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June 24, 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
CD Copying Kiosks Endorsed in Australia
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/24/048232
Iron Sun writes: "While the story is somewhat misleading in stating
that the plan legalises piracy, CD copying kiosks have been [0]given
the go ahead here in Australia. It will be interesting to see what the
Australian Recording Industry Association says about this. Supposedly
the plan involves royalty payments to ARIA, but where artists stand is
not discussed."
Links
0. http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4567037%255E13762,00.html
Using Winamp vis. Plugins with xmms
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/24/0025243
protonman writes "...and you thought emulation was for watching
quicktime trailers, playing nintendo games, or just running calc.exe.
Think again, Please welcome Winamp [0]Visualization Plugins for
[1]XMMS, available [2]now!"
Links
0. http://www.emulinks.de/xmms-winamp/
1. http://www.xmms.org/
2. http://www.xmms.org/plugins_vis.html#193
New Open Video Codec From Xiph/On2
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/24/0041248
[0]xercist writes: "[1]Xiph.org, the bringers of the mighty [2]Vorbis
codec, have [3]done it again. The patents on [4]On2's VP3 video codec
have been effectively neutered, and it is being released under the BSD
license for all to enjoy. The combination of VP3 video and Vorbis audio
(in an OGG bitstream, of course) will be called Theora, and will soon
take over the world. The ETA to a 1.0 release is approximately one
year. You can also read an [5]interview with Emmett Plant (Xiph CEO)
here. The official press release will be up tomorrow, so don't complain
about lack of mention on xiph.org just yet."
Links
0. http://xercist at lammah dot com
1. http://www.xiph.org/
2. http://www.vorbis.com/
3. http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/06/21/2145217
4. http://www.on2.com/
5. http://www.everwicked.com/content/Articles/Theora.Project.Announcement.23062002/
Moby Says Techie Fans = Fewer Sales
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/23/2248236
[0]jalefkowit writes: "[1]Launch is reporting that [2]Moby explains the
recent slide in sales for his newest album, "[3]18", by describing what
he calls the 'Pearl Jam Effect': bands and artists with more tech-savvy
fans sell fewer albums than those with less tech-savvy fans, as the
techies will disproportionately get their copies of the album from
friends with CD burners or P2P services rather than from record stores.
What do you think, are we putting our favorite bands in a bind?"
Links
0. http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net
1. http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=209387
2. http://www.moby.com/
3. http://www.moby.com/albums/html/d-18.htm
MPEG-4 Hardware Decoder For $99
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/23/2018222
[0]secondsun writes: "[1]Tom's Hardware has the story. Apparently sigma
designs has made a PCI card that decodes DiVX movies in reltime with
little processor overhead." Under a hundred bucks, too.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.tomshardware.com/video/02q2/020621/index.html
Macromedia Applies For OSI Certification
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/23/2012211
[0]mpawlo writes "As [1]reported by Greplaw, Macromedia, the company
behind Flash-technology and more, has applied for open source
certification of one of its licenses. The Macromedia license is based
on the [2]IBM Public License. You can see the [3]Application for
certification as well as the [4]The Macromedia licence."
Links
0. http://www.pawlo.com/
1. http://grep.law.harvard.edu/article.pl?sid=02/06/23/1250202
2. http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/license10.html
3. http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:5412:obepddfmianmkimodojl
4. http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=23075
'White Box' Makers Take Up The Slack
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/23/1848218
n3hat writes: "[0]This story in the business section of the Baltimore
Sun points out that the 'pooter bidness isn't as bad as the
publicly-traded companies report. Seems that as much as 45% of systems
are assembled by screwdriver shops and other white-box makers, not the
big guys." No huge surprises here.
Links
0.
http://sunspot.net/business/bal-bz.hancock23jun23.column?coll=bal-business-headlines
Microsoft's 'Palladium' Privacy/DRM Scheme
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/23/1641205
Paradox Jack writes: "according to [0]this article at MSNBC, Microsoft
has an ambitious new plan called Palladium to rework computer and
internet security. This includes changes in hardware, digital rights
management (on all sides), and far more. Now, who thinks this will
actually work and is for our own good?"
Links
0. http://www.msnbc.com/news/770511.asp
Printing Chips
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/23/1530209
[0]batty writes :"Nature has this article about a process that uses a
quartz die and a laser to [1]mechanically print features onto chips
instead of photo-etching them. The article mentions engraving a silicon
wafer with features only 10 nanometres in size, as opposed to 130
nanometres using photlithography, and the process is quicker, simpler,
and more environmentally friendly than current processes. Which is
nice."
Links
0. http://www.battyden.net
1. http://www.nature.com/nsu/020617/020617-7.html
MAME Ported to (Chipped) Xbox
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/23/1441236
[0]metallik writes: "A version of [1]MAME for the Xbox game console
[2]has just been released. This release will only run on Xbox consoles
equipped with a mod chip. MAME is the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator,
one of the more successful open source projects out there. It emulates
over 3800 arcade machines, from Space Invaders to Mortal Kombat III,
many of them perfectly. This is probably only the first of many such PC
software projects to be ported to modded Xboxes. At $199 (plus
modchip), the Xbox will soon be an extremely attractive set-top box (if
not for the reasons Microsoft wanted it to be...)" A while ago, we
posted about getting MAME to run [3]on a developer-kit Xbox, but since
mod chips are now available, this sounds like a more practical
approach. Update: 06/23 18:40 GMT by [4]T: Note: Thanks to Santeri
Saarimaa for a note that the project is [5]now hosted here instead.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.mame.net/
2. http://kustom.demented.org/~jiggaligga/mame-x/
3. __SLASHLINK__
4. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
5. http://xbox.mame.net
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