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Slashdot
The Matrix: Revolutions Theatrical Trailer http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/0514248

[0]Escape Tangent writes "The full theatrical trailer for The Matrix:
    Revolutions was posted just moments ago at [1]thematrix.com. Choose     your poison, then oogle at the eyecandy. Here are links to the [2]high,
[3]medium, and [4]low resolutions. Sorry folks, Quicktime 6 only." This
    trailer is much longer than the earlier TV spots, but they're still     available.
Links

    0. 
http://`ten.aihpleda' `ta' `retipicca'
    1. 
http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rv_cmp/trailers_rev_frames.html
    2. 
http://progressive.warnerbros.com/thematrix/us/med/rev_theatre_0x3839_640_dl.mov
    3. 
http://progressive.warnerbros.com/thematrix/us/med/rev_theatre_0x3839_480_dl.mov
    4. 
http://progressive.warnerbros.com/thematrix/us/med/rev_theatre_0x3839_320_dl.mov

Nintendo Announces Wireless GBA Adapter
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/063208

    Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the Yahoo press release     announcing [0]Nintendo is using Motorola technology to produce a     wireless adapter for the GameBoy Advance. According to the release,     "The 2.4GHz radio frequency (RF) chipset enables up to five players to     play each other wirelessly, allowing for flexible, mobile game     playing", and it "...will be launched in Japan first half of 2004."     Motorola is also hosting [1]a picture of the device, showing how it     connects to the GBA.
Links

    0. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030926/nyf027_1.html

1. http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/graphics/detail/0,,869,00.html

XFce Desktop 4 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/2331228

[0]BladeMelbourne writes "After thorough RC testing, version 4.0 of my
    favourite 'lite' desktop environment has been released. Sporting purty     eye candy, [1]XFce is leaps and bounds ahead of the legacy XFce 3.8.18     release, whilst retaining it's performance. [2]Release notes are     available, as well as [3]binary and source packages. Bring that PII     back to life!" While it may not have all the bells and whistles, it's     pretty clean looking.
Links

    0. 
http://www.mikeskinner.net
    1. 
http://www.xfce.org/
    2. 
http://www.xfce.org/en/final_notes_en.html
    3. 
http://www.xfce.org/en/download.html

Author of Paper Critical of Microsoft is Fired http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/029252

[0]chongo writes "Daniel E. Geer Jr., one of the primary authors of a
    report [1]Reliance On MS A Danger To National Security, was [2]fired     from @stake Thursday morning. @stake said that 'The values an opinions     of the [3]report are not in line with @stake's views' and that Geer's     participation was 'not sanctioned.' Microsoft, who has worked closely     with @stake in the past, denied that it was involved in @stake's     decision to fire Dan." There might not be anything fishy going on at     all, but that's no reason to stop making perfectly good conspiracy     theories.
Links

    0. 
http://www.isthe.com/chongo/index.html
    1. 
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/24/2111219&tid=172
    2. 
http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5082649.html
    3. 
http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf

2.6 Ton Pinball Machine
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/133207

[0]nmoog writes "Heres something you don't see everyday - [1]The
    Southtyrol-game is an 11 metre, 2.6 tonne pinball "style" machine. Its     intention? 'Provide an ironic and entertaining demonstration of how the     advent of tourism shaped the landscape and economic habits in the small     Italian province of Southtyrol.' And powered by Linux to boot. Um, as     well."
Links

    0. mailto:earle@ezi123.com

1. http://www.linuxdesktop.it/benno/southtyrolgame/

Slashback: Card, Fortran, Legibility
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/2350239

    Slashback tonight brings you more on recent RIAA madness, the     readability of scrambled words, word of the return of Nullsoft's WASTE,     another decision against the FTC's do-not-call list, and more -- read     on for the details.

Dell Announces New Music Player, Download Service http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/2247211

    gotr00t writes "It appears that Dell Computer Corp. has [0]announced     that by the end of the year, they will have released their digital     audio player, known in short as the 'Dell DJ.' Along with the player,     there will also be a digital music download service. Looks like Dell is     also joining Apple in the consumer products category." Links

    0. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030925/255413_1.html

Microsoft Wins Summary Judgement in Smart Tag Case http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/221209

[0]dan2bit writes "[1]Business Week reports that a judge in Wisconsin
    handed down a summary judgement today in favor of Microsoft, defending     itself from a patent infringement suit brought by small fish     Hyperphrase over the embedding of 'Smart Tags' in Microsoft Office. The     suit also produced some [2]amusing minutiae." Links

    0. mailto:slashdot@2-bit.spamblock.com
    1. 
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/5082242.htm
    2. 
http://www.corplawblog.com/archives/000142.html

Workweek Causes Climate Changes
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/1856237

[0]Shipud writes "An [1] article in the [2]Proceedings of the National
    Academy of Sciences reports that daily temperature ranges are smaller     on weekdays than on weekends. This phenomenon is strongest in the US,     but also appears in China and Japan. The researchers attribute this to     human activity, although the exact mechanism is unclear. The prime     suspect is [3] aerosol / cloud interactions. Here is the more legible     version from [4] Scientific American" Links

    0. mailto:shipudi@yahoo.com
    1. 
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/2034034100v1
    2. 
http://pnas.org/
    3. 
http://saga.pmel.noaa.gov/aceasia/prospectus/prospectus022601.html
    4. 
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0002C7F3-2229-1F66-905980A84189EEDF

Linux Advocacy From the Trenches
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/1811225

    An anonymous reader writes "Tom Adelstein, longtime Linux advocate and     consultant has spent the last year working closely with state, local,     and federal government open source software initiatives. Tom launched     Government Forge,spearheaded the Open Source bill in Texas and other     programs. Tom shares the grass roots efforts that have offered him an     insider's view of what is propelling Linux toward critical mass and the     desktop. He shares his view of Linux "from the trenches" in this
[0]interview."

Links

    0. http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT9683428306.html

Linux.com
@tStake CTO loses job after Microsoft report http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/0654225

    The chief technology officer of computer security firm @Stake, which     consults for Microsoft Corp., has been fired after taking part in     writing a report criticizing Windows as posing a national cybersecurity     risk, an associate said on Thursday.

But does it cause cancer?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/2356236

    According to a ZDNet poll, 77 percent of its readers believe that     Windows is a threat to our national security. Amazing that so many     still use it.

XFce Project releases version 4.0
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/2231259

    Jasper Huijsmans writes "XFce 4.0 has been released! The XFce Team is     pleased to announce the release of version 4.0 of the XFce Desktop     Environment and Development Platform. See the press release.

   LinuxTV 2.0 STBs and SoCs pending
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/2039255

    German digital TV specialist Galaxis will soon ship the first set-top     box (STB) based on LinuxTV 2.0, a software stack from Convergence that     supports the Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) interface. Additionally,     Galaxis revealed plans to build future LinuxTV 2.0 based STBs     incorporating a new system-on-chip (SoC) processor from Toshiba.

Businesses Face Barriers To E-Mail Upgrades http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/1937225

     As Microsoft and Lotus prepare updates, most big companies are running     messaging software one or two major revisions behind the maker's most     current version.

Linux Clusters Rev Up on PC Blades
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/1821225

     When it comes to Linux clusters, mainframes have long drawn the     largest acclaim. Now, though, scientific and technical imaging     specialists such as Paradigm and Electro-Optical Sciences (EOS) are     praising the gains they're seeing from Linux clusters on PC servers,     even without blades.

Linux from the trenches: A frank analysis of Linux as it moves toward critical mass http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/185213

     Tom Adelstein, longtime Linux advocate and consultant has spent the     last year working closely with state, local, and federal government     open source software initiatives. Tom launched Government Forge, a Web     site devoted to state and local governments interested in Linux and     open source which is newly part of the Open Source Software Institute.     In November 2002, Tom initiated the legislation for Open Source     Software in Texas which resulted in ...

Tools to migrate from Exchange
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/1713233

    Anonymous Reader writes "Businesses can avoid a costly move from     Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 by using two migration tools that enable     them to move existing data to Samsung Contact on Linux, a media release     from Custom Technology says."

Samba steps up Linux/Windows connection
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/1546222

     The open-source development team Samba on Wednesday released an update     to its namesake software for connecting Windows desktop PCs with Linux     or Unix servers.

Interview with Jeremy Hogan of Red Hat
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/25/1534259

    linuxquestions writes "In an interview with LinuxQuestions.org Jeremy     Hogan, Manager of Community Relations at Red Hat, explains what the     Fedora project is (and isn't), the importance of OEM for Linux, how Red     Hat has managed to become profitable, what direction Red Hat is headed     in and what his take is on being called the "MS of Linux"."

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