Aug. 14 When Ken Hamidi was fired from Intel Corp. in 1995
after a long workers compensation battle, he didnt go quietly.
Mr. Hamidi, 55 years old, spent the next two years criticizing
the company in e-mails sent to thousands of co-workers. Convinced
he was a victim of age discrimination,
Hewlett-Packard Thursday abandoned legal threats it made against
security analysts who publicized flaws in the company's software.
In a statement released late Thursday, HP said it would not use
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a controversial
copyright law, to pursue a loosely-organi
This site, The Register UK:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/26085.html
states a posting date of 08/07/02
but this site, The Register US:
http://www.theregus.com/content/35/25517.html
states a date of 07/08/02.
Hopefully, the article will be of interest to you, even though
it's dated.
Here's a couple new stories concerning Palladium.
Dancing at the Microsoft Palladium
Posted: 08/07/2002 at 13:48 GMT
(check out posting datestrange)
Seems to be articles within an article/summary, dating back to
April, but a lot of good information.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/2
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/1435021
Continuing in its heated battle for the top spot in the storage
management software sector, Veritas Software (Quote, Company
Info) Monday outlined its expansion strategy for the Linux storage
market.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company, w
LWN: On the future of LWNAs most of you certainly know, the July
25 LWN Weekly Edition stated that publication of the Weekly Edition
would cease on August 1, as a result of the fact that we are
unable to pay anybody to write it. We could never have dreamed
of the sort of response we have gotten to
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t289-s2119823,00.html
The Linux-focused site LWN.net is to close, after failing to
find a way to raise the required finance
LWN.net, a Web site that has chronicled the roller-coaster fortunes
of the Linux operating system, will shut down on 1 August after
failing
I'm looking for anything, Linux command or util program that
will give me the same kind of info that MS's net session command
offers, which lists the following for all internal connections
on network.
computer name
user name
client type - OS
opens
idle time
I use it to keep track of who is logged
WASHINGTON -- Once a cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security
is established, the Bush administration plans to convene a panel
of government and private-sector experts to determine the legal
guidelines for subjecting tens of thousands of private-sector
employees to background investigations.
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (www.lpi.org), the premier
professional certification program for the Linux community, is
offering free LPI certification testing at Linuxworld Conference
& Expo, August 13-15, Moscone Conference Center, San Francisco.
Offered to all conference attendees in
http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=145
While I normally turn a cold shoulder to all those increasingly
arcane ways of dividing people into two groups we keep inventing,
there's one that I think holds the key to Linux's prospects for
success on the mainstream desktop
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33809-2002Jul19.html
After more than four years of planning, the U.S. Senate is finally
replacing its 12-year-old e-mail system, an antiquated communications
tool that staffers say has given new meaning to the term "snail
mail."
"cc:Mail," a program
http://www.linux-laptop.net/
I found this site while doing some research today. It's one
of the broadest laptop/Linux resource sites I have stumbled upon.
There are 89 different OEM's listed with many individual laptop
models listed for each OEM.
While I didn't explore too deeply into each link
...
But no, the RIAA has recently persuaded California Congressman
Howard Berman - whose district includes Hollywood (surprise)
- to create a bill that would provide shelter for copyright owners
such as record labels and movie studios against liability for
action they take to stop peer-to-peer Web
...
But no, the RIAA has recently persuaded California Congressman
Howard Berman - whose district includes Hollywood (surprise)
- to create a bill that would provide shelter for copyright owners
such as record labels and movie studios against liability for
action they take to stop peer-to-peer Web
Ringer said Microsoft could move Wi-Fi beyond the early-adopter
phase and into the mainstream with simplified setup and maintenance.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) said Thursday that it would soon begin
making home networking products, marking a significant bet by
the software giant that wireless local a
Envara, a fabless semiconductor company with offices in California
and Israel, today announced that it is sampling engineering silicon
for its EN303 radio frequency chip that will support the current
802.11b and 802.11a standards, plus have support for 802.11g
when it is available, all on a single
Its obvious application is to embed digital rights management
(DRM) technology in the PC. The less obvious implications include
making it easier for application software vendors to lock in
their users.
TCPA provides for a monitoring component to be mounted in future
PCs. The likely implementation
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/Docs/3281.htm
Researchers at the UCLA School of Engineering have created an
organic, nonvolatile memory device that is cheaper and faster
than those currently in use.
According to Yang, such devices "have tremendous potential" for
use in personal computers, personal digit
HAWTHORNE, N.Y., June 17, 2002 -- IBM Research has demonstrated
the industry's first self- diagnostic tool that can automatically
monitor 802.11 wireless networks and report security problems
in real-time. The Distributed Wireless Security Auditor (DWSA),
which runs on desktop and laptop computers,
A group of Finnish MPs have signed a bill requiring national
and local agencies to migrate their IT systems to the Linux operating
system.
The MPs cited Linux's security and reliability over that of other
operating systems, according to a press release issued today.
According to Finland's Ministr
Before this night, I had already surmised this was a group of
people who by and large didn't know anything about Linux, except
perhaps some vague impression of it being too hard for the average
person. Indeed, when I told them I wanted to speak about Linux,
they asked me not to because "we have our
Today, right now, research is taking place to learn just what
triggers fibrillation - a condition where the heart can begin
beating up to 600 times a minute - with the hope that perhaps
such events can be shut down before they even get started.
One such research program is taking place at the Uni
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6011
Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, released in May
2002, is Industrial Light & Magic's (ILM) first movie produced
after converting its workstations and renderfarm to Linux last
year. Located north of San Francisco in San Rafael, California
"Anticipating a sweeping shift by chip designers from Sun Solaris
workstations to Intel-based Linux systems, Cadence Design Systems
Inc. has announced plans to port all of its chip-design tools
to 32-bit versions of Linux by early 2003. The company said will
also port some of its physical verificat
The man in charge of archiving and maintaining electronic copies
of Norway's most important historical documents is dead and so
is access to those archives.
So the director of the Norwegian cultural center is pleading
for hackers to help him crack the center's password-protected
database.
http
http://radioqualia.va.com.au/freeradiolinux/
Free Radio Linux is an audio distribution of the Linux Kernel,
the basis for all versions of Linux operating systems. Each line
of code will be read by the computerised automated voice - a
speech.bot built by ra d i o q u a l i a. The speech.bot's outpu
http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52973,00.html
Authors of a new report on the perils of open source software
are being very closed-mouth about their funding sources.
"Opening the Open Source Debate," a white paper slated to be
released Friday by the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, indi
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=FS3RUYFNLHFQ0CRBAEZSFFAKEEATIIWD?type=technologynews&StoryID=998076
Sherwin-Williams Co. SHW.N , the No. 1 U.S. paint maker, plans
to convert its computers and cash registers in more than 2,500
stores to the upstart operating system in the ne
Microsoft has lobbied the Pentagon against certain versions of
open source software, claiming that government research into
open source software is subsidizing its competitors.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/05/30/linux-government.htm
I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to network 20-25 computers
with only 2 - 20 amp circuits for a lan party.
I'm wondering if there are any kind of generators with line conditioners
or any kind of battery cells that could run a few of these machines
for a few hours without damaging them.
Subject: Fw: Boyfriend 5.0
Dear Tech Support:
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed
a
slowdown in the performance of flower and jewelry - applications
that
had operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable p
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