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[osdn starter] January 30, 2003
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 03:00:55 EST
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January 30, 2003 STARTER SERIES
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Slashdot
Mac vs. PC Digital Photography Comparison Redux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/0355243
Macmurph writes "[0]Bibble Labs has [1]released a lightning fast
version of the RAW image convertor, MacBibble. According to MacBibble
creator, Eric Hyman, "MacBibble 3.x is almost 10 times faster than the
manufacturers software when converting RAW files under OSX.".
Prelimenary tests indicate the Mac may be faster than PCs in RAW image
conversion afterall. This calls into question the relevance of the the
hotly debated article [2]Rob Galbraith posted just 3 weeks ago and
[3]discussed here on Slashdot. Two thumbs up for the PowerPC G4's
AltiVec vector processing engine, now being put to work in MacBibble."
Links
0.
http://www.bibblelabs.com/
1.
http://www.bibblelabs.com/bibble/macnews.thtml
2.
http://www.robgalbraith.com/diginews/2003-01/2003_01_07_macpc.html
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/12/2320219&tid=152
Don't Eat The White Snow Either
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2352230
loteck writes "An interesting article about an Australian ski resort that is [0] converting human waste into freshly driven snow. The waste is converted "through a three-step purifying process of UV light filtration, ozonation and ultra-filtration", and they say it's "even cleaner than that made from nearby creek water." I think that says more about the creek than it does the waste." Links
0. http://www.beyond2000.com/news/Apr_02/story_1349.html
Biotech Genome Patents Invalidated?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/0019214
[0]bruthasj writes "The [1]Boston Globe has a piece about all the
Biotechs grabbing patents that dealt with segments of the Human Genome.
It appears there are work arounds and that the USPTO basically
disregards further patents on the genome. As one quoted: ''The land
grab is over''. Read about it [2]here."
Links
0.
http://{bruthasj} {at} {yahoo.com}
1.
http://www.boston.com/
2.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/029/business/Putting_patents_in_their_place+.shtml
Steam Powered Underwater Jet Engine
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2357231
Bob Vila's Hammer writes "An Australian engineer, Alan Burns invented a
very efficient [0]underwater steam powered jet engine. "Steam that is
produced from a petrol or gasoline fueled boiler emerges at high speed
from a rearward-facing ring-shaped nozzle into a cone-shaped chamber.
Shock waves created as the steam condenses are focused by the chamber
to blast water out of the back. Besides powering watercraft pretty
efficiently, it can also be used as an extremely robust pump. Pretty
Cool."
Links
0. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993321
Sen. Feingold Reintroduces Radio Competition Bill http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/004221
[0]jonerik writes "[1]Billboard [2]is reporting that [3]Sen. Russ
Feingold (D-Wisc.) has reintroduced his [4]Competition in Radio and
Concert Industries Act, which is aimed at limiting the concentration of
radio stations and concert promoters in the hands of a few large
companies, such as [5]Clear Channel. In addition, the bill would close
loopholes in payola laws which currently permit 'pay-for-play' deals
between record companies and radio stations 'unless an appropriate
sponsorship identification announcement is made.' The bill's
introduction comes as [6]the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation prepares to hold [7]a hearing Thursday on the problems
of radio consolidation, and the committee's chairman, [8]Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz.), is expected to sign on soon as the bill's
co-sponsor."
Links
0. mailto:jonerik@@gis.net
1.
http://www.billboard.com/
2.
http://www.billboard.com/billboard/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1805823
3.
http://feingold.senate.gov/
4.
http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/releases/03/01/2003128910.html
5.
http://www.clearchannel.com/
6.
http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/
7.
http://commerce.senate.gov/~commerce/press/03/2003124A29.html
8.
http://mccain.senate.gov/
George Lucas Consolidates his Empire
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/0024255
[0]Shadowcat writes "George Lucas is consolidating his galaxy, merging
LucasArts, Lucas Digital (ILM & Skywalker Sound), Lucas Licensing, and
Lucasfilm into one mega-corporation to provide a single place to create
all sorts of media. You can find the [1]article on [2]SF Chronicle
Site."
Links
0. mailto:kageneko@earthlink.net
1.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/29/BU13556.DTL
2.
http://sfgate.com
Rambus Wins Case Against Infineon
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2217254
[0]rednoise writes "[1]Yahoo is running a story about how a Federal
Circuit Court in California (I think) has (unbelievably) ruled that
RAMBUS did NOT intentionally mislead members of JEDEC when the
committee was developing the SDRAM specification. RAMBUS' stock
skyrocketed something like 57% on the news. This is very bad news for
owners of computers."
Links
0. mailto:iam@chrisgaray.com
- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=581&e=1&cid=581&u=/nm/20030129/tc_nm/tech_rambus_dc
Your Tax Dollars Buying Open Source Software http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2143217
Roblimo has a story over at NewsForge about [0]DevIS, a software
company that [1]relies on Free and open source software to not just
weather but actually do well in the current software economy. Part of
the reason may be that the company doesn't preach software philosophy;
they just find that combining well-tested (and mostly GPL'd) software
tools is the path of least resistance when it comes to building
Internet applications. Most of their work is for the Federal
government; always nice to see public dollars supporting public
software. Can anyone point out other good examples of similar
businesses?
Links
MPlayer Licence Trouble With A Twist
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/1934211
protonman writes "A hefty flame war has broken loose on the
[0]debian-devel mailinglist about (amongst other things) the legality
of mplayer. The interesting part in this conflict is that unlike in
previous alledged GPL violations, the culprit is not the unwillingness
to provide the source, but the prohibition of the distribution of
binaries, thereby violating section 6 of the GPL: 'You may not impose
any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights
granted herein.' Read also the blurb on [1]the MPlayer homepage."
Links
0. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200301/msg01676.html
P2P Content Delivery for Open Source
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/1823218
Orasis writes "The [0]Open Content Network is a collaborative effort to help deliver open source, public domain, and [1]Creative Commons-licensed content using [2]peer-to-peer technology. The network is essentially a huge 'virtual web server' that links together thousands of computers for the purpose of helping out over-burdened/[3]slashdotted web sites. Any existing mirror or web site can easily [4]join the OCN by tweaking the HTML on their site." Links
0.
http://open-content.net/
1.
http://creativecommons.org/
2.
http://open-content.net/specs/
3.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci214064,00.html
4.
http://open-content.net/publish.html
Linux.com
Norwich Union plans IT savings
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/1213208
Dave B writes "When rationalising IT systems after a merger deal the staff at Norwich Union increased their use of thin clients to reduce their exposure to MS's new licensing charges. Readers anticipating a sudden shift to Linux from MS Windows should appreciate that it isn't always possible however desireable to the accounts dept it may seem at first glance."
IBM: Linux will replace AIX
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/1041235
The day is approaching when Linux is likely to replace IBM's version of Unix, the company's top software executive said, an indication that the upstart operating system's stature is rising within Big Blue.
Linux gets high-end server boost
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/1039246
Linux took a step forward in high-end servers with the recent adoption of software that should help IBM, NEC, SGI and others use the open-source operating system better in multiprocessor servers.
Ximian Desktop 2.0
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/1035244
Anonymous Reader writes "A preview of Ximian Desktop 2.0 reveals a friendly, sophisticated place to work, and it also shows how companies can help bridge the gap between developers and the wish lists of non-developer users."
I'll tell you where you can put those patents (to good use) http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/1956211
- by Tina Gasperson - In these tough economic times, it pays to keep a finger in the air in case wind of a great new money-making idea comes along. Thanks, SBC! No more missed mortgage payments for me!
Free DemoForge licenses to open source developers http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/0317226
Eugene Sukhodolin writes "DemoForge offers free licenses to its DemoForge Studio, an ultimate tool for creating software demos, to open source developers. DemoForge clips are realistic software demos that simulate your software products and show the users your software application without the need of downloading, full mouse and screen activity duplicated. Pop-up text messages can be inserted to any place in the demo clip, telling the users ...
Buy a piece of net nostalgia for $5,000
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2215229
If you've got $5,000 to spare, you could buy a piece of Net nostalgia in the form of the OpenProjects .net, .com and .org domains. Owner, founder of the OpenProjects Network (OPN) and professional online beggar Rob Levin, has decided to put them up for sale on eBay (all the sites in question point to the auction entry).
Peeking under the hood of SnapGear's uClinux-power http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2051253
Anonymous Reader writes "LinuxDevices.com technical editor Jerry Epplin takes a look at SnapGear's award-winning uClinux-based VPN appliances from the perspective of a developer's ability to customize them -- and in the process, becomes a uClinux convert . . ."
Vector Linux 2.5 SOHO Edition Review
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2051238
Augustus writes "LinuxHardware.org has published a review of Vector Linux 2.5: It has been some time since I updated my Vector Linux distribution, but due to a recent move, it seemed that the time was ripe. Previously having used/reviewed VL products, as well as working together with the VL team on a specialized version of the distribution, I was certainly eager to try out the latest fruits of their efforts."
Enabling the Whuffie Economy
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/2051222
Anonymous Reader writes "In Enabling the Whuffie Economy, Howard Rhiengold writes about Affero's reputation software, "Affero is a new wrinkle, one that holds some promise...If Affero or something like it can spread beyond the open source technical support community, that elusive but all important quality Cory Doctorow calls 'whuffie', could expand and circulate through social cyberspaces." See Rhiengold's blog for the full text."
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