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                  Creative Commons Audiobooks


            Posted by timothy on Monday April 12, @07:50AM
            from the good-for-the-brain dept.
            xanderwilson writes "The New York Times (2nd half of the article; 
            free reg. required as always) writes, 'Project Gutenberg is well 
            known for offering free electronic versions of famous public-domain 
            texts. Now Telltale Weekly wants to be its audio-book equivalent.' 
            Of interest to others in the Slashdot community: Ogg Vorbis and MP3 
            downloads, payment via Bitpass micropayments, and a cheap-now, free 
            later (with a Creative Commons License) business model." (And if you 
            buy the Ogg Vorbis versions, part of the money goes to xiph.org.) 
            ( Read More... | 1 of 4 comments )
                  USTR Critical Of Japanese TD-CDMA Licensing


            Posted by timothy on Monday April 12, @03:48AM
            from the complicationism dept.
            News for nerds writes "Yahoo Asia reports that the Office of the 
            U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in its annual report that the 
            Japanese government has so far refused to issue experimental 
            licenses to certain U.S. companies to test the new TD-CDMA 
            technology. It attacks China and S. Korea along the line. The funny 
            thing is, according to Impress Internet Watch, the Japanese 
            government states that no U.S. companies had actually applied for 
            the license so far. ITmedia also reports the Japanese government 
            didn't deny foreign application, while criticizing the government 
            for too narrow bandwidth of TD-CDMA that can be monopolized easily. 
            Is this the precursor of another wave of pressure onto technology 
            from Japan?" 
            ( Read More... | 47 of 104 comments )
                  Netsky Worm Variant Attacks P2P Services


            Posted by timothy on Sunday April 11, @11:46PM
            from the lack-of-attention-syndrome dept.
            ee_moss points out this Washington Post article (via Yahoo!), 
            excerpting "The latest variant of the Netsky worm directing infected 
            computers to launch Web-based attacks against music- and 
            file-trading Web services such as Kazaa, taking down at least one 
            company's Web sites in the process. The worm, the 19th version of a 
            bug that made its debut in February, is also targeting some Web 
            sites that offer computer programs designed to illegally break or 
            bypass copyright controls on software programs." 
            ( Read More... | 215 of 293 comments )
                  Science: Russian Group Plans Manned Mars Mission By 2011


            Posted by timothy on Sunday April 11, @09:56PM
            from the rusty-dusty dept.
            weekendwarrior1980 writes "A group of Russian space experts on 
            Friday announced an ambitious plan to send a six-man crew to Mars 
            within a decade, a project it said would cost only $3.5 billion. 
            Russian space officials dismissed the project as nonsense. They plan 
            to have 6 people explore Mars for months before returning to Earth. 
            The Mission would take 3 years, and would depend on fully equipped 
            spacecraft containing its own garden, medical facilities etc." 
            ( Read More... | 181 of 264 comments | science.slashdot.org )
                  Ask Slashdot: Rack Mounted PCs for the Home User?


            Posted by michael on Sunday April 11, @08:54PM
            from the more-power dept.
            andrewa writes "Do any folks out there have recommendations on 
            available gear for building a small, but extendable, rack-mounted 
            system? As a developer of software for use in contact centers I want 
            to put together a small development system that consists of at least 
            three PCs to create a simulated environment to test my applications 
            in. Why rack mounted? Well, I want to save space and only have the 
            bare minimum systems (no need for multiple CD-ROMS, monitors, no 
            sound-cards, just lots of memory and HD space). I also will add to 
            this in the future, so don't want to limit myself to just a few pcs 
            on the system. I've scouted around a bit, but didn't see too much. 
            I'm in the UK at the moment, but will be moving to the U.S. in about 
            6 months, so power requirements (although I guess most equipment has 
            switchable voltages) is a consideration." 
            ( Read More... | 242 of 310 comments | ask.slashdot.org )
                  Google's Next Steps


            Posted by timothy on Sunday April 11, @07:44PM
            from the hey-cool-site dept.
            danimlp writes "An article at SearchEngineWatch states that Google 
            and Yahoo have become as almost parts of the operating system, a 
            'layer' above Linux, Windows or Mac OS. Another article at 
            Kottke.org says that Google is building a a huge computer with a 
            custom operating system that everyone on earth can have an account 
            on. Some people predicts that, after Gmail, Google could start a new 
            instant message service or even its own electronic currency." 
            ( Read More... | 226 of 294 comments )
                  Apple: iPod Mini Design Flaw?


            Posted by michael on Sunday April 11, @06:40PM
            from the caveat-lector dept.
            terradyn writes "Over at iPodlounge they've discovered that the iPod 
            mini's have a major issue with their headphone jacks. It looks like 
            the jacks connection to the main system board is extremely poorly 
            engineered and so normal use will wear it out and cause lots of 
            static after around 35-40 days... If any pressure on your iPod Mini 
            results in crackling and static, you should return your iPod 
            immediately to an Apple store for a free replacement. They're also 
            theorizing over in the forums that the iPod Mini shortage may be a 
            cover for this problem..." Update: 04/12 01:08 GMT by T: billybob 
            writes "Someone in the forum thread originally linked to has posted 
            pictures of the iPod taken apart, demonstrating the problem." 
            ( Read More... | 179 of 291 comments | apple.slashdot.org )
                  RIAA's Nasty Easter Egg


            Posted by timothy on Sunday April 11, @05:33PM
            from the more-room-for-indies dept.
            Bruha writes "It appears the RIAA is being very low key about the 
            fact that the five major labels think that 99 cents per song is too 
            cheap, and are discussing a price hike that would increase the 
            tariff to $1.25 up to $2.99 per song. I was a huge fan of the 99c 
            per song, but if they think that they can raise the price on me just 
            because I don't buy full CDs anymore, they've got another thing 
            coming. Suggestion: make good CDs, and maybe I'll buy the whole 
            thing." 
            ( Read More... | 488 of 686 comments )
                  Intel Potentially Reverse-Engineered AMD64


            Posted by michael on Sunday April 11, @04:27PM
            from the sincerest-form dept.
            icypyr0 writes "Tom Halfhill, an analyst for In-Stat/MDR claims that 
            due to similiarities in the instruction sets of AMD64 chips and the 
            new 64-bit extensions for Intel Xeons, it is clear that Intel 
            reverse-engineered the AMD64. However, due to the fact that the new 
            Xeon is not an exact copy of the AMD64's microarchitecture, Intel 
            has not broken the law. This very tactic has actually been used by 
            firms such as AMD in the past to catch up to Intel." 
            ( Read More... | 214 of 281 comments )
                  Ask Slashdot: Off Grid Via Slow Moving River?


            Posted by michael on Sunday April 11, @03:22PM
            from the make-sure-you-have-plenty-of-candles dept.
            einstein writes "I live out in the middle of nowhere, and I lose 
            power at the drop of a hat. My house is right next to the 
            Susquehanna river, and all the kinetic energy going past my house 
            makes just want to go off grid. Most homebuilt hydro power is lower 
            volume/high speed. What would be a good, unobtrusive way to generate 
            electricity from a high volume/low speed body of water? I'm between 
            two large hydro dams, so the water level is fairly constant, but 
            does tend to fluctuate 4-6ft in the winter due to ice floes and 
            melting snow. I think maybe a miniature version of one of the recent 
            submerged tidal generators might work... Does anyone have some 
            suggestions on how I might go about this project?" More than a few 
            people have done this before. 
            ( Read More... | 276 of 376 comments | ask.slashdot.org ) YRO
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