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[osdn starter] August 26, 2003
Date: Tue Aug 26 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Software Patent Demonstrations Taking Off
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/26/0147202
[0]feklee writes "The preparations for the [1] rally against software
patents on Wednesday are running at full speed. Thanks to announcements
in [2]DWN, on [3]KDE, in the [4]Register, and elsewhere, the [5]Online
Demo has already more than 600 participants such as [6]Savannah and
[7]KDE.de. Now, what about your project?"
Links
0. mailto:felix.klee@inka.de
1.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/1244241&tid=155
2.
http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/33/
3.
http://www.kde.org/
4.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32457.html
5.
http://swpat.ffii.org/group/demo/
6.
http://savannah.gnu.org/
7.
http://www.kde.de/NTT Verifies Diamond Semiconductor Operation At 81 GHz http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/26/0430236
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "[1]This story over at eetimes.com reports
of a semiconductor made of diamond that is able to run at 81 GHz."
Mmmm, [2]foreshadowing.
Links
0. mailto:lotbot@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.eetimes.com/at/hpm/news/OEG20030822S0005
2.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/2112237&tid=126
MIT Robot Walks On Water
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/26/0141229
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at MIT have solved the mystery
of how water striders propel themselves across water surfaces and in
the process have created a robot called [0]Robostrider that mimics the
behavior. With cool stuff like this, it's no wonder MIT is [1]number
one in engineering."
Links
0. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/robostrider.html
AOL Sued For Over-Zealous Blocking
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/2253232
mik writes "America Online [0] has been sued by [1]CI Host, a
Texas-based hosting company for defamation, interference with
contractual rights and unfair competition. CI Host [2]has been awarded
a temporary restraining order, though AOL has apparently not complied.
This may be the first such in a series of suits leading up to, perhaps,
to class-action status relating to AOL's recent zealotry in anti-spam
[3]policy resulting in the presumption that shared-hosting providers
are guilty (of spamming) unless proven innocent."
Links
0.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/6597267.htm
1.
http://cihost.com/
2.
http://www.hostreview.com/news/news/030822CIHost.html
3.
http://postmaster.info.aol.com/
Florida Proposes Taxing Local LANs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/2248224
Vellmont writes "From the state that brought you the 2000 presidential election debacle, now comes the proposal to tax your LAN. The Orlando Business Journal is reporting that the the state of Florida is thinking about [0]putting a 9% tax on LANs within the state. Exactly what they will be taxing isn't clear, since the tax amounts to 9% of... something. Will taxing the electrical wires within your home be next?" Links
0. http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2003/08/25/story1.html
Is Linux as Secure as We'd Like to Think? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1959204
man_of_mr_e asks: "With all the recent brouhaha about [0]Blaster and
[1]Sobig, there's been a lot of talk about [2]how poor Windows security
is, especially compared to the Linux we all know and love. But is this
really true? The website defacement archive at [3]Zone-h shows that
Linux accounts for 61% of the defacements in the last 24 hours (note,
this figure changes, so it might be different when you view it). An
analysis of the last few weeks of [4]their archive shows a similar
percentage of exploited Linux systems. Note also that the 'Unknown'
category is rather high, and certainly contains at least some Linux
systems, further increasing the percentage. Why is this? Are we just
deluding ourselves about our own security? Could there be a Linux
'Blaster' just waiting to happen?" While "defacements" don't
necessarily mean "root level break-in", sometimes getting your foot in
the door is enough. If this happens, wouldn't Linux then be just as
exploitable as Windows? Are there other reasons why the likelihood of a
"Sobig" or an "ILUVYOU" would be lower for Linux than Windows?
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/12/1326237&tid=201
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/21/1847254&tid=185
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/24/2255231&tid=109
3.
http://www.zone-h.org/
4.
http://www.zone-h.org/en/defacementsNative Java JDK 1.3.1 Support For FreeBSD http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1834249
ap writes "Justin T. Gibbs, of the [0]FreeBSD Foundation, [1]announced today the availability of a [2]native binary release of the [3]Java JDK 1.3.1 for FreeBSD. He also mentioned that more attention will now be focused on providing a release of the 1.4.x JDK. Such developments should allow for FreeBSD to be better suited for enterprise uses." Links
0.
http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/
1.
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2003-August/000905.html
2.
http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml
3.
http://java.sun.com/
DeCSS Loses Free Speech Shield
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1940200
[0]JohnGrahamCumming writes "BusinessWeek/CNET is reporting that the
California Supreme Court has ruled that 'a Web publisher [1]could be
barred from posting DVD-copying code online without infringing on his
free speech rights.' They also say that 'the state Supreme Court ruled
that property and trade secrets rights outranked free speech rights in
this case.'" According to the article, this "...overturned an
[2]earlier decision that said blocking Web publishers from posting the
controversial piece of software called DeCSS, which can be used to help
decrypt and copy DVDs, would violate their First Amendment rights."
Links
0. mailto:slashdot@j g c . o rg
1.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/5067665.htm
2.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/01/1953236&tid=123
Sci-Fi Movies and 'Bad Science'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1910254
[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "Science fiction movies can be fun, and
sometimes boring, when Hollywood producers want to show us a 2 1/2 hour
film when 90 minutes would be enough. But what about the 'science'
behind them? BBC News says it's pretty bad in [1]'When sci-fi forgets
the science.' For example, the metamorphosis of Bruce Banner into The
Hulk, based on work of marine biologist [2]Greg Szulgit from Hiram
College, Ohio, about sea cucumbers, is qualified by himself as "really
awful"." The [3]Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics website, which we've
[4]previously mentioned, is referenced in this article, and is now
[5]freshly updated to deal with movies like The Hulk.
Links
0.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3173935.stm
2.
http://home.hiram.edu/www/biology/gregszulgit.htm
3.
http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/
4.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/14/1750211&tid=133
5.
http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/hulk.html
Linux 2.4.22 Stable Kernel Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1739249
An anonymous reader writes "Marcelo Tosatti has officially [0]released another stable 2.4 Linux kernel. 2.4.22 was released early this morning and includes a [1]lengthy list of fixes. It follows the last stable kernel in this tree, 2.4.21, by a little over two months." Links
Linux.com
Sun renders all iPlanet code extinct with new SunONE app server
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/2357234
- by Chris Preimesberger - SAN FRANCISCO -- When Sun Microsystems' latest industrial-strength application server, SunONE 7.0, is introduced next month at the SunNetwork Conference, all vestiges of the company's old iPlanet server code officially will have gone the way of the pterodactyl.
LinuxInstall.org launches a Web Service
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/201201
Thomas Chung writes "LinuxInstall.org launches a premium service called Web Service powered by Open Webmail.
Virginia Company Now Providing Open Source Reviews http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1958200
Tom Walker writes "New Government Policies Increase Need for New Software Assessments.
Standardizing Web services technologies
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1952230
Although you can build Web services with other technologies, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI have become the de facto standards for Web services. SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI are the most widely accepted Web services technologies, and products supporting these technologies are available from dozens of vendors. Surprisingly, though, the SOAP-related technologies were not developed by an accredited standards organization. For the most part, these technologies were ...
Evaluating Desktop TCO
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1934254
Jem Matzan writes "Here's an analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) versus the total benefit of ownership (TBO) for desktop systems running OS X, SuSE Linux, Windows XP, and FreeBSD. Many TCO comparisons have been made for the enterprise environment, but few take a close look at the desktop market."
Brighthand Reviews the Sharp Zaurus SL-C760 http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1920207
Sharp calls the Zaurus C760 a "Personal Mobile Tool," which is like calling a Lamborghini a "Mode of Transportation." While true, both fall woefully short of truly describing what is being offered. The SL-C760 looks like a miniature laptop and, honestly, it comes closer than any handheld I've ever used to truly being able take the place of a laptop.
Aegir CMS 1.0 released
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/197228
Henri Bergius writes "POZNAN, ESPOO, Aug 25th 2003 -- The Aegir CMS development team has released the Aegir CMS Open Source Content Management System version 1.0 "Ludowy CMS". Version 1.0 marks an important milestone in the development process. Aegir CMS is derived from the successful Nadmin Studio codebase and is developed by an international group of Open Source developers. The application is available under the GNU General Public License ...
SCO: MIT Experts No Longer At MIT
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1837206
The SCO Group of Utah has had to backtrack after saying that MIT mathematicians verified its claims that Linux, the center of the popular and freely-available GNU/Linux operating system, is an illegal knock-off.
Red Hat and GenaWare - Helping Governments See the World Differently http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1749216
GenaWare, Inc. writes "Date: Thursday, August 28, 2003 Time: 2:00PM EDT (U.S.) Speakers: Kevin Stephen, Public Sector Marketing Manager, Red Hat Jon Polay, VP of Sales, GenaWare Red Hat, the world's leading distributor of the Linux OS, and GenaWare, a global leader in enterprise geospatial technologies, have joined forces. Learn why your agency should consider Red Hat Enterprises Linux as the optimal platform choice for its mission critical ...
SCO could face uphill battle in drawing new customers http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/25/1652206
After leaving the happy confines of its SCO Forum 2003 in Las Vegas, The SCO Group Inc. this week said it's going to take its latest product road map to new customers to try and sell itself and its upcoming revamped operating system software.
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