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[osdn starter] September 30, 2003
Date: Tue Sep 30 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Mobile Internet Down Under
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/056219
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "A truck, a sat dish and a sunburnt country.
When you absolutely positively need to connect to the Internet, why not
carry your own broadband connection with you? One Aussie guy and his
wife are doing just that -- [1]packed up the lot and have gone on the
road, so far roughly 3000km. He says 'Of course nothing is simple. The
salespeople were convinced that I couldn't line up the dish -- it took
me about an hour to figure out and now roughly takes about ten minutes
each time I set up. They told me that the wireless gear wouldn't talk
to the modem, they told me that my Debian workstation wouldn't be
supported, they told me that the BOC wouldn't talk to me, they told me
that I needed training, they told me that it wasn't done and it
wouldn't work, they told me that I'd void my warranty, they told me so
many stories..'"
Links
Changes in the Network Security Model?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/0220233
[0]Kaliban asks: "As a Sysadmin, understanding network security is
clearly an important part of my skillsets so I wanted to get thoughts
on a few things that I've seen recently after some discussions with
co-workers. Are network services becoming so complicated that
application level firewalls (such as ISA Server) are absolutely
necessary? Is the simple concept of opening and closing ports
insufficient for networking services that require the client and server
to open multiple simultaneous connections (both incoming and
outgoing)?This leads me to my next question: has the paradigm of 'if
you offer external services to the Internet then place those machines
onto a perimeter network' been eroded? Are application level firewalls
sophisticated enough to allow machines on your internal network to
advertise services to the Internet? When is it alright to 'poke a hole
in the firewall' to allow this? Personally, I think the answer is
'Never!' but perhaps I'm out of touch with current network security
models."
Links
0. mailto:kaliban923@yahoo.com
iRiver Announces A New Ogg/MP3 Player
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/006226
An anonymous reader writes "[0]CD Freaks and [1]Mobile mag are
reporting that [2]iRiver has unveiled a new [3]Ogg-capable mp3 player.
Featuring 20 GB of HD space and USB 2.0 connectivity, the iHP-120 might
just be the answer to the question all us [4]Apple-fearing geeks have
been asking... Although the new product has yet to show up on their
website, the older model [5]iHP-100 is similar in design but with half
the storage space (10gb). New software will be released in October to
update it and other players from iRiver with ogg compatibility as
well."
Links
0.
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php?ID=8054
1.
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C2092/
2.
http://iriver.com/
3.
http://www.vorbis.com/
4.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/
5.
http://www.iriveramerica.com/products/iHP-100.asp
Few Takers For RIAA's "Clean Slate"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/0015224
[0]gbulmash writes "In the wake of the RIAA's [1]highly-criticized
"Clean Slate" program, a recent [2]article about P2P United reveals
that the RIAA has only had 838 takers for their file swapping amnesty
offer. That's less than 1/1000th of one percent of the estimated number
of P2P users worldwide."
Links
0. mailto:semi_famous@yahoo.com
1.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/2349252&tid=158
2.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1093&e=2&u=/pcworld/20030929/tc_pcworld/112677Software Tweak Makes Linux Boot In Under 200 ms http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/003209
An anonymous reader writes "A version of Linux has been created [0]that
radically speeds up system boot time -- to less than 200 milliseconds
(ms) from power-up to application code startup. The techniques, created
by Real-time Linux vendor [1]FSMLabs, are processor independent, and
boot times of under 100 mS are expected in the future." Update: 09/30
01:04 GMT by [2]T: Yep -- both headline and post should have read "ms"
(milliseconds) rather than "mS" (milli Siemens); thanks to all the
alert readers.
Links
0.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5907201615.html
1.
http://www.fsmlabs.com/
2.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/Cable Companies Reject Tiered Pricing Model http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/2314215
The Lynxpro submits this [0]Investor's Business Daily article carried on Yahoo!, writing "It details how the Cable Companies are resisting a pricing this competition with DSL providers by resisting tiered pricing models. The article highlights how Time Warner Cable and Comcast are both bringing access speeds back to 3Mbps without any price increases. What the article fails to mention is that is the very speed rate @Home offered before going into bankruptcy. The cable companies formerly partnered with @Home reduced access speeds when they resumed their own services in the wake of the @Home implosion." I wonder if (low-speed) Internet access will ever be just another basic-cable feature. Links
The Design Of The Google File System
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/2227224
[0]Freddles writes "This is [1]an interesting paper (PDF) describing
the design approach to [2]Google's file system. The design had to take
account of requirements for huge file sizes, a highly responsive
infrastructure and an assumption that hardware components will always
fail."
Links
0.
http://www.fredhoysted.com
1.
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/sosp2003/papers/p125-ghemawat.pdf
2.
http://www.google.com/FCC To Enforce Do Not Call List, Not FTC http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/2040216
Iphtashu Fitz writes "The Associated Press is [0]reporting that the
[1]Federal Communications Commission will step in and enforce the
national Do Not Call list for the [2]Federal Trade Commission. The FCC
is coming to the aid of the FTC because of the [3]recent lawsuit filed
against the FTC over the list."
Links
0.
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/272/wash/Federal_Communications_Commiss%3A.shtml
1.
http://www.fcc.gov/
2.
http://www.ftc.gov/
3.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/24/160205&tid=158India Blocks Yahoo Groups Over Political Content http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/1930218
[0]Ryan Barrett writes "In an attempt to shut down the Yahoo Group of a
[1] separatist political movement, the Indian government's CERT
organization ended up [2]blocking its country from accessing Yahoo
Groups as a whole. China's censorship of the Internet in the past few
years has been unsettling, but most people have accepted it as a
by-product of China's form of government. Given that India's form of
government is clearly different, this is much more chilling."
Links
0.
http://ryan.barrett.name
1.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kynhun/
2.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20030929/D7TS4BV80.html
AMD Moves Closer To Linux PDA
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/1946209
[0]Ryan writes "Mobilemag is reporting that AMD has [1]advanced the
prototype design of their current Linux-based PDA handheld, adding
full-screen video capabilities, and completing work on the device's
battery charger. The device is based on AMD's 400MHz Alchemy 1100
processor." However, "AMD has yet to find a hardware maker that has
committed to bringing the Alchemy-based reference design to market as a
commercial product."
Links
0. mailto:rgsman@hotmail.com
Linux.com
GAIMs IM services play
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/211247
- by Joe Barr - GAIM is a popular free software instant messaging client that works with a number of IM networks. If you are a GAIM user, you may have noticed that Yahoo!/GAIM messaging has been broken since last week, the same day that GAIM 0.69 was released. GAIM is not the only IM client in pain. Yahoo! intentionally broke logins to its Yahoo! Messenger service for most -- if not all -- third-party clients via a recent software change. But ...
Advanced Technology: Less = More
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/0511201
Kelly McNeill writes "In recent years, there has been a growing number of technology companies that have misappropriated the definition of 'advanced' technology. To these companies, 'advanced' equals 'more'. This is wrong. These companies have failed to understand that when it comes to technology, less can often times equal more. osView's editorial contributor Tom Nadeau offers his opinion on this topic and shows how this perspective relates to ...
Start here to learn about Java technology http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/0510220
Anonymous Reader writes "The developerWorks Java technology zone contains hundreds of articles, tutorials, and tips to help a developer make the most of the Java-language technology and related applications, but sifting through the volumes of resources can be overwhelming for developers trying to find a place to start learning about Java technology. developerWorks offers this page to provide an overview of Java technology basics within the ...
Blame Who For OS Insecurity?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/057248
Kelly McNeill writes "osViews contributor Gary Rogers takes on News.com.com's Charles Cooper and asks if the responsibility associated with worms, viri and compromised security should lie in the hands of the hackers and hooligans that committed the crime or if the blame should be cast upon the OS or software developers that left the back door open."
pgAdminIII 1.0 PostgreSQL GUI Client Released http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/0127207
Dave Page writes "OXFORD, ENGLAND: 29 SEPTEMBER 2003 - The pgAdmin Development Team are pleased to announce the first stable release of pgAdmin III, an Open Source management and administration tool for the PostgreSQL Object Relational Database Management System. pgAdmin III is the latest generation of the pgAdmin application.
Sharp to plot worldwide Linux PDA plan
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/1949207
Will Sharp ever bring its latest Linux-based Zaurus PDAs to Europe?
SuSE plans longer Linux cycle
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/1734219
Linux distributor SuSE said last week that future versions of the open source operating system may arrive at a slower rate, a move designed to increase stability for users.
BGH opts for Linux and thin clients
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/1726215
Mt Maunganui-based BGH Group has avoided paying for operating system and office productivity software in its move from "dumb terminals" to a "thin client" PC network.
SnapGear releases world's first production Linux system powered by 2.6 kernel http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/1822257
Craig Oda writes "Embedded Linux Upgrade Features Improved Security and Support for Intel®, Renesas®, Motorola® and NEC® Processors. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - September 29, 2003 - SnapGear Inc., a leader in embedded Linux security, today announced the availability of version 3.0 of SnapGear Embedded Linux, which includes the Linux 2.6 kernel, a full embedded Linux distribution, security enhancements, and a developer's toolkit.
Intel will Eat Crow and Support AMD's x86-64 http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/1720253
Kelly McNeill writes "With the release of AMD's x86-64, Intel has been put in a serious bind. They know that Microsoft can't support two competing chip sets (Intel or AMD's 64) lest developer throw their hands in the air in mass-frustration. Unfortunately (for intel), Itanium wasn't the wild success they hoped it would be, this despite investing massive amounts of R&D into the chip. osViews editorial contributor Rich Maston believes that ...
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Cube Goodies: The Great Circle Challenge http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/6397/
Books: Masters Of Doom
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/63ab/
PC Mods: CoolerMaster Musketeer
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Computing: Auravision Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/62e3/
PC Mods: CoolerMaster Aerogate II
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Gadgets: Ultimate Toolkit
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PC Mods: MSI Mega PC Barebones Kit
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Gadgets: Sidewinder Cell Phone Charger
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Gadgets: Computer Microscope
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Interests: Volatile Hyperlinkage
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Interests: Soothing Green Light
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Interests: News w/ Nerd Slant
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Interests: Mainline Geek Culture
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Computing: 2-Port Integrated KVM Switch
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Electronics: Nikon Coolpix SQ
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Gadgets: X-Linx 2-Way Personal Communicator http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/6316/
Computing: Logitech Internet Chat Headset http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/6326/
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