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June 29, 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
Gamespy Installer Spreads Nimda
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/2151214
NSG writes "Yahoo News is running [0]this story about the Nimda virus
infecting some [1]Gamespy [2]Arcade 1.09 installers. Approximately
3,100 infected files were served in a seven hour period. What
responsibility does Gamespy have to the users who downloaded the
infected file?"
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=582&e=1&cid=582&u=/nm/20020627/wr_nm/tech_gamespy_dc_1
1. http://www.gamespy.com/
2. http://www.gamespyarcade.com/
Own a Little Bit of Berkeley Physics History
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/2138246
Five foot slide rules? Brass and Wood balances? Bakelite Metering
Equipment. This and more are up on the [0]block as a result of [1]UC
Berkeley's physics department wanting to clear out old gear (they need
the room). The [2] San Francisco Chronicle has a story about auction.
Apparantly, about [3]20 items will be auctioned in a "test the waters"
sales this Sunday, and the balance of the 1000 pieces will be sold July
28th...
Links
0. http://www.harveyclar.com/
1. http://www.berkeley.edu/
2.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/06/27/BA222372.DTL
3. http://www.harveyclar.com/archive/june2/physics.html
FTC Tells Search Engines to Disclose Paid Links
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/2119257
linderdm writes "CNN has an [0]article describing how the FTC wants
search engines who receive payment for higher rated links, to disclose
this to users. The concern is that users go to search engines looking
for the best results for their search criteria, not the highest paid
results for their search."
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/06/28/search.engine.ads.ap/index.html
Yellow Dog Linux 2.3 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/2150206
[0]pinqkandi writes "Yesterday, [1]TerraSoft Solutions announced its
next generation of its PowerPC Linux, [2]Yellow Dog 2.3. New in this
version is Kernel 2.4.19, KDE 3.0.1, CUPS printing, and OpenOffice 1.0,
among other updates of included applications. It is available
immediately from TerraSoft's [3]online store for $30, or $60 if you
want personal support for 60 days."
Links
0. http://rr.ourangst.com
1. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
2. http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
3. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/
Boeing Blended Wing Body Aircraft
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/2118214
pcolley writes "I love it when Science Fiction becomes reality. Boeing
is [0]nearly finished designing their super efficient Blended Wing Body
(BWB) airplane. It looks like the BatJet." Boeing is considering both
[1]civilian and [2]military roles.
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=585&e=2&cid=585&u=/nm/20020628/sc_nm/transport_boeing_wing_dc_1
1. http://aerosite.net/bwb.htm
2. http://www.boeing.com/phantom/bwb.html
OS X Security Update: Apache, SSL and SSH
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/2055248
[0]payote writes "Security Update July 2002 includes the updated
components, Apache v1.3.26, mod_ssl v2.8.9 and OpenSSH v3.4p1, which
provide increased security to prevent unauthorized access to
applications, servers, and the operating system." It's not in my
Software Update window, because I'm still on 10.1.4 (having heard
rumors that RtCW doesn't work on 10.1.5). But it is indeed out, and any
Mac OS X machine whose webserver or ssh server is open to an untrusted
network needs to upgrade.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cable Firms Limit Users' Freedoms
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/2011241
[0]Passacaglia writes "An article in the [1]Washington Post reports
that a coalition of companies, including Dell, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, and
even the [2]BSA, have filed a report with the FCC [3]complaining about
how cable providers are placing restrictions on how subscribers use
broadband access. This is in the wake of the recent FCC [4]ruling that
cable providers need not open their networks to competition from
outside ISPs. The restrictions include limits on VPNs, servers, and
many things that would make broadband really worth having." Meanwhile,
TWC sent [5]nastygrams to people it suspects are using unsecured
wireless networks, [6]skimming the info from the public database of
wireless access points.
Links
0. mailto:lonesome@spam-me
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/
2. http://www.bsa.org/usa/press/newsreleases/2002-04-03.1012.phtml
3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58542-2002Jun27.html
4. http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/06/07/broadband/index.html
5. http://rickt.org/stuff/soho_wireless/twcnyc/
6. http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/2002q2/002642.html
Doom3 and OpenGL2.0
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/1839257
Screaming Lunatic writes "John Carmack has decided to write an
OpenGL2.0 rendering path for Doom3. You can read [0]his .plan or you
can finger him. This will be huge for the development of OpenGL2.0.
Video cards are typically benchmarked with respect to the framerate
when running Quake3. Future benchmarks will be based on Doom3. This
means IHVs will be somewhat forced to write good OpenGL2.0
implementations."
Links
0. http://www.bluesnews.com/plans/1/
U.S. Government Certified Wireless Security Products?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/25/2329252
superid asks: "Our facility is just beginning to install small wireless
802.11b networks to support our office developers and staff. I think
most people end up happy with wireless and enjoy the freedom. Our
little branch office has about 100 people and our whole facility has
close to 3000 people, so it's reasonable to expect our wireless needs
to grow. However, I have just received an email, sent to all network
administrators of our facility, directing us to shut down all wireless
devices until they are certified by our Information Security
department. Of course I'm not surprised by this. I'm aware of the
problems with WEP and tools like airsnort. I know there are numerous
security products and projects, but can any of them trace a lineage
back to FIPS? Wouldn't it be a major victory to see an OSS product
listed as [0]validated by [1]NIST?"
Links
0. http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/140-1/1401val2002.htm
1. http://www.nist.gov/
Atari's 30th Anniversary
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/28/1710226
[0]Atarian writes "Atari was officially [1]incorporated 30 years ago.
While many thought Atari started the video game business, that was not
correct, it was Magnavox and its Odyssey console designed by Ralph Baer
that would be the first. Atari would be the company that would put
videogames on the map right from the start back in 1972 with the
release of PONG, its coin-op arcade machine first setup in Andy Capps
Bar in California, the game was a smash hit and people begin lining up
first thing in the morning at Andy Capps just to get inside and play
games on this magic box with a TV inside. Atari would then release its
VCS (Video Computer System aka The Atari 2600) and launch Atari from
its meager $500 starter capital beginnings into a $2 billion dollars in
sales monster in 1982. Atari would later fall to the wayside to be
replaced by Nintendo, then Sega, and othes that followed. Atari is
still around in a small way, and still keeping the name and spirit
alive to this very day, 30 years later. 'Have you played Atari today?'"
Links
0. http://www.atarimuseum.com
1. http://www.atarimuseum.com/
Software.linux.com
XW_TOOLS
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1498/
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