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Stories · 8

  1. LFS 4.0 Released

    Linux · Linux · · posted by timothy · from the for-the-adventurous dept. · 180 comments
    Tekmage writes "For those of you who have never had the pleasure of rolling your own Linux install from scratch, take a moment to check out Version 4.0 of Linux From Scratch. Definitely for the techies amonst us, there is (IMHO) truly no better way out there to get down and dirty with the inner workings of our favorite OS." LFS organizes its documentation into "books"; 4.0's book is dated yesterday.

  2. Digital Nose

    Science · Science · · posted by emmett · from the obligatory-proboscis-joke dept. · 47 comments
    Tekmage writes "How long until someone equips Sony's Aibo to sniff out contamination at the old chemical plant? Cyrano Sciences describes a little of the technology behind their 'Nose Chip' here, and includes some neat examples."

  3. Lab-On-A-Chip for DNA-Related Work

    Hardware · Hardware · · posted by Hemos · from the i-wanna-have-one dept. · 14 comments
    Tekmage writes "HP has announced the release of it's HP2100 bioanalyzer. It makes use of a little chip by Caliper Technologies. Yet another tool for the genetic engineers among us; Caliper describe various aspects of the tech here. "

  4. Physical-layer Ethernet Encryption

    It · Encryption · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the could-be-cool dept. · 95 comments
    Tekmage writes "Intel has just announced that they'll be shipping their ethernet encryption co-processor in their fourth quarter. Definitely a must (IMHO) for anyone considering wireless networking. "

  5. Brew your own SPARC: SPARC IP Core SCSLed

    Sun · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the yet-more-scsl-stuff dept. · 131 comments
    Tekmage writes "Sun has just announced the release of it's SPARC IP core under their Community Source License. " The dialogue over whether or not the SCSL is a good license continues, but it's better nothing, IMHO. Interesting move on their part, especially given IBM's recent moves with the PowerPC designs.

  6. Cloning Another Extinct Species

    Science · Science · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the back-from-the-dead dept. · 175 comments
    Tekmage sent us a wired article about scientists cloning cloning an extinct tiger. We mentioned a similiar case involving a bird awhile back, but its getting more common. I knew that triceretops DNA I've been keeping in my fridge all summer would come in handy. It'll be on E-Bay next week.

  7. Human Brain seems to procceses image data serially

    Science · Science · · posted by Hemos · from the i-always-knew-that-i-was-serial dept. · 164 comments
    Tekmage writes "Ever wonder how the brain processes image/vision data? According to this research, it does so in a more serial manner than parallel. " This has been one of those on-going debates since the 1960s, with the advent of machine vision, with this being the latest round in the battle between the two sides.

  8. Interview with Alan Cox

    Linux · Linux · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the stuff-to-read dept. · 88 comments
    Tekmage hooked us up with an Interview with Alan Cox called "Number two -- with a bullet" that is currently running over at the Ottawa Citizen. Its a nice piece- as always, Alan is super cool. Nice picture of his "Unconventional Appearance" too ;)