Follow Slashdot stories on Twitter

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
×
Displays

Submission + - A look at DisplayPort and CMOS photonics (beyond3d.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Beyond3D has taken a look at how CMOS photonics is shaping the future of hardware interconnects. Hybrid devices, which use CMOS photonics to transmit signals over fiber optic cable at a much lower cost than traditional methods, will make their mainstream debut next year as part of the DisplayPort standard. The net impact for consumers is that they will be 1/10 the size of traditional copper cables with none of the range problems associated with HDMI (where a 1080p signal won't travel more than 15 meters). And there's no reason why they should cost more than copper cables...

Feed The iPhone requires an iTunes Store account (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed
Blog: Getting that new iPhone up and running will require an account with the iTunes Store, perhaps to reinforce the notion that Apple's the primary source of legal digital content.

Feed Bored? Curious? Check out Wis.dm (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed
Blog: Wis.dm launches. Social network site where members ask and answer yes and no questions. Could be useful for market research and targeted advertising.
Operating Systems

Submission + - When is it appropriate to go Web-Based?

Submitted by
Nightlyfe
Nightlyfe writes: "I work for a fair-sized resort that is currently exploring changing accounting systems. In our preliminary discussions, the controller asked us to look at web-based systems. I explained that this would seriously limit our options, and may have other drawbacks as well. Going to web-based applications has some serious advantages/disadvantages as I see it. Yes, all of your backup and security is someone else's responsibility, but on the other hand...*all of your backup and security is someone else's responsibility.* I've always felt that that's a pretty significant risk to take with corporate/business applications. We have the hardware and infrastructure in-house to handle an application suite for this, so what are the benefits to going web-based? What are the challenges we could expect to face? I'd really like to know if other slashdot readers have experienced similar situations and what they found out."
Software

Submission + - Bush names anti-open source lobbyist as counselor (pressesc.com)

Submitted by
Citizen Pain
Citizen Pain writes: "President Bush today appointed as his counselor a man who received $820,000 from Microsoft to lobby during negotiations over its antitrust settlement as well as to oppose the use, especially within the government, of "open source" systems such as Linux. Enron also paid him $700,000 in 2001 alone to lobby on the "California energy crisis" and thwart efforts to re-regulate the Western electricity market through price controls."
Space

Submission + - Red Planet was once Blue (www.ctv.ca)

Submitted by CowboyRaver
CowboyRaver writes: Mars, the rugged Red Planet, may have once been blue according to new research that suggests massive ancient oceans once covered a third of its surface. The discovery was made by a joint Canada-U.S. research team that says it has uncovered evidence of the shorelines of ancient seas. The team's findings are set to be released in the journal Nature on June 14.
Book Reviews

Linux Programmer's Toolbox 241

Posted by samzenpus from the open-the-box dept.
Ravi writes "What does it take to start writing programs for Linux? Most people will guess a text editor, knowledge of a programming language, the compiler and libraries of that language. Ask a professional programmer and he will differ with you. Insisting that while those things can help get you started, other things come into play in writing efficient programs such as, a debugger, memory profiler tools and above all a good understanding of the inner working of the Linux kernel and its processes." Read below for the rest of Ravi's review.

Slashdot Top Deals

The flush toilet is the basis of Western civilization. -- Alan Coult

Close