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The idea is to force open source issues to the fore by showing just how much money Microsoft receives from the government. It could be a smart approach - the average taxpayer knows little or nothing about OSS, but will rapidly form and express vocal opinions about the government wasting money. The article also mentions that a bill may be introduced to Federal Parliament to mandate the consideration of open source solutions (you may remember [1]this story about an Australian state trying to introduce similar legislation). Some quotes from the article: "What the country doesn't need is to be tied into a profit-maximising licensing system, and the way to combat that is to get government to break out of the paradigm." On the other hand, the (right wing) Liberal Party criticises suggestions that use of open source should be compulsory as "hi-tech affirmative action."" Links 0. http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6788724%255E15306,00.html 1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/17/0253255&tid=185 Color Printing Without the Inkjet Mess? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/0240222 Above writes "Many recent /. stories have been about the problems of inkjet Printers. Seems they all want to sell the printer for cheap, and then use the ink to make up the difference. There are also problems where a lack of printing, or printing too much, could make it much more expensive to use your inkjet. So, since mine just died, what are the best options? I'm intersted in two catagories, a 'personal' color printer, probably USB to a machine, and a 'workgroup' color printer, with ethernet, postscript prefered. While Windows is good for my application, something that plays well with FreeBSD and Linux would be a major win as well. I'd consider laser if it's cheap enough (read $500/printer), and I don't think that it is. I'm willing to pay a bit more for the printer if that means bigger ink tanks, better cleaning, and easier to buy replacement supplies, the question is, are there really good options out there or have the low-end 'throwaway' printers taken over the market?" One option is a modded inkjet like the ones here, [0]liberated from tiny ink cartridges. Any recommendations out there for decent color lasers? Links 0. http://www.continuousflowprinters.com/ DVD Player With DVI Output http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/22/0127258 ffierling writes "Why are there no big name DVD Players with digital video outputs? With all the available digital displays (LCD, plasma, DLP, etc) and the obvious benefits of an all-digital connection, it's easy to conclude the threat of litigation from copyright holders is holding up the big name manufacturers. So how is it [0]V Inc. can sell their [1]Bravo D1 DVD Player with DVI output? Are they below the MPAA's radar, or just quicker to market?" Links 0. http://www.vinc.com/ 1. http://vinc.com/level2.asp?id=31&PID=21 Qt On DirectFB http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/2341237 [0]Ashcrow writes "The feasibility for [1]DirectFB to replace [2]XFree86 just a little stronger thanks [3]Maurizio Monge very first alpha release of [4]Trolltech's Qt library for use in DirectFB. You can check out some [5]screenshots or go straight to the [6]source. And yes, it has been released as [7]Free Software." Links 0. http://www.gnulinux,net 1. http://www.directfb.org/ 2. http://www.xfree86.org/ 3. http://linuz.sns.it/~monge/qt-directfb/index.html 4. http://www.trolltech.com/ 5. http://linuz.sns.it/~monge/qt-directfb/story.html 6. http://linuz.sns.it/~monge/qt-directfb/download/ 7. http://www.gnu.org/ Sony's New Vaio PCG-TR1A: 12" Powerbook Killer? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/2310222 Anonymous Howard writes "Sony has a hot new subnote on it's hand: the [0]Vaio PCG-TR1A. This subnote is packed full of features: integrated camera (still and video), 10.6 inch bright wide-format screen, 900MHz Centrino, CD-RW/DVD Combo drive, 30GB drive, 802.11b, two usb ports, firewire, 3.11 pounds and a magnesium alloy case. The thing looks really cool. For me, it's the first subnote that actually gives me a viable option for purchase instead of a the Apple Powerbook 12". Read a [0]article about it over at [1]Designtechnica. Check out this [2]forum thread that has good pics, other then the stock pics, next to a VPR Matrix 200A5." Links 0. http://reviews.designtechnica.com/firstlook24.html 1. http://www.designtechnica.com/ 2. http://forums.designtechnica.com/showthread.php?threadid=2554&perpage=10&pagenumber=1 Comcast Offers Trial Of Microsoft TV Software http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/222258 Anonymous Howard writes "Designtechnica has a news article about Comcast and Microsoft [0]announcing an agreement to test digital TV services using the "Microsoft TV Interactive Program Guide (IPG)". The trial is scheduled to start this fall using Motorola DCT2000 set-top boxes. The software is designed to help network operators get more value from on-demand and other digital TV services." There are [1]some more details in an article over at CNET News. Links 0. http://news.designtechnica.com/article826.html 1. http://news.com.com/2100-1031_3-5049472.html?tag=fd_top ATM For Anonymous Online Payments http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/2051205 [0]prichardson writes "The New York Times has an article about [1]a way to anonymously transfer cash online (NYT registration required)." The inventor, Carl Amos, believes the target market for his newly-patented 'Aunty IM' ATM machine "..might be teenagers.. [who] do not usually have their own credit cards, they usually have cash and are more than willing to spend it to download music or games", as well as "those who were worried about identity theft on the Internet, or who simply wanted the privacy it provided." Links 0. mailto:p_richardson_25&;yahoo,com 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/technology/21PATE.html?hp Corel Ousted From Public Life? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1920231 [0]gagy writes "Ottawa's [1]Corel Corp. has been showing signs of weakness in the past few years, and looks very likely to be bought out by Vector Corp, at which point it will become a privately held company. A Toronto Star story [2]spells out the details of the deal, and takes a brief look at the history of Corel." We [3]mentioned Corel's deal with Vector last month. Links 0. http://isteppedin.virtualdogshit.com 1. http://www.corel.ca/ 2. http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1058698926735&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851 3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/07/1352204&tid=132 Fossil/Palm PDA Watch Reviewed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/1744255 SLiK812 writes "Walt Mossberg of the [0]Wall Street Journal has [1]a pretty good review of [2]Palm's and [3]Fossil's new [4]wrist PDA. We all knew some time ago that this was coming out, and was [5]initially covered last November and [6]briefly last month. This is the first review I've seen, and Mossberg does bring up some interesting points, both good and bad. Definitely worth the read before buying it." Links 0. http://www.wsj.com/ 1. http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html 2. http://www.palm.com/us/ 3. http://www.fossil.com/ 4. http://www.fossil.com/tech/default.asp?Tier1=Tech 5. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/18/1427246&tid=100 6. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/17/1444235&tid=100 Canada Splits Local Phone, DSL Services http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/21/178233 s20451 writes "Running counter to the [0]recent [1]string of pro-consolidation [2]FCC rulings in the United States, the [3]Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that big Telcos like [4]Bell and [5]Telus [6]must offer ADSL service even when local phone service is provided by another company. Effectively this ruling splits local phone and net services, opening both up for competition and lower prices. Press release [7]here." Links 0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/1617259&tid=103 1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1638224&tid=149 2. http://www.fcc.gov/ 3. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ 4. http://www.bell.ca/ 5. http://www.telus.ca/ 6. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/07/21/crtc_net030721 7. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/NEWS/RELEASES/2003/r030721.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
