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Space Station sightings (Dec 24 2004 16:48 GMT) - Xeni Jardin:... BoingBoing reader Uncle Horn Head says, "I heard on NPR this afternoon that in the coming days it will be possible to see the International Space Station with the naked eye. NASA has posted a massive list of world cities with optimal viewing times."... That spot was a chat between Ira Flatow and Alex Chadwick on the NPR program "Day to Day," to which I'm a contributing tech correspondent. |
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BBC launches open source network testing platform (Dec 24 2004 16:48 GMT) - BBC's research and development team has released yet another open source project for network testing. Dubbed the Kamaelia project, released on Tuesday, is designed to simplify the creation and testing of new protocols for large-scale media delivery systems. This follows earlier efforts like the open source dirac project to create video codecs tailored towards streaming. ... ... |
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Autopackage 0.7 Released (Dec 24 2004 16:48 GMT) - Autopackage, a Linux distribution neutral binary packaging framework has released a new version. New features include:... First API stable release, Self contained Installers, Multi architecture support, Better documentation, Support for internationalisation, Support for Gconf schemas, A brand new graphical management software for easy uninstallation of autopackaged apps. A 1.0 release is expected by Feb 2005. |
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Xfce 4.2 Release Candidate 3 Released (Dec 24 2004 16:48 GMT) - The third Release Candidate of the new version 4.2 of Xfce is now available for download. This third Release Candidate provides several bugfixes over the second Release Candidate. Also see the graphical installation wizards and changelog. |
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Craft a load-balancing cluster with ClusterKnoppix (Dec 24 2004 16:48 GMT) - The cluster, a collection of computers that work together, is an important concept in leveraging computing resources because of its ability to transfer workload from an overloaded system (or node) to another system in the cluster. This article explains how to set up a load-balancing Linux cluster using Knoppix-based LiveCDs. |
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Opera Browser Beta Adds Voice, More (Dec 24 2004 16:48 GMT) - According to an article at DesktopLinux.com, the first public beta of Opera 8 is available for free download. It adds voice input/output and a host of other niceties. Key new features include improved RSS handling, fit to window or paper width, a start-bar for easy access to the most commonly used functions, and automatic update checks. The beta release supports Windows only, but a general release is scheduled for early 2005. |
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Comments (Dec 24 2004 16:47 GMT) - As many bloggers know, there's a full frontal assault of comment spam going on Web-wide. I'm away from my broadband connection for the holidays so I have to wait a few days before I do some repairs. So I've turned off comments for a short time. |
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