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Slashdot
VeriSign Changes DNS Servers: No ASCII Needed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/066207

An anonymous reader points to this [0]story at The Register and this one [1](in French) at news.yahoo, writing "VeriSign has made changes to the root DNS so that they handle non-ascii names (for .com and .net). Furthemore, an erroneous lookup results in getting a VeriSign IP, not an error message." An excerpt: "The IAB [Internet Architecture Board] feels that the system VeriSign had deployed for .com and .net contains significant DNS protocol errors, risks the further development of secure DNS, and confuses the resolution mechanisms of the DNS with application-based search systems."
Links

0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29058.html

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/030201/35/30bn2.html

E.U. Commission Suggests Permissive Copyright Rule http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/0229224

An anonymous reader submits "ITworld.com is reporting: 'The European Commission on Thursday presented a draft directive that punishes copyright infringement for commercial purposes, but [0]leaves the home music downloader untouched, infuriating the entertainment industry.'" Links

0. http://www.itworld.com/Net/4087/030131euantipiracy/

Strong Bad Creators Interviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/2252251

Do you need help?

[0]Bill Hughes writes "The folks over at ResExcellence have [1]posted
an interview with the Brothers Chapman, the two guys who create and run the Homestar Runner/Strong Bad web site." If you have not seen
[2]homestarrunner, prepare to be baffled and amused. This site has
mostly justified Flash to me :)
Links

    0. 
http://www.ResExcellence.com
    1. 
http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_html_03/01-30-03.shtml
    2. 
http://www.homestarrunner.com/

First OpenVMS Boot On IA64
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1814211

vaxzilla writes "At 3:31pm EST on Friday, January 31st, 2003,
[0]OpenVMS for the Intel IA64 architecture [1] successfully booted and
ran a DIR command. The Intel Itanium family of processors is the third architecture supported by OpenVMS in its [2]25 year history. Originally it ran on Digital Equipment Corporation VAX systems; in the early 1990s, support was added for the DEC Alpha processors. Following the acquisition of DEC by Compaq, and more recently Compaq by HP, the Itanium and Itanium2 port of OpenVMS is now being undertaken by HP. Congratulations on a job well done to the folks at ZK03 in Nashua, NH!" Links

    0. 
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/
    1. 
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=b1et1g%241nc%241%40web1.cup.hp.com
    2. 
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/25th/index.html

Warner Brothers Announce The Matrix: Special Edit http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/158252

Kartik3 writes "IGN.com is reporting that Warner Bros. is releasing a
[0]2-disc special edition DVD of The Matrix (loaded with extras) on
April 29th and [1]The Animatrix (An Anime series set in the world of the Matrix) DVD on June 3rd." If Animatrix is half as cool as the promo comic that was given out at the Matrix opening, I'll like it. Links

0. http://dvd.ign.com/articles/384/384353p1.html

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/384/384422p1.html

Updated Information On Shuttle Tragedy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1928240

Thanks to all the readers who have sent links related to today's shuttle disaster. An [0]Associated Press story carried on Salon says that an independent board (with members from the Air Force, Navy, Transportation Department and other federal agencies) has been appointed to investigate the disaster. CNN is carrying [1]official statement from President Bush. Rediff.com has an article on the life of
[2]Indian astronaut Kalpana Chawla. [3]borisonanovitch points to "more
info on [4]the science aboard Columbia and links to other NASA research." fabel reminds us "Most of the media is focusing on the slight damage that ocurred at takeoff (that NASA discounted at the time) but STS-107 was *delayed* for 6 months (original launch date 19 Jul 2003) Update: 02/01 23:51 GMT by [5]T: [Note, should read "2002."] because of [6]cracks in the propellant feed lines to the 3 main engines. A defect that could have caused catastrophic failure. Did the fix work or not?"
Links

    0. 
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/02/01/probe/index.html
    1. 
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/01/shuttle.bush.statement/
    2. 
http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/feb/01spec.htm
    3. mailto:glv001@drake.edu
    4. 
http://science.nasa.gov/
    5. 
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
    6. 
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_delay_020624.html

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AOL Reports Its First Drop In Subscribers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/2128256

[0]Flamesplash writes "Yahoo! is running this AP story about [1]AOL's
first drop in subscribers. 170,000 US subscribers have left AOL in their fourth quarter of 2002, apparently due to users becoming more comfortable with broadband connections. It should be noted though that 'AOL has said it has stopped simply signing up new customers for the sake of counting them.'"
Links

0. http://flamesplash AT yahoo DOT com

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=528&e=1&cid=528&u=/ap/20030131/ap_on_hi_te/aol_subscribers

Quickly Filling Up 150GB of Legal Media Files? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/2134218

Fred Nowicki asks: "If you have ever used the P2P client [0]Direct Connect (or [1]DC++) to find media on the Internet, you know that the best hubs have ridiculous sharing requirements, i.e., over 100GB. It isn't too difficult to amass a collection of 100GB of illegal movies and MP3s with all the crap that's out there, but I'd like to play it straight: I want to collect 150GB of pure legal stuff. So here's my million dollar question: What is the best and fastest way for me achieve this? I want to offer interesting, neat stuff (movies, music, programs, etc.), not just Linux distros, mind you. One thing I've found so far is a mirror of the [2]Prelinger Archives on archive.org, which offers over 37GB of wacky, interesting stuff on divx format (in MPEG-2, it's over 350GB, but that seems like cheating if I take that route). One downside of this site is that it's not a very fast connection (about 50KB/sec through their FTP via my cable modem -- I'd like a throughput of at least 100KB/sec). I've considered mirroring the Gutenberg project, but there are all sorts of redistribution issues with a bunch of their files, and I don't want to go through all that hassle. Come on, Slashdot. Give me some URLs!" Links

    0. 
http://www.neo-modus.com/
    1. 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dcplusplus/
    2. 
http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php

A Commodore 64 For The New Millenium
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/2035204

[0]samdu writes "The [1]CommodoreOne is now [2]available for purchase.
The C=1 is a reimplementation of the Commodore=64 in an ATX form factor, 65c816 processor running at approximately 20 MHz, VGA out, an updated SID (with backward compatibility), 32 MB of RAM, standard IDE, PS/2 ports, and a 64 compatible cartridge slot. Let the hobbying begin." We've run previous stories on related [3]efforts. Links

    0. mailto:samdu@nOSPam.ronintech.com
    1. 
http://c64upgra.de/c-one/
    2. 
http://www.kdh-shop24.de/catalog/default.php
    3. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=98/08/14/1458254&tid=95

The Always-Encrypted Firewire Hard Drive http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1918216

Can we help you?

[0]ducman points to the announcement of an [1]encrypted hard drive
running on the [2]MacNN website. The drive features a DES 64-bit/ 40bit key strength and "is intended for use by banks, insurance providers, government agencies, and those individuals with sensitive digital intellectual property. It supports the IEEE 1394a connectivity standard, in addition to USB 1.1 and 2.0. It offers data transfer rates over FireWire 400 of 100, 200, or 400 Mbps. The SuperGuard is expected to be available February 7." Sounds great -- but the USB key stuck in the back looks like a likely point of failure. Links

    0. mailto:spamNO@SPAMreality-based.com
    1. 
http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php?products_id=331
    2. 
http://www.macnn.com/

Linux.com
The Big Lessons of a Little Worm
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1139219

Even though systems engineers quickly blunted Slammer's weekend attack, that success can't hide the gaping holes in the Internet's armor.

Drupal Content Management System v4.1.0
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1138250

Anonymous Reader writes "Version 4.1 of the Drupal open source content management system (blogs, news, publishing, discussion, etc...) was released today. It's a pretty impressive release, proving Drupal to be a real contender in the CMS world. This release includes support for user profiles, comment moderation, improved forums, an auto-throttle congestion control mechanism, improved statistics tracking, paging, various performance improvements, ...

Mandrake 9.1 Beta 3 Screenshots & Review (Rant http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1137255

Anonymous Reader writes "I have posted some screenshots and a little review/rant of Mandrake 9.1 beta 3 at my site."

TightVNC: Remote X the fast, easy & secure way http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/1137221

Can't find what you're looking for?

Joe Barr writes "All in all, TightVNC was as easy to configure and use as it was to install, even when I opted for extra privacy by using a secure tunnel between Susan's machine and mine. Here's how I did it."

Shuttle Apparently Disintegrates
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1633242

Space shuttle Columbia apparently disintegrated in flames over Texas minutes before it was to land Saturday in Florida. TV video showed what appeared to be falling debris, as NASA declared an emergency and sent search teams to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Get to know your textutils
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/1355202

developerWorks writes "This series of tips for Linux users offers an easy introduction to the GNU text processing tools -- how to use them, how to avoid pitfalls, and how to combine them to create powerful custom tools. At the end of this introduction, you should be able to use the text processing utilities, pipes, and streams to build complex data crunching systems. You should also be able to write straightforward one-off scripts that automate ...

Experts: Microsoft security gets an 'F'
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1342208

Computer security experts say the recent "SQL Slammer" worm, the worst in more than a year, is evidence that Microsoft's year-old security push is not working. "Trustworthy Computing is failing," Russ Cooper of TruSecure Corp. said of the Microsoft initiative. "I gave it a 'D-minus' at the beginning of the year, and now I'd give it an 'F."'

GarageGames Launches Marble Blast for Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/139229

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Anonymous Reader writes "GarageGames announced today the release of the Linux version of their highly acclaimed 3D game, Marble Blast."

Why recordable DVDs wonÂ’t last
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/137227

The conventional wisdom has been that recordable DVDs would replace the VHS cassette as the media of choice for archiving TV shows and movies. But that vision seems pretty shortsighted.

Crossing the Desktop Linux Chasm in San Diego http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/133218

How can Lindows and the Desktop Linux Summit get past their bad PR?

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