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Slashback: Rocketry, Pythonation, Scoffing 335

Posted by timothy from the florida-is-warm dept.
Slashback tonight brings a few followups to recent Slashdot postings on the fate of model rocketry in the new, hypercautious America; a few Python gatherings for those who prefer that language to Perl; and a response from Los Alamos to recent claims of lax security. Enjoy!
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Slashback: Humility, Patents. Vapor.com 598

Posted by timothy from the hey-why-not-florida dept.
Slashback brings updates on Salon's quest for money, Miguel de Icaza's thoughts on the most recent KDE vs. GNOME critique, bad news for anyone who wants a cute Windows-free laptop from Lindows.com, and more -- read on for more details.
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Slashback: Stupidity, Telebastardy, Fast Search 321

Posted by timothy from the welcome-to-the-working-week dept.
Slashback tonight with updates and corrections on Overture's Fast Search acquisition (overstated in a previous story), sex.com's sordid adventures in California, the ongoing struggle involving telemarketers vs. your privacy, and more -- read on for the details.
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Slashback: Intuit, Telemetry, Meetup 279

Posted by timothy from the possums-are-harmless-and-tasty dept.
Slashback tonight brings you updates on TurboTax and your boot sector, NASA's plans beyond the shuttle, Barry Shein on spam, Linux telemetry, and more. Read on for the details!
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Slashback: Compromise, Bugs, Slag 262

Posted by timothy from the congratulations-fkp dept.
Slashback with more on Bill Gates' comments on bugs in Microsoft's code, the recent compromising of millions of credit card numbers, more .uk domain waffling, and more, including a foolproof way to stop anyone from reading data off of your discarded hard drive's platters.
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Slashback: Nerves, Unis, Subtitles 221

Posted by timothy from the happy-graduation dept.
Slashback tonight brings updates and amplifications on file-swapper hunting in Australia, Blender's progress since going open source, the badly subtitled LotR rips mentioned a few weeks ago, and more. Read on for the details.
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Slashback: Regalia, Godseye, Undetection 170

Posted by timothy from the of-two-minds dept.
Slashback tonight with a round of updates and clarifications on Yahoo! v. France, William Gibson's new book(tour), lowish-tech helping to solve the Columbia mystery, searchable utra-localized information and more. Read on for the details.
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Slashback: Cooperation, Gravity, Petite 199

Posted by timothy from the all-good-things dept.
Slashback with more (below) on KDE/GNOME cooperation (hint -- they're not renaming it "GNOMKDE"); the desert parachute nuts, a tiny P4 machine, and another chance to Ask Kevin Mitnick, at least if you're near Pittsburgh. Enjoy!
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Slashback: NWLink, Vivendi, Gatherings 214

Posted by timothy from the all-you-can-eat dept.
Slashback updates and clarifications regarding recent posts on CodeCon, the rumored takeover of Vivendi by Microsoft, SDF, DDoS and NWLink (and IRC and AUPs), and more. Read on for the details, I'm out of letters.
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Slashback: Slammer, Frames, Pop-Ups 288

Posted by timothy from the but-whaddya-do dept.
Slashback tonight with more on SBC's claim to own patents covering basic Web navigation techniques, an eyebrow-raising look at Slammer's spread, bad news for Ogg streams from the BBC, and more. Read on for the details. Update: 02/04 00:13 GMT by T : And late-breaking good news from SDF regarding its Public Access UNIX System.
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Slashback: Spamnation, Long-Distance, Libel 201

Posted by timothy from the baked-taters-and-chili dept.
Slashback with updates and amplifications on Apple's stance on DRM, EasyInternetCafe's court battle over CD burning, a copyright law being drafted after Lessig's own heart, the lawyer vs. eBay saga, and VoIP calling with Linux. Read on below for the details.
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Slashback: Intentia, Ephemera, Restoration 164

Posted by timothy from the nice-and-warm-in-montgomery dept.
Slashback tonight brings you updates on Red Hat's EOL timetable, NASA's tutorial on creating your very own spooky UFO images, the status (back up!) of the PCI Vendor and Device lists, and more -- read on below for the details.
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Slashback: Tableturkey, Stromlo, Mandrake 168

Posted by timothy from the bitter-bitter-cold dept.
Slashback tonight with followups on previous stories about tablet computers, the fire at Mt.Stromlo, and Mandrake Linux -- read below for the details. Update: 01/24 00:08 GMT by T : One more update added below, regarding the post earlier this week on nVidia's new video card.
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Slashback: Bankruptcy, SUVdiving, Singalongs 508

Posted by timothy from the chilly-down-here dept.
Slashback updates tonight on sky-diving cars, Microsoft's new code Glasnost (guess who's signed up to see the code?), the fate of the PCI-SIG list, the SCO and Linux licensing brouhaha, music royalties in Finland, and more. Read on for the details.
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Slashback: Iridium, Synthesis, Drives 316

Posted by timothy from the world-is-world dept.
Slashback tonight with word on the (groan) fate of Iridium, more Speak n' Spell modding, examples of Serial ATA oozing to market, the RIAA versus mandatory DRM, and more. Read on for the updates.
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Slashback: :CueCat, Exercise, Wormage 381

Posted by timothy from the bingo-bingo dept.
Slashback tonight brings you updates on the current doings (and name) of J. Jovan Philyaw, the man behind the :CueCat, the alleged worldwide infestation of file-trading computers with an RIAA-sponsored worm (not true, they say), the privacy implications of GeoURL markup, and more. Read on for the details.
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Slashback: Embed, Dougal, FireWire 254

Posted by timothy from the heavy-weather dept.
Slashback this evening brings you a few corrections, updates, amplifications and reversals -- read on for more on the Xbox key cracking project, the new version of FireWire, and more.
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Slashback: Disputes, Clones, Audio 343

Posted by timothy from the freezing-with-no-heating-oil dept.
Slashback this fine 23:59 GMT brings you a response to MS GPL FUD, an update on Lessig's challenge, a followup question regarding domain disputes, a reminder that clone claims aren't new, and more. Read on for the details.

Slashback: Wireless, Radio, Ralsky 252

Posted by timothy from the driving-north-toward-snow dept.
Slashback with more on GNU Radio; BeUnited's ongoing bid for Gobe Productive's source code; AOL, IM and the USPTO; the consequences one observer faced for watching spammer Alan Ralsky and more. Read on for the details.
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Slashback: Tenacity, Freedomware, Lem 338

Posted by timothy from the las-vegas-would-be-nice dept.
Slashback brings you more on Solaris, the not-quite-dead OS/2, and free software you can sneak onto your Windows-running computer. Also, Home Depot turns to the dark side, and Hughes winds down its two-way Internet-by-satellite service. Read on below for the details. Update: 12/18 00:30 GMT by T : The Home Depot item got chopped by accident; it's been restored below. Update: 12/18 00:38 GMT by T : Sigh. And -- my fault for misreading -- Hughes is shutting down their DSL business; satellite service continues at least for now.

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