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Submission + - HP's New 30" LP3065 Wide Screen LCD Monitor

Submitted by

Spinnerbait

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @09:26AM

Spinnerbait writes: "30 inch LCD panels as computer monitors are becoming more commonplace on the desktop these days, with offerings from the likes of Apple, Dell and now HP. HP's LP3065 is based on the same WCCFL-based (wide cold cathode florescent lighting) panel that Dell's UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC is built on. However, HP saw fit to one-up Dell (or two-up as the case may be) and added in a much-needed two additional DVI inputs. These panels have color spectral capabilities that allow them to reproduce 92% of the NTSC color gamut (better than most standard LCDs in the 70% range), with a 12ms black-to-black response time and 1000:1 contrast ratio. Not to mention they offer an enormous 2560X1600 native resolution in a 16:10 widescreen format."

Submission + - PGP cracked?

Submitted by rosydreams on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @08:15AM

rosydreams writes: Guys, I cannot believe that: it seems that russian hackers were able to http://software.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx ?docid=239052crack PGP !!! I'm using this program (PGP of course, not this cracker!) for years (from very old DOS version) and trusted it, so that shocked me to death :((( I'm not a crypro guru but as I understand they're using the distributed network (probably from KGB? :) and may be some advanced cracking algorithms. Btw this program is able to crack not only PGP but also Micro$oft Word, Excel, PDF, Windows logon passwords and a few others (actually, I don't care this, but really worry about PGP). Whether such software is legal? Are they allowed to distribute (sell!) password crackers?? I remember there were some Russian hackers that were jailed in the U.S. a few years ago after cracking Adobe e-books — why we cannot do the same with those ones? And after all are there any other encryption programs that are more reliable than PGP?

Submission + - Big Red Button disasters

Submitted by FredDC on Monday January 22, 2007 @01:44PM

FredDC writes: The Daily WTF? has a story about a Big Red Button disaster. What Big Red Button disaster have you experienced? caused? heared about? Or can happen any day now?

Submission + - IE-derived Chinese Browser challenges Firefox

Submitted by crush on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @10:19AM

crush writes: Maxthon holds 30% of the Chinese browser market and is built on top of IE's layout engine. A Linux Journal article (by Glynn Moody) reports on the challenges this non-Free browser presents to Firefox by offering many of Firefox's features and offering compatibility with IE. Firefox apparently is a negligible presence in the important Chinese internet community.

Submission + - Charles Simonyi's intentional programming

Submitted by

prostoalex

on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @02:45AM

prostoalex writes: "MIT Technology Review describes how Charles Simonyi and Intentional Software will change the programming paradigm. For a long time Simonyi was a lead applications developer for Microsoft. According to MIT Technology Review, Simonyi can be considered the world's most successful coder, since everybody else who made more than a billion dollars off software was mostly involved in managing companies, not coding."

Submission + - Analysis of the Apple iPhone

Submitted by Provataki on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @10:23PM

Provataki writes: Now that the initial dust of the iPhone's launch has settled down, here is a no-frills, objective analysis of the iPhone's feature-set and how it compares to other smartphones today. The author seems to like the device a lot and believes that will drive the industry in the coming years, but he also mentions the lack of a native (non-widget) SDK (which is what defines a "smartphone") and the old-style input method used (why didn't Apple go for something as innovative as this?). Stereo Bluetooth A2DP, MMS support and user-replaceable battery (a norm in the cellphone industry) are still a questionmark.

Submission + - El People or El Nino?

Submitted by

ThatGuyPat

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @11:07AM

ThatGuyPat writes: "From an article on Spiegal Online (http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,457759 ,00.html):

"It has become an annual tradition among climatologists in this age of climate change. Every January, they announce where the just-ended year fits in among the warmest years on record.

While global warming caused by human activity is a major factor in the warm year to come, a mild El Nino will also play a large role. Because the effects of El Nino are often felt for months afterwards, the phenomenon will likely raise global temperatures throughout the spring."

How do we differentiate between nature and us "unnatural" human folk in global warming? Gets a little cloudy (no pun intended) when there are articles the Associated PRess put out (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld /2003433914_webwarming16.html) about the positive effects pollution may be having on slowing global warming."

Submission + - Why Windows Wins and Linux Loses

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 04, 2007 @10:45AM

An anonymous reader writes: Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So, why do only a handful of people run Linux instead of Windows? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — not exactly an anti-Linux blogger — offers his top four reasons why Linux lags Windows in adoption, and suggests what is most needed for that situation to change. I'm wondering: what do Slashdot readers think these days? Does Linux still stand a chance of meaningful desktop penetration? Will the release of Vista increase, or decrease, the use of desktop Linux?

Submission + - Object oriented scripting language

Submitted by

uwkandiko

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @10:30AM

uwkandiko writes: "Why do I still have no object oriented language for doing SQL queries? When writing queries in products such as Crystal Reports or SQL Server Reporting Services, I still have to rely on VBScript type commands to do easy If statements. I understand Microsoft is trying some new items inside SQL Server 2005 allowing users to input dlls, but I would prefer just to have the capability built right into SQL. Are there any initiatives to change the SQL syntax to support object oriented programming techniques inside an actual SQL script?"

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