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June 02, 2002 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Cube Fodder: Tangle Desktop Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5a38.shtml
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a3c.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59cc.shtml
Caffeine: Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a35.shtml
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml
Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59fe.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml
Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5a00.shtml
Watches: onHand PC Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml
Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/cases-mods.shtml
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59e0.shtml
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml
Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
Mobile Gaming with BREW
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/02/0132226
[0]KeelSpawn writes "For the most of us who are bored with playing that
game called "Snake" -- chasing a black dot with a string of lines --
that likely came standard with your cell phone, here's some interesting
news. Try a round of golf instead, or a combat game called "Gladiator."
Soon, even the ever popular "Dungeons & Dragons". All those will be
[1]playable through cellphones, wirelessly."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/06/01/cell.games.ap/index.html
Moving towards Mozilla 1.0
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/02/0113247
[0]fluedke writes "The latest Mozilla CVS identifies itself as "Mozilla
1.0". It looks like this source will become the official 1.0 within the
next days. Read the [1]news posting here." And if you're one of the
[2]missing hackers, speak up.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&th=3c43b2ae1ff7327f
2. http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/missing.html
Hello MEMS, Goodbye Monitors
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/01/232254
ftantil writes "In this article Bob Cringely says traditional monitors
(CRTs *and* LCDs) will eventually [0]go the way of the Underwood. I've
always liked the idea of seeing the image equivalent of a 27" monitor
by looking into a slot in my cellphone, but it never occurred to me
that these things could replace TVs too."
Links
0. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020530.html
Spoken Japanese-English translation Using Your PDA
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/01/1940214
Ewann writes "Yet another step closer to the universal translator: [0]
Digitimes is [1] reporting that NEC has announced trials of software
for your PDA that listens to spoken English and Japanese phrases,
translates them, and re-speaks them in the other language. Should be
very handy the next time I'm in Tokyo."
Links
0. http://www.digitimes.com/
1. 'www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/05/30&pages=PR&seq=202
China Bans U.S. Electronic Scrap
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/01/1932214
[0]ReverseC writes "Think twice before you throw that those computer
parts in the garbage. Do you really know where it's going? [1]The
Guardian reports [2] China has banned US's electronic junk." We did a
previous story about the [3]U.S. dumping electronic scrap in China.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/
2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,725756,00.html
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/25/1338230
Review of Embedded Linux Book
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/01/1847259
An Anonymous Coward writes "LinuxDevices.com has just published a
[0]very detailed review by Jerry Epplin of the new book by Craig
Hollabaugh, [1]Embedded Linux -- Hardware, Software, and Interfacing,
published by Addison Wesley Professional. Quoting briefly from the
review, "A system developer planning to use Linux for an embedded
design is faced with a number of decisions, not the least of which is
whether to use a packaged commercial Embedded Linux distribution or to
devise a homebrew solution from the available free tools and
components. The custom approach has much appeal because of its low cost
and radical flexibility, allowing one to choose any approach or tool
rather than those chosen by the toolkit vendor. But with this
flexibility and low cost comes the chaotic documentation typical of
Linux. Thus, books like [this one] fill a significant void . . .""
Links
0. http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8515229385.html
1. http://www.linuxdevices.com/products/PD9595177871.html
Palm m100s - A Pattern of Defects?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1633203
An Anonymous Coward writes about his experience with a brand-new Palm:
"Having a few years experience watching co-workers scratching out
Grafitti on their little palm-sized toys and being reminded of
appointments by musical ring-tones, I decided to take the plunge. More
of a dip into a wading pool, as I chose the [0]Palm m105. It was
inexpensive enough ($149), and the 8 MB of memory seemed a more prudent
choice over the tiny 1 MB in the $99 [1]m100. My experiences quickly
turned from elation to dread, however." This is the story of a piece of
hardware's inexplicable degradation within 14 days. I thought we were
making hardware better than this, but over the past few years, this is
becoming more the rule than the exception. Is hardware issue limited to
Palm, a case of bad manufacturing of a specific product, or a sign of
things to come?
Links
0. http://www.palm.com/products/palmm105/
1. http://www.palm.com/products/palmm100/
Keeping Secrets in Hardware: Xbox Case Study
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/01/1656228
BS405397 writes "Here is the just released MIT whitepaper on the
[0]security holes in the MS X-Box, and for those who are interested,
opens up the X-Box pretty nicely."
Links
0. ftp://publications.ai.mit.edu/ai-publications/2002/AIM-2002-008.pdf
EU Ratifies Kyoto Treaty
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/01/1619221
An anonymous submitter sends: "Yahoo! News is reporting that all 15
member states of the European Union have just [0]ratified the Kyoto
treaty to cut greenhouse emissions by 8% over the next ten years (the
US agreed to 7%.)"
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=5&cid=578&u=/nm/20020531/ts_nm/environment_kyoto_europe_dc_7
Open Source... Mining?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/01/1412233
[0]farrellj writes "In mining, geophysical data is the "source code" of
the industry, and is usually guarded as closely as Microsoft guards
their source code for their programs, sometimes even more so. But one
Canadian mining company opened up their data, and reaped the rewards of
Open Source in higher profits. Read all about it at: [1]FastCompany.
NOTE: Originally seen on [2]Linux Today."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.fastcompany.com/online/59/mcewen.html
2. http://www.linuxtoday.com/
Software.linux.com
Email Reminders
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1461/
Hey man, I don't know about you but when it comes to my memory, I need
all of the help I can get! Since there are tons of programs out there
to help the mentally challenged, I know I'm not alone. Like most of you
I'm all for anything that makes it easy for me to remember things, like
eating lunch, attending meetings, and picking up the love of my life
for our anniversary dinner.
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