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There are two *newer* stories on cnet than the one referenced:

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-938423.html

and

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-938827.html.

The result? Apple is closer to it's competitors, but Real still leads, and is losing it's lead to MSFT.

A better link for Nielsen/Net Ratings (or whatever they're called - at least it's not "monday"):
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/

There are two *newer* stories on cnet than the one referenced:

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-938423.html

and

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-938827.html.

The result? Apple is closer to it's competitors, but Real still leads, and is losing it's lead to MSFT.

A better link for Nielsen/Net Ratings (or whatever they're called - at least it's not "monday"):
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/

Red Hat is dropping hints about a common Desktop Linux. Article on C|NET

"We think we can deliver a fully integrated solution that is based on open-source technologies," Szulik said. A year ago, information technology executives didn't consider the issue, but "I would say it's accelerating (and) showing up in three to four conversations a month now with chief information officers."

Why bother...

Read about it on CNET without the hassle.

Don't know if blue laser DVDs will come too, but how much space do you need for an HDTV movie?

Mainly, I'd like the archiving ability of 27GB. That is a nice chunk, even if your HDs are bigger.

Well, lucky you! You can buy one now! Over 2 months ago microsoft decided to back DVD+R/RW. ;)

As for DVD management software in "Longhorn", here's a quote for ya: "Microsoft will be adding support for DVD+RW into a future version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, according to the site."

...and here's the article it came from. Enjoy. ;) http://news.com.com/2100-1040-879980.html

Who cares? I mean really, who cares??

click me

I got yer Culture of openness right here .



Oh yeah, and here's the goatse link I promised.

read this.

check this link for more info

it's here.

There is a more info on that at news.com.com here.

Very interesting viewing...

Any software that is developed is susceptable (sp?) to the same issues, and it all comes down to the abilities of the programmer. The advantage to open source security is in (generally) improved response time in a distributed environment. Here's an interesting article that points out some of the ways that open source can be affected by 'security through obscurity' that I hadn't seen presented anywhere else.

There's a (fairly) new CNET site with an entire section dedicated to developers handling managment responsibilities. One of the featured articles today is Making the transition from developer to manager. Here's the link: Builder.com Manage.

The RIAA in this article, blasted the decision as too low

guess they just cant accept that a few webcasters might be able to come up with business model that actually allows them to survive.

They are pushing Linux on the Mainframe

IBM aims Linux at financial companies

While we're at it, let's drop support of Linux on the laptop.

There's an interesting link at the bottom of the story with infor on "Blu-ray Disc it's exactly what you talking about.

25gb - (copy protection * encripton )= 650MB.

I hope that they aren't putting in all sorts of Digital Rights Management crap, such as DataPlay has done. Hint to anyone in charge of this stuff: people don't want to pay money so that will be RIAA happy. People want unencumbered technologies that treat them like adults, and give them the flexibility to do as they see fit.

"how will you plug in the headphones"
Headphones, hell!... We've already discussed this.

News.com had a link that points to related stories, in case you want the bigger picture.

Located here, it contains a story from May 2002 (when they were first getting the technology ready).

I hope it is over too, but... ;-)

Some pieces of pretty biased opinion reporting could be found on news sites today.
The most blatant (IMO) is the one I found at the Register: "CKK [...] had told the states and Microsoft to come up with some flexibility. The states did, Microsoft did not"

Firstly, they were "told to prepare to answer questions about", not "told to" (or "commanded to", as it was also referred to in the same article).

Secondly, the states weren't any more flexible in changing their demands as MS was in accepting them - actually, instead of showing some flexibility, they did exactly the opposite and added some weight to the one demand they knew very well MS would never agree with.

And frankly, that demand was and is gripped a bit too high (opening up windows sources to other software writers--read: competitors).

I never heard that the sources to Solaris could be downloaded like linux's. Netscape keeps its sources locked. And now MS is supposed to open them up for no better reason than that they're bigger?

I haven't believed for a microsecond that this demand really sprouted from the states' brains anyway, because the public won't benefit from it - only MS's competitors would.

I agree with MS on this: "The state's proposed sanctions were fundamentally flawed, and the states' demands go way beyond addressing the antitrust violations (news.com)

The fact that there are open source developers who think it's beneficiary to publish their sources, does not give anyone the right to demand the same from a company that doesn't believe in that pilosophy.

Here is another news.com story about x-box hacking and the new generation of x-box modchips. The author actually interviewed me by email and lifted some choice quotes at the end of the article.

can be found at news.com and of course there is that little article I wrote for Game Developer (which has already been covered twice here) at gamasutra.com

-Matt Pritchard

So if some normal schmoe is convicted of a crime, does this person get to have remedies changed so it's more "acceptable"?

ZDNet is running an article on this as well. It has some interesting comments posted by the readers in their Talkback section.

Since Itanium is _not_ targeted for the desktop, you are probably right that it won't be there. It is a server product. And Itanium is already making some progress against Sun:

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-937414.html?tag=fd_t op

The deal with Reuters is a good start.

This story offers some more details. Apparently, the fire was started by two teens after they were refused access to the cafe in question. One boy, 13, faces time in a correctional facility, while the other, 14, might be tried as an adult.

From the article: "The 14-year-old could be tried for murder and arson, [a lawyer] said.

'But considering his age, the sentence may be more lenient than with adults. It's unlikely he will get the death penalty.'"

"The best part about Microsoft's Java implementation is that the word 'java' is nowhere to be seen. It's the "Microsoft(TM) Virtual Machine." I think Microsoft were [sic] hoping that Java would go away if they simply don't ever speak the name."

I know this was modded as "funny", but I thought I should explain why Microsoft can't say "Java".

According to the settlement terms, "Microsoft ... is permanently prohibited from using 'Java compatible' trademarks on its products." So it's not Microsoft that is doing this; it's Sun -- and for good reason. Sun doesn't want its name associated with the hunk o' junk that is the Microsoft virtual machine.

By the way, you've made a mistake I see all the time. I don't know where people got the impression that a company is plural, but it's not. A company is a single entity. Your sentence should be phrased, "I think Microsoft was hoping..."

Hope that clears some things up for you. Also, I agree that the "Java should not be used in life-or-death situations" disclaimer is pretty classic. ;)

First, Toshiba isn't the first to sell an "iPod competitor". We've already seen the Treo 10 ("...which is similar in appearance and function to the iPod...") and Nomad hit the market, with similar press responses.

Second, the iPod has a lot more going for it than 5/10 GB and a FireWire connection. That thumbwheel on the front makes it insanely easy to navigate through the music stored on it (you just spiiiiiiin and click, versus click-and-click-and-click-and-click-and...). Instant sync with iTunes means that you can organize playlists on your desktop with a full-size keyboard and download them perfectly into your portable. If you've never held one, you'd be amazed how small and light it is.

Bottom line: Apple's not the only high-capacity MP3 player on the market, and they know it, but they can sell theirs for higher prices because (a) they're selling to Mac loyalists and (b) they've got ease-of-use down to a science, to a degree almost no other company can match. Believe me, they're far from running scared.

I saw a post attached to this thread somewhere stating ISS surely wouldn't withhold out of spite. In fact they simply don't trust the Apache team (specifically Red Hat).

"It may not be in my customers' best interest to let Red Hat know there is a
security vulnerability," Rouland said. "I don't consider Red Hat a trusted
third party."


How is it they can't trust Red Hat? Aren't they one of the affected vendors? Sounds like a personal issue to me.

I am unable to go to the any of these sites.


http://www.cnet.com
http://www.news.com
http://www.com.com
http://www.download.com


Note: All these are CNet sites.


What I AM ABLE to access is

http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/

may be MSNBC has actually bought CNet ;)?

I am unable to go to the any of these sites.


http://www.cnet.com
http://www.news.com
http://www.com.com
http://www.download.com


Note: All these are CNet sites.


What I AM ABLE to access is

http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/

may be MSNBC has actually bought CNet ;)?

AOL has also released betas using Gecko. The thing is that Mozilla uses the same embedding API as IE, so it's easy to switch. I really hope that AOL pushes the Netscape thing, because if IE doesn't have competition, they have no incentive to fix their non-security-related bugs and inconsistent standards support.

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for AOL to use Netscape, considering AOL 8.0 Beta 1 was just released and it still uses IE.

I suspect they haven't done it yet because of the potential support nightmare that could follow.

FWIW, AOL has started bundling Gecko with CompuServe, reportedly to use as a test market before deploying to all AOL subscribers (see this article)

Actually, the first beta of AOL 8.0 for Windows still includes Internet Explorer. Compuserve 7.0 for Windows and AOL for Mac OS X have included Gecko-based browsers, but I would imagine that the vast majority of AOL users are still on either Mac OS 9 or Windows.

AOL has alluded to a Gecko-based client for a long time. If they finally move their Windows userbase over, I think a lot of web sites will need to rethink their target audience.

Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of these! Seems like everything is going P2P these days. What's next, P2P refrigerators ?

Correct: see here.

Well, they're quoted in this article on ZDNet (the quote is near the bottom) as saying that they're going to release the language base so other chip makers can write their own compilers for their products.

That was the first thing that popped into my head when I read this article, but it sounds like they're going to give open access to the standards, just not to the interface with their chips.

News.com had this story for awhile.

My biggest question - from reading this, this would actually work correctly on other competing VCards... why did nVidia create it?

Then, according to this article, his album was the second most played CD according to Gracenote before it even came out, since people got their hands on pirated copies. This goes a teeny tiny bit against what the music industry is saying, it doesn't seem to be hurting Eminem's bank account.

This pops up on slashdot right after i submitted this cnet story about sony and universal lowering the prices of there online digital music, as well as alowing downloading to mp3 players and burning on cd. Wich a least suggests these companies aren't as afraid of piracy as they where before.

I'm wary of all these new 82-button controllers with orgasm mode. And here's why.

PortalPlayer, the chipmaker for the iPods just got fourth round funding of $42 million. Amongst the investors are J.P. Morgan Partners, Investcorp International and Shamrock Capital Advisors. Though the company has no announced customers for it's chips, it's relationship to the iPod has already been documented here on /. . According to representatives from PortalPlayer, this is the last round of financing before IPO (though they have no timetable at this point). Read more at news.com.

The release of Mozilla 1.0 is reason for great rejoice for the community (including, but not limited to the OpenSource one). But this release did take too long, and honestly, I didn't believe it would ever come to life. The Mozilla Project had difficult days and many drawbacks.

Fortunatelly, as says a Brazilian quote: "Everything ends well. If it is not well, then it's not the end, yet"..

It's good to see the next step taken so quickly, and I hope it never get stuck again. I'm proud to say that "I use Mozilla v1.0"!.

Go, Mozilla!

The release of Mozilla 1.0 is reason for great rejoice for the community (including, but not limited to the OpenSource one). But this release did take too long, and honestly, I didn't believe it would ever come to life. The Mozilla Project had difficult days and many drawbacks.

Fortunatelly, as says a Brazilian quote: "Everything ends well. If it is not well, then it's not the end, yet"..

It's good to see the next step taken so quickly, and I hope it never get stuck again. I'm proud to say that "I use Mozilla v1.0"!.

Go, Mozilla!

please do not post Yahoo links for situations where the story is available elsewhere (eg associated press, reuters, etc), in this case CNet: http://news.com.com/2100-1040-934901.html

[[campaign against Yahoo pop-under advertising]]

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-934901.html

Yahoo! News just republishes stories, it doesn't write them.

From the zdnet story
Microsoft representatives have said the software giant is investigating legal options to shut down makers of mod chips.

I'm pretty sure Sony tried the same thing, and we all know how well that worked. I love how large corporations try to rule the far corners of the world where US laws don't apply.

-S