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Slashdot
AOL Tests Video Instant Messaging
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/2053200

    An anonymous coward writes "AOL, which only last week asked the FCC to     forget about some of those mandatory restrictions put into place in     order to clear its merger with Time Warner, apparently isn't wasting     any time. In a move that circumvents government-imposed limitations on     "advanced" multimedia services, [0]Instant Messaging Planet is
[1]reporting that AOL has already started beta testing video messaging
    services with "push-to-talk" and "record-and-forward" features." Links

    0. http://www.instantmessagingplanet.com/

1. http://www.instantmessagingplanet.com/public/article.php/2184811

"Case Modding" a Nissan Sentra
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/2045230

[0]Lawrence Person writes "Given all the interest Slashdot has shown in
    casemodding as of late, I thought they might be interested in [1]an     extreme "casemod" of a Nissan Sentra, turning it into a lean, mean race     machine! Emphasis on the lean part..." Links

    0. http://www.io.com/~lawrence/

1. http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=776885

Anachronox Movie Finished
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/2039244

[0]Sim9 writes "Recently, [1]Anachronox: The Movie released its final
    episode. The movie is based on the PC game, and is actually rendered     using the Quake II engine! (Note that the official mirror is usually     full, so also try: [2]Fileplanet, [3]The Archive, [4]AusGamers, and
[5]Fileshack. Enjoy!" Update: 04/12 04:58 GMT by [6]T: You can also
    find BitTorrent files at [7]f.scarywater.net. Links

    0. 
http://sim9 *AT* htmod *DOT* com
    1. 
http://www.machinima.com/displayarticle2.php?article=322
    2. 
http://www.fileplanet.com/section.aspx?s=78596&v=0
    3. 
http://editingarchive.com/viewsection.php?section=Misc&topic=Art
    4. 
http://www.ausgamers.com/files/browsegame/html/6/87
    5. 
http://www.fileshack.com/browse.x?type=4
    6. 
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
    7. 
http://f.scarywater.net/

Braille PDA/Phone
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1920244

    awtbfb writes "ALVA B.V. has released details on their [0]Mobile Phone     Organizer 5500. This combination tri-band GSM phone and Windows CE.net     PDA does not yet include GPRS, but it is supposedly [1]in the works.     Release dates are [2]this summer. It's only been a year since this was     requested in [3]askslashdot."
Links

    0. 
http://www.alvabraille.com/MPO/default.asp
    1. 
http://www.alvabraille.com/MPO/mpo_facts.asp
    2. 
http://www.alvabraille.com/News/News.asp?1047827071
    3. 
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/19/0042246&tid=126

Wired on Hollywood's Elite Message Boards http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1825223

[0]superflippy writes "[1] Wired journalist Ben Mezrich gets [2]the
    scoop on the online forums that film producers and other Hollywood     heavyweights use to "track" the buzz on spec scripts, actors, writers,     etc. "The tracking boards are the herd mentality gone digital," says     one tracker. This helps explain how dreck like Kangaroo Jack makes it     to theaters."
Links

    0. 
http://www.superflippy.net
    1. 
http://www.wired.com/
    2. 
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.05/hollywood.html

Tiny RC Tanks That Fight
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1812213

[0]Daniel Rutter writes "I've just [1]reviewed a couple of Konami's
[2]Combat DigiQs - tiny little remote controlled tanks that can shoot
    each other. You can stage a two-, three- or four-tank battle, every     tank for himself or in teams of two, on a coffee table. They rock." Links

    0. mailto:dan@dansdata.com
    1. 
http://www.dansdata.com/digiqtanks.htm
    2. 
http://www.micro-ir.com/combat/index.html

Indies Blossoming Despite RIAA
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/188205

    Shadow Wrought writes "We have all read the numerous [0]RIAA articles     on Slashdot, not to mention scores of other [1]articles that discuss     the industry's purported demise. An article at the Christian Science     Monitor calls this assumption into question by pointing to the success     that Indie Labels are [2]beginning to enjoy. An interesting read and     one that provides pretty good support against the RIAA's argument that     a [3]quartet of college students is responsible for their troubles." Links

    0. 
http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=RIAA&op=stories&author=&tid=&section=&sort=1
    1. 
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=RIAA&btnG=Search+News
    2. 
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0411/p13s02-almp.html
    3. 
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58340,00.html

D-Link DVC-1000 Videophone Review
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1738206

    Milton Linkle writes "One of the first [0]H.323 compliant videophones,     that doesn't require a PC, is slowly but surely making it's rounds.
[1]This review provides a very good overview of the product, and even
    includes a few video caps of the device in action. If this product, or     others like it eventually take off, we may get to a point where we no     longer have a need for [2]traditional telephones." Links

    0. 
http://www.dlink.com/products/multimedia/dvc1000/
    1. 
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_hardware_00043.asp
    2. 
http://www.att.com/

Intel's Anti-Overclocking Technology Simplified http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/175242

[0]John Thorensen writes "Found a [1]fantastic article on Intel's
    recent Anti-Overclocking patent at [2]Fastsilicon.com. Worth the read,     as it also explains some of the technical and ethical issues of     overclocking. Good to see that some tech journalists can still write     material understandable by an average person." Links

    0. mailto:jthorensen@cfswebmail.com
    1. 
http://www.fastsilicon.com/showarticle.php?a=22
    2. 
http://www.fastsilicon.com/

World's First Encyclopedia of Future Inventions http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/174228

[0]Deb Hellman writes "WIRED Magazine Writers, [1]Cory Doctorow and Wil
    McCarthy, have joined VC Rick Patch and 2 futurists to judge the
[2]Immortalizer Technologies Project - a project designed to uncover a
    comprehensive list of future inventions. The project is being     spearheaded by a futurist think-tank, the [3]DaVinci Institute. The     goal of the project is to create a compendium of future inventions, a     roadmap of sorts for innovators. They probably won't get it right in     the first edition, but I like how [4]Tom Frey is thinking on this one.     People can submit their ideas and have a future invention named after     themselves. Deadline for submissions is April 30th." Links

    0. mailto:deb@accountworx.com
    1. 
http://www.immortalizertechnologies.com/immortalizer-technology-judges.php
    2. 
http://www.immortalizertechnologies.com/immortalizer-technologies-project.php
    3. 
http://www.davinciinstitute.com/
    4. 
http://www.davinciinstitute.com/about.php

Linux.com

   Swedish institute goes Itanium
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0436205

     Hewlett-Packard has sold 90 dual-processor Itanium 2 machines to the     Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden's largest engineering school, for     use in a wide variety of intense calculation tasks.

Advanced Memory Allocation
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0458229

    Call some useful fuctions of the GNU C library to save precious memory     and to find nasty bugs.

Lights, camera, and lots of action
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/042238

     Apple this week announced new versions of its professional film, video     and DVD editing applications.

Harness the power of XML with Eclipse
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/12/0222240

    Anonymous Reader writes "This article gives you an overview of how the     Eclipse Platform supports XML (Extensible Markup Language) development.     Eclipse does not support XML code editing right out of the box.     However, because Eclipse is a platform-independent framework for     building developer tools, you can add support for new languages     relatively easily."

Book review: Hacker's Challenge 2
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/234227

    LogError writes "There is a number of ways to write a security related     book, and from my perspective the authors did a great job. By combining     both the technical security issues with nifty situation descriptions,     they created a book so interesting, that you won't be able to put it     down."

Sun Steps Up Linux (Lightly)
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1638254

     Major enterprise software players, such as Oracle, IBM, BEA and Sun     Microsystems, duke it out in the application server sector.

Upgrading your Linux system
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1559232

     New releases of Linux come out periodically, driven by healthy     competition between the major Linux distribution vendors as well as the     "release early, release often" philosophy that guides most Open Source     projects. For example, the latest Mandrake 9.1 has just been released     recently, followed shortly by the new Red Hat 9 appearing this week.

   Itanium gets revamped Linux supercomputer software http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1551250

     A new version of the NPACI Rocks software will make it easier for     users to add Itanium systems into clusters that use the other chips.

Open Source Alternative: NetBSD
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1543250

     NetBSD's main claim to fame, so to speak, is its portability. Although     ports of Linux are available for several platforms, NetBSD blows the     penguin's doors off when it comes to platform support.

MySQL battles the big guys
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1528259

    MySQL kicked off its first-ever users conference by releasing the     source code of its upcoming MySQL 5.0 product and touting its     reputation as the little database company that could.

Thinkgeek
Clearance: Shirt Grab Bag
http://www.thinkgeek.com/clearance/5eab/

Gadgets: Powerball Gyroscope
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5ea1/

Gadgets: 3D Green Laser Show
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5e80/

Electronics: Casio Exilim EX-M2 Digital Camera http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/5e6f/

Electronics: Panasonic DVD Player - DVDS35 http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/video/5eaf/

Tshirts: Mostly IP Creeper & Toddler Tee http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/kids/5e09/

Interests: Megatokyo Endgames - Pirogoeth Poster http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/5e98/

Books: The Matrix & Philosophy: Welcome To The Desert Of The Real http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5d52/

Books: The Book Of Overclocking
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5d46/

Books: Pattern Recognition
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/scifi/5d4a/

Computing: Zalman CNPS7000-Cu CPU Cooler http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e55/

Computing: Multi-Fan Speed Controller
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e51/

Computing: Zalman Silent 400W Power Supply http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e4c/

Computing: Half Keyboard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/5e2b/

Computing: Zalman VGA Heatsink w/ HeatPipe http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e5e/

Cube Goodies: Portable Mini Fridge
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d57/

Gadgets: LightWedge Reading Light
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5cf2/

Gadgets: Binary Code Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5cf3/

Books: High Score! The Illustrated History Of Electronic Games http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5e26/

Computing: LED Light Sticks
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e66/

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