Author: JT Smith
ZDNet claims the Pentium 4 is a substandard processor and explains why.
Category:
- Unix
Iridium satellites have 1 in 249 chance of hitting someone
Author: JT Smith
CNN reports on the Iridium satellite network of 74 low orbit satellites and there possible reentry 14 months from now. On reentry there is a 1 in 249 chance that one of the 74 satellites will hit someone.
Category:
- Linux
Australian university pioneers WAP-controlled robots
Author: JT Smith
AustralianIT reports on a project, by Australian researchers, that controls a robot
via the internet using a mobile phone and
Wireless Application Protocol.
via the internet using a mobile phone and
Wireless Application Protocol.
FSF’s 2000 list of donors
Author: JT Smith
The Free Software Foundation site lists its large donors through Dec. 11. (Andover.net, now called OSDN, owns NewsForge.)
Category:
- Migration
Exploring Linux PDA software alternatives
Author: JT Smith
ZDNet has the start of a series on the way Linux is used on PDAs and handhelds, and what are the challenges to extablishing Linux on those devices.
Category:
- Linux
Record company prepares to sell copy-protected CDs
Author: JT Smith
CNet reports on plans by country-music company Fahrenheit Entertainment said to sell copy-protected CDs by early next year using
encryption technology from SunnComm, a little-known company based in Phoenix.
encryption technology from SunnComm, a little-known company based in Phoenix.
Lock up your IM, file-sharing content
Author: JT Smith
The Standard has a feature on Aimster and its founder Johnny Deep, a consultant from upstate New York.
Building a Slackware system
Author: JT Smith
Byte.com has a column about experiences with Slackware and Red Hat, and the writer talks about hardware recognition for
each.
each.
Category:
- Linux
Judge blocks Whois spam
Author: JT Smith
Wired.com reports that a federal judge has prohibited a Web hosting firm from using Register.com’s Whois database to spam users with a phone and e-mail marketing campaign.
Category:
- Programming
Google product tracker could raise privacy concerns
Author: JT Smith
“Google’s new toolbar extension may give Web surfers the feeling they’re being watched. That’s because one version of Google’s toolbar keeps track of every site a person visits to analyze search and surfing patterns.” The story’s at CNet.
Category:
- Programming