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Slashdot
Linux In Space: Red Hat Rides The Rocket http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/1249220

[0]neiljt writes "[1]BBC News have a [2]piece on NASA experiments to
    use IP for space missions. The article is a little low-tech, but more     details available [3]from NASA (OMNI). Is this the first Red Hat in     space?" It's worth pointing out as well that [4]Debian made the ride     nearly six years ago. Still, great news. Links

    0. mailto:neil@nook.demon.co.uk
    1. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
    2. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2709875.stm
    3. 
http://ipinspace.gsfc.nasa.gov/
    4. 
http://www.debian.org/News/1997/shuttle1

Improvements in Teleportation
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0741219

[0]assaultriflesforfree writes "Here's a [1]little update on quantum
    entanglement and teleportation from The New York Times (free     registration, yay): 'Employing a facet of quantum mechanics that Albert     Einstein called "spooky action at a distance," scientists have taken     particles of light, destroyed them and then resurrected copies more     than a mile away.' I am a little skeptical about the Heisenberg     Uncertainty Principle statements, though. Is this really a form of Star     Trek's Heisenberg Compensator?"
Links

    0. mailto:theglorioussword@hotmail.com

1. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/science/30TELE.html

Linux Gains Support for NUMA
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0420248

    soosterh writes "CNet has an [0] article about a NUMA patch from IBM.     It says that the improvement adds some support in Linux for nonuniform     memory access, or NUMA, a design for higher-end servers with many     processors. Linus Torvalds, the original creator of the operating     system and still its top authority, accepted the update this month into     version 2.5, the current test version of the software." Links

    0. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982651.html?tag=fd_top

IEEE Standards Board Passes 802.16a
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0412218

    papason writes "Welcome the [0]birth of the IEEE's first wireless MAN     standard for broadband wireless access in bands ranging from 2GHz to     11GHz. Yes, the same group that brought you 802.11b has brought you a     real broadband wireless access standard. See [1]wirelessman.org for     more details."
Links

    0. http://ieee802.org/16/arc/802-16list2/msg00794.html

1. http://wirelessman.org/

Apple and Linux Beneficial to Each Other? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/191200

    viewstyle writes "There is an interesting [0]commentary on eWEEK     discussing the 'synergies' between Apple and Linux after visiting     LinuxWorld. It makes a good point that advancement of Linux is good for     Mac OS X and vice versa, because of the ease of porting across the     platforms (soon to get easier with the X11 on Mac OS X)." Next thing     you know, most of the Slashdot editors and programmers will be using     Macs ...
Links

    0. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,851874,00.asp

OpenBSD Gets Even More Secure
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0033236

[0]Telent writes "As seen in [1]this post by Theo de Raadt, OpenBSD is
    getting even more secure, working on smashing script kiddies running     buffer overflow exploits dead. Tightening PROT_* according to the POSIX     standards and creating a non-executable stack on most architectures are     just two of the recent enhancements, most of which are in -current     now."
Links

    0. mailto:telent@mordac.info

1. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=b1aq2h%242q9g%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw&output=gplain

Father of Video Games turning 60
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2229227

[0]Bill Kendrick writes "[1]Nolan Bushnell, founder of [2]Atari and the
    "father of video games" will be turning 60 next week, on February 5th.     Along with Atari, which Bushnell began in 1972 (and left before the end     of the decade), he also founded over 20 other companies, including     Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theater restaurants. He holds many patents     relating to both video games and other industries. For more on The     Bringer of [3]Pong, check out some interviews from the [4]San Jose     Mercury, [5]Metroactive and over at [6]Good Deal Games, as well as his
[7]Wikipedia entry. Happy birthday, Nolan!"
Links

    0. 
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/bill/
    1. 
http://www.uwink.com/docs/nolan.shtml
    2. 
http://www.atari-history.com/
    3. 
http://209.122.187.156:8080/arcade/andycapppong.html
    4. 
http://www.thetech.org/revolutionaries/bushnell/i_a.html
    5. 
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/09.16.99/cover/bushnell2-9937.html
    6. 
http://www.gooddealgames.com/interviews/int_bushnell.html
    7. 
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Bushnell

Slashback: Spamnation, Long-Distance, Libel http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2049219

    Slashback with updates and amplifications on Apple's stance on DRM,     EasyInternetCafe's court battle over CD burning, a copyright law being     drafted after Lessig's own heart, the lawyer vs. eBay saga, and VoIP     calling with Linux. Read on below for the details.

Hollywood Says No to Filtering DVD Player http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/229250

[0]haplo21112 writes "There is [1]a posting over at [2]ZDNet about how
    Hollywood continues to trample on the American consumer's free use     rights. They want to prevent the sale of a special DVD player which can     be used to edit out offensive material from a DVD in realtime. While I     don't agree with censorship in general, I do believe its everyone's     right to do what they wish with their own media." Links

    0. mailto:haplo@epith[ ]com ['na.' in gap]
    1. 
http://msn.zdnet.com/zdfeeds/msncobrand/reviews/0,13828,2909517,00.html
    2. 
http://www.zdnet.com/

IBM Calls Linux "Logical Successor" To AIX http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/209247

    pknoll writes "Though it probably won't happen soon, IBM is talking     about [0]Linux eventually replacing AIX. The article at Globe     Technology states there are IBM folks working on 'chips for 2007'     systems, and the viewpoint projected is described as 'multidecade,' but     it's an interesting view into the future of IBM and Linux." Links

    0. http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/tech/RTGAM/20030129/gtiblin/Technology/techBN/

Linux.com
Microsoft bows to EU privacy concerns
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0929237

    Microsoft agrees to change to its Passport identity system used for     Hotmail and other online services to ensure it complies with EU privacy     laws.

Linux Advisory Watch - January 31st 2003 http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0927219

• by Benjamin D. Thomas - Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and descriptions of each vulnerability. This week, advisories were released for kdeutils, noffle, dhcp3, tomcat3, courier, mysql, fetchmail, vim, webalizer, postgresql, and cvs. The distributors include Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde ...

Spam filtering techniques
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2224237

    develperWorks writes "Are you sick of trying to filter spam? The     problem of unsolicited e-mail has been increasing for years, but help     has arrived. This article discusses and compares several broad     approaches to the automatic elimination of unwanted e-mail while     introducing and testing some popular tools that follow these     approaches."

Linux on the Shuttle
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2223232

    Anonymous Reader writes "Here's a story about researchers are using Red     Hat 6.1 to run a server within NASA's Columbia shuttle, now in flight.     The setup is for testing mobile IP."

Linux desktop, in a browser near you
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2223208

    An anonymous coward writes "Just up at The Sydney Morning Herald"

Sony Offers a Peek at Upcoming PDAs
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2019237

    New mid-level Clie handheld will feature built-in Bluetooth     connectivity and an updated clamshell design.

XML and Perl
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2018200

    Slashdot: davorg writes "One of Perl's great strengths is in processing     text files. That is, after all, why it became so popular for generating     dynamic web pages."

NetBSD 1.6.1 release process has begun
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2017208

    Jan Schaumann writes "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that     NetBSD 1.6.1 has been branched and the release engineering process has     begun."

Why Open Source??
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2015245

    Andrew Hodel writes "In the past few years, a slew of open source     software has been developed for business and personal use. Some of the     most common open source projects like Linux and Apache have stunned     everyone with there success, while still remaining free of charge."

Microsoft: A Nation Unto Itself?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2015216

    Anonymous Reader writes "Will MS take the next obvious step and become     a sovereign nation?"

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