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[osdn starter] July 22, 2003
Date: Tue Jul 22 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Embarrassing Governments Into Adopting Open Source
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/0433236
caitsith01 writes "An effort is currently underway to embarrass the
Australian Federal Government into adopting open source software. As
[0]this story explains, the Australian Democrats have put questions on
notice in Parliament that will require all government ministers to
disclose how much money their departments spend on Microsoft products
each year. The idea is to force open source issues to the fore by
showing just how much money Microsoft receives from the government. It
could be a smart approach - the average taxpayer knows little or
nothing about OSS, but will rapidly form and express vocal opinions
about the government wasting money. The article also mentions that a
bill may be introduced to Federal Parliament to mandate the
consideration of open source solutions (you may remember [1]this story
about an Australian state trying to introduce similar legislation).
Some quotes from the article: "What the country doesn't need is to be
tied into a profit-maximising licensing system, and the way to combat
that is to get government to break out of the paradigm." On the other
hand, the (right wing) Liberal Party criticises suggestions that use of
open source should be compulsory as "hi-tech affirmative action.""
Links
0. http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6788724%255E15306,00.html
Color Printing Without the Inkjet Mess?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/0240222
Above writes "Many recent /. stories have been about the problems of
inkjet Printers. Seems they all want to sell the printer for cheap, and
then use the ink to make up the difference. There are also problems
where a lack of printing, or printing too much, could make it much more
expensive to use your inkjet. So, since mine just died, what are the
best options? I'm intersted in two catagories, a 'personal' color
printer, probably USB to a machine, and a 'workgroup' color printer,
with ethernet, postscript prefered. While Windows is good for my
application, something that plays well with FreeBSD and Linux would be
a major win as well. I'd consider laser if it's cheap enough (read
$500/printer), and I don't think that it is. I'm willing to pay a bit
more for the printer if that means bigger ink tanks, better cleaning,
and easier to buy replacement supplies, the question is, are there
really good options out there or have the low-end 'throwaway' printers
taken over the market?" One option is a modded inkjet like the ones
here, [0]liberated from tiny ink cartridges. Any recommendations out
there for decent color lasers?
Links
0. http://www.continuousflowprinters.com/
DVD Player With DVI Output
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/0127258
ffierling writes "Why are there no big name DVD Players with digital
video outputs? With all the available digital displays (LCD, plasma,
DLP, etc) and the obvious benefits of an all-digital connection, it's
easy to conclude the threat of litigation from copyright holders is
holding up the big name manufacturers. So how is it [0]V Inc. can sell
their [1]Bravo D1 DVD Player with DVI output? Are they below the MPAA's
radar, or just quicker to market?"
Links
Qt On DirectFB
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/2341237
[0]Ashcrow writes "The feasibility for [1]DirectFB to replace
[2]XFree86 just a little stronger thanks [3]Maurizio Monge very first
alpha release of [4]Trolltech's Qt library for use in DirectFB. You can
check out some [5]screenshots or go straight to the [6]source. And yes,
it has been released as [7]Free Software."
Links
0.
http://www.gnulinux,net
1.
http://www.directfb.org/
2.
http://www.xfree86.org/
3.
http://linuz.sns.it/~monge/qt-directfb/index.html
4.
http://www.trolltech.com/
5.
http://linuz.sns.it/~monge/qt-directfb/story.html
6.
http://linuz.sns.it/~monge/qt-directfb/download/
7.
http://www.gnu.org/Sony's New Vaio PCG-TR1A: 12" Powerbook Killer? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/2310222
Anonymous Howard writes "Sony has a hot new subnote on it's hand: the
[0]Vaio PCG-TR1A. This subnote is packed full of features: integrated
camera (still and video), 10.6 inch bright wide-format screen, 900MHz
Centrino, CD-RW/DVD Combo drive, 30GB drive, 802.11b, two usb ports,
firewire, 3.11 pounds and a magnesium alloy case. The thing looks
really cool. For me, it's the first subnote that actually gives me a
viable option for purchase instead of a the Apple Powerbook 12". Read a
[0]article about it over at [1]Designtechnica. Check out this [2]forum
thread that has good pics, other then the stock pics, next to a VPR
Matrix 200A5."
Links
0.
http://reviews.designtechnica.com/firstlook24.html
1.
http://www.designtechnica.com/
2.
http://forums.designtechnica.com/showthread.php?threadid=2554&perpage=10&pagenumber=1Comcast Offers Trial Of Microsoft TV Software http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/222258
Anonymous Howard writes "Designtechnica has a news article about Comcast and Microsoft [0]announcing an agreement to test digital TV services using the "Microsoft TV Interactive Program Guide (IPG)". The trial is scheduled to start this fall using Motorola DCT2000 set-top boxes. The software is designed to help network operators get more value from on-demand and other digital TV services." There are [1]some more details in an article over at CNET News. Links
0. http://news.designtechnica.com/article826.html
ATM For Anonymous Online Payments
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/2051205
[0]prichardson writes "The New York Times has an article about [1]a way
to anonymously transfer cash online (NYT registration required)." The
inventor, Carl Amos, believes the target market for his newly-patented
'Aunty IM' ATM machine "..might be teenagers.. [who] do not usually
have their own credit cards, they usually have cash and are more than
willing to spend it to download music or games", as well as "those who
were worried about identity theft on the Internet, or who simply wanted
the privacy it provided."
Links
0. mailto:p_richardson_25&;yahoo,com
Corel Ousted From Public Life?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1920231
[0]gagy writes "Ottawa's [1]Corel Corp. has been showing signs of
weakness in the past few years, and looks very likely to be bought out
by Vector Corp, at which point it will become a privately held company.
A Toronto Star story [2]spells out the details of the deal, and takes a
brief look at the history of Corel." We [3]mentioned Corel's deal with
Vector last month.
Links
0.
http://isteppedin.virtualdogshit.com
1.
http://www.corel.ca/
2.
http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1058698926735&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/07/1352204&tid=132
Fossil/Palm PDA Watch Reviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1744255
SLiK812 writes "Walt Mossberg of the [0]Wall Street Journal has [1]a pretty good review of [2]Palm's and [3]Fossil's new [4]wrist PDA. We all knew some time ago that this was coming out, and was [5]initially covered last November and [6]briefly last month. This is the first review I've seen, and Mossberg does bring up some interesting points, both good and bad. Definitely worth the read before buying it." Links
0.
http://www.wsj.com/
1.
http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html
2.
http://www.palm.com/us/
3.
http://www.fossil.com/
4.
http://www.fossil.com/tech/default.asp?Tier1=Tech
5.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/18/1427246&tid=100
6.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/17/1444235&tid=100
Canada Splits Local Phone, DSL Services
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/178233
s20451 writes "Running counter to the [0]recent [1]string of pro-consolidation [2]FCC rulings in the United States, the [3]Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that big Telcos like [4]Bell and [5]Telus [6]must offer ADSL service even when local phone service is provided by another company. Effectively this ruling splits local phone and net services, opening both up for competition and lower prices. Press release [7]here." Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/1617259&tid=103
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1638224&tid=149
2.
http://www.fcc.gov/
3.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/
4.
http://www.bell.ca/
5.
http://www.telus.ca/
6.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/07/21/crtc_net030721
7.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/NEWS/RELEASES/2003/r030721.htm
Linux.com
SCO: We are not talking about BSD code
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/213241
An open source user writes "SCO announced today that they confirm the fact that the Linux 2.4 kernel contains hundreds of files taken directly from their code. SCO said "If all was removed, Linux would have no enterprise use." Read the article at BSDnewsletter.com."
IBM and generic Beowulf clusters on Linux Intel boxes http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1755248
Anonymous Reader writes "Many organizations have assembled Intel (and other) processor-based servers into clusters of various types. Proprietary solutions such as Microsoft Wolfpack and HP/Compaq Alpha TruCluster compete for mind share with the generic Beowulf clusters on Linux Intel boxes. Beowulf, in fact, was the outgrowth of NASA researcher Donald Becker's solution to the problem of creating a supercomputing resource without having a ...
Samsung high-speed SOC for handhelds supports Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1749247
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled a new system-on-chip (SOC) processor for handheld devices today, calling it "the world's fastest mobile CPU." The chip boasts a processor clock rate of 533MHz, and is aimed at enabling new services, functions, and multimedia capabilities for mobile handheld devices such as PDAs and smartphones, the company said.
Europe to push for open source
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1652228
The European Commission is placing open standards and open-source software at the centre of its efforts to promote interoperable e-government services with a new working paper introduced this month.
Linux kernel 2.6 previewed
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1646208
WarPengi writes "A brief article on what is new in the Linux 2.6 kernel links to more in depth articles by Joseph Pravenich and Dave Jones here and here respectively. The less technical article by J. Pravenich (which is more my speed) is an excellent read and describes the new functions in the kernel. What has been done to this point and some future developments to expect."
SCO Gets Unix Copyrights, Will Force Users To License UnixWare To Run Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1639248
The SCO Group has secured U.S. copyright registrations for Unix System V code and now intends to begin charging customers to run Linux.
Migration of Visual Basic Projects to Linux! http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1625221
REAL Software, announced today its plans to support Linux in REALbasic 5.5, the next major upgrade to the cross-platform visual development environment. REALbasic enables developers to create native applications for multiple platforms from a single code base. REALbasic 5, currently shipping, creates applications for Windows and Macintosh from either platform. REALbasic 5.5 will add the ability to create Linux applications from Windows or ...
LinuxInstall.org 1.4 Released
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1549257
Thomas Chung writes "Here is a list of major changes from last release:
Global Partnership Highlights Open Souce J2EE Applications http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/160230
jrcmatthews writes "10x Software(TM) and IonIdea(TM) Sign Global Agreement to Deliver Value-Added. Migration from Proprietary Java(TM) Application Servers.
Great News for PHP Developers - New Contest http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1452229
stuart writes "Great news for PHP Programmers: PHP-Editors.com are currently running 2 PHP Programming Contests.
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