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Anonymous Coward wrote to us with a recent story in which Wired reports that whatshappenin.com claims that quepasa,com, being a mere translation of their name, is an infringement on their trademark. So, who wants to help me translate Slashdot into all of the major world languages? *grin*

Gveloper wrote in to say that x11amp is in CVS. An anonymous reader sent us a link to a Linux based synthesiser. I probably wouldn't have posted it, but I was playing with it quite a bit and its just a lot of fun. Make little drum beats and throw power chords over top of it. Whee. AbsurdSnore wrote in to tell us about a Slashdot mentioned in New Scientist's Netropolitan column for February 6th regarding the fight for ajax.org and the creation of the Domain Defense Advocate site. Anyone who thinks that the world is coming to an end is probably right as evidenced by the following three inventions: A nonymous Coward sent us the first. Pray that it is a hoax. fcw sent us number 2: the world's first (and I hope only) Ass Kicking Machine. And last of all, for the completely random, David Price sent us a link to gas powered couch Don't care about the advancement of technology? How about some bits about a a more primal topic? Knish wrote in to say that the Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illulstrated is online. Somewhat related I guess, Greedo sent us another Pseudo O'Reilly Book that you won't see in bookstores.

A nonymous Coward writes "Now why didn't I think of this? "

A nonymous Coward writes "Computer Retail Week claims that Acer may soon sell Linux servers for the educational market. This was seen on Linux Today. " H: It's a bit hard to find-read down in the article.

Felix Finch writes " Aviation Week reports that Microvision of Seattle will deliver a Virtual Retinal Display to the army later this year. 16 oz. " We're getting closer guys. Augmention- it's definately the way.

Felix Finch writes "Compaq is cutting Alpha prices to take advantage of the Merced delay. Either Compaq is serious about supporting Alpha, or they are testing the waters. So Go Forth And Buy Alphas! "

Well folks, its friday, and I'm ready for the weekend. And I'm gonna celebrate by cleaning out the submissions box. What follows is a fairly sizable list of quickies that have been built up over the last week or so. First off, Felix Finch sent us a link to IllusionWorks.com. It is exactly what you would expect. Kinda cool. Frank Berger sent us a link to a Chicken Conversion for Quake II. What a strange world we live. Oliver Fischer, the guy who was working on those Linux Keyboard Keys has updated his page with more information for anyone interested. Mike Roessing wrote a sort of zd parody. It's friday, you might enjoy reading such thing. Christopher Lee sent us a link to a NY Times Writeup on VA Research and Linux. Fict wrote in to tell us that the latest issue of Phrack is now online. Matthew Miller wrote in to say that Red Hat is selling, well, Red Hats like the one in their logo. Fict wrote in to send us a link to Denounce.com (uber cool fake news site) one MS buying Linux.

Felix Finch writes " No details, but looks like Alpha might be getting some good support here, and with IBM also supporting Apache, looks like things are shaping up for the non-Wintel crowd. "

Felix Finch wrote in with This link where you can read an interesting article discussing risks with Key Recovery. Not a lot of really new information, but the fact that it actually comes from the NSA is pretty newsworthy. It also should raise a skeptical eyebrow.

Felix Finch writes "Those of you familiar with anonymous remailers and chained encrypted anonymous email will find this First Monday article interesting. The scholarly turgidity hurts my brain :-) but basically, it's a scheme to surf the web with chained encrypted URLs, much like encrypted chained anonymous email."