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Tracking implant raises serious privacy concerns
Author: JT Smith
The Atlantic Monthly reports on a patented device to remotely monitor people via an implant. While listing several legitmate uses for such...
US Department of Defense to build 512-processor Linux cluster
Author: JT Smith
Computer World reports that the US Department of Defense is planning to build a 512 CPU Linux cluster, purportedly to help track...
Sega sues Kmart over Dreamcast orders
Author: JT Smith
ZDNet reports that Sega is suing KMart over millions of dollars of unpaid bills for the Sega Dreamcast.
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Playing DVDs with Xine
Author: JT Smith
"When I first heard the news of DVD encryption being cracked, allowing Unix
users to view DVDs, I was quite skeptical. I couldn't...
Bluetooth chip maker will ride 802.11a wave
Author: JT Smith
EE Times reports that London's Cambridge Silicon Radio Ltd. has pledged to deliver an all-CMOS 802.11a Bluetooth chip that will deliver 54MB/second...
Stop, you’re killing me!
Author: JT Smith
"Earlier this week, however, it became crystal clear why this business has managed to sustain my divided attention for so long: It's...
Review: Iozone
Author: JT Smith
"Want to know how fast yor hard drive writes, rewrites, reads, and re-reads? Iozone is a tool that Linux users can run...
Microsoft India developing Java-to-.NET migration tools
Author: JT Smith
Microsoft's software development division in South India is developing something called JUMP to .NET, aka the Java User Migration Path for Microsoft...
Java moves trading into the wireless age
Author: JT Smith
InfoWorld has an interesting article on the use of Java at major financial and stock trading firms. Apparently Java's openness and portability...
Teaching with FreeBSD
Author: JT Smith
A few words on Unix in education from freebsdzine.org: "I work for one of the few universities in Australia
that teach...