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[osdn starter] April 22, 2003
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 04:00:55 EDT
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Life As An African Web Developer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0258237
There's an interesting look at the [0]realities of high-tech in Africa running on NewsForge -- specifically, one writer's account of starting a web development company in Ghana, dealing with obstacles including power problems worse than the norm in deepest California. Links
0. http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/14/1518210&mode=nested&tid=3
Howard Schmidt Resigns As Cybersecurity Advisor http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0122228
[0]scubacuda writes "[1]CNN and [2]others report that [3]former
Microsoft chief of security [4]Howard Schmidt has resigned as White
House cybersecurity adviser. 'With the historic creation of the
Department of Homeland Security, the transfer of many of the
responsibilities from the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and
the release of the strategy, I have decided to retire after
approximately 31 years of public service and return to the private
sector,' Schmidt said in his April 21 e-mail."
Links
0.
http://scubacuda AT iname DOT com
1.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/21/cybersecurity.ap/index.html
2.
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=schmidt
3.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/trustedcomputing01/schmidtasp
4.
http://www.infragard-ct.org/bios/howard_schmidt.html
Half Life 2 To Appear At E3
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0118228
[0]MonsieurEvil writes "Valve announced today
(http://www.planethalflife.com) that [1]the long-awaited Half-Life 2
will be appearing at E3, and will be released this year. The NDA for
press is supposed to end on April 28th, and quite a few magazines are
already hyping their scoops. Hopefully all the teen-angst types that
show their superiority through decrying this as vaporware can now
listen to their elders..."
Links
0. http://www.natural-selection.org
Windows Server 2003 Is A Small Step Forward http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/22/0018212
[0]b17bmbr writes "[1]According to eWeek, 'The release of Windows
Server 2003 is a small step forward for the platform -- an effort that
really should be considered Windows 2000 Server Second Edition. With
the exception of Internet Information Services 6.0, there aren't any
far-reaching or fundamental changes in the product.' And from CNet
[2]Microsoft prepares Windows Server ads, 'The ads are geared toward IT
managers on tight budgets.' This is probably Microsoft's last chance to
turn the tide and take mindset and market share from FOSS."
Links
0. http://[moc.ibtta] [ta] [rbmb71b]
1.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1034665,00.asp
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1024-997724.htmlCharlie Northrup's One-Man Patent Grab Continues http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/2315235
FirstEdition writes "Will this never end! [0]Linux Business & Technology writes that Charlie Northrup, the guy in New Jersey whose prior art on what looks to be Web services dates back to 1994 and appears to trump anybody else's IP, has gotten [1]another patent. Of course, he has transferred the IP to a spin off company populated mostly by lawyers. [2]More details here." Links
0.
http://www.sys-con.com/linux/
1.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,546,413.WKU.&OS=PN/6,546,413&RS=PN/6,546,413
2.
http://www.sys-con.com/linux/articlenews.cfm?id=681
Home-Grown TiVo Stories?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/2238215
PolyDwarf writes "I'm in the process of figuring out how I'm going to build a homegrown TiVo machine (i.e. a computer sitting next to or in my home electronics stack). My question for is "What's worked best for you?" Most solutions I've researched are great if you have regular cable. However, satellite systems and digital cable boxes seem to present a special challenge, in that the software on the PC needs to know about an IR connector that is then hooked up to the front of the digital cable/satellite box. Who has done a solution like what I'm researching? What cases/processors/memory/TV Card/IR transceiver/OS/software/etc worked out for you? Did the end result justify the pain and hassle?"
The Case for Rebuilding The Internet From Scratch http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/2145234
dotnothing writes "I just caught a column on a security site advocating for a [0]total start from scratch as far as certain internet protocols like SMTP. It's an interesting idea and there are some ideas on how to conduct the transition... if everyone would agree on something like this it would definitely reduce the spam (among other things)." Links
0. http://security.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,3973,1036052,00.asp?kc=SCZD103039TX1K0100568
FoxPro On Linux, Drama Ensues
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/2045200
[0]bltfast32 writes "I don't know how many people have been following
this, but this is definitely worth keeping an eye on. Whil Hentzen,
prominent FoxPro and Linux advocate, has received some heat lately for
publishing a HOWTO in the March 2003 [1]FoxTalk issue for running
[2]Visual FoxPro 8.0 on Linux with [3]WINE. Of course, the
aforementioned heat, is coming from Redmond. Here is a link to a nice
[4]summary of the interactions by Whil." That summary mentions the
[5]Register article online here. bltfast32 also points to another
[6]article which requires registration.
Links
0. mailto:bitblt@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.pinnaclepublishing.com/FT
2.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/
3.
http://www.winehq.com/
4.
http://www.linuxtransfer.com/h/misc_vfplinuxjackofhearts.htm
5.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/30325.html
6.
http://www.pinnaclepublishing.com/FT/FTmag.nsf/PastIssueIndex
Trusted Debian v1.0 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1913251
[0]Peter Busser writes "The Trusted Debian project releases its first
[1]official release, v1.0. Its main focus is solving most (but unlikely
all) buffer overflow problems. It features PaX, a kernel patch which
does several things. It tries to keep code and data apart, it
randomizes stack, code, heap and shared libraries, it does strict
mprotect() checking and it also protects the kernel. Trusted Debian
also uses the stack protector patch for GCC developed by Hiroaki Etoh
at IBM, which adds overflow checks to C/C++ code. It also features
FreeS/WAN and RSBAC, an extensive access control framework. More
information is available from the [0]website. There is also a
[2]demonstration available for the special capabilities of this
release."
Links
0.
http://www.trusteddebian.org/
1.
http://www.trusteddebian.org/press.html
2.
http://www.trusteddebian.org/demo.html"Super-DMCA" Bills In Tennessee and Arkansas http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/188250
[0]David Turner writes "Tomorrow, Tennessee's Senate Judiciary
Committee is holding a hearing on two nearly identical DMCA-like bills.
These bills threaten personal privacy, anonymity, and security
research. [1]SB 213 and [2]HB457 are similar to state laws [3]
introduced all over the country by the MPAA. Despite [4]amendments, the
bills still threaten digital freedom. [5]Last month, twenty people
showed up at the Massachusetts public hearing, and effectively opposed
the one MPAA lobbyist. If you attend, speak from notes rather than
simply reading a statement (but you may be able to submit written
testimony). Please come to Legislative Plaza in Nashville, rooms 12 and
14 at 3:30pm." And [6]Kraken137 writes "The House and Senate of the
[7]Arkansas state legislature have passed the MPAA's [8]"Super-DMCA"
Bill, and it is now sitting on the Governor's desk awaiting his
signature. It's not too late to convince him to veto this bill!
Arkansas residents are urged to contact the Governor's office to
express their opposition to this violation of rights. The ever-vigilant
[9]EFF has a page where residents can [10]send a fax to Governor
Huckabee's office to let their voices be heard. Remember, paper and
phone calls make more of a difference than emails!"
Links
0. mailto:novalis@fsf.org
1.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/Bills/currentga/Bill/sb0213.pdf
2.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/Bills/currentga/Bill/hb0457.pdf
3.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/education/super-dmcas.php
4.
http://www.digitalspeech.org/superdmca/tn/TNAmendExpl1.pdf
5.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2003/04/02#a106
6.
http://kraken at drunkmonkey dot org
7.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
8.
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/states/
9.
http://www.eff.org/
10.
http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2624
Linux.com
All power big and small
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1855259
The walls of Apple Computer in Cupertino are covered with international awards for excellence in industrial design - the flat-panel iMac, the iPod and, perhaps most impressive of all, the PowerBooks.
New York gets a dose of PHP: PHPCon East Opens Wednesday http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/186231
Monica Ortiz writes "San Francisco, CA Last years successful addition to the PHP conference circuit heads to New York City this week with an expanded program that includes a third day of tutorials and several new and returning PHP gurus. PHPCon East 2003, the first of two regional, PHP-centric shows scheduled in 2003, runs April 23 to 25, 2003 at the Park Central Hotel in New York City, NY.
Interview with the PostgreSQL Team
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1758255
Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews features an interview with some members of the PostgreSQL team regarding the much needed replication feature, their competition to MySQL, their future plans and a "native" Windows/.NET port."
GRID WARS Parallel Programming Challenge Featured at ClusterWorld Conference and Expo http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1611257
Engineered Intelligence Corporation (EI) today announced that the next "GRID WARS(TM) parallel programming challenge, where competing programs written in CxC ("C by C") fight for survival of the fittest in a grid of processors, will be held live at the ClusterWorld Conference and Expo in San Jose, June 23-26.
Novell to offer Linux version
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/160236
NOVELL is to integrate open-source components and industry standards in the next version of its NetWare. Version 7.0 of NetWare is to be built to run on either NetWare or Linux kernels, Novell announced at BrainShare, its annual user conference.
Canon color and wide format printers get Linux support http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1555251
Canon and Codehost today announced the availability of Codehost's BrightQ suite of Linux and Unix-based printing tools for Canon's imageRUNNER line of multi-function devices, CLC Color Laser Copier/Printers, and wide format printers.
Texas Uni adopts big Opteron, Linux combo http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1537228
A report said that Texas A&M University is to build a big 128 dual processing Opteron cluster using SuSE Linux.
Book Review: A History of Modern Computing, Second Edition http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1534253
A History of Modern Computing covers business and scientific computing from about 1945 until the present. Paul Ceruzzi is a historian and curator, and this evident in his writing, which is more like a textbook than a dramatized history, as many books about computing history tend to be.
Open Source Reference Book 2003 requests submissions http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1516201
The Center of Open Source & Government announces that it will publish "The Open Source Reference Book 2003 [What Local/National Governments, the Defense Establishment, and The Global 1000 Need To Know About Open Source Software]." According to the organization, this is an Open Source resource book targeting the 20,000 IT power users around the world.
Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.5.68
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/21/1512245
Tons of changes all over the map. The diff is large, partly because the s390x support got merged into the s390 port as a 64-bit subset, and the old s390x architecture files thus became irrelevant. And a merge with Alan gave us a another architecture instead - h8300.
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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
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Computing: Multi-Fan Speed Controller
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Computing: Zalman Silent 400W Power Supply http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/casemods/5e4c/
Computing: Half Keyboard
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Cube Goodies: Portable Mini Fridge
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Gadgets: LightWedge Reading Light
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