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June 30, 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
News Sites Getting to Know You
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/30/0259218
The Online Journalism Review has a story about [0]more and more news
sites requiring registration. Has assorted facts and figures, including
how much sites' traffic dropped when registration was required. Even
though a fair percentage of people just make up the data they are asked
to provide, I'd guess that as a statistical measure it's probably
pretty accurate - many people would tell the truth without caring that
they're being tracked.
Links
0. http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1025227718.php
Moon Rock Winds Up In Court
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/29/2346233
[0]Lothar+0 writes "In [1]United States v. Lucite ball containing lunar
material (an actual case, I'm not making this up, folks), the feds are
suing to get back a moon rock from an American who brought it back from
Honduras. They're alleging that this rock from the Apollo 17 mission is
stolen property; ironic considering that NASA took something that
wasn't under U.S. jurisdiction."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/06/29/moon.rock.lawsuit.ap/index.html
Music Companies Convicted of Price Fixing Again
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/29/223206
[0]InspectorPraline writes "Providing more proof that the record
industry is indeed a oligopoly, this article at the New York Times
reports that two major record companies, Vivendi Universal and Warner
Communications, [1]have been convicted of price fixing by the FTC over
a recording from 1998 of the Three Tenors. While Warner reached an
agreement with the FTC about a year ago, Vivendi continues to deny
wrongdoing and will, of course, appeal." The [2]FTC's release is quite
informative, describing the entire case.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/29/business/media/29TENO.html
2. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/06/3tenors.htm
DishPVR 721 Review
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/29/2139250
An anonymous submitter writes "TiVo's not the only Linux based PVR in
the US market anymore. Echostar's Dish Network is now offering their
own Linux based PVR, the dual tuner, 120 GB DP721. The [0]first review
can be found here at DBSTalk.com." Another anonymous person (how hard
is it to give yourself a handle? sheesh) describes the gizmo and notes
a possible problem: "Echostar is now shipping a Linux based set-top box
called the [1]DishPVR-721 that won [2]best of show at CES. It has a
120GB drive, a [3]pentium like processor and supports dual channel PVR.
Also, from my call to their technical support this morning, they aren't
planning on giving up any of the GPLed source code they have modified.
I've got one in front of me right now, ugly silver box but nice specs.
I'm going to open it up this morning and start taking it apart."
Links
0. http://www.dbstalk.com/review/review1.htm
1. http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6342371-1304-8365569.html
2. http://www.skybroadband.info/archive/20020111/index.html#News-H2
3. http://www.national.com/news/item/0,1735,720,00.html
DotGNU Meet-a-thon
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/29/1830227
[0]Gopal.V writes "It's time for the Quarterly [1]DotGNU IRC
Meet-a-thon. As usual, we'll be having it on #dotgnu on
irc.openprojects.net. We will be discussing the current state of
[2]DotGNU, where we've gone and where we should be headed. Anyone who
is interested should join us. In particular, we are not only looking
for developers to be involved in this meet, but also potential DotGNU
users. We are very interested in addressing any questions/input from
anyone who will one day use our framework. So come one, come all. The
last meet was a lot of fun and we expect this this IRC meet will be
even better than the last. Again, the IRC meet is taking place on:
Server: irc.openprojects.net, Channel: #dotgnu. The meeting will run
for a 36 hour period from 22:00 UTC Saturday 29 July 2002 until 10:00
UTC Monday 31 July. Every 4 hours will be an official meet time, when
the major DotGNU members will be online. Most discussions will revolve
round DotGNU projects and other issues concerning freedom in the new MS
initiatives like .NET , and Palladium." I think this announcement may
be slightly wrong on the times since it disagrees with the post to the
email list; but this is posted as submitted.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-June/003511.html
2. http://dotgnu.org/
Mandrake To Support AMD's Hammer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/29/1638204
[0]ruiner writes "Mandrake has [1]announced their intention to support
AMD's Hammer with a 64 bit version optimized for the new CPU. Redhat is
also [2]rumored to be following Suse's lead. 'This new generation of
AMD Athlon and AMD Opteron processors is extremely exciting. A version
of Mandrake Linux dedicated to these powerful 64-bit processors can
certainly accelerate MandrakeSoft's growing adoption in the Linux
corporate market' said Jacques Le Marois, CEO of MandrakeSoft."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.amdzone.com/releaseview.cfm?ReleaseID=905
2. http://www.matrixlist.com/pipermail/leaplist/2002-April/019299.html
Microsoft Media Player "Security Patch" Changes EULA Big Time
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/29/1254230
[0]MobyTurbo writes "In an [1]article on [2]BSD Vault a careful reader
posts that in the latest Windows Media Player security patch, the EULA
(the "license agreement" you click on) says that you give MS the right
to install digital rights management software, and the right to disable
any other programs which may circumvent DRM on your computer." So if
you want your machine secure, you also want microsoft to have free
reign on your PC.
Links
0. mailto:yid@@@softhome...net
1. http://bsdvault.net/article.php?sid=527&mode=&order=0
2. http://bsdvault.net/
To Digitize or Not Digitize the Family Photo Album?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/26/0032251
animys asks: "In the last few years, we have begun to witness the
inevitable shift from 35mm cameras to high resolution, cheap, consumer
oriented digital cameras; with this, the move away from a tangible
photo album has also ensued. This change has obviously left many
families with huge amounts of developed pictures and albums. For
reasons of preservation and usability, some families would like to
convert their previously taken pictures to a digital medium - yet many
have hundreds or even thousands of pictures. What type of tools can the
DIY'er use to make this process easier? Beyond the obvious scanner and
graphics package, is there any good quality software that can augment
this arduous and possibly over-daunting task?" What about folks looking
to do the opposite? Most people take decent care of their albums, and
the pictures are always viewable regardless of the changes in
technology. What options are there for those folks looking to make
near-picture-quality hardcopies of their digital photos for inclusion
in their albums?
Eclipse 2.0 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/29/156245
[0]Smelroy writes "The [1]Eclipse IDE version 2.0 was just released.
There were several earlier articles on Slashdot found [2]here and
[2]here."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.eclipse.org/
2. __SLASHLINK__
Why Magic Online Will Suck
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/29/0330233
An anonymous reader sends us a link to this [0]funny dissection of
online gaming. The writer obviously speaks from bitter experience. :)
Links
0. http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/expandnews.php?Article=3184
Software.linux.com
XW_TOOLS
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1498/
Spring comes with showers, but summer comes with sunshine! When the sun
comes out so do the shutterbugs. So once you've got your photos up on
the Web all you've got left to do is to find a way to print out quality
pictures and send them off to all your loved ones.
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