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---------------------------------------------------------------------- This newsletter is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- February 28, 2003 Slashdot Headlines Venezuela Falling Behind http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/28/0112206 Christopher Frank writes "Seems Venezuela's lack of power has finally caught up with them! MSNBC has the [0]story: 'If you thought VenezuelaÂs political crisis seemed to be dragging for an impossibly long time  you were right. In a bizarre mass-malfunction, VenezuelaÂs clocks are ticking too slowly due to a power shortage weakening the electric current nationwide. By the end of each day, the sluggish time pieces still have another 150 seconds to tick before they catch up to midnight.'" Links 0. http://www.msnbc.com/news/878368.asp?0cv=CB20 iDisk Utility for Windows XP http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/175257 mister_tim writes " Apple has released an [0]iDisk Utility for Windows XP. It could be useful under a mixed environment or those (like me) stuck using XP at work and such." Is there a way to mount iDisks on Linux, too? Links 0. http://www.mac.com/1/idiskutility_download.html Intel To Redesign PC With "Grantsdale" Chip http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/28/0015229 [0]MarkRH writes "Over at [1]ExtremeTech, we tracked down some [2]Intel roadmaps that discuss "Grantsdale", Intel's most important chipset in nearly a decade. Grantsdale brings PCI Express to the PC, so get ready to toss out your motherboard, AGP graphics card, and maybe a host of other components, too. Also check out our articles on the [3]"Tejas" microprocessor, Intel's first CPU to forego pins (check out the waffle iron socket!), as well as the real reason [4]Banias saves so much power." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.extremetech.com/ 2. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,903746,00.asp 3. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,900185,00.asp 4. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,904799,00.asp Build Your Own Snow Gun http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/1524254 [0]ksyrium writes "A TV station in Boston has been kind enough to provide a [1]list of what you need to build your own snow gun, as well as plenty of [1]video, [2]pictures and links to other [3]sites [4]devoted to [5]at-home snowmaking!" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.whdh.com/news/articles/extra/1887/ 2. http://www.weatherman.com/snowmaking.html 3. http://www.snowathome.com/ 4. http://www.snowmaking-technologies.com/Home.html 5. http://makesnow0.tripod.com/home.html GTA: Vice City Sells 8.5 Million Copies in 3 Months http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/2329225 [0]Gus writes "Take Two Interactive Software [1]reports that [2]Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has sold more than 8.5 million copies in the first three months since its late-October launch. The good news is [3]Rockstar Games has 11 titles in the works. The bad news is the chances of the next GTA making it out this year are pretty slim." Also, there's still a couple people waiting on Duke Nukem Forever, and their patience is wearing thin. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://money.cnn.com/2003/02/27/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm 2. http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/ 3. http://rockstargames.com/ Lead Scientist Responds to Questions on Root Server Queries http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/2233257 [0]cidtoday writes "A [1]CircleID interview with the lead scientist whose study recently revealed that 98% of a main root server queries are unnecessary, reveals that spam has little to do with the issue. In fact, he provides two reasons why anti-spam tools cause more unnecessary queries to the root servers than spam emails. Many other questions [2]previously raised by Slashdot readers on the study are also answered." Links 0. http://www.circleid.com 1. http://www.circleid.com/articles/2570.asp 2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1412210&tid=95 Slashback: Stupidity, Telebastardy, Fast Search http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/1824207 Slashback tonight with updates and corrections on Overture's Fast Search acquisition (overstated in a previous story), sex.com's sordid adventures in California, the ongoing struggle involving telemarketers vs. your privacy, and more -- read on for the details. PowerPC 970 Running at 2.5 GHz http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/2227257 [0]kuwan writes "[1]IBM has just released a [2]press release that indicates they have the new PowerPC 970 running at 1.8 to 2.5 GHz making it 'the fastest PowerPC so far.' IBM's original estimates were to have the chip running at 1.4 to 1.8 GHz at introduction, so this is very good news for those of us hoping Apple will use this as their next-generation chip." Links 0. http://www.kuwan.net 1. http://www.ibm.com/ 2. http://www-5.ibm.com/de/pressroom/cebit2003/en/highlights/powerpcblade.html Presenting The CDR-ROM http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/2048200 nachoboy writes "Here's a cool new idea: the [0]CDR-ROM. Allows a portion of the CD to be written and them mass produced, leaving the remaining area recordable by the user. It may sound funny, but if AOL started sending out CD's like this I might just start keeping them around." Links 0. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.asp?RelatedID=3566 TechTV Screen Savers Host Tries "The Switch" http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/2049243 lwbecker2 writes "Patrick Norton, from the [0]TechTV show [1]'The Screen Savers', and an admittedly loyal Windows/PC user, recently borrowed a iBook from Apple and has written an [2]article about his three-month experience with [3]'The Switch'. It seems like a well-though-out review and IMHO provides some balanced coverage of the potential issues and experiences involved in switching from Windows XP to Mac OS X." Links 0. http://www.techtv.com/techtv/index.html 1. http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/index.html/ 2. http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/macintosh/story/0,24330,3419228,00.html 3. http://www.apple.com/switch/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe - If you do not wish to subscribe to Slashdot, go to: http://www.osdn.com/newsletters/unsubscribe.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (c)1999-2002 Open Source Development Network. All rights reserved.
