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[osdn starter] February 14, 2003
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 04:00:55 EST
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February 14, 2003 STARTER SERIES
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Slashdot
Microsoft Switcher Ads: Part 2
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/2154217
[0]burgburgburg writes "We all recall Microsoft's last [1]attempt to
emulate the Apple [2]Switch ads. Well, it seems they're at it again.
MacNN reports that Microsoft has sent out emails to those who have
recently registered MS products, [3]looking for candidates for their
'Sensible Solutions' campaign, which will 'highlight computer
professionals that have recently converted from Apple Computer products
to Microsoft based systems.' Do you qualify? You must be 'a US resident
with a minimum of 3 years experience as a computer professional. You
must have used an Apple Computer product and a Microsoft based system
as part of your work'. So when does it just stop being the sincerest
form of flattery and just become utter, pathetic laziness?"
Links
0.
http://`moc.liame' `ta' `60neksilps'
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/18/1239246&tid=133
2.
http://www.apple.com/switch/
3.
http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=18372Red Hat, Oracle to get Gov't Certification for Linux http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0011214
Mark writes "As this [0]news.com article states, '[1]Red Hat and
[2]Oracle plan to announce on Thursday that the companies have teamed
to get Linux evaluated under the Common Criteria, a certification that
could open doors for the broader use of open-source software by
government agencies.' It looks like this will be an important step in
getting Linux to be more widely adopted in governments around the
world."
Links
0.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-984383.html?tag=fd_top
1.
http://www.redhat.com/
2.
http://www.oracle.com/
SMP-Oriented Video Card Round-up
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/003221
Jason Mitchell writes "I just noticed that [0]2CPU.com has posted a
rather large [1]video card round-up. They ran game and application
benchmarks on a dual Athlon MP and Xeon workstation and also did some
unique qualitative testing pertaining to s-video output quality. It's a
good read."
Links
Warcraft 3 Expansion Beta Signups Announced http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/2352206
Clomer writes "[0]Blizzard Entertainment has announced the signups for
the beta testing of the upcoming expansion set to [1]Warcraft 3 called
[2]The Frozen Throne. The beta will be online-only over [3]battle.net,
requires the full version of Warcraft 3, and is only open to US
residents. Signups will be at [4]battle.net starting on Friday, 14
February and will last a week."
Links
0.
http://www.blizzard.com/
1.
http://www.blizzard.com/war3/
2.
http://www.blizzard.com/war3x/
3.
http://www.battle.net/
4.
http://www.battle.net/register/war3xbeta/Slashback: Regalia, Godseye, Undetection http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/0048219
Slashback tonight with a round of updates and clarifications on Yahoo! v. France, William Gibson's new book(tour), lowish-tech helping to solve the Columbia mystery, searchable utra-localized information and more. Read on for the details.
FTP: Better Than HTTP, Or Obsolete?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/2132221
An anonymous reader asks "Looking to serve files for downloading (typically 1MB-6MB), I'm confused about whether I should provide an FTP server instead of / as well as HTTP. According to a rapid Google search, the experts say 1) HTTP is slower and less reliable than FTP and 2) HTTP is amateur and will make you look a wimp. But a) FTP is full of security holes. and b) FTP is a crumbling legacy protocol and will make you look a dinosaur. Surely some contradiction... Should I make the effort to implement FTP or take desperate steps to avoid it?"
Murchison Meteorite Still Contentious
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/1725212
An anonymous reader writes "The well-known 1969 meteorite that fell 60
miles north of Melbourne, Australia, remains [0] remarkably contentious
today. The 100 kilogram [1]carbon rock : a) contains pre-biotic
proteins and 12% water; b) harbors 50 amino acids not found on Earth;
c) favors the tell-tale signature of biochemistry based on a dominant
left-handed chirality, compared to random or racemic mixtures found in
test-tube syntheses. While terrestrial contamination (even interior to
the meteor) may discount this so-called 'Murchison meteor', its light
isotopes of carbon and nitrogen suggest the left-handed amino acids not
found elsewhere on Earth have the same ratios as the right-handed ones.
This would not be the case if, say, bacteria was just making the
left-handed ones after impact. Seems quite a controversy from
down-under."
Links
0. http://www.astrobio.net/news/article375.html
Yamaha To Withdraw From CD-R/RW Business http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/2052251
An anonymous reader writes "What's going on. When I first heard this I thought it was a bad joke. They make great burners! 'Tokyo, February 5, 2003 – Yamaha Corp. [0]decided at a board meeting to cease sales of CD-R/RWs for personal computers and to withdraw completely from the business by the end of March 2003.'" Does any other company make burners that [1]can burn an image on the CD? Links
0. http://www.global.yamaha.com/news/20030205.html
Dragon's Lair 3D Not Worth The Effort
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/2036248
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "While not the best source for gaming
information, [1]CNNs Technology section has a review of Ubi Softs
[2]Dragon's Lair 3D. Long story short, according to the writer Marc
Saltzman, the game isn't worth it. In fact, the opening paragraph says,
'The only thing worse than a lousy video game is when it taints a
well-respected, 20-year-old franchise.' One interesting tidbit from the
article, the original Dragon's Lair is one of only three video games on
display at the Smithsonian. The other two games being Pac-Man and
Pong."
Links
0.
http://home.earthlink.net/~kspandle
1.
http://www.cnn.com/
2.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/02/13/saltzman.dragon/index.html
Buy Broadband From Your Neighbor
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/1841246
[0]infractor writes "Wired has [1]an article about a wireless project
delivering free broadband to a rural community. Using Linux based
[2]devices called [3]meshboxes from [4]Locustworld, they've created a
[5]local mesh network. More detail in this [6]article. With Wi-Fi
friendly ISPs talking about [7]micro-ISP deals for wireless sharers
this could be the accelerator UK broadband has been waiting for." Last
year [8]we mentioned the MeshAP-05, a bootable CD which "turns a single
board computer or laptop into a mesh node and access point," since
updated to MeshAP-06. Update: 02/13 19:52 GMT by [9]T: I see from
comments that -08 is actually the current version of MeshAP, with -09
soon. Thanks.
Links
0. mailto:dont@spam.to
1.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57617,00.html
2.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5073214560.html
3.
http://www.locustworld.com/meshbox.html
4.
http://locustworld.com/
5.
http://www.kingsbridgelink.co.uk/
6.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian_jobs_and_money/story/0,3605,891166,00.html
7.
http://lists.consume.net/pipermail/consume-thenet/2003-February/007713.html
8.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/01/2220255&tid=126
9.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
Linux.com
Oracle to Submit Oracle9i Database on Linux for Independent Security Evaluation
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0243232
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), the world's largest enterprise software company, today announced its intention to submit Oracle9i Database Release 2 on the Linux operating system for a Common Criteria (ISO
- evaluation at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4, the highest level generally achieved by commercial software vendors
German bank switches to Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0237208
Deutscher Investment Trust has chosen to run Intel-based servers with SuSE's version of Linux on its computers that analyze funds and portfolios, SuSE said Thursday. The German bank's programs previously ran on a Hewlett-Packard Unix server, but the company switched to Intel and Linux because it was less expensive than moving from the existing HP-UX 10i Unix version to 11i, the bank said.
TimeSys rolls out updated embedded Linux SDK http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0233249
Anonymous Reader writes "TimeSys Corporation today announced the release of TimeSys Linux 4.0, and additionally has broken the price/performance barrier for commercial embedded Linux development packages by introducing a full-function embedded Linux SDK for just $79.95."
PYCON 2003: 1st annual Python developers' conference http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0232210
Python Software Foundation writes, No, it's not a snake or the name of a British comedy group. Python is one of the most useful, compelling and intelligently designed programming platforms to have emerged into the computer industry mainstream in recent years. It is rapidly gaining wide acceptance and being deployed in major IT shops around the world.
Testing Lotus iNotes on Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0227218
Anonymous Reader writes "Last month IBM announced the availability of iNotes on Linux, which lets you easily access your Notes mail, calendar, contacts, To Do list, and notebook directly from your Linux brrowser. This iNotes Demo shows you how it looks, feels, and works. You get an iNotes email ID for 7 days to test iNotes on Linux, but you can get longer access if you want."
Development Progress Motivates Little Blue Box Group http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/14/0226243
Chicago IL, February 12th, 2003 Today, the makers of the revolutionary Little Blue Box (the LBB), network email appliance announced an expanded reseller opportunity for traditional VAR resellers and OEMs of business class servers.
IBM Taps Trolltech For Linux-Based Mobile Devices http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/202253
Norwegian software maker's suite will serve as an alternative to competing technology from Palm and Microsoft.
Mitnick banned from security group
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/1337213
On January 23rd he received a congratulatory e-mail, welcoming him into the association, and giving him a password to the members-only section of the ISSA site. It didn't last long. Mitnick's password was quickly revoked, and a few days later he received a letter in certified mail from the ISSA's headquarters informing him that news of his acceptance was greatly exaggerated.
Intel Launches Cell Phone Chip
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/1335227
'Wireless Internet on a chip' handset processors promise lighter, smarter phones with long battery life.
FBI warns 'patriot hackers'
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/13/1335207
Real patriots don't hack. Uncle Sam says only he can do that. The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center warned Wednesday that growing tensions between the United States and Iraq could lead to an increase in global computer hacking activities on both sides.
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