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A statement said: 'Despite the high technology and fabulous effects of the movie, it explicitly handles the issue of existence and creation, which are related to the three divine religions, which we all respect and believe in.'" Links 0. http://www.gnuyen.org 1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2980432.stm The Australian Broadband Disaster http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/2050222 [0]David Gerard writes "Monopolies are bad, mmmkay? Robert Clark of TelecomAsia discusses [1]the disaster that is broadband in Australia - its 2% takeup putting Australia behind such dynamic economies as Estonia. 'Telstra controls the local loop, is the largest mobile carrier with two digital networks, is the largest retail ISP, the largest wholesale data and Internet provider, and is a 50% shareholder in the biggest pay TV company.'" Links 0. http://velvet.net/~fun/ 1. http://telecomasia.net/telecomasia/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=53441 Lessig And RIAA Answer NewsHour Questions http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/0210223 Zeta writes "The answers are finally in! Stanford's Lawrence Lessig and the RIAA's Matt Oppenheim have [0]responded to all the tough questions on copyrighted music, many from Slashdot readers, for the online part of the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Take a look - some of the responses may surprise you." We ran [1]the original call for questions a few weeks back. Links 0. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/june03/copyright.html 1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/15/2259240&tid=149 SCO Gives Friday Deadline To IBM http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/12/0019209 [0]bcisys writes "Reuters is reporting that SCO is [1]planning to revoke IBM's license to Unix this Friday unless IBM settles SCO's claim that parts of its Unix code are being used in Linux. 'If we don't have a resolution by midnight on Friday the 13th, the AIX world will be a different place', SCO President and Chief Executive Darl McBride told Reuters News. 'We've basically mapped out what we will do. People will be running AIX without a valid license.'" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=2915659 Apple Sued Over Unix Trademark http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/2231244 Jerrry writes "CNET News reports [0]The Open Group is [1]suing Apple over unlicensed use of the Unix trademark, after Apple used the term in conjunction with its Mac OS X marketing. Apple, meanwhile, is countersuing to have the Unix trademark declared invalid because the term has become generic." Links 0. http://www.opengroup.org/ 1. http://news.com.com/2100-1016-1015814.html FTC Wants Secret Spam Investigation Powers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/222206 PingXao writes "Amidst the various anti-spam efforts underway in Washington, the FTC surprised lawmakers by saying they [0]need to be able to secretly investigate the worst-offending spammers, according to a Washington Post article. I'm generally against government secrecy, but quietly investigating spammers isn't as bad as secret courts and arrests. Is this acceptable, or another mis-step down the slippery slope?" Links 0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44108-2003Jun11.html One-Thumb Keyboard http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/2056221 [0]pagercam2 writes "As Japanese teens are so used to typing one another messages on their cellphones, they are now more comfortable with one thumb typing than the old two handed QWERTY. So a Japanese company has come out with a [1]one-thumb keypad that allows a user to enter alphanumberic text and control the mouse with only one thumb. Sort of a cross between a TV remote and a phone keypad, with a USB connection, although wireless seems to be an obvious next step. Maybe not a revolution for the desktop, but this could advance data input on handhelds." Pictures transcend language barriers. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.mevael.co.jp/index.html Wal-Mart Enters NetFlix's Business http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/1929237 [0]wcbrown writes "AP [1]reports that [2]Wal-Mart is entering into the online DVD rental arena, currently dominated by [3]Netflix. Wal-Mart is starting out with 13,000 titles, six distribution centers, and competitive pricing. With a seriously [4]tremendous infrastructure and expansive will, Wal-Mart stands poised to overtake Netflix. To say the least, that's not going to be good for business." Links 0. http://www.bbrown.info/ 1. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030610/D7RJ558O0.html 2. http://www.walmart.com/ 3. http://www.netflix.com/ 4. http://www.fortune.com/fortune/mostadmired/articles/0,15114,423053-2,00.html Confronting Address Space Hijackers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/1853254 Tawn writes "There's a great story on [0]SecurityFocus about hijackers [1]taking over large allocations of IPv4 space with forged documents and false business fronts. Los Angeles County and some big multinationals have had /16's pulled out from under them in the last few months, and used to inject spam. ARIN and network operators are trying to get a handle on the problem. The owner of a webhosting company that wound up with L.A. County's /16 called it 'borrowed space,' and said he paid $500 for it to a guy he met online." Links 0. http://www.securityfocus.com/ 1. http://www.securityfocus.com/news/5654 Is 3G Irrelevant? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/1751220 An anonymous reader writes "Network Magazine asks '[0]Are We Better Off Without 3G?' in which the author notes that many networkers are giving up on 3G as a data services alternative due to high deployment costs and slower speeds vs. Wi-Fi. Given these issues, are we likely to see carriers like Nextel bypassing 3G for 4G technologies such as OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) by [1]Flarion Technologies?" Links 0. http://www.networkmagazine.com/shared/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=10300091&classroom= 1. http://www.flarion.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
