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[osdn starter] June 25, 2003
Date: Wed Jun 25 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Telstra Denies Selling BigPond Customers' Data
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/0337255
[0]Red Wolf writes "The Age reports that allegations that Telstra sells
email addresses of BigPond customers have been [1]denied by the telco.
Melbourne-based IT worker Mark Edwards had doubts in this direction
when he began receiving unusually large amounts of spam at his bigpond
email address. Edwards grew suspicious because some of the spam being
issued to him was also addressed only to a number of users within the
bigpond.com domain, indicating that the unsolicited mass emailings were
being sent to lists of BigPond users."
Links
0. http://redwolf.com.au/column/
Collapsible LCD Screens
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/0250217
[0]Schart writes "I can't seem to find any pictures of exactly what
they mean by 'collapsible LCD,' but [1]NEC today [2]announced a new
line of low(ish) priced LCD screens that 'fold up for easy
portability.'" Anyone out there who can supply visual documentation?
Links
0. mailto:psiphi@mac.com
1.
http://www.necmitsubishi.com/
2.
http://www.necmitsubishi.com/newsNew/index.cfm?url=http://www.necmitsubishi.com/newsNew/PressDEtail.cfm?document_id=786KaZaA Wants to Be An Official Content Distributor http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/008200
[0]scubacuda writes "[1]Detroit News: [2]Nikki Hemming, CEO of
[3]KaZaA, says KaZaA wants to be the official online distributor for
the entertainment industry. 'Realize that this technology is
inexorable, and come to the table,' says Hemming to our friends Hilary
Rosen and Jack Valenti."
Links
0.
http://`moc.emani' `ta' `aducabucs'
1.
http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0306/20/technology-197745.htm
2.
http://www.business2.com/webguide/0,1660,71314,00.html
3.
http://www.kazaa.com/
MandrakeClustering Shows Off At ISC2003
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2314234
[0]joestar writes "Just released today at [1]ISC2003, Germany, is
"[2]MandrakeClustering", a high-performance computing Linux
distribution/solution, which sounds interesting, at least in the PR:
Pentium support with optimizations made with the Intel compiler, 64-bit
Opteron support (with in this case, up to 16 GB of RAM for each
cluster's node!), parallelized URPMI (Mandrake's apt-get) and other
dedicated tools. This product is based on a one-year research project
"CLIC" involving MandrakeSoft and partners. A good snapshot of the
product running a 3D real-time demo is [3]available here. The
interesting point now: MandrakeClustering's goal is to provide a system
which is easy to deploy, easy to administer and use. Well... Mum would
certainly love to play Quake with this toy."
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/
1.
http://www.isc2003.org/
2.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/briefs?n=/mandrakesoft/news/2424
3.
http://clic.mandrakesoft.com/demo-en.html
Apple Hardware VP Defends Benchmarks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2154256
Greg Joswiak, vice president of hardware product marketing at Apple, in
a phone interview today, defended Apple's [0]performance claims for its
upcoming Power Mac G5, after they [1]came under fire in the wake of
[2]yesterday's announcement. Read on for the details.
Links
0.
http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/
1.
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/1232237&tid=181
2.
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/198247&tid=174
More Cheap Linux PCs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2029224
[0]prostoalex writes "The low-cost Linux PC market so far dominated by
Lindows [1]got a new entrant. According to News.com, Linare plans to
sell a [2]$199 no-monitor model with 1GHz VIA CPU, 128MB RAM, 20GB HDD,
KDE, OpenOffice. An extra $50 would get the user upgraded to a 2GHz
Athlon. Company is located in beautiful Bellevue, WA, which, as
News.com noted, is quite close to another Seattle suburb - Redmond,
WA."
Links
0.
http://www.moskalyuk.com/deals/
1.
http://news.com.com/2100-1042_3-1020137.html
2.
http://www.linare.com/product.htm
Labelling RFID Products
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2012250
[0]John3 writes "Following [1]Wal-Mart's recent announcement that they
plan to push RFID in their stores, [2]CASPIAN (Consumers Against
Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering) has [3]posted proposed
legislation that would require a product to be labeled if it contained
an RFID tag. Beyond the label requirement, the proposed legislation
also sets up some strict restrictions on the use of RFID data. Even
though RFID is not in widespread use, it's probably best to start
working on these types of protections before the products are on the
shelves."
Links
0.
http://`moc.sllenroc' `ta' `3nhoj'
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/06/188239&tid=158
2.
http://www.nocards.org/
3.
http://www.nocards.org/rfid/rfidbill.shtml
Internet Emulator
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/192254
[0]John3 writes "[1]InternetNewsM is reporting that [2]PlanetLab is
getting closer to reality. According to [3]this article, a consortium
of universities (including Princeton) is launching a test-bed platform
based on Red Hat Linux. This project is different than [4]Internet2 or
some of the other "alternate Internet" networks being developed, and
seems to offer the most benefit to distributed computing projects
rather than generic WAN/Internet communications."
Links
0.
http://`moc.sllenroc' `ta' `3nhoj'
1.
http://www.internetnews.com/
2.
http://www.planet-lab.org/
3.
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/2226461
4.
http://www.internet2.org/
Microsoft Steps Up Anti-Spam Efforts
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/192209
An anonymous reader writes "Bill Gates announces new focus at Microsoft
to abolish spam. Read the announcement titled [0]Toward a Spam-Free
Future."
Links
0. http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2003/06-24antispam-print.asp
Mom Meets Linux - A Lindows 4.0 Review
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/175252
[0]JimLynch writes "We just put up the first review of Lindows 4.0,
with a twist. I actually gave it to my Mom to see if she could use it.
Find out if Lindows 4.0 [1]passed the "Mom Test.""
Links
0. mailto:jim_lynch@ziffdavis.com
Linux.com
Airlines starting to fly with Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/20/0132241
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - A few airline IT managers may be virulently anti-Linux, but others are considering Linux as their next-generation operating system. On June 14, at the world-leading Paris Air Show, multinational aviation software systems vendor Copernio debuted its first major Linux product. And Copernio CEO Peter Berghammer says, "I think two years from now, we might just be doing Linux releases, not Windows."
The Penguin on the Desktop
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1611218
Eddy Macnaghten writes "It looks like a Linux-based solution for the PC market is becoming reality. Leading global PC providers are now offering a Linux option for price sensitive markets such as India and Thailand."
New Linux appliance announced
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/168223
bobfcsoft writes Kitchener, Canada - 03 June 23. IO Anywhere Inc. (http://www.io-anywhere.ca) announces the release of its first generation product.
Win a copy of 'Red Hat Linux 9 for Dummies' http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/150253
Linux Guru Jon 'maddog' Hall will be signing copies of his latest work
- Red Hat Linux 9 for Dummies - at the LinuxUser & Developer Expo - The Linux Zone - at Networks for Business this week. Yup, from 1.00 to 1.30 on 24 and 25 June, the man himself will be gracing stand 200, pen in hand, ready to do the business.
Linux and Microsoft (Yet Again)
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1458213
I looked through a whole series of presentations from a Microsoft EMEA briefing on Linux. Little chance of discovering positive Linux perspectives in it, but it was interesting in many ways. Microsoft is claiming a better TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) for Windows than Linux (on the server), based on several studies. It reminded me of the TCO figures I used to see for IBM mainframe (3270 dumb terminals) against PCs. From what I remember, the ...
IBM India appoints Benz Infotech as Linux partner http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1455202
IBM India has appointed Benz Infotech as its Linux services and solution partner, whereby the latter would help the information technology major to deliver end-to-end Linux solutions to customers in India.
Linux-based STB boasts 1st DVD-quality video over Wi-Fi http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1444222
PRISMIQ announced the release of 802.11a/g Wi-Fi support for its Linux-based set-top "entertainment gateway". According to PRISMIQ, the 54 Mbps bandwidth available with 802.11g allows users of its "MediaPlayer" to stream high quality video files from the PC to the TV, and turns the MediaPlayer into "the first consumer set-top box to enable DVD-quality video over 802.11g wireless."
Linux untapped gold mine, Corel shareholders say http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1425255
NZheretic writes "Ottawa Business Journal: Corel Corp. stands to miss an enormous Linux market opportunity if it submits to Vector Capital's $97.6-million takeover, shareholders of the Ottawa company say. Last week, a group of shareholders launched a fight to kill the takeover deal, saying it severely undervalues the software maker. David Lutzke, a Wisconsin resident and Corel shareholder for the past five years, launched CorelRescue.com to ...
Open source workflow and business process manageme http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1421252
vinsci writes "There are no less than seven open source workflow and business process management systems. This article by Tom Baeyens gives a compact overview of the projects, standards and commercial tools on business process management and workflow. A lot of companies are not even aware of the fact that there are open source alternatives for business process management. This article intends to give those organisations a start in selecting the ...
Friends don't let friends use Outlook
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/1552233
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I'm sure Outlook and Outlook Express have many fine features, but they also have many fine vulnerabilities. Even though I run Linux and can't get infected by the many email worms and viruses sent to me every day by unwary Outlook users, they suck up a lot of bandwidth, which is especially annoying when I'm using a phone modem in a hotel room instead of my home/office DSL connection. So please, let's get together and ...
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