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[osdn starter] July 03, 2003
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Digital Shoplifting From Bookstores?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/232259
[0]ipandithurts writes "According to a report from Tokyo via IOL,
Japanese publishers [1]have launched a campaign to stop 'digital
shoplifters.' These 'digital shoplifters' are using cellphones to
photograph magazine pages in bookstores, rather than buying them.
'Digital shoplifting is becoming a big problem as camera-equipped
mobile handsets are spreading fast and their quality is improving
greatly,' said Kenji Takahashi, an official at the Japan Magazine
Publishers Association. Will entry into a bookstore soon include a
'cell-phone patdown?'"
Links
0. mailto:patentdude@hotmail.com
Telemarketers Plan Counterattack
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/03/0038234
Chris Hoofnagle writes "CNN reports that companies who heavily use
telemarketing are [0]planning to counterattack consumers with a barrage
of spam and junk mail in October, when the new [1]do-not-call registry
goes into effect. Slashdotters should be aware that, as well as
[2]anti-spam email software, there are tools to avoid junk snail-mail,
such as Junkbusters' free [3]Declare, Private Citizen's [4]excellent
service and the Postal Service's Prohibitory Order service, which is
described at [5]the EPIC privacy page."
Links
0.
http://money.cnn.com/2003/07/02/news/companies/telemarketers/
1.
http://donotcall.gov/
2.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/09/1942207&tid=111
3.
http://www.junkbusters.com/declare.html
4.
http://www.private-citizen.com/
5.
http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling
Are You Using 802.1X?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/2330259
WirelessMan asks "I work for a certain university in the US, and our IT
department has just deployed IEEE 802.1x authentication for our
wireless network. One of the benefits is that all users' sessions are
encrypted using tumbling WEP keys. One of the (major) drawbacks is the
'newness' of 1x. As far as I can tell (Google, etc) there aren't a
whole lot of places out there who have taken the plunge. [0]Google it,
or check out [1]this brief description. Does the Slashdot community
have any experience with 1x?"
Links
0. http://www.google.com/search?q=802.1x
Scott McCloud Tries Webcomic Micropayment http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/2235226
[0]jaime g. wong writes "[1]Scott McCloud's latest comic, 'The Right
Number', is finally [2]available online... for just 25 cents! McCloud
[3]has discussed the concept of micropayment for online comics before;
let's all hope this idea, using [4]BitPass technology, will succeed."
There's more info via a [5]a Comic Book Resources article, and Tycho
over at [6]Penny Arcade also has opinions on the micropayment route:
"..if you have enough readers who care about your work to go through
all that rigmarole, you could succeed with any business model... I see
it as a model for compensation, lined up with the other models for
compensation, like at the police station."
Links
0.
http://people.paperclip.com.pe/jaguar/
1.
http://www.scottmccloud.com/
2.
http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/trn/intro.html
3.
http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/icst/icst-5/icst-5.html
4.
http://www.bitpass.com/learn/
5.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2421
6.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/
HP To Sell PCs With Mandrake 9.1
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/227248
theoddball writes "HP just announced a new PC model (HP Compaq d220)
that's [0]available preloaded with Windows or Mandrake 9.1. The machine
appears to be targeted to business users, although it's on the
lower-end of the scale - [1]specs are here. Mandrake also has a
[2]press release announcing the deal, which will grow to include four
other HP models. Is this a sign that top tier manufacturers are taking
Linux more seriously, or at least seeing a profitable niche?" We
commented on [3]MandrakeSoft's status update yesterday.
Links
0.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2003/030702a.html
1.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/12454-64287-89301-321860-f9-337529.html
2.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/briefs?n=/mandrakesoft/news/2426
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/225223&tid=147
July 6th - Website Defacement Day?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/2149226
[0]pabl0 writes "According to an article from SFGate.com (San Francisco
Chronicle), a challenge has been posted, inviting web-site defacers to
[1]alter the content of as many web sites as possible on July 6th, with
an apparent limit of 6,000 websites per contestant. Looks like this
would be a good time to make sure all those web-server security patches
are applied!"
Links
USPS To Provide Personal Identity Certification http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/2126230
Zentalon writes "The United States Postal Service has [0]announced that
it will provide In-Person Proofing (pdf) to physically authenticate
individuals before a digital signature certificate is issued to that
person. This has a bunch of interesting ramifications; for instance, I
could create a simple spam filter that only accepts mail from
individuals and organizations that have an authenticated certificate.
It could also allow for more secure financial transactions. Anyone know
if any other national postal services are planning the same thing?"
Funny, they don't seem to always know where to deliver so-called
first-class mail ...
Links
0. http://www.ribbs.usps.gov/files/fedreg/usps2003/03-15211.PDF
Anti-Spam Webforms Leave Out The Blind
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/1940226
geekee writes "An article on CNET claims that a technique whereby a
user enters a code word displayed in an image in order to register for
a service such as an e-mail account [0]discriminates against the blind.
Advocacy groups for the blind are even hinting at lawsuits against
companies using this practice. A proposed audio workaround for the
blind still has problems since it has to be garbled to the point where
most people can't understand it to prevent a computer from recognizing
the letters. Brings up some interesting issues surrounding the Turing
test."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-1022814.html?tag=fd_lede2_hed
Open Source Project Management Lessons
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/1817220
[0]cpfeifer writes "Paul Baranowski [1]takes a moment to reflect on
Open Source Project Management in his blog. His reflections are based
on the first two years of the Peek-a-booty project." Interesting
comments on media coverage, choice of programming language, when to
release a project, and more.
Links
Anti-Spam Bill Killed In California
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/170245
[0]Craig Newmark (craigslist) writes "In California, we had a pretty
good antispam bill proposed by Sen. Debra Bowen, which was killed
yesterday. A pro-spammer bill, backed by the big media sites including
Microsoft, passed through committee. [1] Here's a quick round up. We're
considering a big feedback campaign, based on conversation with
staffers on what works for them, since they want to hear from
constituents, as opposed to spam. More to come ..."
Links
0. mailto:craig@craigslist.org
Linux.com
Using ACID and SnortSnarf with Snort
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1511233
- by Rafeeq Ur Rehman - Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID) is a tool written in PHP used to analyze and present Snort data via a Web interface. It works with Snort and databases like MySQL, and makes information in the database available to users through a Web server.
Dyne:bolic: A broadcast studio on a Linux CD http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1318213
- by Russell Pavlicek - There are Linux distributions galore that target office, home, and server systems. But a new Linux distribution promises to provide a multimedia studio -- complete with the ability to transmit Webcasts worldwide -- without ever installing any software on your hard drive. Sound impossible? Not for a new Linux distribution called Dyne:bolic.
Darl McBride interview
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1646217
Anonymous Reader writes "This is the first part of a three part interview with the SCO CEO. There are also a couple of news stories which came out of the interview (- SCO able to go in and audit AIX customers, SCO saying unchanged Unix System V code in Linux kernel)."
Unix code in Linux kernel a 'no-brainer' http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1443232
SCO has given further details of the software code which it claims has been taken from its Unix System V operating system and added to Linux without consent.
Gates pushes security
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1441213
Strengthening cyber-security is one of Microsoft's chief goals, even if it means delaying a product launch, Bill Gates told senior business and government officials Wednesday.
HP and SuSE Linux Expand Global Alliance http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1436249
HP and SuSE Linux today announced that HP will resell and support SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, powered by UnitedLinux, on industry-standard HP ProLiant servers and HP's Itanium®-based servers. This relationship provides customers a single point of purchase, support and maintenance for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and makes SuSE Linux a preferred vendor for HP.
Linux-based employee workplace portal targets businesses http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1432244
IBM announced the IBM Integrated Platform Express for Employee Workplace, a new Linux-based server portal solution that will enhance the productivity of midsized companies with 100 to 250 employees.
Wipro-Sistina to provide Linux services
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1431219
Wipro Infotech today announced a strategic alliance with the US based Sistina Software Inc., a storage infrastructure software company delivering data-sharing solutions. Through this alliance, Wipro Infotech will provide support and implementation services to customers of Sistina in India, Asia Pac and the Middle East.
Flipping the Switch: Linux's new popularity may hurt Apple more than Microsoft http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1430200
In the latest of his legendary keynote stage shows, Steve Jobs kicked off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference this morning in San Francisco by showing off the company's speedy new aluminum G5 desktop Mac. But while listing the new machine's impressive specs, Jobs left out a related, eye-popping statistic: Business Week columnist Alex Salkever dropped the bomb last week that next year, "Linux should pass Apple in market share for desktop ...
Gentoo Linux Fork Announced
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/1428226
Zach Welch annouced a fork of Gentoo Linux in a message to the gentoo-dev mailing list.
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