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The [3]goals of the fork include improving stability and cross-platform reliability to bring the Gentoo-developed technology to the enterprise and embedded arenas." Another reader points out Zack Welsh's long article at Zynot.org on [4]reasons for forking the Gentoo distribution. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] h o m e . net 1. http://www.gentoo.org/ 2. http://www.zynot.org/ 3. http://www.zynot.org/info/faq.html 4. http://www.zynot.org/info/fork.html Amazon Hacks For Fun and Money http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/26/0017257 An anonymous reader writes "There's a new BusinessWeek article looking at [0]some of the cool hacks coming out of Amazon's [1]open API and XML feed policy. Some nifty stuff - 27,000 developers have apparently signed up to build hacks on Amazon data. It seems '..most are only part-timers and hobbyists, but a growing number are serious programmers who seek to make a living selling products based on the data Amazon is offering on a silver platter.'" Links 0. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2003/tc20030624_9735_tc113.htm 1. http://www.amazon.com/webservices Hall On Worldwide Open Source Movement http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2353220 [0]adamsmith_uk writes "There's an article up on ZDNet [1] summarizing an interesting speech from Jon "Maddog" Hall about non-US open-source, as well as protecting open-source from 'looters' - well worth a read: 'The open-source development community is an international treasure and should be protected as such, said veteran Linux advocate Jon "Maddog" Hall, in a talk in Birmingham, UK, that emphasized the role of open-source software outside the United States.'" Links 0. http://www.convea.com 1. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1020316.html Public Domain Act Introduced Into Congress http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2248222 AnElder writes "In his blog yesterday Lawrence Lessig said '...Congresswoman Lofgren (D-CA) and Congressman Doolittle (R-CA) [0]have agreed to introduce the Public Domain Enhancement Act into Congress.' Today the [1]Eldred Act website features two press releases announcing [2]the act's introduction, as well as its [3]immediate support by '...the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, and the Association of Research Libraries...'" We ran a link to the petition supporting this Act [4]a few weeks back. Links 0. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_06.shtml#001315 1. http://eldred.cc/ 2. http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000092.html 3. http://www.eldred.cc/eablog/000093.html 4. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/03/1641229&tid=103 WiFi Exposes Sensitive Student Data http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2211236 [0]cfarivar writes "'Like leaving a vault open, the [1]Palo Alto Unified School District failed to place a number of highly sensitive computer files containing student information in a locked location on its network. Using a laptop with a wireless card outside the district's main office, the Palo Alto Weekly [2]gained access to such data as grades, home phone numbers and addresses, emergency medical information complete with full-color photos of students and a psychological evaluation." Links 0. mailto:cfarivar @ ocf.berkeley.edu 1. http://www.pausd.palo-alto.ca.us/ 2. http://www.paloaltoonline.com/paw/paonline/weekly/thisweek/2003_06_25.wire25.html Comics On The Net - A Business Primer http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2140242 [0]Snotty Pippen writes "There's a new article/report/white paper called [1]Comics on the Internet: A Primer in 7 Parts that's showing up in all the right places. It's currently being cited over at [2] Heath Row's Media Diet and [3]The Comics Journal's Journalista blog. Media Diet says thinks it's the first report of its kind. The Comics Journal says it's how to migrate comic books from print to web and make it work. I think it's a somewhat comprehensive overview, and the bit about print-on-demand comics is interesting." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.indignantonline.com/eclectica/comics_white_paper.htm 2. http://www.cardhouse.com/heath/2003_06_22_archive.html#105646559165985549 3. http://www.tcj.com/journalista/zarch200306D.html#other2 Intellivision Operating System Revealed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/2017255 Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the [0]IntyOS site, which [1]has released Version 0.2 Alpha of a "multitasked operating system for the [2]Intellivision console." According to the site, IntyOS "..includes a powerful GUI which handles a mouse pointer, windows, menus, icons, etc", and was "..written from scratch in CP-1600 assembly language in order to fit exactly to the hardware specificities of the Intellivision. Its main goal is now to see how far it's possible to go with today's technologies on such a limited system from the early 80's" There's also a [3]site mirror available, and the demo ROM is [4]viewable in a Java applet. Links 0. http://intyos.free.fr/index.php 1. http://intyos.free.fr/index.php?page=download 2. http://www.intellivisionlives.com/ 3. http://intyos.spatula-city.org/ 4. http://intyos.free.fr/index.php?page=demo Small Footprint Computers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1946244 Robert Cliff writes "VIA's [0]Mini-ITX based computers have been covered in Slashdot before, but not by [1]this company. [2]This product is interesting because it is a SiS based, fanless 233 MHZ system measuring only 4.75 x 6.25 x 1.9 inches, and it can run off BOTH AC and DC. If you need something larger / powerful, they have [3]other Mini-ITX based systems, which they claim is built "on same factory that builds the cases for many high-end audio products". These guys seem to be [4]heavily promoting Linux." Links 0. http://www.viavpsd.com/ 1. http://www.norhtec.com/ 2. http://www.norhtec.com/products/gp/ 3. http://www.norhtec.com/products/ 4. http://www.norhtec.com/info/ RIAA To Sue Hundreds Of File Swappers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1811255 Shackleford writes "[0]The Washington Post has an [1]article saying that the RIAA is preparing hundreds of lawsuits against Internet users who illegally trade copyrighted music files. The lawsuits will target people who share 'substantial' amounts of copyrighted music, but anyone who shares illegal files is at risk, RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a conference call today. The first round of lawsuits will be prepared during the next eight to 10 weeks. They will ask for injunctions and monetary damages against file swappers. It seems that after a federal judge ruled in April that file-sharing services have legal uses and thus should not be shut down, the RIAA has found that it must go after individual users rather than the services that they use." palmech13 points to a [2]similar article on Yahoo News. Links 0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ 1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30875-2003Jun25.html 2. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030625/ap_en_mu/downloading_music_4 Will Cellular Swamp WiFi? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/25/1720254 hhutkin writes "Sure, Wi-Fi is great for my home network. But what else can it do? After reading this [0]article, I'm convinced that cellular is becoming more ubiquitous with wireless networking than wi-fi will ever be. Just look at all the devices that are coming on the market using cellular technology. I can send email and pics, browse the web, plus listen to MP3s all on one cellular device. It makes the notion of a hotspot almost meaningless." But 802.11x is high-bandwidth, and often unmetered ... Links 0. http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,50167,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
