Sections

11/1 apache 11/2 (7) askslashdot 1/27 awards 11/2 books 10/27 bsd 11/2 (4) features 11/1 (3) interviews 10/27 radio 11/2 (6) science 11/2 (6) yro

OSDN

Freshmeat Linux.com SourceForge ThinkGeek Question  Exchange

Mandrake 7.2 in Wal-Mart: A Good Idea?

( Read More... | 9713 bytes in body | Features)

Hubble Captures Colliding Galaxies

Posted by timothy on Thursday November 02, @03:27PM
from the like-a-blind-date-gone-wrong dept.
ackthpt writes: "I used to enjoy simulating model galactic collisions on my desktop but, CNN is featuring a find for the Hubble Space Telescope -- a collision between two galaxies 206 million lightyears away in the direction of the constellation Lyra. The picture is spectacular." It's this sort of thing that makes the Hubble's continued success, in light of it's famous earlier misadventures. 

( Read More... | 15 of 131 comments )

Ask Slashdot: Will 'Web Services' Take Off?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday November 02, @01:56PM
from the does-anyone-find-this-useful dept.
NoInfo writes: "You've heard a lot about XML, SOAP and the idea of Web services. All of which have been intriguing me a great deal lately. Sun, Big Blue, MS, Ariba and others have teamed up to create UDDI.org. The site describes a bit about their idea of companies publishing the electronic services they provide. They will also eventually let you search a registry of those businesses and their offered services, including any exposed 'Web services' they provide. With all these forces behind it, perhaps it's not even a question, but will UDDI and/or Web services 'fly'? Are there any Slashdotters aiming to provide Web services, despite its heavy backing by Microsoft?" If this lives up to its promise of platform independence, then may turn out to be something incredibly useful. Are there any readers involved in UDDI who can comment further on how things are progressing? 

( Read More... | 17 of 161 comments | Ask Slashdot)

Gartner Group Squints At Future OS Growth

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday November 02, @12:18PM
from the something-to-think-about dept.
Icebox writes: "Cnet is offering up this bit from GartnerGroup that includes their predictions for the next few years in the OS market. Their predictions are aimed stricly at the business side of this but it is interesting to see how their ideas stack up against what Slashdot's readership expects. Pay particular attention to Factor #9."

( Read More... | 18 of 271 comments )

Book Reviews: Death March

Posted by timothy on Thursday November 02, @11:10AM
from the it's-an-important-subject! dept.
Jason Bennett contributed this review of the depressingly named Death March : The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving " Mission Impossible" Projects. But if you're ever part of a software project which seems to be going nowhere fast, and over very rocky roads, perhaps the words he's written will point you to a source of solace. This book seems to have some decent strategies for dealing with impossible demands and even more impossible deadlines. And while no book will give you a better boss or timetable, at least you'll know you're not the only one. 

( Read More... | 6160 bytes in body | 10 of 166 comments | Book Reviews)

Science: Fun With Nanotechnology Advances

Posted by Hemos on Thursday November 02, @09:35AM
from the a-bucket-full-of-nanites dept.
wieselwerkstatte sent us a link to a Nature article that talks about the possibilty for self-soldering molecular wires. In related news, demon-cw sent us a C't story about .2 buckyballs that they are using to create nanotubes. Use the fish for those who don't speak German. 

( Read More... | 3 of 127 comments | Science)

Features: The Net as the New Jerusalem

Posted by JonKatz on Thursday November 02, @09:30AM
from the last-days-of-politics-(cont.) dept.
Like the late Romans, says author Margaret Wertheim, our civics are no longer sustained by a firm belief in our society; we are no longer sure of its purpose. This is clear enough from the presidential campaign to date. Cyberspace, she writes, will fill the void. The Net, she says, is the New Jerusalem, our new common and profoundly spiritual space. (First of two parts.) 

( Read More... | 6596 bytes in body | 11 of 267 comments | Features)

Lawson Of Japan To Install 15,000 Linux Terminals

Posted by Hemos on Thursday November 02, @06:46AM
from the feel-good-story dept.
debreuil writes: "A Reuters article reports a leading Japanese convenience store chain will install more than 15,000 IBM computers running Linux to allow for Web access in stores, in the largest commercial use of Linux to date. Great onigiri there too..." IBM, who sold the machines, is happy as can be, of course. 

( Read More... | 11 of 276 comments )

Samsung Caves To Rambus Royalties

Posted by timothy on Thursday November 02, @03:42AM
from the et-tu-samsung? dept.
denominateur writes: "According to this story, Rambus now made a licensing agreement with memory market leader Samsung that will allow Rambus to collect royalties on virtually all the computer memory produced by the market leader. Who will stop Rambus from getting more and more money on patents that basically don't make ANY sense?" Well, evidently, Micron and the two other companies fighting the Rambus patents in court seem like possibilities. I wonder what happens to those royalty deals, though, if the company goes Rambust ... 

( Read More... | 11 of 143 comments )

Sub-Orbital Skydiving

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 01, @11:27PM
from the it's-a-long-long-way dept.
igz writes: "Someone is trying to set the world record for highest freefall, from over 31 miles above the Earth! There is no atmosphere up there, so speeds of up to 1.5 Mach are expected. Check it here." Whether this is insanity or courage is up to you, but it sure sounds like a fun ride. Cheryl Stearns is the insane / courageous diver, and she will jump wearing a pressure suit to counter the lack of air at (gulp!)165,000 feet up. 

( Read More... | 25 of 490 comments )