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June 04, 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
Rockbox Replaces Archos Firmware
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/04/0018259
[0]bagder writes: "The guys in the [1]Rockbox project have just
released the first working firmware replacement for the [2]Archos
portable hard disk-based MP3-players. The software is all GPL. Every
tiny bit was reverse engineered, disassembled and then re-written from
scratch. You can go download your own firmware right now!"
Links
0. http://daniel.haxx.se/
1. http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/
2. http://www.archos.com/
AOpen Debuts The Funniest Motherboard Ever
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/03/1822222
Anonymous Coward X-11 writes "Has [0]AOpen gone flipping nuts by
putting vacuum tubes on its motherboards? [1]AX4B-533Tube No, it's not
replacing logic ICs with discrete components. The tubes are part of the
on board audio. Not sure if they are serious about this. April 1 was
two months ago." As an owner of a [2]tube headphone amplifier I applaud
AOpen's move to accomodate the high-end audio enthusiast, while
simultaneous wondering about the ability of a switched psu to properly
drive a tube amplification stage cleanly. There's no way this is for
real, right? Right? Here's a [3]link that seems to work pretty well.
And this looks pretty, well, real. Update: /. reader [4]Jedi1USA noted
that [5]HardOCP has more pics of the board.
Links
0. http://www.aopen.com/
1. http://club.aopen.com.tw/news/News_ShowAnswer.asp?RecNo=713&Language=English
2. http://www.musical-fidelity.co.uk/products/xponents/
3. http://www.aopen.com/products/mb/ax4b-533Tube.htm
4. http://slashdot.org/~Jedi1USA/
5. http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MzAy
Mobile Gaming At Desktop Speeds
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/03/2350233
DigitalBiscuit writes: "Today's leading edge laptop PCs are packing
serious power under their thin little hoods, enough that even the hard
core gamer may sit up and take note. [0] Here's a full showcase
(dismantled to show you the innards) with benchmarks on a Dell unit
that employs NVIDIA's new GeForce4 440 Go GPU and a Pentium 4M (mobile)
processor at 1.6GHz. Take one of these babies to the local LAN meet and
be the envy of your Mountain Dew chugging cohorts." Of course, this
will cost a lot more than similarly powerful desktop, but some people
don't seem to mind that tradeoff.
Links
0. http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/mgnvgf4440go_p4m.shtml
Conceptual Models of a Program?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/03/1814251
[0]retsofaj queries: "Almost all of the introductory programming books
I've looked at focus on syntax, with possible digressions into a bit of
semantics. What I haven't found are any great discussions that go
beyond syntax and semantics and make it all the way to conceptual
models. My goal is to develop a set of resources that can be used in an
introductory course that teaches students programming starting with
conceptual models, as opposed to starting with syntax."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Moronic Hacking Contest Ends In Free-For-All
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/03/1730202
atomgiant writes "[0]ZDNet is running an interesting [1]article about
the [2]KDWorks hacking contest that has gone bad, or good, depending on
your perspective. Entertaining read in any event." I think that
[3]Bruce Schneier has [4]said it best on the value of contests such as
this one. That the registration server was compromised I think is a
telling comment on the value of whole site security.
Links
0. http://www.zdnet.com/
1. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-930689.html
2. http://www.kdworks.co.kr/
3. http://www.counterpane.com/schneier.html
4. http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-9812.html#contests
What Free Cable?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/03/2037225
suckass writes: "Apparently if you've got a cable broadband connection
from AT&T you can get free basic cable just by splitting the line that
goes into your cable modem. News.com has a [0]story about it here."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-930356.html?tag=fd_lede
Keeping Private Customer Data...Private?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1658259
Suffering Sekret Keys asks: "When I first started working for the
company I'm with now, back in 1996, I was charged with finding a way to
keep our customer credit card info secure in our database. Now that I'm
smart enough to realize the flaws in this system, I am wondering how
you avoid the catch-22 of needing to be able to encrypt/decrypt the
data on the same machine that houses it, without exposing a secret key
that could make that data more vulnerable in the event of an
intrusion?" This question has been submitted a few times, recently, but
this was the best one out of the lot. It seems many of you are wisely
concerned about private data stored on your company's net, and the
risks involved if it gets stolen. Well, now is your chance to discuss
various solutions. How would you securely store your customer's private
information, especially when it comes to critical pieces like credit
card numbers?
Compaq Evo Tablet PC with Transmeta processor
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/03/1353228
[0]AVee writes "[1]Cnet has an [2]article about [3]Hp-Compaq announcing
there will be a new Compaq Evo tablet PC powered by a 1GHz version of
[4]Transmeta's Crusoe [5]TM5800 later this year. There is another
[6]article at [7]cnn.com."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://news.com.com/
2. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-930307.html?tag=cd_mh
3. http://thenew.hp.com/
4. http://www.transmeta.com/
5. http://www.transmeta.com/technology/specifications/tm5800.html
6. http://money.cnn.com/2002/05/31/technology/transmeta/index.htm
7. http://www.cnn.com/
Is the Universe its own Largest Computer?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/03/1747239
[0]missingmatterboy writes: "If the universe is simply [1]a giant
calculating machine, how big is it? Seth Lloyd, who two years ago
worked out the theoretical maximum possible power a laptop computer
could posess, has now "estimated how much information the Universe can
contain, and how many calculations it has performed since the Big
Bang." His conclusion: you'd need about 10^90 bits, with something like
10^120 manipulations of those bits, to express the universe since time
began."
Links
0. http://missingmatter.net
1. http://www.nature.com/nsu/020527/020527-16.html
Judge Says Sonicblue Doesn't Have to Monitor
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/03/1524245
MoD writes "From CNet: District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper on
Friday [0]overturned a late April ruling that required the maker of
ReplayTV set-top box technology to write and install software to
monitor what its customers were watching."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1040-930548.html?tag=fd_top
Software.linux.com
PKZIP for Linux
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1470/
One of my friends, Larry, recently switched to Linux. He was thrilled
when I told him that he didn't have to give up his favorite compression
program. Yep, helped him put all of his worries to rest, because it
makes viewing and extracting TAR, GZIP, UUencode, XXencode, MIME, and
BinHex files easy.
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