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[osdn starter] September 19, 2003
Date: Fri Sep 19 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Red Hat Posts Its Best Quarter Yet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/0319257
wrinkledshirt writes "Anybody remember the days when the naysayers said you couldn't build a viable business model centered around open-source software? [0]After Red Hat's 2nd quarter report, well, insert(&mouth, FOOT); is all I have to say. Okay, okay, the hubris of a Linux zealot aside, the numbers look pretty good. Revenue for the quarter was $28 million, with net income at $3 million. You'd think SCO's blathering would have damaged them, but they're actually up the last couple of quarters after posting some net losses in previous quarters." Kudos to Red Hat. They must be doing something right. Links
0. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1273788,00.asp
VeriSign Sued Over SiteFinder Service
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/039214
dmehus writes "It was only a matter of time, the pundits said, and they
were right. [0]Popular Enterprises, LLC., an Orlando, Florida based
cybersquatting so-called 'search services' company, has [1]filed a
lawsuit in Orlando federal court against VeriSign, Inc. over VeriSign's
controversial SiteFinder 'service.' While PopularEnterprises has had a
dodgy history of buying up thousands of expired domain names and
redirecting them to its [2]Netster.com commercial "search services"
site, the lawsuit is most likely a good thing, as it provides one more
avenue to pursue in getting VeriSign to terminate [3]SiteFinder.
According to the lawsuit, the company contends alleges antitrust
violations, unfair competition and violations of the Deceptive and
Unfair Trade Practices Act. It asks the court to order VeriSign to put
a halt to the service. VeriSign spokesperson Brian O'Shaughnessy said
the company has not yet seen the lawsuit and that it doesn't comment on
pending litigation."
Links
0.
http://www.popularenterprises.com/
1.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3471297
2.
http://www.netster.com/
3.
http://sitefinder.verisign.com/
Monty Python's Holy Grail goes Broadway
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/012236
Sixyphe writes "First sighted on [0]Yahoo News, it would seem that
[1]Eric Idle of [2]Monty Python fame is working on a [3]Broadway
musical [4]adaptation of everybody's favorite source of accurate
medieval data, [5]Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The goal is 2005,
and the working title is Spamelot (and not Spamalot, contrary to what
an [6]AP wire claims). And as a bonus to all you North-American Python
fans, Eric Idle is soon to be [7]touring in Canada and the US."
Links
0.
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/eo/20030912/106341030000.html
1.
http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/index.shtml
2.
http://www.pythonline.com/
3.
http://www.musicaltheatre.org.uk/news.htm
4.
http://www.dailyllama.com/news/2003/llama206.html
5.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/
6.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/entertainment/events/6748221.htm
7.
http://www.pythonline.com/eric_idle.html
Using an Old Satellite Dish as a WLAN Antenna http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/0053233
[0]=m8s=Dark Underlord writes "I was browsing for wireless stuff and
came across this link that shows [1]how to use an old satellite dish as
an 802.11 antenna." The directions tout the range as being 10 miles
given line of sight. We've had other stories about [2]building
antennas, but I think these are cooler because of their focused nature,
but a Primestar dish is a little tougher to locate than a Pringles can
or a floppy disk.
Links
0. mailto:travis_ryan@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airport/Primestar/Primestar.html
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/07/1633252&tid=193Computer Makers Sued Over Hard Drive Size http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/2245200
FPCat writes "Finally, some one is doing something about one of my pet peeves. It seems a [0]group of people are suing Apple, Dell, Gateway, HP, and others for misleading consumers about hard disk sizes. About time someone spoke up and said '1000 MB != 1 GB'" It's not much of a mystery to anyone who's up on industry practices, but it's similar to the way graphic displays are sized, cereal boxes are filled, and so on. Andy Rooney could have a field day with this one. Links
Booting Linux Faster
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/224207
krony writes "IBM's [0]DeveloperWorks explains how to [1]decrease boot times for your Linux box. The concept is to load system services in parallel when possible. Most surprising to me is the use of 'make' to handle dependencies between services." The example system shown is able to cut its boot time in half, but the article stresses the effectiveness can vary widly from machine to machine. Links
0. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/
Finally: Broadband for the Commodore 64
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1857204
GP writes "Now even die-hard Commodore 64 users are able to enjoy the
benefits of broadband Internet connectivity. A [0]newly announced
[1]Ethernet [2]card together with the [3]Contiki operating system lets
you surf the web, send e-mail, host web sites with the built-in web
server, and soon even play LAN games on your good old Commodore 64! All
this with a computer that is old enough to drink."
Links
0.
http://www.jschoenfeld.de/news/news88_e.htm
1.
http://www.siliconsonic.de/grafik/bundle_big.jpg
2.
http://www.siliconsonic.de/grafik/new_details_big.jpg
3.
http://dunkels.com/adam/contiki/
New Microsoft Worm Coming Soon?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1855204
[0]Seft sent in a solid article running on the BBC discussing [1]the
next potential worm explosion on the heels of a recent [2]Security
Bulletin from Microsoft. The article is a somewhat general topic piece
on worms in general.
Links
0. mailto:a_seftel@wincoll.ac.uk
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3119316.stm
2.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-039.asp
G5 PowerBook "Challenge"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1822219
CarlBenda writes "[0]MacWorld/UK has some interesting quotes from Jon Rubinstein, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering at Apple concerning the possibility of a G5 powerbook. He's said that a G5 powerbook is "an issue of good, solid engineering" and that "a few years ago, nobody thought it would be possible to get a G4 processor in a PowerBook". Start saving your money." Links
0. http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=6916
UK Makes Spamming a Fineable Offense
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1729232
[0]woodhouse writes "The BBC has an article about the [1]new UK
anti-spamming law which comes into force later this year. Under the new
law, spammers can be fined up to 5000 pounds in a magistrates court, or
an unlimited amount in the crown court. Sadly, prison terms won't be
used to enforce of the new law."
Links
Linux.com
Yet another wormy reason to switch from Windows to Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/2142224
- by Joe Barr - The recent spate of email borne viruses/worms/trojans and similar nasties which have befallen Windows users isn't over, and it isn't likely to be for some time. Discussions about why this is true and who -- if anyone -- can be held responsible for the mess are for a different time. I simply want to make the point that Linux users have a huge advantage over those running Windows: We don't have to be afraid of the email we receive.
Novell Delays Linux Services for NetWare http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/2014241
Novell is delaying shipment of its much anticipated Linux Services for NetWare product until the end of this year, due to a decision to integrate software code from Ximian, a recently acquired ISV that is very active in the Linux space.
ARM7/uClinux kit supports Xilinx 200K Gates FPGA http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1947211
Wiscore Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan) announced support for incorporating the Xilinx Spartan-II XC2S200 FPGA into uClinux/ARM7-based embedded systems and devices. The support consists of an "FPGA daughter board" that plugs into the expansion connector of Wiscore's NET-Start! platform, an ARM7/uClinux embedded system development kit.
VeriSign Creating Valid Contracts?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1835241
Ernest_Miller writes "LawMeme 's James Grimmelmann takes a look at whether or not VeriSign's DNS hijacking creates a real contract for those who mistype a URL."
Telstra joins Mad Hatter party
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1727231
TELSTRA plans to use Sun Microsystems' just released Mad Hatter desktop software as a replacement for Microsoft Windows as a part of its massive technology revamp.
Freeing Computers in Schools
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1714232
Riza is a four-year-old Indian girl who thinks of computers as toys. Instead of adding one more difficult subject to her already tiring school day, she occasionally plays educational games on the PC.
NuSphere Corporation announces phpED version 3.2.1 release http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1527251
September 17, 2003 - NuSphere Corporation today announced the release of PhpED v3.2.1, which is a major update for version 3.2. NuSphere phpED is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that integrates a comprehensive set of editing, debugging and deployment tools for PHP scripting language that can speed up the development time notably.
New search engine for Linux software packages in Debian http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/158209
Users of Debian-based Linux distributions can now benefit from a new search engine for software packages in Debian format (.deb). The search engine rpmseek.com now indexes Debian Linux software packages as well.
Astaro Signs Prevare and Wehr to Partner Program http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/1454212
jpike writes "Astaro Signs Prevare and Wehr to Partner Program; 325 Astaro Channel Partners to date.
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