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Stories · 6

  1. Tracking Domestic Animals?

    Ask · Technology · · posted by Cliff · from the more-gadgets-for-the-collar dept. · 101 comments
    Solo-Malee asks: "My sister has a blind hunting dog (yes really) and will soon be moving to the wilderness area of Sweden. She is really worried that her dog will run off after the first elk that it sees never to be seen again (since he's already run off numerous times already). Are Slashdot readers aware of any practical inexpensive tracking system that can be applied to domestic animals?"

  2. Morphing Code to Prevent Reverse Engineering?

    Developers · Programming · · posted by michael · from the not-as-think-as-you-easy-it-is dept. · 507 comments
    ptolemu writes "Cringely's latest article discusses a new obfuscation technique currently being researched called PSCP (Program State Code Protection). An informative read that concludes with some interesting insight on the software giants that heavily depend on this kind of technology."

  3. Solaris 10 to be Released Late in 2004

    Sun · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the sunshine-lollipops-and-rainbows dept. · 418 comments
    ptolemu writes "The Register has the scoop on Sun's latest iteration of Solaris. The article includes some details of the new and improved features that will be included in the OS. The OS is scheduled to be released in the second half of 2004."

  4. News at a Glance

    News · Graphics · · posted by Cliff · from the pictures-not-words dept. · 173 comments
    chris writes: "If you're too lazy to read headlines, a new way to find writings might just save your soul. Paradoxically, this site is showing all the pictures found in news and reviews over the Internet. Nothing to read there, just thumbnail galleries sorted by theme (with, of course, links to the original articles). This format is showing some interesting side-effects. First, you can see what's hot lately because the same picture is repeated over your screen. It is also very effective when looking for reviews of tech toys or computer gizmos... spotting a CPU or a japanese robot among other items is almost instantaneous. Another thing to notice is that pictures of human faces seem to keep the lead over pie charts and battlefields... they are a good clue to figure what an article is about."

  5. [H|Cr]acker Insurance

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the thats-a-lotta-insurance dept. · 175 comments
    Spellbinder writes "yahoo has an article on Hacker insurance, also known as "network risk insurance," has been on the market for about three years, but is expected to explode from a $100 million sideshow into a $2.5 billion behemoth by 2005, according to insurance industry projections."

  6. SmartCards, BSD and Linux?

    Ask · Unix · · posted by Cliff · from the cards-with-a-higher-IQ-than-you dept. · 9 comments
    Gilles Cherix asks: "I just come back from an IT Expo where Sun demonstrated their brand new SunRay appliances. These are cool and cute little boxes with a smart card reader ... the card is used for autentication and everything is executed from a Sparc server. I'm wondering if my favorite Open Source operating systems can do something similar: that is, if there is support for smartcard reader/writers in *BSD or Linux. The rest is a question of some coding but that would be an interesting alternative for me since I have to manage new accounts everyday and I don't want to spend very much money for Sun hardware."