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[osdn starter] June 27, 2003
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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June 27, 2003 STARTER SERIES
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Slashdot
Ice Detected Underneath Mars' North Pole
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/27/009228
[0]TheSync writes "A Reuters/Yahoo story says University of Arizona and
Russian scientists have [1]detected water ice uniformly distributed in
the soil of Mars' north polar regions. The amount of hydrogen detected
indicates ice of 80% to 90% of soil volume. Data was used from the Mars
Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey." It's worth noting that their study
only detected large amounts of hydrogen; so much hydrogen that ice is
figured to be the only form it could be in, although I kind of like the
idea of Mars' pole covering a huge pocket of hydrogen gas.
Links
0. http://www.thesync.com/tomzone
The Rise of Casual and Mobile Gaming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/27/0056250
[0]HardcoreGamer writes "The [1]New York Times has a lengthy article
about the simple pleasures and [2]growth of casual mobile gaming.
Trends show that 'more and more people are playing simpler, quieter
types of electronic games on the Web, cellphones and hand-helds.' The
growth in lighter, less time- and resource-intensive games (like those
by [3]GameLoft, [4]Jamdat, and [5]WildTangent) is spurred by the
ability to play anytime, anywhere, as much as the rising development
costs and production times for a traditional game. A wireless game can
cost $40,000 and take a few months to develop, while full-fledged PC
and console games can cost $5 million to $10 million and take years to
deliver."
Links
0.
http://127.0.0.1
1.
http://www.nytimes.com/
2.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/26/technology/circuits/26casu.html
3.
http://www.gameloft.com/
4.
http://www.jamdat.com/
5.
http://www.wildtangent.com/
First Review of the Treo 600 Smartphone
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/2346243
[0]jlouderb writes "[1]Handspring debuted the biggest product at last
week's l[2]CeBit show in New York. [3]Lots of news articles were
written about the [4]Treo 600, but I actually got to [3]borrow one of
the few prototypes for a day." Looks like the only real negatives are
that there's no protection for the screen, and no removable battery,
otherwise it's a tight little device. It'll be interesting to see the
release model in action.
Links
0.
http://www.extremetech.com
1.
http://www.handspring.com/
2.
http://www.cebit-america.com/
3.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1137788,00.asp
4.
http://www.handspring.com/treo600/index.jhtml;jsessionid=EMY1WOU5EUBEDQFIAFCCFFGAVAATMIV0
Slashback: Transparency, USB, Europatents http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/2148248
Slashback with a followup on the perpetual motion DeLorean, a word on RIAA bank-account-jacking, a reminder about the fast-tracked vote on software patents in the EU, the real meaning of "high speed USB" and more. Read on below for the details.
Microsoft SPOT Watches
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1541255
Octagon Most writes "PocketPCThoughts has [0]a report from a graphic
designer who worked on wristwatches using Microsoft's [1]SPOT. Tons of
[2]design images here and a soon-to-ship [3]model from Suunto here.
Data plans from [4]MSN Direct will be USD$9.95 per month. This is the
coolest vapor from Microsoft in a long time. It's geeky _and_ stylish!"
Our [5]older story about the watches also notes that since it's a
proprietary service, when the service provider decides to stop
providing it, the device becomes useless.
Links
0.
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=127681
1.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/Jun03/06-04SmartWirelessServicePR.asp
2.
http://old.timezone.com/~rkny/spot2.html
3.
http://suunto.nitrofx.com/n6
4.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/spot/default1.mspx
5.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/09/1240223&tid=126
U.S. DoD Commits To IPv6
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/223241
babaloo writes "According to this article the [0]U.S. Defense Department wants to [1]move it's entire network to IPv6 by the year 2008. Will this be what pushes at least U.S. based companies and providers to actually convert over?" It's definitely a shot in the arm that IPv6 needs. This seemed to be more of a priority back when NAT was much less prevalent, but it seems we'll eventually find ourselves on IPv6, even if we drag our feet there. Links
Microsoft Releases SP4 for Windows 2000
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1913242
Snake_Plisken writes "I checked Windows Update today on a lark and found that Windows 2000 [0]Service Pack 4 has been released." You can read a short CNet article discussing [1]the media player patches as well as one more about [2]the fixes in SP4. Links
0.
http://microsoft.com/windows2000/
1.
http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1021120.html
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-1021295.htmlAppeals Court Sides With Microsoft On Java http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1920240
[0]burgburgburg writes "Reuters [1]reports that the three-member
federal appeals court in Virginia ruled today the U.S. District Judge
J. Frederick Motz erred when he ordered Microsoft to include Java with
the Windows operating system. Fortunately, Dell and HP, the top 2 PC
makers, have already [2]decided to ship Java on the PCs that they sell.
Apple, Red Hat and Lindows have also agreed to include Sun's Java." The
[3]ruling is available.
Links
0. mailto:splisken06@@@email...com
1.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030626/wr_nm/microsoft_appeal_dc_15
2.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/dowjones/20030611/bs_dowjones/200306111459001180
3.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=4th&navby=case&no=031116P
World's Smallest Desktop Pentium4?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1758230
[0]Valour writes "[1]The Jem Report has just published an in-depth
[2]review and [3]installation guide for the new [4]Iwill ZPC, a cool
little Pentium4 ultra small formfactor PC. There have been similar
designs in the past, but nothing with this kind of power."
Links
0. mailto:valour@herotale.com
1.
http://www.thejemreport.com/
2.
http://www.thejemreport.com/reviews/zpc.htm
3.
http://www.thejemreport.com/walkthroughs/zpc.htm
4.
http://www.iwillusa.com/products/ProductDetail.asp?vID=179
Sorting the Spam from the Ham
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1637217
MrClever writes "The Sydney Morning Herald (Aust) is running [0]an article about the merits of Bayesian filtering and a good plain-english description of how it works. Might be handy if you need to explain it to non-technophiles. The main thing that may be useful is a Bayesian spam filter written to drop straight into Outlook 2k/XP [1]available here and written in Python by Mark Hammond." Math buffs might enjoy reading [2]these pages or browsing [3]this writeup and its many links. Links
0.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/23/1056220528960.html
1.
http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/spambayes/
2.
http://www.paulgraham.com/antispam.html
3.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0101454/stories/2002/09/16/spamDetection.html
Linux.com
Selling Linux keeps getting easier
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/212208
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Teresa Spangler started marketing Linux-based products back in 1997 as co-founder of a small startup company in North Carolina. From there she went to Red Hat. Now she's the U.S. general manager for Trustix. Teresa says Linux is an easier corporate "sell" today than ever before, and is likely to be an even easier one in the future.
Battle between Linux and Microsoft
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2048233
US-based computer maker Sun Microsystems and business software giant Oracle Corp on Wednesday announced an alliance intended to break into Microsoft's dominance in India's server market.
Dell details new Linux-on-Itanium 2 server http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1818228
Michael S. Mimoso writes "This week's release of the TOP500 supercomputing list illustrates the breadth to which Linux is present in compute-intensive environments. A Linux cluster built for the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories in the United States ranked No. 3 on the list, for example."
New VariCAD 9.0.1.0 Released
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1819248
Marek Dedecius writes "VariCAD (www.varicad.com)is proud to announce the recent release of its mechanical CAD system - VariCAD 9.0.1.0. The compact CAD package includes many powerful tools for 3D modeling and 2D drafting, libraries of mechanical parts, surface development, calculations of standard mechanical components, tools for working with bills of materials (BOM) and title blocks. It is a compact system featuring all necessary tools that the ...
Mandrake Goes For High Performance Clustering http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1754240
uninet writes "At the International Supercomputer Conference 2003 today, MandrakeSoft announced its latest entry to the company's growing portfolio of middle-to-high end server products. MandrakeClustering is a high performance clustering distribution for IA-32 and AMD64 (Opteron) architectures. IA-64 support should come in September, the company reported."
Better Java garbage collection with IBM's JDK 1.4. http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1743250
Anonymous Reader writes "This article discusses incremental compaction, a new feature in the memory management component of IBM JDK 1.4.0. Incremental compaction is a way of spreading compaction work across different garbage collection cycles, thereby reducing pause times. The authors discuss the need for incremental compaction, the compaction phases at a high level, and some runtime parameters. They also explain how to interpret changes in the ...
UnitedLinux Launches "UnitedLinux Ready" Partner Program for Independent http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1659249
WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- June 25, 2003 - UnitedLinux, the industry consortium comprised of Conectiva, The SCO Group (NASDAQ:SCOX), SuSE Linux and Turbolinux, today introduced the UnitedLinux Ready Partner program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). This program allows ISVs to self-test and certify their products on UnitedLinux. Upon the completion of certification, ISVs will be designated "UnitedLinux Ready" partners, easily identified by end ...
SGI Linux Cluster Scores Well on Benchmarks http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1648207
The SGI Altix 3000 server, running 64-bit Linux on Intel Itanium 2 processors, has scored very well on a number of industry standard performance benchmarks.
Sun signs up for Red Hat Enterprise Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1541215
Sun has entered into a global agreement with Red Hat to distribute the x86 versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
In Search of the Ultimate Linux-Server Programming Language http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1536226
The safe bet in programming languages for Linux servers is, of course, Java. For those whose main concern is the secure transmission of code, it cannot be beat.
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