animating Gollum which we can't link to
because it requires registration. [5]Lord Satri writes "Ents, elves and
mages being on every orc's lips, new versions of [6]Tales Of
Middle-Earth are available. It is an open source, one player and
[7]online multiplayer game. It is [8]ported to many OS's. Yeah, no
terrific graphics, but the game is really worthwhile. It is based on
the famous roguelike [9]Angband (variants [10]here). Faithful to
Tolkien's writings."
Links
0.
http://www.comingsoon.net/reviews/lotrttt.php
1.
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/features/events/thelordoftherings2/default.asp
2.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/17/sproject.ca02.review.two.towers/index.html
3.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2075650&device=
4.
http://salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/12/18/two_towers/index.html
5.
http://www.alexandre.leroux.net
6.
http://t-o-m-e.net/
7.
http://t-o-m-e.net/main.php?tome_current=1
8.
http://t-o-m-e.net/download.php?tome_current=0
9.
http://thangorodrim.angband.org/
10.
http://www.angband.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html
Linux.com
New MandrakeSoft licensing scheme similar to Trolltech's, says v.p.
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/010214
- by Tina Gasperson - Rumors of MandrakeSoft "stepping back" from Free Software are not true, says Gael Duval, v.p. of the Paris, France Linux distribution company.
LinuxCertified Announces "Linux Fundamentals" http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/0016243
Rajesh writes "Linux Fundamentals" bootcamp is designed for busy professionals with no prior experience with Linux or any other flavor of UNIX. This two-day introduction to Linux broadens their horizons with a detailed overview of the operating system."
Free documentation database
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/0015252
Gaetano Paolone writes "Dear friends, I am pleased to inform you that GFDD (GNUtemberg! Free Documentation Database) has reached a rather stable version."
The Microsoft/Linux Connection, Explained http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/153247
Last week, when research firm Meta Group of Stamford, Conn., predicted that Microsoft (MSFT) would begin to support Linux by late 2004 with some of its key server products -- Exchange, IIS, SQL server, and the like -- reactions ranged from outrage to befuddlement.
Aussie Uni Dumps Dual-Boot In Favor of Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1456256
kNIGits writes "News.com.au is reporting that the University of Wollongong have dumped their previously dual-boot installations in favour of booting Linux ."
Vanishing Features Of The 2.6 Kernel
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1447202
chromatic writes "Jerry Cooperstein has written an excellent article summarizing the features removed from the upcoming 2.6 kernel."
LindowsOS due to hit retail shelves
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1446231
Software buyers may be doing a double take in retail stores over the coming months as they see Microsoft's familiar Windows operating system (OS) sitting next to the new OS from Lindows.com Inc.
Norway Prosecutors Seek Teen's Computers http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1446210
A Norwegian teenager who wrote software for breaking the copy protection on DVDs harmed movie studios by circulating it over the Internet and should have his computers taken away, prosecutors said Monday.
Santa Tux's Corner: The Gift of Linux, Part 2 http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1445229
Linux: the gift that keeps on giving!
Spaces still available for iCanProgram course http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/17/1445213
Bob Findlay writes "It's been quite a year at iCanProgram. (http://www.icanprogram.com) Almost exactly a year ago we opened our online programmer training courses with a "no fee in return for a Cancer Research donation" format. Over the course of 2002 more than 1500 students have participated."
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