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[osdn starter] June 08, 2003
Date: Sun Jun 08 2003 - 04:00:55 EDT
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UK Councils May Dump Windows For Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/031229
An anonymous reader writes "Local authorities in Newham and Nottingham are expected to migrate more than 10,000 desktop computers from Windows to GNU/Linux. [0] ZDNet has the story. "If this is seen to work in Newham, it has the potential to be a significant project, changing the perceptions of other councils," said Tim Dawes, director of local government technology consultants Nineveh." Links
0. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t272-s2135726,00.html
Spammers Exploiting Hotmail Vulnerability http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/0257203
[0]chip rosenthal writes "Notice more Hotmail spam in your inbox
recently? There is a good reason for that. In March, spammers
discovered a [1]new vulnerability in the Hotmail service that allows
them to script their spam sending. So far I've seen a 2200% increase in
Hotmail spam as a result. We're now at three months and counting, and
the problem only seems to be getting worse."
Links
0. mailto:chip@unicom.com
17" Monitor Case Modding -- The "iMike"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/0245203
greyrax writes "So what does a Canadian cabinet maker who's a closet techie do during those long winter months? You modify a 17" monitor case to house your computer (think iMac). The [0]blow-by-blow descriptions and pictures outline this three-month project. The only question that I'm left with is 'What is that antenna for?'" Links
0. http://members.shaw.ca/northvanmike/page1.html
Cheating Fruit (Slot) Machines
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/08/0051239
[0]ebbdr writes "Ever think that fruit machines cheat you? You would be
right, at least in the UK. This article provides proof that [1]fruit
machine outcomes are predetermined and that the players inputs have
little, if anything to do with it. And it lets you download the
[2]emulators and machine code required to test the hypothesis for
yourself...."
Links
0.
http://barton_ed at hotmail.com
1.
http://www.fairplay-campaign.co.uk/fruit/
2.
http://www.fairplay-campaign.co.uk/fruit/fruit2.htmOracle's Hostile Takeover Bid For PeopleSoft http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/07/239221
[0]rkuris writes "[1]Oracle has launched a [2]5.1 billion dollar cash
hostle takeover bid against [3]Peoplesoft. PeopleSoft's CEO Craig
Conway (a [4]former top executive for Oracle) called Oracle's offer
'[5]atrociously bad behavior from a company with a history of
atrociously bad behavior.' 'Obviously it is a transparent attempt to
disrupt the [1.7 billion dollar friendly] acquisition of [6]J.D.
Edwards by PeopleSoft announced [7]earlier this week.' The week's
events have reopened old wounds between the companies, which have a
[8]history of hostility and name calling."
Links
0. mailto:rk@prefer.net
1.
http://oracle.com/
2.
http://www.business-standard.com/updates/news.asp?story=4211
3.
http://www.peoplesoft.com/
4.
http://www.peoplesoft.com/corp/en/about/overview/leader_profiles.jsp
5.
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-1013893.html?tag=lh
6.
http://jdedwards.com/
7.
http://news.com.com/2100-1021-1011938.html?tag=nl
8.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/6036048.htmMaine Completes Largest To-Scale Solar System Model http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/07/2255238
Neophytus writes "The [0]University of Maine has now almost completed its [1]solar system model, to be unveiled officially on the June 14th at Westfield. The final planet, Uranus, will be set in place on the 13th. At forty miles from Pluto to The Sun and built to a scale of 1:93,000,000, it will be the largest three-dimensional scale model of the Solar System in North America." Links
DoCoMo Will Launch Fuel-Cell Mobile Phones By 2005 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/07/2110231
[0]prostoalex writes "Japan's major telecom provider NTT DoCoMo
[1]plans to use fuel cells for its 3G phones. 'Users of cellphones with
a fuel-cell battery would carry a cigarette lighter-type fuel container
to refuel the battery', says Reuters."
Links
0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/deals
A Solution For Making WiFi Cost Effective http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/07/1840257
[0]rkohutek writes "This whitepaper came out of my employer's desire to
deploy high speed wireless internet to an underserved, mostly rural
area. Although very easy to do on the ground level, I found it to not
be a cake walk when it came to actually making it a viable network case
- in a "normally" deployed wireless network it is very easy to spoof an IP or MAC address and hop on the network and get free bandwidth. This is not acceptable and the acronym WARTA, Wireless Authentication, Routing, Traffic control, Accounting was thought up to cover the things that we needed to do. Read on for how we managed to make it work using Free Software: [1]HTML or [2]PDF." Update: 06/07 20:42 GMT by [3]T: He sends along word of [4]this mirror as well. Links 0. mailto:randal@hpi.net
Quantum Cryptography: 100km Barrier Broken http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/07/1720241
jdfox writes "Toshiba Research Europe have just demonstrated [0]quantum
crypto over 100km fibre links. Sounds like there's still a fair bit of
work to be done before it leaves the lab, but it's amazing that they've
got as far as they have. There's another article about it, though still
not much technical detail, [1]here on the BBC and [2]here on The
Register."
Links
0.
http://optics.org/articles/news/9/6/3/1
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1709322.stm
2.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31077.html
Greplaw Interviews Phil Zimmermann
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/2038214
[0]LawGeek writes "The venerable [1]GrepLaw crew has struck again, this
time with Editor [2]Mikael Pawlo interviewing PGP author and all-around
encryption expert [3]Phil Zimmermann. Pawlo discussed a number of
topics with Zimmerman, including the current state of encryption export
laws, DRM, and activism against erosion of privacy both in the U.S. and
internationally. The [4]interview is here."
Links
0.
http://grep.law.harvard.edu
1.
http://grep.law.harvard.edu/
2.
http://www.algonet.se/~mpawlo/
3.
http://www.philzimmermann.com/
4.
http://grep.law.harvard.edu/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/1441247&mode=nested
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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