Author: JT Smith
Debian.org has posted a schedule for their involvement at CeBIT.
Category:
- Linux
DoD developing Linux-based “Soldier’s Radio”
Author: JT Smith
Slashdotters are talking about an eeTimes article about the military’s plans to use embedded Linux in voice/data units.
Category:
- Linux
Is Linus Torvalds too powerful?
Author: JT Smith
Mikael Pawlo writes “Stanford professor Larry Lessig says that code is law. According to Lessig, the architectures of cyberspace are as important as the law in defining and defeating the liberties of the Net. If code is law, then Linus Torvalds must be the legislator. Is Linus Torvalds too powerful?
Category:
- Linux
SSH inventor denied trademark request
Author: JT Smith
Network World Fusion reports that the inventor of SSH (Secure Shell) has been denied a trademark request for ‘SSH’, intended to protect his company from several other versions of the same software.
Nintendo asks retailers to stop promoting the Xbox
Author: JT Smith
CNet reports that Nintendo has asked retailers to stop marketing Microsoft’s not yet released Xbox, warning that marketing the product could hurt their sales and those of Nintendo.
Category:
- Open Source
NTT DoCoMo open’s i-mode
Author: JT Smith
silver writes “As I have done for the last two year with my i-mode phone I log into my web server using SSL and check if the server is running correctly and if there are any email’s, answer them and close all while I sit on the toilet. Only problem is that I can only do it in from my PC or my NTT DoCoMo phone, but this is all about to change. NTT DoCoMo plans to open its i-mode Internet communication service network for cellular phones to other telecommunication operators by the spring of 2003, just in time for Christmas and a US launch. What does that mean? Well imagine i-mode as an operating layer or protocal for ever other application out there, i-mode in the toaster, i-mode in fridge. It seems i-mode and NTT plan i-mode to be the next generation of internet operating systems for embeded hardware and with already 20 million subscribers I think of it as a standard soon :)”
The story is at www.yomiuri.co.jp.
The story is at www.yomiuri.co.jp.
Cell phone jammers defy law
Author: JT Smith
MSNBC reports that Americans are buying cell phone jammers in spite of them being against US law. Among the people buying them, claims the article, is the US government.
Category:
- Linux
Fibre Channel for Linux
Author: JT Smith
Linux Journal explains fibre channels in Linux in extensive detail.
Category:
- Linux
HP unveils color handheld
Author: JT Smith
ZDNet reports that Hewlett-Packard has unveiled a color handheld, improving its position in the handheld market.
Category:
- Unix