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Ogg The Conqueror? RC2 Is Out
jonathan_ingram writes: "There has been a lot of discussion recently in Slashdot about sound compression formats. Much has been focused on Ogg Vorbis, but the most recent version available has been a beta released in Feburary. Today, RC2 of Vorbis has been released. The most important of the many changes is channel coupling, which means that Vorbis can now encode bitsteams at a much lower bitrate than before. Try it out today!" -
French Hackers Break SDMI
jonathan_ingram writes: "Two French hackers have reportedly broken SDMI. Various other groups participating in the SDMI challenge have claimed to have accomplished this already. However, this group has decided to publish their results, available at their site. The site includes a detailed technical report, together with the history and background of SDMI, and the SDMI challenge." Ah, what a seemingly good idea SDMI was for the media companies - now I fully expect to see a story "Newborn infant cracks SDMI, burps up on RIAA". -
Linux After Y2K
jonathan_ingram writes "Through some strange twist in the space-time continuum, Linux Today has received Joe Pranevich's Wonderful World of Linux 3.0 one year early... Nice to know RMS will still be around after the end of civilisation." Um ... yeah. You may want to read up on Abacus World Expo before you try to figure out what Joe P. is talking about in this story. -
Practical Nanotech
Bruce Hollebone writes "Last week, chemists at the University of Rochester reported they had figured out how to get optical plastics to self-assemble (Abstract from Science ,requires login. non-technical summary from ABC News). This material could be an important step towards better photonics, including an optical computer. This is real nano-tech, with precise molecular control. The molecular structure of the plastic was engineered to be a precise shape from the human scale right down to the atomic level. The point here is that this was done with boring old chemicals in test tubes rather than the exotic "nano-machines", proposed by the Drexlerites, shrouded in their mists of vapour. "