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A Real Living With Virtual Goods
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/0156203

    RussHart writes "The BBC is [0]reporting on a [1] Julian Dibbell who     has quit his day job to sell items from Ultima Online in the real     world, hopefully making a living on which to support his wife &     daughter."
Links

    0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3135247.stm

  1. http://www.juliandibbell.com/

Microsoft Nailed by Software Patent
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2340225

    An anonymous reader writes "It was just [0]announced that Microsoft     lost the case where it was accused of violating Eolas' patent on     embedded applications in the Internet Explorer browser. They have been     fined $521 million in damages."
Links

    0. http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/030811/tech_microsoft_patent_2.html

Interview with SLASH'EM Developers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/0234215

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[0]MilenCent writes "The O'Reilly Network posted an [1]interview with
    super-deluxe [2]Nethack variant [3]SLASH'EM's Warren Cheung and J. Ali     Harlowe last month talking about the impending beta release of     v0.0.7E2. (Don't you just love incredibly provisional version numbers?     In development for years and not even a 0.1 yet!) There's [4]another     recent O'Reilly article on the game too." Links 

    0. mailto:johnh@hiddenglade.com
    1. 
http://linux.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/3892
    2. 
http://www.nethack.org/
    3. 
http://slashem.sourceforge.net/
    4. 
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/06/12/slashem.html

Roomba Competitor Slightly Lacking
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2332235

[0]tivojafa writes "Following hot on the heels of the [1]Roomba vacuum
    cleaner, TV Products (USA) Inc have released the "[2]RoboSweep" - "The     intelligent sweeper that sweeps while you rest!". Roomba by [3]iRobot     is an engineering masterpiece with 15 sensors and 5 motors to navigate     and clean the floors. It has been [4]stripped apart and there are     rumors of a replacement processor so it can be used as a general     purpose robot platform. Now the RoboSweep "intelligent" sweeper has     redefined intelligence (or lack of it) - the internals have got to be
[5]seen to be believed." Very funny.
Links 

    0. 
http://www.roombacommunity.com
    1. 
http://www.roombavac.com/
    2. 
http://shop.infomercial.tv/home_and_garden/misc/robosweep/
    3. 
http://www.irobot.com/home/default.asp
    4. 
http://www.roombacommunity.com/internals.html
    5. 
http://www.roombacommunity.com/robosweep/robosweep.html

GPL in Court - Good or Bad?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2137210

    Irvu asks: "[0]The Register has a lengthy opinion piece today about     IBM's lawsuit, and the GPL. Barring a settlement this case will see the     first test of the GPL in a court of law. Previously the GPL has     functioned as a social contract with the implicit (albeit untested)     force of law behind it. Any ruling now could radically alter the     free-software/open-source landscape for good or ill. Andrew Orlowski     dwells on these possible ills in his piece. What does Slashdot think?     Is this test a good or bad thing? Do you have faith in the justice     system (or IBM's Lawyers) to draw the right conclusions? And, how do     you see any outcome affecting you?" Links

    0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32272.html

GnuCash - A Call For Help
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/200212

    sedition writes "GnuCash developer Benoit Gregoire has written the
[0]State of the GnuCash Project. It is a call for help to the Open
    Source community regarding the open-source accounting software for     Linux, Mac OSX, and more. [1]GnuCash is one of the largest (287,853     lines of code), but least publicized Open Source projects. Now it needs     developer support, as its future is uncertain." Links

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    0. http://gnucash.org/en/state_of_the_gnucash_project.phtml

  1. http://www.gnucash.org/

Webcams Watching The Classrooms?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/1737216

    embarcadero writes "Webcams will be [0]tuned to watch over 500     classrooms in the Biloxi, Mississippi school district this year,     according to a story in USA Today. The goal is to make classrooms     safer, but there's a lot of speculation about how the recorded info     could be used for or against teachers in disputes or teaching reviews.     I can just see Mrs. Waters pointing towards the camera, 'If I don't     catch you cheating on this spelling test, that camera will! Don't even     think about it.'"
Links

    0. http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030811/5396054s.htm

SCO: Fortune 500 Company Buys License, IBM Retort http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2040201

    An anonymous reader writes "SCO announced today that an [0]undisclosed     Fortune 500 company purchased Linux licenses for each of their servers     running in their business. SCO: 'This Fortune 500 company recognizes     the importance of paying for SCO's intellectual property that is found     in Linux and can now run Linux in their environment under a legitimate     license from SCO. We anticipate this being the first of many licensees     that will properly compensate SCO for our intellectual property.'"     kanly writes "The [1]full text of IBM's countersuit against SCO is now     online at LWN." [2]M: Our own Roblimo has a [3]pretty good take on it.     Keep in mind that SCO could sell a blanket license for $1, for the     publicity value.
Links 

    0. 
http://investor.news.com/Engine?Account=cnet&PageName=NEWSREAD&ID=543900&Ticker=SCOX
    1. 
http://lwn.net/Articles/43592/
    2. mailto:michael@NoSpam.slashdot.org
    3. 
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/1922213&tid=17

RPC DCOM Worm On The Loose
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2048249

[0]GPez writes "The first of I'm sure many RPC DCOM worms affecting
    Windows [1]is on its way, according to the Internet Storm Center.
[2]Patch those systems!" According to the site, "The worm uses [3]the
    RPC DCOM vulnerability [affects Win2k through Server 2003] to     propagate. Once it finds a vulnerable system, it will spawn a shell on     port 4444 and use it to download the actual worm via tftp." Links 

    0. mailto:gspam@umich.edu
    1. 
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?date=2003-08-11
    2. 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp
    3. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/16/2218216&tid=172
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Linux Gaining Ground In India
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/1912218

    GillBates0 writes "Yahoo/Reuters is reporting that [0]Linux seems to be     gaining over Microsoft in India. According to [1]Red Hat, about 10     percent of India's personal computers will be sold with Linux rather     than Microsoft operating systems by March, 2004, up from nothing in     January. Linux already drives India's [2]National Stock Exchange, and     the [3]Government of India has been [4]promoting open source lately." Links 

    0. 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=581&e=2&u=/nm/20030811/tc_nm/tech_india_linux_dc
    1. 
http://www.redhat.com/
    2. 
http://www.nse-india.com/
    3. 
http://goidirectory.nic.in/
    4. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1226247&tid=106

Linux.com
Linux Virtual Server Manager Debuts
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2055253

     Server provisioning management software vendor Linuxcare on Monday     unveiled the newest version of Levanta, its application for     administering virtual Linux servers on IBM's eServer zSeries systems.

TeraCloud Adds Novell NetWare 6.0 and Linux Support To SRM Solution http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2043225

    BELLEVUE, Wash. - August 12, 2003 - TeraCloud Corporation, a leading     provider of storage resource management (SRM) solutions for distributed     and mainframe environments, today announced that its flagship SRM     solution, SpaceNet, will support RedHat(tm) Linux and expand Novell     support to include NetWare v6.0. SpaceNet will help NetWare and Linux     users reduce the cost of managing their storage and improve storage     efficiency with via SpaceNet's ...

Lycoris Tablet OS Shipping on New Toshiba Tablet PCs for $1899 http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2035233

    *Redmond, WA - August 11, 2003 - *Lycoris Affiliate Desktop Evolution     Launches De-Tablet: an integrated Toshiba Portege Tablet Platform     running Lycoris Desktop L/X Tablet Edition. De-Tablet provides a     flexible Linux desktop operating system in Lycoris Desktop L/X Tablet     Edition on a powerful Toshiba hardware platform. To show dedication to     this new market, the De-Tablet Productivity Bundle is immediately     available for purchase from ...

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iAnywhere Teams Up With SuSE Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/2022214

     iAnywhere Solutions Inc. and SuSE Linux have forged a technology     alliance that will give the mobile technology company access to ongoing     Linux developments, iAnywhere officials announced on Monday.

Caldera employee was important Linux kernel contributor http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/1751255

     A man employed by SCO Caldera was heavily involved in Linux-ABI binary     emulation modules, it has emerged.

SCO sells a Linux license
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/1922213

  • By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Yes, they found someone gullible enough to bite. At least that's what they're claiming in a press release that's being spread all over the place, including on money.cnn.com. Naturally, SCO can't tell you who it is because of "confidentiality provisions," but the truth will certainly come out sooner or later.

SCO Battle Rooted In Unix History
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/1747214

     The SCO Group's attempts to squeeze a revenue stream out of Linux is     rooted in the long and tangled history of computer operating systems.

Penguin Wooed By Platform Vendors
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/1745200

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     At LinuxWorld last week, 64-bit Linux was big news. OEMs ranging from     IBM, HP and SGI to lesser known names such as Newisys unveiled hardware     systems based on Intel Itanium or AMD Opteron chip sets.

Starter kit for Sharp BlueStreak LH7A400 SoC supports Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/1742239

    Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas and Logic Product Development     (Logic) announced the release of a hardware/software development kit     for Sharp's BlueStreak LH7A400 32-bit system-on-chip (SoC) processor.     The kit supports LH7A400-based embedded development targeting the Linux     software platform, and is said to include "production quality" device     drivers, bootloader, board support packages (BSPs), and development     tools.

   Linux heads for TVs and videos
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/1654206

     A group that aims to make Linux run in television sets and other     consumer electronics products is growing in clout.

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