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[osdn starter] June 07, 2003
Date: Sat Jun 07 2003 - 04:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Group Releases Anti-Disclosure Plan
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/2041229
[0]dki writes "SecurityFocus [1]reports that the Organization for
Internet Safety (OIS), a group of 11 of the largest software and
security companies, has released a [2]public draft of a proposed bug
disclosure standard. The document outlines a process for reporting and
disclosing bugs that aims to eliminate releasing exploits to the
general public. Not surprisingly, the OIS was founded out of a
[3]Microsoft-hosted security conference. Comments on the draft will be
accepted until July 4th; the final copy will be released at the Black
Hat Conference in Las Vegas."
Links
0.
http://www.dawnandgreg.com
1.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/5458
2.
http://www.oisafety.org/process.html
3.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/281
Walmart to Push RFID
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/188239
bravehamster writes "According to this article over at [0]MSNBC,
Walmart is going to [1]push its suppliers to start using RFID to track
inventory by 2005. The article goes on to mention how it was Walmart
who helped jumpstart widespread adoption of barcodes. The report also
points out some of the barriers in the way of RFID acceptance, but
never once mentions consumer privacy concerns. Guess that kind of stuff
just isn't important anymore."
Links
Build Your Own Computer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1719219
[0]fixit! writes "[1]This guy built his own CPU and VGA card. The site
is in German. Here is the [2]Babelfish translation of the site."
Links
0.
http://www.bookfix.com
1.
http://kuschel.citybug.de/mycpu-g.htm
2.
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr?url=http%3A//kuschel.citybug.de/mycpu-g.htm&lp=de_en
Edison to Hillary Rosen - Parts 3, 4 and 5 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/171217
An anonymous reader writes "MP3newswire.net has the follow up to [0]the
first two chapters of its series "Thomas Edison, Intellectual Property
and the Recording Industry". These articles show that the controllers
of the media bullied folk back then as they do now - and it didn't
work. The last installments of the 5 part series include; Chapter 3 --
[1]The Industry Evolves, Chapter 4 -- [2]Copyright and the Grand
Illusion, and closes with Chapter 5 -- [3]Bringing the Past Into the
Present"
Links
0.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/01/1717224&tid=141
1.
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/monopoly3.html
2.
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/monopoly4.html
3.
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/monopoly5.html
Cell Phone Number Portability Ruling
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1659207
[0]Ken@WearableTech writes "Checking the Court's Opinion site every day
has paid off. Verizon's action on the FCC's number portability ruling
was [1]dismissed by the D.C. Court of Appeals. The court found that
Verizon had waited far too long to bring the challenge and it also
sided with the FCC's interpretation of the Law rather than Verizon.
Barring any other action we may see number portability this year.
[2]Unfortunately, Verizon is already lobbying to have the law changed.
But it was also nice to see Cingular was on the FCC's side of the
case."
Links
0. http://[ken] [at] [wearabletech.com]
1.
http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/docs/common/opinions/200306/02-1264a.pdf
2.
http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0306/05/technology-183948.htm
Massive Unreal 2K3 Mod Contest Launched
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/164210
[0]code-e255 writes "[1]Epic Games, the developers of [2]Unreal
Tournament 2003, and nVidia have announced a [3]huge UT2K3 modification
contest called 'Make Something Unreal'. This competition will reward
the truly great modders out there, and will hopefully encourage more
people to mod for UT2K3." Word is that "..entries can be made in 13
categories, including 'Best Mod,' 'Best Character,' 'Best Use of 3D
Sound,' 'Best Real-Time Non-Interactive Movie (also known as
Machinima),' and more", and prizes include over $1,000,000 in total,
with first prize $50,000 and a $350,000-value commercial [4]Unreal
Engine license.
Links
0.
http://www.code-e.net
1.
http://www.epicgames.com/
2.
http://www.unrealtournament2003.com/
3.
http://www.makesomethingunreal.com/
4.
http://www.epicgames.com/UnrealEngineNews.htmlOutstanding Objects (Developed Dirt Cheap) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1628211
[0]Mark Leighton Fisher writes "Some readers might be interested in [1]
Outstanding Objects (Developed Dirt Cheap); or "Why Don't Developers
Search the Literature?" It seems like I still see a lot of wheel
reinvention going on, even with the wealth of code and information now
available on the Net."
Links
0. mailto:mark-fisher@mindspring.com
Putting the TV Broadcast Spectrum to Better Use? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/05/0312229
KoshClassic asks: "Recently, on the [0]NPR show [1]All Things Considered, an interview was broadcast with Thomas Hazlett, formerly the chief economist of the [2]FCC. Although short on details, Mr. Hazlett raises the point that, with the high penetration rate of cable / satellite TV into American homes, broadcasting television over the air has (or soon will) become superfulous and that this portion of the radio spectrum could be better utilized for other purposes. What do Slashdot readers think of this idea and, for those who agree, what alternative uses of the broadcast spectrum would you like to see?" Links
0.
http://www.npr.org/
1.
http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/index.html
2.
http://www.fcc.gov/
iTunes Indie Meeting Notes
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1548241
[0]BWJones writes "The [1]CD baby! site contains notes taken from the
indie music meeting recently held at Apple. Interesting statistics
revealed were that there are about 500k songs/week being downloaded
from the iTunes Music store and that 45% of songs are being purchased
as albums. Other interesting items of note are that Apple is treating
everyone as equvalents in that all labels receive equal treatment with
the same deal, the same agreements and you work with the same team of
people. What's more is that Apple cuts a check EVERY MONTH which is
huge for the smaller labels." Wired has another story about iTunes
which notes that [2]what Jobs taketh away, the community is bringing
back.
Links
0.
http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~marclab/
1.
http://cdbaby.net/itunes
2.
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,59127,00.html
Virtual Machines for Security
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/156230
[0]k-hell writes "Researchers from the University of Michigan are
[1]using virtual machines to 'to provide security in an
operating-system-independent manner.' They have designed and
implemented a replay service for virtual machines called [2]ReVirt,
which 'logs enough information to replay a long-term execution of a
virtual machine instruction-by-instruction.' A system called
BackTracker 'automatically identifies potential sequences of steps that
occurred in an intrusion,' and they provide a nice [3]example of
BackTracker's output for an attack against a machine that they set up
as a honeypot, where an attacker gained access through httpd. Here's
the [4]source code."
Links
0.
http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~kjetihel
1.
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/CoVirt/
2.
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/CoVirt/papers/revirt.pdf
3.
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/CoVirt/openssl-too.gif
4.
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/CoVirt/umlinux.html
Linux.com
"Free Piracy" vs. Free/Open Source Software
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/2217248
- by Flávio Codeço Coelho Every once in a while, articles get published talking about Microsoft's double standards on software piracy, particularly in developing countries. This is a well known fact, and generally get two types of interpretations: One is that Microsoft is a liar when it says illegal sharing of software "hurts everyone" while it seems to use this very idea as its main strategy for market dominance in poor countries. The ...
Sun leads Linux + UNIX server market in revenue and market share http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/160221
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that the company regained its position as the worldwide leader in Linux+UNIX server revenue and unit shipments in the first quarter of CY2003, according to the 1Q03 Worldwide Server Database by Gartner Dataquest released today.
Red Hat Linux TTY Layer Kernel Panic Denial Of Service Vulnerability http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1622204
A vulnerability has been reported in the TTY layer that may result in a kernel panic. The precise technical details of this vulnerability are currently unknown. This BID will be updated as further information is available.
Ellison: Linux will wipe Microsoft out of data center http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1614235
At a gathering here Tuesday of current and potential Oracle Corp. ISV (independent software vendor) partners, Oracle Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison extolled the virtues of Linux and predicted that the open-source operating system will soon decimate Microsoft Corp. in the battle for the data center market.
The underground OS is maturing. Does it measure up? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1619206
Businesses are asking tougher questions as they consider deploying Linux to handle more critical tasks. A shortage of enterprise apps still hurts.
Ballmer memo sends Linux stocks soaring http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1552241
Shares of Red Hat Inc., the world's biggest distributor of the free Linux operating system, and VA Software Corp. rose yesterday a day after Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Linux is a "significant challenge" to his company.
UK councils dump Windows for Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1444237
Local authorities in Newham and Nottingham are expected to migrate more than 10,000 desktop computers from Windows to Linux.
SCO slashes Asian operation
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1544201
US software firm SCO has slashed its operations in Taiwan due to weak demand for its products, according to reports.
IBM eyes smaller businesses with database http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1532213
IBM Corp. on Thursday announced general availability of DB2 UDB (Universal Database) Express, a database intended for smaller-size businesses and departments.
Intel: Linux 32-chip server rivals Windows http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1521233
Intel has found that a 32-processor Itanium server running Linux is rivaling Windows and Unix servers in database performance, a major accomplishment for the comparatively young operating system.
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