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Submission + - OpenLDAP 2.4.6 Released (openldap.org)

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markjl
markjl writes: "OpenLDAP 2.4.6 has been released, the first official release in the 2.4 branch, preliminary benchmarks are underway to compare performance with Microsoft ActiveDirectory/ADAM. This new branch announcement represents many performance and feature enhancements to the client, server, and libraries as well as improved documentation (one of my peeves with the project). The server support multi-master replication with dynamic configuration and monitoring, improving it's robust feature set."
United States

Journal Journal: Martial Law In The U.S.?

Journal by cybermage

Since 9/11, several major hurdles to martial law inside the United States have been removed by the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress. All that really remains at this point is an excuse.

The first domino on the road to martial law comes in the form of the Authorization for Use of Military Force passed by Congress on September 18th, 2001. The Authorization says:
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - SysAdmin/Developer Rivalry

Submitted by DA-MAN
DA-MAN writes: I've been a SysAdmin for about ten years now. During this time I have gone from working at a small organization to a much larger organization. I work hand in hand with developers to debug, find bottlenecks and in general assist. During this time I have never had any issues with developers, in fact one lead developer went to management and had me issued a monetary award for my "work" on his project. In the much larger organization, I am one of many sysadmins but I see that my peers also have good working relationships with the developers they work with. My question is, does the sysadmin/developer rivalry still exist? Has it gotten better in the past few months or am I and every sysadmin I've worked with "one of the good ones"?
Security

Submission + - APEC Cell Phone Jamming Not Practical: Expert

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: When President George W Bush attends the APEC Summit in Sydney, Australia in September, his motorcade will be shadowed by a helicopter equipped with signal-jamming equipment, blocking cell phone reception around it in an area the size of a football field. However, government officials plan to allow emergency calls through but a telecommunications researcher says this isn't possible. "We're not convinced you'd be able to do that. There's no distinction between outgoing emergency and normal calls," said Jeff Kasparian of the Institute for Telecommunications Research in Australia. Terrorists have used mobile phones to detonate remote-controlled bombs in Iraq and in the recent Bali bomb attacks.
Microsoft

Submission + - Refresh Issues with Windows Vista

Submitted by
LiquidNitrogen
LiquidNitrogen writes: "Microsoft's Windows Vista Ultimate has refresh issues in at least 2 major components as is listed in the blog with pictures. All but datetime issue can be rated as non-critical though all the nagging bugs (such as showing file size in negative) reiterates the fact that Windows Vista should have been tested thoroughly and was released too early."
Microsoft

Submission + - Windows Media Center restricts cable TV viewings

Submitted by PrescriptionWarning
PrescriptionWarning writes: With the latest Media Center Edition update from Microsoft, many other users and myself are finding that content available on Television are now completely unwatchable from Media Center, with a message that simply states "Restricted Content: Restrictions set by the broadcaster and/or originator of the content prohibit playback of the program on this computer."

A simple search on the subject reveals that HBO programming and, in my case Braveheart on AMC, are among the many selections now restricted for playback or recording by Windows Media Center Edition. What's next, restricting every piece of programming on television? One thing is for sure, there won't be much left to watch.
Quickies

Submission + - Unsticking yourself from your security application

Submitted by
Ant
Ant writes: "In Scott Dunn's Windows Secrets article, he describes his informal tests of well-known computer security vendors when it comes to subscriptions and renewals. These days, most antivirus and other security products come with a subscription to update your virus definitions. He also explains ways to opt-out, users' comments, etc. Seen in EGeezer's Broadband/DSL Reports security forum thread. Always read those end user license agreements (EULAs)."
Patents

Submission + - SCO Delisted

Submitted by Technician
Technician writes: I have been following the fall of SCO stock. When I checked their stock tonight I found the anouncement of the delisting instead of a chart. http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SCOX "SCOX has failed to meet NASDAQ Capital Market continued listing requirement(s)."
Power

Submission + - Alloy of aluminum and gallium releases hydrogen

Submitted by
mdsolar
mdsolar writes: "Reuters is reporting on a method of releasing hydrogen from water by oxidizing aluminum in an alloy with gallium. The aluminum oxidizes leaving aluminum oxide, gallium and hydrogen gas in the presence of water. The Purdue scientists who discovered the effect think this may help to overcome difficulties with hydrogen storage. From the article:

On its own, aluminum will not react with water because it forms a protective skin when exposed to oxygen. Adding gallium keeps the film from forming, allowing the aluminum to react with oxygen in the water.
More details are give here."
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Girl Puts Computer Parts In Stuffed Beaver

Submitted by
ErikInterlude
ErikInterlude writes: "First off, here's the link.

It's a slideshow demonstrating how an enterprising young lady acquired a stuffed beaver, hollowed it out, and placed all necessary parts inside to make it a computer. It's even got a DVD drive coming out of its belly!

I had no idea beavers were big enough to store all that hardware..."
User Journal

Journal Journal: Educational Captcha

Journal by sabufrancis
I got sick and tired of looking a captchas that only had a random collection of letters. No doubt they prevent automated web robots from processing some critical forms because you are forced to type the letters from the captcha image. But what a waste of time! So I thought, why not make the captchas teach something when the person is in the middle of filling a form. Kind of a digression some may say. And they may very well be right. But then some others (Edward de Bono for e.g.) may call it a d
Wireless Networking

Submission + - Indian railway stations to get Wi-Max

Submitted by ghoul
ghoul writes: According to this article Indian Railways has started the process of equipping railway stations with Wi-Max facilities. These will provide wireless access to within 5-6 km radius of railway stations as compared to the current 100-200 m radius of Wifi. I wonder why Google is using Wifi for San Francisco when WiMax is now available. This is another example of leapfrogging of technology. India never managed to roll out a complete copper landline system but ramped up mobile access so fast that there are now more mobiles than landline. Hence now there is phone connectivity and they have saved the cost of all that copper and fiber. Similarly they will save money on not having rolled out Wifi and going to WiMax directly. Also given that India has the largest network of railway stations in the world most villages do fall 5-6 km within the radius of a railway station so when this rollout is completed the entire country should have wireless access. Drawbacks — its not free and it wont work on moving trains
Movies

Submission + - Voice of Box dies at 81

Submitted by rat_axe
rat_axe writes: Veteran actor Roscoe Lee Browne died last Wednesday April 11 of cancer. Movie geeks will remember him as the voice of Box the robot in Logan's Run (1976) with the memorable line "Fish, and plankton, and sea greens, and protein from the sea." He also voiced Mr. Arrow in the animated Treasure Planet (2002).

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