nutch is an open source search engine project.. The project owners said that the basic action to seach information on the Internet must be safe and not controlled by some commercial companies!
Linux embedded… everywhere!
Do you see Linux only as a desktop/server operating system? Your vision will change after a visit to www.linuxdevices.com. This portal is dedicated to embedded Linux solutions. Of course, there are lof ot PDA which can run Linux but also more “funny” devices such IP-phones, audio/video entertainment devices, … See
Stellas Awards
It’s once again time to review the winners of the annual Stella awards. The Stellas are named after 81 year old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald’s. That case inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in the United States. Unfortunately the
James Bond kit
Are you a James Bond’s gadgets fan? Try this ‘home made’ mobile wardriving station: http://dp.penix.org/projects/bond/bond.html
>35 miles!
New record in Wifi connection… More than 35 miles in the desert of Nevada… http://www.earthlink.net/~wifishootout/
HP Testdrive Program
HP put online a complete testdrive platform based on all current CPU/OS from Alpha to RISC and from Linux (all distrib) to HP-UX or VMS! Even an Linux iPAQ is available! This is a really great idea! See: Hewlett-Packard/Compaq Test Servers
SSH from your mobile?
With new mobiles phones, it’s easy to develop applications for them. Some have a builtin Java virtual machine, others run a specific OS – Symbian. We will more and more see cool applications for our mobile phones. Here is a first one: a Symbian version of Putty the well known
Amiga User Profile: Jim Carey
Who remember Jim Carey? He was very active on the Amiga scene as a fabulous artist… Read an interview from 1994. He explains how he worked with Amiga softwares… Amiga User Profile: Jim Carey
Spammers, keep away of Mr Korotkov’s mailbox!
Andrei Korotkoc, Deputy Communications Minister in Russia, was tired of the amount of spam receilved in his mailbox every day. He had a nice idea, read this story: Don’t spam This Deputy Minister