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Wireless (Apple)

Journal Journal: Apple To Charge For 802.11n Because Of Sarbanes-Oxley 471

Journal by Udo Schmitz
There is an interesting article on iLounge. Interesting in the "WTF?"-sense. If you have a Core 2 Duo Macintosh, the built in wlan-card is capable of 802.11n. This capability can be unlocked via a software update Apple distributes with the new AirPort Extreme Base Station. Or they will sell it to you for $ 4.99. Why they don't give it away for free? Because of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Media

Submission + - Will MySpace try to monetize its ecosystem?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Over the last year or so, many companies and products have sprung up which attempt to feed off of MySpace's success — widgets, embeddable media players etc. Some have been blocked by MySpace, while others such as YouTube have been met with direct competition from the social network itself. Will MySpace start charging for access to its ecosystem?
Programming

Journal Journal: JavaScript Is A Pain 5

Journal by dthable

Does anyone have a good reference, book or website, that contains information on programming pages with JavaScript. All I can seem to find are references that want to explain what a variable is and don't touch on the different IE vs. NS api.

This is more frustrating than that time I tried to learn brainf*ck.
Security

Submission + - Hot technologies for 2007

Submitted by stinkymountain
stinkymountain writes: Network World has selected its seven hot technologies for 2007. The list includes network access control (NAC), Web 2.0, open source, virtualization, network behavior analysis (NBA)and WAN optimization. http://www.networkworld.com/research/2007/011507-s even-techs.html. Readers can also vote on their favorite hot technologies. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1036 8.
Music

Submission + - Apple to play fairer with Fairplay?

Submitted by NewbieMonster
NewbieMonster writes: According to tech.co.uk (http://tinyurl.com/yd7ac9), Apple are preparing to license Fair Play to Made for iPod accessory manufacturers. They understand that Apple will also allow streaming of protected AAC content via USB. From the article: The expected announcements could signal a move on Apple's part to take some of the sting out of its Fairplay DRM which has come in for a great deal of criticism over recent months. It may also be a way of keeping Made For iPod makers onside, as the draw of the Microsoft Zune becomes stronger. Could this signal a move to allowing other music players to access and play ITMS content?
Operating Systems

Submission + - Linux = Male, 93% of Linux users are male

Submitted by
dgiik
dgiik writes: "Most people think Linux users are all geeks. That is not true. I know many artists and ordinary people who enjoy using Linux and nobody would ever call them geeks. But it is true that most Linux users are males. I'm running a little poll at my website and the results confirmed my general belief that Linux users are almost all males. 93% of all responders were males. While I knew that most Linux users were males, the wide margin was a surprise to me. Any thoughts on why linux is so overwhelmingly a guy thing?"
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - Amazon.de leaked iPhone prices

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: Amazon.de apparently leaked the prices for the iPhone on the European market, the German online magazine MacEssentials reports. The 8 GB version is set at a whopping 999 EUR (1'290 USD, including V.A.T.) without a contract. Well, you can no longer pre-order but still have a look.
IBM

Submission + - Bankrupt or not, SCO case is 'boring'

Submitted by OSS_ilation
OSS_ilation writes: Is SCO bankrupt or isn't it? The question was raised on Slashdot last week when Novell asserted as much in a court filing, but it could all be a moot point. One Boston-based IP attorney (among many) thinks the case is well past its prime, especially as bigger and more important topics like GPv3 loom on the horizon. The SCO case, in a word, has become a tired affair that IBM will ultimately end with a strong case and deep legal coffers. From the article: 'If there is no Chapter 11 filing, then the trial goes on [and] SCO suffers a slow and painful death rather than a quick one,' said Tom Carey, an IP attorney for Bromberg & Sunstein LLP.
The Internet

Submission + - Dear Senator Feinstein: please don't PERFORM

Submitted by
tcahill
tcahill writes: "tcahill thinks Senator Feinstein's new PERFORM act requires some audience participation. The Senator's Website is set up to receive email (1), perhaps slashdot readers might want to send her some appropriate audience feedback. Most politicians are more impressed by individually written letters than mass mailings. For example, here is what tcahill sent:

Regarding the PERFORM Act, it fundamentally offends the principle of free speech that you would contemplate mandating that only certain forms of communication (those using approved DRM) would be permitted for those broadcasting over the Internet. You can only do harm by persisting in seeking to impose controls over — not what information — but how information itself is disseminated. Beyond the constitutional offense inherent in what you contemplate, there are anti-market and anti-innovation assumptions inherent in your assumption that you can dictate exclusively which forms of technology are to be used. Finally, you clearly endanger the principle of fair use by mandating all internet broadcasts must be protected by DRM, which, by law, may not be circumvented. As I know you to be a progressive I am confident you will see the error in your approach and stand down.

Links

1. http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html"
GNOME

Submission + - New Gnome Control Center for Ubuntu's Feisty Fawn

Submitted by
Michael
Michael writes: "http://lunapark6.com/?p=2728 In Herd 2 of Feisty Fawn, there is a new Gnome Control Center that resembles Windows XP's control panel. This article compares the new Gnome Control Center in the upcoming Gnome 2.17/2.18 and Ubuntu Feisty Fawn with the older cascading menu style familiar in the current Gnome 2.16 release. There are also plenty of screenshots."
Security

Submission + - MS Sneaks Out Patch for Critical Vulnerability

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Apparently Microsoft tried to sneak out an extra patch, with the January security bulletins, correcting another critical vulnerability affecting everything from Internet Explorer 6/7 to the Outlook email client. According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-004 only one vulnerability was fixed. However, looking at this Secunia security advisory updated today an additional vulnerability was fixed: "2) A signedness error in the Vector Markup Language (VML) implementation when handling shape types can be exploited to reference user-controlled memory and cause a memory corruption, which may allow execution of arbitrary code."

Ifolder Server Review 98

Posted by CmdrTaco from the know-when-to-ifold-em dept.
liquidat writes "I wanted to have a look at the new Open Source ifolder-server and additionally at ifolder in general. ifolder is mainly supported by Novell, and Novell advertises it's Suse Linux, so I downloaded a Suse-VMware image, installed the vmware player and gave it a try. After I installed the needed software it worked pretty well and gave me a quite good impression of what ifolder is about."

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