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[osdn starter] April 04, 2003
Date: Fri Apr 04 2003 - 04:00:55 EST
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Do Privacy Fears Allow Terrorism?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0526238
carbon3C writes "[0]Privacy advocates are luddites, says Heather MacDonald, a lawyer at the Manhattan Institute. She says we should shut up and let the government do what it wants. Our government only wants to protect us, and would never misuse technology. How do we send a clear message that non-luddites (conservative and liberal) are concerned about privacy precisely because we do know so much about technology?" Leaving your front door wide open is a great idea, until someone you don't know walks through it. Links
0. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,58332,00.html
Interview with Jay Michaelson of Wasabi Systems http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0425235
Gentu writes "The main commercial company behind NetBSD is [0]Wasabi
Systems. The company has contributed advances and big chunks of code to
the open source project, while they do offer a boxed release of NetBSD.
However, their main business for the company is the embedded market and
NetBSD is marketed as an embedded OS. [1]OSNews talked to the Vice
President of Wasabi Systems, Jay Michaelson. Linux in the embedded
market is also discussed."
Links
0. http://www.wasabisystems.com/
Complex Language Support for PDA's?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0240213
Jasin Natael asks: "What PDA's/Smartphones, etc. support complex languages in addition to more 'standard' languages? I'm a student of Japanese and am looking for a new PDA or smartphone that operates in English, but supports complex character sets. Input is a plus, but it's really needed for Contacts, Notes, Websites, and incoming E-Mail at a minimum. Would it be easy to add support to a Linux PDA (Zaurus) or Pocket PC for this? What about right-to-left languages, like Hebrew and Arabic?"
Pendulum Clock with Atomic Precision
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0137210
[0]u19925 writes "Now you can get [1]atomic clock precision out of your
grandma pendulum clocks. Here is how it works: There is a camcorder
fitted inside the clock which monitors the pendulum swing. It has an
atomic clock signal receiver. It compares the pendulum swings with the
atomic signal hearbeat. The camcorder also has an arm. If the pendulum
clock drifts, then it uses its arm to push or pull the pendulum to make
correction." It's not an April Fool's joke, but it is rather
impractical.
Links
0. mailto:u19925@netscape.net
Information Patents in the US and Europe http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/0112214
Over_and_Done writes "[0]First Monday has an article up discussing the
[1]differences in information process patents between the US and
Europe. The author mentions that the United States reform is too
focused on process reform, arguing that they should be instead focusing
on what is and is not patentable (i.e. Business Method patents). He
also states that Europe is choosing to instead follow a different
track, and make the process a little more restrictive, resulting in a
rift between the US and Europe. The article raises a lot of interesting
facts that I was not aware of, including the incident where the US
threatened to walk out of the [2]WIPO [3]meeting because the proposed
treaty did not 'mandate patents for all fields of activity.' The
author, although critical of the policies on both sides of the pond
states that the rift is in some ways healthy, as it encourages an open
debate and requires people to look at the patent issue from many
different angles."
Links
0.
http://www.firstmonday.dk/
1.
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue8_3/kahin/index.html
2.
http://www.wipo.org/
3.
http://www.wipo.org/scp/en/documents/session_7/index.htm
The Googlewashing Of Our Language
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2327239
[0]KIondike writes "[1]The Register talks about how a term ("Second
Superpower") coined by the anti-war culture suddenly got radically
neutered and altered by [2]a weblog that a lot of people link to.
Searching for the term on Google now brings up his blog and other
people talking about his blog for the first several entries. Can
Google's power to give information to the people be misused and
perverted? This only took 42 days." First the widespread usage of
"googling" to mean web searching, and now this.
Links
0. mailto:klondike@wpi.edu
1.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30087.html
2.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/jmoore/secondsuperpower.htmlRIAA Moves Against College-Network Fileswapping http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2312220
[0]pazu13 writes "The [1]RIAA is [2]taking action against college
"Napster networks". It's suing four network operators, two at
[3]Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, one at [4]Princeton University,
and one at [5]Michigan Technological University. Don't know where this
is going, but I'm afraid it might get significantly harder for humble
college students such as myself to sample an artist's music before
going out and buying a disc... my speed across the network is
ridiculously faster than when I try to access outside sources."
Links
0. mailto:pazu13@yahoo.com
1.
http://www.riaa.org/
2.
http://www.riaa.org/PR_story.cfm?id=629
3.
http://www.rpi.edu/
4.
http://www.princeton.edu/
5.
http://www.mtu.edu/
Quantum Computing Programming Language
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/221222
William Walker writes "The Economist has an article in its new issue
describing attempts to write [0]a programming language for quantum
computers, if and when they appear. It does a good job of putting the
challenges of qubits versus regular bits into layman's terms. ... The
[1]original paper is here."
Links
0. http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1682086
Open Source DRM
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2059223
Clyde writes "The different worlds of DRM and Open Source have come
together under [0]OGG-S, a project that just recently went to beta with
their Open Source DRM toolkit. The project license in GPL and uses
[1]OpenSSL for its encryption engine. It will be interesting to see if
this project helps to spread the acceptance of Ogg Vorbis."
Links
0. http://oggs.sourceforge.net/
Gameboy Advance Clone Superemulator
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1530224
[0]Aluminum Tuesday writes "During a raging internal debate over
whether to fork out for the new [1]Gameboy Advance SP, I came across
the Korean [2]GP32, a handheld console that looks superior to the GBA
in every way. It's capable of [3]emulating the GBA, Super Nintendo,
Commodore 64, etc. plus there's a [4]SCUMMVM engine for [5]Monkey
[6]Island games and a [7]Java VM. Seems to have a [8]huge online
[9]following. It runs its own OS, and there are programs capable of
playing divx/mp3 files, though there's also a [10]Linux port on the
way. Not too [11]expensive either. (99UKP / 149USD) That's a UK
supplier; they ship worldwide, though I found this more expensive
[12]American supplier too. (179USD)" Gotta catch 'em all!
Links
0. mailto:platinum@softhome.net
1.
http://www.nintendo.com/systems/gba/system.jsp
2.
http://english.gamepark.com/
3.
http://www.gp32x.com/gp32download.php?do_what=selectcat&cat=2
4.
http://people.inf.elte.hu/ph0x/gpscumm/
5.
http://www.scummbar.com/
6.
http://www.milegend.com/
7.
http://people.inf.elte.hu/ph0x/projects/index.html
8.
http://www.gp32x.com/
9.
http://www.gp32news.com/
10. sourceforge.net/projects/gp32linux
11.
http://www.cdworld.co.uk/mmcd/gbcd/#gp32
12.
http://www.upstategames.com/ug_gp32.phtml
Linux.com
Recent security flaws highlight need for vigilance
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/1655255
- Lee Schlesinger - Open source security is looking a lot like Microsoft lately. Last week we heard about a Linux kernel flaw that could allow non-privileged users to gain root privileges. This week the problem is in Sendmail. According to CERT, "An email message with a specially crafted address could trigger a stack overflow" that "could allow an attacker to gain control of a vulnerable sendmail server." Is it time to re-examine the notion that ...
Book Review: Essential Apache for Web Professional http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2312248
LogError writes "If you ever worked with Apache, you probably know that this little package offers great functions and features. This book provides an insight on the Apache stages, from installation to advanced usage. Read more at Help Net Security."
SideSpace Solutions, Inc. announces the release of OGG-S http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2310216
SideSpace Solutions writes "OGG-S Brings Digital Rights Management to the Open Source World. SAN DIEGO - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - SideSpace Solutions, Inc. announces the release of OGG-S, the first open-source Digital Rights Management toolkit. Licensed under the General Public License (GPL), OGG-S is poised to become the leading cross-platform digital asset management solution.
Major New Mozilla Roadmap
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2258217
Anonymous Reader writes "The Mozilla Development Roadmap has undergone some radical changes. Most notably, they're going to refocus around Phoenix and Thunderbird (Minotaur)."
My Desktop Odyssey Update
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2252246
Anonymous Reader writes "Michael C. Barnes updates his in-depth look at leading desktop operating system options on the market. In this exclusive article at DesktopLinux.com, Barnes addresses reader feedback to his popular first article and evaluates current versions of leading Desktop Linux desktop options including Red Hat, ELX, Debian, LindowsOS, and Xandros and more. Barnes offers practical considerations and discusses what software can best ...
LinuxCertified announces its "Linux Network Services Bootcamp" http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/2249211
Rajesh Goyal writes "LinuxCertified, Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer its next Network Services Bootcamp, on April 12 - 13, 2003 in San Francisco bay area (south bay). This workshop has been designed for network administrators in charge of providing key network services on Linux servers.
Open source Ohioedge CRM Gains Momentum! http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/224259
Anonymous Reader writes "With over 10,000 downloads within the first three months of its release, Ohioedge CRM is on its way to becoming a dominant force in the Web-enabled, J2EE-based open source Enterprise CRM space for the SMB market.
The Wrong Choice: Firms balk, considering Linux too 'bleeding edge' http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1848232
Michael S. Mimoso writes "Some companies don't want to walk on the bleeding edge of a technology. In these true tales from the Linux trenches, two large companies didn't even want to test the edge to see if it was still sharp."
Komplete Lite released
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1628239
InterAKT Online writes "Komplete Lite is a powerful open source Content Management System, best suited for individuals and small companies wishing to enrich their presence on the Web.
Free Linux software will help detect cyber attacks http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1611201
Reactive Network Solutions announced that it will offer the first free software for detecting cyber attacks caused by terrorists and malicious hackers. According to the company, its FloodGuard Alert software can detect a variety of attacks, including distributed denial of service (DDoS), distributed reflective denial of service (DRDoS), Worm propagation, and other flooding attacks that can overwhelm networks and shut down websites. The software ...
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Books: The Book Of Overclocking
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Books: Pattern Recognition
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Computing: IQeye3 Network Camera
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Electronics: FM Transmitter
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Computing: UV-Treated Rounded Cables
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Computing: 4-D Optical Mouse
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