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Slashdot
The Last Days Of Atari - In Full Color
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/0644214

[0]AtariKee writes "[1]Scott Evans (famous to video game collectors as
    the sole owner of [2]Army Battlezone and two [3]Marble Madness 2     machines) stopped out at the former [4]Atari's Milpitas, CA facility
[most recently a [5]Midway office] and took a [6]large collection of
    pictures of what was once the mighty arcade giant's headquarters." The     good news is that Scott "was able to obtain and preserve the majority     of what you see here."
Links

    0. mailto:webmaster@orubin.com
    1. 
http://www.safestuff.com/
    2. 
http://www.safestuff.com/bradley.htm
    3. 
http://www.safestuff.com/marbleman.htm
    4. 
http://www.atari.com
    5. 
http://www.midway.com
    6. 
http://www.safestuff.com/ataritrip

Is it Just Me, Or Is Our Mainframe Missing? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/0525243

    xnuandax writes "Here's a salient lesson for those system security     personnel who spend their time fretting over the [0]theoretical     crack-ability of their 1024 bit encryption keys. [1]Australian Customs     have recently suffered a rather unfortunate set back in their "War     Against Terror" with the admission that two of their secure mainframe     servers have been [2]wheeled out of the building by persons unknown.     I'll bet my $2 that the root password on those boxes was 'trustno1'." Links

    0. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/25/2125211&tid=93
    1. 
http://www.customs.gov.au/
    2. 
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/04/1062548967124.html

First New Gaiman Sandman In 7 Years
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/0043251

    meltoast writes "On September 17th, [0]DC is releasing the first new     installment in the Sandman series in over 7 years. [1]Endless Nights is     written entirely by award winning Neil Gaiman and drawn by seven     different artists. Pre-order from ... well... [2]where ever you want." Links

    0. 
http://www.dccomics.com/
    1. 
http://www.dccomics.com/features/endlessnights/index.html
    2. 
http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=2181&sourceid=39391960&isbn=1401200893

RIAA Offers Amnesty to File Sharers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/0042257

[0]Mister Dre writes "Apparently, the RIAA [1]is planning to offer
    amnesty to file sharers who promise to delete copyrighted material from     their computers. To take advantage, of course, you 'have to send a     completed, notarized amnesty form to the RIAA, with a copy of a photo     ID.'" Hey RIAA, how about I just stop sharing files, and we call it     even? I know I own most of the CDs for the files I listen to, but I     stopped buying those too so you'll know where I stand. Links

    0. mailto:phippard@lmgpartners.com

1. http://au.news.yahoo.com/030904/11/lkfp.html

Power Grid Insecurities Examined
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/2337212

[0]Joe Barr writes "Chris Gulker has taken a [1]long and careful look
    at the infrastructure of our power grids and has come to some rather     unsettling conclusions." A good read that outlines where the current     power grid is at, and suggests some paths for the future that may help     avoid future blackouts.
Links

    0. mailto:joe@pjprimer.com

1. http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/03/2041231&tid=11

Slashback: Ascent, Patents, Transferability http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/225242

    Slashback tonight brings updates on iTunes music sharing (the mentioned     auction's been pulled), the continuing fight against software patents     in Europe, the recently scuttled balloon-record attempt, and more. Read     on for the details.

Universities Taken Offline to Fight Worms, Viruses http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/2135209

[0]chrismg2003 writes "Nationwide universities are opening their doors
    to new students but closing off their network services. The Blaster     worm has caused universities to take drastic actions to protect their     campus networks. Universities have gone as far as [1]shutting down     their entire resnet network and bringing it back up dorm-by-dorm after     each computer has been certified worm-free. The ICMP ping requests     alone have brought down my university's resnet multiple times and we     are scrambling to clean the worm from all computers before it forces us     to follow suit with other universities." Links

    0. http://www.puter.homeunix.com

1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25845-2003Sep4.html

Sharp Zaurus C-7x0 Reviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1826234

[0]jwr writes "The fine folks at [1]BargainPDA have a [2] full-length
    review of the latest [3]Sharp Zaurus C-7x0 handhelds. " We've covered     this PDA [4]in the past but this is a much more in depth review on this     solid looking device.
Links

    0. mailto:jan@rychter.com
    1. 
http://www.bargainpda.com/
    2. 
http://www.bargainpda.com/default.asp?newsID=1592&showComments=true
    3. 
http://www.ezaurus.com/
    4. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/29/2320211&tid=100

IBM's New Linux Advertising
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1821217

[0]Amit Shah writes "IBM is [1]airing a commercial featuring Linux as
    reported on [2]Economic Times. This could be the first major way to     reach out to normal users and explain the benefits of open source and     Linux. The ad says, "Collecting data is only the first step toward     wisdom, but sharing data is the first step toward community"" Links

    0. 
http://amitshah.nav.to/
    1. 
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=164838
    2. 
http://www.economictimes.com/

Electronic Voting: Your Worst Nightmares are True http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/199210

[0]jfreon writes "On [1]Democracy Now Bev Harris of [2]BlackBoxVoting
    fame, [3]disclosed (near the end of the transcript) that in the
[4]compromised 1.8Gigs off Diebold's FTP site they uncovered "an actual
    election file containing actual votes on election day from San Luis     Obispo County, California". Problem is, the date stamp was 3:31pm -     during voting hours! The Diebold system uses a wireless network card.     Worse: "So that means if they can pull the information in, they can     also send information back into those machines. "" Links

    0. mailto:jfreon@@hotmail.com
    1. 
http://www.democracynow.org/
    2. 
http://www.blackboxvoting.com/
    3. 
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/159216
    4. 
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,59925,00.html

Linux.com
Staying ahead of the curve: How to retrain yourself for embedded Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/29/1948223

• by Richard A. Sevenich - Not too many years ago, finding a resident operating system in an embedded system was atypical. Very high-end embedded systems might have had something like QNX as resident. Hardware has changed quickly though, and as devices get smarter, embedded Linux development appears to be the area with the most intriguing upside.

Boscov's Inches Into Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/2153211

     Successful Linux deployments sometimes happen gradually. Boscov's, a     Linux pioneer in the department store space, is a great case in point.

Microsoft: Hated Because It's Misunderstood http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/2033209

    OwlWhacker writes "Prejudices and misconceptions about Microsoft make     it hard to evalute the company's merits. The biggest myths about     Microsoft are that its desktop products are overpriced, it doesn't     respect its customers, and reliability and security are poor. And some     think the company is downright evil. [I thought about posting this one     under 'humor' - OwlWhacker]"

Group launches desktop Linux confab
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1940245

     A breakaway group of organizers has set up its own conference devoted     to desktop Linux, after acrimony tainted a show held earlier this year.

Microsoft reveals string of software bugs http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1857234

    Anonymous Reader writes "A string of software bugs in Microsoft     products were announced on Wednesday, prompting some experts to warn     that they may be used to create new worms, viruses and hacking tools.     The most common software affected by the faults are Microsoft Office     programs. Gunter Ollman, a consultant with the US computer security     firm Internet Security Systems, says all of the vulnerabilities may     attract unwanted attention from computer ...

SCO faces AUUG anger, claims Linux users still liable http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1748235

    Anonymous Reader writes "Less than one week after SCO allegedly stated     it had no plans to take action against commercial Linux users, the     company's Australia and New Zealand managing director Kieran     O'Shaughnessy has reignited the threat. Speaking as part of a panel     session at the Australian Unix Users Group (AUUG) annual conference in     Sydney yesterday, O'Shaughnessy faced a hostile audience, including     FreeBSD developer and AUUG president Greg ...

Boston University Corporate Education Center to Host First Annual Desktop Linux Conference http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1746259

    In response to the overwhelming demand for information about Linux     desktop deployment, the Desktop Linux Consortium has announced the     organization's first conference devoted to the Linux desktop, to be     held on November 10, 2003, at Boston University's Corporate Education     Center in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts.

Blaster worm linked to severity of blackout http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1723207

    The W32.Blaster worm may have contributed to the cascading effect of     the Aug. 14 blackout, government and industry experts revealed this     week.

   Linux rescues Oracle implementation for lighting manufacturer http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1659258

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "Lithonia Lighting, a Georgia manufacturer of     commercial lighting equipment, switched to Linux to cure a     memory-mapping problem Windows experienced during an Oracle     implementation."

Halloween, patents, and preloads
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/04/1350254

• by Joe Barr - It's getting close to Halloween again. It's less than 90 days until the goblins come out to play. Over the past few years, Halloween has become synonymous with leaked internal Microsoft documents. Thanks to Eric S. Raymond, they have revealed Microsoft's planning, strategy, or analysis for coping with the free/open source software revolution. These "Halloween Documents," in case you've forgotten, are how we first got word of ...

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Gadgets: Arc LED Flashlight
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PC Mods: Startech Cool Aluminator PC Case http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6297/

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Cube Goodies: Moving Gear Clock
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