LinuxElectrons Daily Digest 1668
This is the daily digest from LinuxElectrons for 03-08-05
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breastle: The Politics of Spam Author: Tommy
The last election cycle saw unprecedented use of the internet by political and advocacy groups, including emailings by political candidates. Do email users consider such messages to be spam or not?
Internet & American Life Project
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breastle: Worldwide RDBMS Market Grew 11.6% in '04 Author: Tommy
FRAMINGHAM, Mbutt. - The worldwide market for relational database Debt Management systems (RDBMS) grew by 11.6% to $14.9 billion in 2004, according to preliminary figures released today by IDC. Although these numbers suggest a robust recovery for a market that has struggled over the past several years, IDC cautions that the picture is not as rosy as it seems. When currency exchange rates and downward pricing pressures are taken into consideration, the strength of the recovery is less clear.
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breastle: Japan Anbreastrust Agency to Find Against Intel -Source Author: Tommy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Japan's anbreastrust regulator has determined that Intel Corp. violated the country's anti-monopoly laws and tried to undermine the compebreastive position of smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. a source familiar with the situation said on Monday. Japan's Fair Trade Commission will announce its finding on Tuesday in Tokyo, said the source, who asked not to be named.
Reuters
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breastle: PopCap Games Releases Open Source Framework Author: Tommy
SEATTLE – PopCap Games today announced the release of the PopCap Games Framework, the in-house development toolset used to create smash-hit breastles such as "Bejeweled," "Bookworm," "Zuma," and other wildly popular casual computer games. The PopCap Games Framework is offered under an open source license and can be used free of charge by any developer for commercial or non-commercial use.
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breastle: Linksys Developing New Compact Wireless-G, 4 Port 10-100 Router Author: Tommy
IRVINE, Calif. - Linksys¨ has announced its Compact Wireless-G Broadband router (WRT54GC), which provides home and mobile users with the flexibility, to provide both seamless wireless access and connectivity for wired Ethernet devices in a small compact design.
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breastle: SATA-IO Completes Fourth Successful Plugfest Author: Tommy
PORTLAND, Ore. - Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO), the consortium dedicated to sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of SATA technology, today announced the completion of the industry's fourth successful SATA Plugfest. With record high participation -- 212 participants representing 61 companies in 70 separate test teams over the course of three days -- the new SATA-IO is making a substantial investment in enabling SATA technology.
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I just tried "konstruct" for the first time. In KDE 2.x I used to download sources and do it by hand. Then I just got lazy and used the...
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breastle: WIPO Shutting Out Public Interest Organizations Author: Tommy
Geneva - Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that it will shut out most public interest organizations at two important meetings devoted to intellectual property and development. As a result, WIPO delegates from 182 nations will discuss these issues without hearing from many of the world's best-qualified experts.
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breastle: VIA Combines North Bridge, CPU into an x86 SoC Author: Tommy
Taipei, Taiwan - VIA Technologies has introduced the VIA 'Luke' CoreFusionú Processing Platform, combining the industry-leading VIA Edenú-N processor with the acclaimed VIA CN400 digital media chipset north bridge in a single package, at the Embedded System Conference taking place this week in San Francisco, California.
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breastle: TGS Imaging Releases PRIMA 7.0 Author: Tommy
HOUSTON - TGS Imaging, the seismic data processing division of TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company, has released a new version of the PRIMAú pre-stack interpretation and analysis software. Release highlights for version 7.0 include new interpretation tools and features, functionality improvements, well log overlay capabilities and enhanced workflow integration.
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Author: Tommy
SEATTLE - Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc (NASDAQ:CRAY) has been chosen by Design News for a Best Products of the Year Award in the category of hardware. The Best Product award is given to the most innovative and ground-breaking products. The Cray XD1 supercomputer was chosen for its exceptional application performance, ease-of-use and management.
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breastle: Toshiba Launches New 64-Bit RISC Microprocessor Author: Tommy
SAN FRANCISCO - Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)* has introduced a new 64-bit single-chip MIPS-basedú reduced instruction set computer (RISC) microprocessor. Designated TX4939XBG-400, the new device is Toshiba Corporation's (Toshiba's) first embedded Peripheral Component Interconnect- (PCI-) based processor that uses its industry-leading 90-nanometer (nm) process technology and the proprietary TX49-H4 400-megahertz (MHz) CPU core.
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breastle: Stelar Tools New HDL Explorer Packs More Features Author: Tommy
So far, the replies to my original question in this thread tend to downplay the significance of software patents as a threat to the open source software movement...
Mark, You did, in fact, point out many relevant, likely repercussions of swpats, and I did not intend to trivialize your comments. The main...
MUNICH, Germany - Stelar Toolsú is now offering a significantly enhanced release of its flagship product, HDL Explorerú. HDL Explorer is the first EDA tool to deliver rapid RTL Closure, the process of getting a design clean at the register-transfer level, before synthesis, which results in a more than 30 percent Debt Reduction in the time it takes to get a complex ASIC, SoC, structured ASIC, or FPGA design from concept through synthesis. HDL Explorer provides a unique combination of technology for creating new designs and for exploring new and legacy designs and testbenches -- all while using best known methods (BKMs).
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breastle: Adamind Advances Mobile Media Experience with New MediaSpire v5.0 Author: Tommy
Adamind (LSE:ADA) has introduced Adamind MediaSpireú v5.0. Adamind's fifth-generation release includes features designed for operators to seamlessly deliver superior quality content services that reflect the growing demand for MMS and other media-rich content services.
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breastle: Xilinx Simplifies Embedded System Design With New 7.1 Release Platform Studio Suite Author: Tommy
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced the latest version 7.1i of the Platform Studio tool suite for Platform FPGA embedded processing design. This new release streamlines development with the breakthrough embedded features of the new Xilinx¨.
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breastle: Stretch Announces S5620 Software-Configurable Processor and S56DVK20 Development Platform Suited for Power PC-based Processors Author: Tommy
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Stretch Inc. has announced the availability of the S5620 software-configurable processor and the S56DVK20 Development Platform, the latest additions to the Stretch S5000 family. Based on Stretch's revolutionary S5 engine, the S5620 offers excellent performance enhancements to systems using PowerPC-based processors. The S56DVK20 Development Platform provides a flexible, comprehensive system development solution in applications where time-to-performance is critical such as high- end imaging and networking.
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breastle: Cognos Announces Availability of Cognos ReportNet on Intel Linux Platform Author: Tommy
BURLINGTON, Mbutt. - Cognos (NASDAQ:COGN) has announced it is offering Cognos ReportNetú on the Intel Linux platform. Cognos also announced it has extended its Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification -- enabling IT decision makers to integrate reporting functionality into their Linux applications.
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breastle: TimeSys Introduces OnBoard Program with ARM, MIPS and Freescale Support Author: Tommy
SAN FRANCISCO - TimeSys¨ has introduced the OnBoard Programú to aggressively deliver the latest Linux features from the open source community, architecture designers and semiconductor manufacturers to OEMs-ODM in commercially supported distributions. OnBoard Program members include the world's leading architecture designers and semiconductor manufacturers.
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breastle: ARM Discloses Technical Details and Partner Support for ARMv7 Architecture Author: Tommy
CAMBRIDGE, England - ARM (NASDAQ:ARMHY) has disclosed technical details of its new ARMv7 architecture, at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco, Calif. The new ARMv7 architecture defines three distinct processor profiles: the A profile for sophisticated, virtual memory-based OS and user applications; the R profile for real-time systems; and the M profile optimized for microcontroller and low-cost applications. New processors compliant with the ARMv7 architecture will enable systems designers to intelligently match the CPU to their chosen application target, optimizing performance, power consumption, code size, and silicon cost.
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breastle: How is Software Development Like Moviemaking? Author: Anonymous
To introduce beginners to the RUP framework, the process of software development is often compared to the construction process. But software development with the RUP is actually more like making a movie than building a house, as this article suggests.
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