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Lost in the Ozone: some Epson-printed photos fade in high-Ozone environments
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
PCWorld story notes a problem with output from Epson Stylus Photo 870, 875DC, and 1270 inkjet printers, namely that photos printed on them turn orange quickly if you live in an area with a high Ozone concentration. Epson is offering to buy back these printers from dissatisfied customers, and plans to offer a new kind of paper soon that will correct the problem.
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A chip named Fido
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
Silly Salon story: "It's the American dream all over again -- Pet Chips are the new Pet Rocks." A Texas entrepreneur claims to have sold nearly 7000 of the things so far.
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How easily can a GPL license be abandoned?
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
I recently stumbled upon the awsome mp3 player Thinkgeek offers.
I noticed a link saying 'download Linux source' and was puzzled when, after I followed this link I ended up at Compaq's website, where I had to agree to a Compaq Intellectual Property license before I could download the source code. What happened to the GPL license Linux comes with? Is it possible to remove the GPL after modifying the Linux source tree? If so, what good is a GPL license? -BOFH_org
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Home is where the access is
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
Slightly tongue-in-cheek Upside story about telcos vs. cable companies, the difficulties of dealing with them, and the irony that can result when you have installers from both in your house at the same time.
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OpenNMS Update for September 12
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
OpenNMS Update for September 12 talks about travel, geekness, databases, status of currnet OpenNMS coding projects, and... baby steps.
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FCC to debate on Net cable access
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
MSNBC story. Summary: "U.S. regulators are set to embark
Thursday on what is likely to be a heated and protracted debate
over what federal regulations should govern high-speed
Internet access over cable television systems."
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Adults surf more than teens
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
Short ZDNN piece says, "Teens spend just half the time online that adults do,
according to a new study by Jupiter Communications.
The study, which analyzed recent numbers from Media
Metrix, said teens are too busy with school and
after-school activities to spend all their spare time online.
Plus, they often have to share their computers with other
family members. Full story to follow."
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KDE packages are pouring into Debian
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
The top headline of the latest Debian Weekly News is... KDE. Quote: "All of the core of KDE is already present in unstable, and more packages are sure to follow."
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New Age Athlons: The KX133 Snafu -- Part 3
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
Interesting commentary at 32bitsonline about mistakes AMD has made in the design, production, and marketing of their high-end Athlons.
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A $5 million investment to BSDi
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
According to BSDToday, Livin' on the Edge, an internet service provider in Japan, says its board of directors
"has unanimously voted to invest five million US dollars in Berkeley Software Design, Inc.".
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Gates casts doubt on WAP future
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
A software company representative named Bill Gates is quoted by nwfusion.com as having doubts about whether industry-backed WAP is as good a standard for handheld Internet access as Microsoft-backed XML. Gates mentions a desire to "embrace" WAP, but the word "extend" is not mentioned -- at least in this story.
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EC gives nod to Oracle, Telia WAP portal venture
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
"The European Commission (EC) on Tuesday granted its
approval for a joint venture between Swedish state-owned
telecommunications company Telia and database giant Oracle." according to nwfusion.com.
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Sun's Gage named as Harvard prize winner
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
Little squib at ZDNN says, "John Gage, chief researcher and director of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, has been selected as one of this fall's fellows at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.
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Washington debates need for technology policy chief
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
Summary of this CNet story: "Following reports that federal Web sites and computer systems are failing to ensure adequate privacy and security, there
is talk that the government might need a chief information officer to coordinate the United States' technology and
computer security policies."
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New Perl Modules, 7-11 September 2000
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
List of all new modules posted on use.Perl.org between September 7 and September 11. A useful fast reference for the Perl-driven.
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Verizon isn't suing 2600.com over domain name
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
For a while, it looked like Verizon (the Telco formerly known as Bell Atlantic and/or GTE) was going to sue 2600.com for having registered verizonreallysucks.com. They have decided not to. 2600.com is pleased.
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Microsoft's implementation of IPv6
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
Slashdot readers wonder if Microsoft's in-house research on IPv6 will lead to advances for all or to yet another situation where Microsoft decides to create a "standard" that doesn't match standards set by the rest of the computer/Internet industry.
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GNU source reaches 15th edition
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
The Free Software Foundation is distributing their 15th edition of the complete set of GNU source code.
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Upset over fuel cost
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
After months of increasing oil prices, the OPEC's web page has been cracked with a demand to take care of the poor of the world and lower oil prices. The Register has the story.
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Amazon backs down
September 13, 2000 (8:00:00 AM) - 9 years, 5 months ago
On line retailer Amazon.com backed down from its testing of prices effects on demand, and will refund part of the purchase to those who paid too much, says CNet.
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