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[osdn starter] July 08, 2003
Date: Tue Jul 08 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Hardware-Based Commute-Map Gadget
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/08/0037222
coreymetrics writes "Anyone have one of [0]these things? While it's no substitute for an improved mass-transit solution in the Puget Sound area, [1]TrafficGauge's new gadget sure looks like it beats any PDA or cell phone auto traffic map I've used. It uses the same data that powers the Washington State DOT's indispensable [2]website. Now why can't auto makers put this kind of thing in a dash instead of mostly worthless GPS navigation and DVD units?" Links
0.
http://www.trafficgauge.com/product.html
1.
http://www.trafficgauge.com/
2.
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/PugetSoundTraffic/
RFID Industry Confidential Memos
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/229216
An anonymous reader writes "Cryptome has learned www.autoidcenter.org
(RFID flak) has made [0]internal memos available for perusal at their
site. Those RFID people sure have some interesting plans for the
future. Who needs conspiracy theories, when you can hear it from the
horses mouth? Weeeeee!
"
Links
0. http://cryptome.org/rfid-docs.htm
Massachusetts Probing Microsoft Settlement Gripes http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2333243
tassii writes "In [0]this article from Reuters, Massachusetts' DA's office told the judge in the Microsoft Anti-trust trial that it was looking into Microsoft settlement complaints. Among complaints being examined by Massachusetts was whether Microsoft had violated portions of the settlement prohibiting pacts requiring exclusive support of Microsoft software. Massachusetts was also examining whether the company had properly offered communications protocols allowing non-Microsoft software to work well with Windows." An [1]Associated Press article covers the same story; the non-Microsoft software mentioned in both stories is Linux, but it's not clear which company's promotion of Linux is drawing the attention. Links
Michigan's Proposed Spam Law Called Toughest In U.S. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2157215
[0]goats_in_boats writes "A new bill ([1]PDF or [2]HTML) was presented
to the [3]Governor of Michigan that would require spam sent to
residents of the State to be identified as such. Highlights include the
requirement that unsolicited email 'Include in the e-mail subject line
"ADV:" as the first 4 characters' and that 'a person who violates this
act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than 1 year or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.' An
[4]article in the Detroit Free Press calls the bill 'the most stringent
anti-spam law in the nation.'"
Links
0. mailto:goats_in_boats@hotSPAMmail.com
1.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4519.pdf
2.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/htm/2003-HNB-4519.htm
3.
http://www.michigan.gov/gov
4.
http://www.freep.com/money/tech/des3_20030703.htm
Teach An Old Athlon New Tricks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2219216
[0]budn3kkid writes "Seems like [1]Upgradeware have a new [2]gadget out
for those overclockers looking to upgrade their age old Athlon mobo
(KT133, KT266 etc.) with a spanking new AMD Barton CPU. Also, saw an
article [3]at ol' Tom's about it right here as well."
Links
0. mailto:edmund_wong@pacific.net.sg
1.
http://www.upgradeware.com/
2.
http://www.upgradeware.com/english/product/xptmc/xptmc.htm
3.
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030703/index.html9th Circuit Court Finds 'Thumbnailing' Fair Use http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2141216
[0]mark_wilkins writes "A photographer named Leslie Kelly had sued
Arriba Soft Corporation for infringing his copyrights to photos when
they made thumbnails of his pictures and stored them in a public image
search engine. Today the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
[1]affirmed the district court's ruling that making these thumbnail
copies of images for the search engine was 'fair use.' Since the
applicability of fair-use defenses to copyright infringement touches on
all kinds of common uses of the Internet as well as rulemaking related
to the [2]scope of the DMCA, this decision will probably have an effect
on the discussion. (Note that this case was decided by a 3-judge panel
and thus isn't binding precedent.)" Note that the court also reversed
in part the lower court's ruling, specifically saying that the lower
court should not have ruled on "whether the display of the larger image
is a violation of Kelly's exclusive right to publically display his
works."
Links
0. mailto:azotic@yahoo.com
1.
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/8E22982657C96BE188256D5C00518BF5/$file/0055521oop.pdf?openelement
2.
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/
Trustworthy Software For The NSA?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2054249
[0]Janus Daniels writes "There's a new story from the New York Times,
as reprinted at CNET News, about [1]security concerns for Government
agencies buying software from overseas. According to the article, a
whistle-blower who helped sell software to the National Security Agency
says that much of the development work is subcontracted to China,
raising serious national security risks. He also discovered in the
sales-support database... the names of more than 30
[identity-classified] employees of the United States National Security
Agency...'"
Links
0. mailto:janus@nOSpaM.rapidconnections.com
SCO Taking Linux Discussion To Japan
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1914248
levin writes "EETimes is carrying a new story about our good friend Darl McBride, CEO of SCO. His [0]latest escapades include a trip to Japan in response to the [1]CE Linux Forum initiative undertaken by several big-name Japanese tech firms such as Sony and Toshiba. He's putting his famous tainted code dog-and-pony show on parade, trying to influence some of the major CELF founders." Links
0. http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030703S0026
Distributed Computing Economics
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/183256
[0]machaut writes "In a ClusterComputing.org article, Jim Gray,
director of Microsoft's Bay Area Research Lab, provides an
[1]interesting economic analysis for building distributed systems. When
do you choose a grid over a cluster or a supercomputer? When does it
pay off to move a task to the data vs moving the data to the task? He
takes current hardware and networking costs into account to answer
those questions."
Links
0. mailto:fsommers@autospaces.com
Freenet Creator Debates RIAA
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1733230
[0]smd4985 writes "Over at CNET News.com, there's a [1]good coverage of
a debate between Ian Clarke of [2]Freenet and Matt Oppenheim of the
RIAA." In discussing whether it's "legal and moral to create and use
Freenet", which is "a radically decentralized network of file-sharing
nodes tied together with strong encryption", the RIAA's Oppenheim
suggests: "Other than the fact that most infringers do not like to use
Freenet because it is too clunky for them to get their quick hit of
free music, it is no more of a threat than any of the popular P2P
services."
Links
0.
http://www.susheeldaswani.com
1.
http://news.com.com/2010-1027_3-1023325.html?tag=fd_nc_1
2.
http://freenet.sourceforge.net/
Linux.com
Open source user group announces 2003 awards
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/08/0226208
Anonymous Reader writes "The Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group (AUUG) is calling on the open source community to nominate outstanding Australians who have contributed to the open source cause for its second annual awards. The Open Source Awards (OSA) 2003, which were launched last year alongside AUUG's annual technical conference in Melbourne, are designed to encourage and recognise work undertaken by Australians towards the open ...
Massachusetts Probing Microsoft Settlement Gripes http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/2117224
Anonymous Reader writes "Massachusetts, the state appealing Microsoft's landmark antitrust settlement, has told a federal judge it is probing potential breaches of the pact. [I]n a filing posted on the court's Web site on Monday, that it was looking at whether the world's largest software maker had retaliated against a computer maker for promoting Linux, an alternative to Microsoft's Windows operating system."
Basic Hardening Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/207252
An Anonymous Reader writes "Linux is capable of high-end security; however, the out-of-the-box configurations must be altered to meet the security needs of most businesses with an Internet presence. This chapter shows you the steps for securing a Linux system called hardening the server using both manual methods and open source security solutions."
Sources say IBM to drop Windows-based storage http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1722219
IBM plans to discontinue its line of Windows-based network-attached storage (NAS) devices in order to focus on higher-end products, including an upcoming file server that will run Linux, sources said this week.
Linux and Open Source is Better for Business than MS Windows http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1750251
Anonymous Reader writes "A Linux user and businessman tests both Windows and Linux and concludes that Linux and Open Source is better for business than Microsoft Windows. Read the editorial at OSNews.com."
Big, Fault-Tolerant Servers Meet Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1650202
NEC Solutions America Inc. and Stratus Technologies Inc. are looking to Linux as a way to expand the reach of their respective fault-tolerant servers.
Netli, Linux Take Web to Warp Speeds
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1623216
In physics, distance in space often translates into longer durations of time. The farther you go, the longer it will take you to get there. Unless you change the way you're going.
SAP, Sharp Go in a Linux, Java Mobile Direction http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/165216
Enterprise software company SAP AG and Japanese electronics giant Sharp have teamed up in order to build applications that deliver real-time data across corporate networks to smaller mobile devices.
Pogo Linux, MySQL Team on Open-source Appliance http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/1538212
Two small companies aimed to spread the gospel of open-source technologies Monday as Pogo Linux said it agreed to build an appliance powered by MySQL AB's open-source database.
SuSE Linux In Space With CC CompuNet in 2.4 Million Euro Engagement http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/07/158200
SuSE Linux announced a new 2.4 million euro engagement with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on a high-performance storage system for Columbus, the European space lab project.
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Caffeine: Shock Triple Mocha
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Gadgets: USB Memory Watch
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Caffeine: Jolt Gum - Spearmint Office Fishbowl http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/612a/
Gadgets: Boostaroo Portable Amplifier
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Gadgets: Mathmos Space Projector
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