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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Google Mulling Video Ads In Search Results
* Mandatory Keyloggers in Mumbai's Cyber Cafes
* Is Showmypc.com an Open Source Pretender?
* PHP5 Vs. CakePHP Vs. RubyOnRails?
* Best Programming Practices For Web Developers
* English Wikipedia Gets Two Millionth Article
* IBM Joins OpenOffice.org Community
* AMD Finally Unveils Barcelona Chip
* Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T
* The OSS Solution to the Linux Wi-Fi Problem
* Ultra-low-cost True Randomness
* Ophcrack Says Your Password Is Insecure
* Google Sued Over Deceptive Search Results
* Method of Reading Discovered
* What Your Favorite Web Sites Say About You
* New Wonder Weed to Fuel Cars?
* Spotlight on Facebook Groups Affects Microsoft
* Web OS, ajaxWindows Launched
* Solar Craft Flies Through Two Nights
* Seven Wonders of the IT World
* Free Pascal 2.2 Has Been Released
* Cybersquatter Faces Jail Time For Wire Fraud
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| Google Mulling Video Ads In Search Results |
| from the are-we-evil-yet dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday September 09, @20:30 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/09/2027233
|
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Bombula writes to let us know that Google is "finally succumbing to the
power of the almighty dollar" and [0] getting ready to implement image
and video ads in sponsored searches.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/09/2027233
Links:
0. http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/09/google-discusse.html
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| Mandatory Keyloggers in Mumbai's Cyber Cafes |
| from the just-don't-press-any-keys dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday September 09, @22:16 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/09/2011240
|
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YIAAL writes "Indian journalist Amit Varma reports that Mumbai's police
are requiring the city's 500 Internet cafes to [0]install keystroke
loggers, which will capture every keystroke by users and turn that
information over to the government ��� [1]nearly in realtime by the sound
of it. Buy things online, and the underpaid Indian police will have your
credit card number. 'Will these end up getting sold in a black market
somewhere? Not unlikely.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/09/2011240
Links:
0. http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/indias-cops-get-orwellian/
1. http://www.mid-day.com/news/city/2007/august/163165.htm
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| Is Showmypc.com an Open Source Pretender? |
| from the show-us-the-source dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday September 10, @00:01 (Software) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/09/2114215
|
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shaitand writes "When looking for a remote support application that
penetrates firewalls and can be initiated by my clients with a couple of
clicks, I came across [0]Showmypc.com. It was a standalone executable but
looked like it would work and best of all it was open source. The only
thing I didn't like was the interface, so I went to check out the
[1]Sourceforge page. I noticed a substantial problem: CVS is empty and
the source on the download page is for the 2.6 version. The version of
the executable is 3.53. I mailed the developers that they needed to
distribute their modified SSH client and VNC source to be in compliance
with the GPL license. They said they didn't modify those programs and
ignored my request for the current source code. So I ask again, if this
is a GPL'ed application; where is the source?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/09/2114215
Links:
0. http://www.showmypc.com/
1. https://sourceforge.net/projects/showmypcssh/
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| PHP5 Vs. CakePHP Vs. RubyOnRails? |
| from the please-choose-one dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday September 10, @02:38 (PHP) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/09/215230
|
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OldJavaHack writes "If you could start a website (with MySQL for
persistence) from scratch and you had a choice of PHP5, CakePHP, or
RubyOnRails ��� which would you choose and why? Things to consider in your
decision: 1. Maturity of solution; 2. Features; 3. Size of community of
skilled users (to build a team); 4. Complexity/ease of use (for neophytes
to master); 5. Greatest strength of your choice, and the greatest
weaknesses of the other two. Here is a [0]comparison of capabilities."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/09/215230
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_application_frameworks
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| Best Programming Practices For Web Developers |
| from the using-hard-won-knowledge dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday September 10, @05:18 (Programming) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/09/2055242
|
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An anonymous reader writes "Web pages have become a major functional
component of the daily lives of millions of people. Web developers are in
a position to make that part of everyone's lives better. Why not try
using [0]traditional computer programming and best practices of software
engineering?"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/09/2055242
Links:
0. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-cranky76/?ca=dgr-btw01BetterWebpages
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| English Wikipedia Gets Two Millionth Article |
| from the tracking-the-milestone dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday September 10, @07:58 (The Internet) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/09/2125226
|
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[0]reybrujo writes to inform us of a milestone for the English-language
Wikipedia: the posting of its two millionth article. At the time of this
posting there is [1]uncertainty over which article achieved the milestone.
"Initial reports stated that the two millionth article written was [2]El
Hormiguero, which covers a Spanish TV comedy show. Later review of this
information found that this article was most likely not two million, and
instead a revised list of articles created around two million has been
generated, and is believed to be correct to within 3 articles. The
Wikimedia foundation, which operates the site, is expected to make an
announcement with a final decision, which may require review of the
official servers' logs."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/09/2125226
Links:
0. mailto:reybrujo@gmail.com
1. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikipedia_passes_two_million_article_mark
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hormiguero
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| IBM Joins OpenOffice.org Community |
| from the get-your-conspiracy-theories-warmed-up dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 10, @08:34 (IBM) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/126241
|
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Petrushka writes "In a [0]press release today, with accompanying [1]press
FAQ, IBM announces a change in its relationship to the [2]OpenOffice.org
development community. The upshot is that they're making a long-term
commitment to OOo; no organization has paid off any other organization
for this; they're devoting about 35 of their developers in China to OOo;
and they'll be contributing accessibility code from Lotus Notes to
improve current support for assistive technologies. You may recall that
an alleged shortage of assistive technologies that work with OOo has been
one of the big criticisms leveled against the idea of governments
standardizing on the OpenDocument format, which is a file format that OOo
and several other office suites support."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/126241
Links:
0. http://www.openoffice.org/press/ibm_press_release.html
1. http://www.openoffice.org/press/ibm_press_faq.html
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| AMD Finally Unveils Barcelona Chip |
| from the well-isn't-that-special dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 10, @09:11 (AMD) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1212242
|
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Justin Oblehelm writes "AMD has [0]finally unveiled its first set of
quad-core processors, three months after its original launch date due to
its "complicated" design. Barcelona comes in three categories:
high-performance, standard-performance and energy-efficient server
models, but only the standard (up to 2.0 GHz) and energy-efficient (up to
1.9 GHz) categories will be available at launch. The high-performance
Opterons, together with higher frequencies of the standard and
energy-efficient chips, are expected in the out in the fourth quarter of
this year. But it's [1]far from clear that this is the product that will
help right AMD's ship."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1212242
Links:
0. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62032008,00.htm
1. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62032010,00.htm
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| Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T |
| from the gotta-hate-when-that-happens dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 10, @09:44 (Handhelds) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1216224
|
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[0]Tech.Luver writes "Jay Levy says he has been stung by Apple's iPhone
pact with AT&T after he took an iPhone on a Mediterranean cruise. They
didn't use their phones, but when they got back they had a [1]54-page
monthly bill of nearly $4,800 from AT&T Wireless. The problem was that
their three iPhones were racking up a bill for data charges using foreign
phone charges. The iPhone regularly updates e-mail, even while it's off,
so that all the messages will be available when the user turns it on. ""
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1216224
Links:
0. mailto:Tech.Luver@gmail.com
1. http://theinquirer.net/?article=42235
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| The OSS Solution to the Linux Wi-Fi Problem |
| from the wait-we-have-a-problem-with-that-now-too dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 10, @10:24 (Wireless Netwo|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/140256
|
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tobs writes "Matt Hartley of MadPenguin.org fame has [0]published an open
source way of solving the Linux Wi-Fi problem. He writes, "For
intermediate to advanced users, who are willing to track down WiFi cards
based on chipsets, live without WPA in some instances or have opted to
stick with Ethernet, buying a new notebook for the sake of improved
wireless connectivity may seem a little overkill. When a new user faces
problems jumping through the NDISWrapper hoops, tracking down WiFi cards
from HCLs and other related activities, the end result is almost always
the same ��� they give up. What so many of us, as Linux users, fail to
grasp is that projects like OpenHAL are critical to long-term
development. The education on what to expect and what not to expect
remains a complete load of hot air when articles claim how easy it is to
setup wireless Internet on Linux machines. It's downright misleading."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/140256
Links:
0. http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=8012
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| Ultra-low-cost True Randomness |
| from the and-a-damn-fine-hack dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 10, @11:04 (Encryption) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/147238
|
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[0]Cryptocrat writes "Today I blogged about a [1]new method for secure
random sequence generation that is based on physical properties of
hardware, but requires only hardware found on most computer systems: from
standard PCs to RFID tags." Basically he's powercycling memory and
looking at the default state of the bits, which surprisingly (to me
anyway) is able to both to fingerprint systems, as well as generate a
true random number. There also is a [2]PDF Paper on the subject if you're
interested in the concept.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/147238
Links:
0. mailto:anonadversary@gmail.com
1. http://tshb.livejournal.com/2989.html
2. http://prisms.cs.umass.edu/~kevinfu/papers/holcomb-FERNS-RFIDSec07.pdf
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| Ophcrack Says Your Password Is Insecure |
| from the something-to-play-with dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 10, @11:42 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1414228
|
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[0]javipas writes "An insightful article at Jeff Atwood's [1]Coding
Horror reveals the power inside Ophcrack, an Open Source program that is
capable of discovering virtually any password in Windows operating
systems. The article explains how passwords get stored on Windows using
hash functions, and how [2]Ophcrack can generate immense tables of words
and letter combinations that are compared to the password we want to
obtain. [3]The program is available in Windows, Mac OS and Linux, but be
careful: the generated tables that Ophcrack uses are really big, and you
should allow up to 15 Gbytes to store these tables."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1414228
Links:
0. http://www.javipas.com/
1. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000949.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophcrack
3. http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/
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| Google Sued Over Deceptive Search Results |
| from the we-come-from-a-land-down-under dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 10, @12:26 (Google) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1458212
|
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biggles266 writes "Internet goliath Google claims to rank search results
by relevance, but the [0]search engine engages in deceptive conduct by
selling off the top positions to commercial partners, a Sydney court has
heard. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) is
taking world-first legal action in the Federal Court against Google Inc
over allegedly deceptive conduct related to sponsored links on its
websites. The ACCC has brought a two-pronged case against Trading Post
and Google ��� including subsidiaries Google Australia and Google Ireland ���
for potentially misleading consumers. The consumer watchdog alleges
Google does not do enough to differentiate "organic" search results ���
those ranked by relevance ��� from sponsored links which appear at the top
of the results page."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1458212
Links:
0. http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/accc-in-court-over-google-search-results/20070410-y7p.html
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| Method of Reading Discovered |
| from the going-crosseyed dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 10, @13:08 (Science) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1534253
|
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Scientists have discovered that the [0]method our eyes use to process
letters on a page is different than previously believed. Instead of
assimilating one letter at a time our eyes actually lock on to two
different letters simultaneously about half the time. "The team's results
demonstrated that both eyes lock on to the same letter 53% of the time;
for 39% of the time they see different letters with uncrossed eyes; and
for 8% of the time the eyes are crossing to focus on different letters. A
follow-up experiment with the eye-tracking equipment showed that we only
see one clear image when reading because our brain fuses the different
images from our eyes together."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1534253
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6983176.stm
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| What Your Favorite Web Sites Say About You |
| from the funhouse-mirrors dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 10, @13:51 (It's funn|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1651205
|
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Jimmy writes to tell us that CNET is running an article on [0]what your
favorite Web sites say about you. One example takes a look at the
possible origins of Facebook readers; "The typical Facebookers are what
you'd get if YouTube and Flickr went halves on a baby. Yes, the site was
created to help university students connect and have a good time, but
connecting and having a good time generally involves unruly, drunken
behavior, which is inevitably caught on film and posted for your entire
friends list to see.'" The article also takes a look at eBay, Flickr,
Slashdot, and several others.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1651205
Links:
0. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/0,39029477,49292669-1,00.htm
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| New Wonder Weed to Fuel Cars? |
| from the be-a-great-shift-in-the-balance-of-power dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 10, @14:34 (Power) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1734254
|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "[1]Jatropha, an ugly, fast-growing and poisonous
weed that has been used as a remedy for constipation, may someday power
your car. The plant, resilient to pests and resistant to drought,
produces seeds with up to 40 per cent oil content that when crushed can
be burned in a diesel car while the residue can be processed into biomass
for power plants. Although jatropha has been used for decades by farmers
in Africa as a living fence because its smell and taste repel grazing
animals, the New York Times reports that [2]jatropha may replace biofuels
like ethanol that require large amounts of water, fertilizer, and energy,
making their environmental benefits limited. Jatropha requires no
pesticides, little water other than rain and no fertilizer beyond the
nutrient-rich seed cake left after oil is pressed from its nuts. Poor
farmers living close to the equator are planting jatropha on millions of
acres spurred on by big oil companies like British Petroleum that are
investing in jatropha cultivation."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1734254
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha
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| Spotlight on Facebook Groups Affects Microsoft |
| from the hate-to-be-in-the-marketing-managers-shoes dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 10, @15:17 (The Inter|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1741244
|
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[0]NewsCloud writes "After Slashdot reported [1]Facebook Exposes
Advertisers To Hate Speech, the company removed its [2]F**k Islam group
for a day (it's back up now). According to the New York Times, '[3]Facebook
declined to comment on Friday on the subject of hate speech or on what
steps had been taken.' It turns out that [4]Microsoft is the digital
advertising provider for Facebook serving up ads for companies such as
NetFlix, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon and Coca Cola. But for now, the
Microsoft-served ads for all Facebook group home pages (even those
complying with Facebook's Terms of Use) appear to have been taken off the
site. For its part, [5]NetFlix told me to address any concerns about its
own ad placement along obscene speech with Facebook. T-Mobile said they
would look into it."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1741244
Links:
0. http://www.newscloud.com/
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/04/2318219&tid=95
2. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3533915614
5. http://www.idealog.us/2007/09/i-closed-my-net.html
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| Web OS, ajaxWindows Launched |
| from the then-your-internet-connection-dies dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 10, @16:02 (Operating|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1924211
|
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BigRedFed writes "Michael Robertson, of mp3.com fame, Linspire.com fame
(or infamy depending on your view point) and more recently, ajax13.com
has released another interesting piece of web software. [0]ajaxWindows
they are calling it and it's an almost [1]full fledged web based OS that
you can use to transport around your documents and mp3 collection to any
device with an internet connection and a full web-browser."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1924211
Links:
0. http://www.ajaxwindows.com/
1. http://www.michaelrobertson.com/archive.php?minute_id=243
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| Solar Craft Flies Through Two Nights |
| from the nasa-awash-with-envy dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 10, @16:43 (Power) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1917254
|
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An anonymous reader writes "A solar-powered, unmanned craft has [0]flown
for 54 hours ��� a record for both unmanned aerial vehicles and solar
craft. None before has managed to store enough solar energy to fly
through more than one night. There is also a video showing the 18m carbon
fiber wing craft [1]being launched."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1917254
Links:
0. http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/09/solar-flyer-en-route-to-everlasting.html
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mABsBA0UVJk
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| Seven Wonders of the IT World |
| from the random-stats dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 10, @17:25 (IT) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/1849217
|
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[0]C.G. Lynch writes "The computer closest to the North Pole. The most
intriguing data center. The biggest scientific computing grid. The little
kernel that rocked the world. CIO.com has compiled a list of [1]Seven
Wonders of the IT World, some of the most impressive and unusual systems
on the planet (and beyond)."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/1849217
Links:
0. mailto:clynch@cio.com
1. http://www.cio.com/article/135700
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| Free Pascal 2.2 Has Been Released |
| from the never-say-die dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 10, @18:08 (Programmi|
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/213217
|
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[0]Daniel Mantione writes "[1]Free Pascal 2.2 has [2]been released.
Several new platforms are supported, like the Mac OS X on Intel platform,
the Game Boy Advance, Windows CE and 64-Windows. Free Pascal is now the
first and only free software compiler that targets 64-bit Windows. These
advancements were made possible by Free Pascal's internal assembler and
linker allowing support for platforms not supported by the GNU binutils.
The advancement in internal assembling and linking also allow faster
compilation times and smaller executables, increasing the programmer
comfort. Other new features are stabs debug support, many new code
optimizations, resourcestring smart-linking and more."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/213217
Links:
0. mailto:daniel@clustervision.com
1. http://www.freepascal.org/
2. http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18592/
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| Cybersquatter Faces Jail Time For Wire Fraud |
| from the it-isn't-true-till-i-see-a-summons dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 10, @18:49 (The Court|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/10/2128214
|
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[0]coondoggie writes to mention that a Las Vegas man faces about 20 years
in prison today after pleading guilty in a case where he [1]impersonated
intellectual property lawyers and tried to bully owners out of their
domain names. "According to the FBI, David Scali is charged with
registering an e-mail account under an alias and then sending e-mails in
which he claimed to be the intellectual property lawyer. In the e-mails,
which were sent in late June and early July of 2006, Scali threatened to
file $100,000 trademark infringement lawsuits against the owners of
various Internet website names unless they gave up their domain name
registrations within two days."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/10/2128214
Links:
0. http://networkworld.com/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/19284
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