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doomerz posted on Mon. September 3rd 2007 at 07:38 AM PST. (Main Post!)
Philips is introducing the 3D WOWzone; A large 132inch multi-screen 3D wall. The WOWzone was designed to create spectacular 3D Images for presentations and advertisements at exhibitions, theme parks and large public events.
The WOWzone consists of nine 42" plasma displays (3X3) which is one large display (roughly 9 feet by 6 feet).
The WOWzone comes complete with a set of design tools to create the new 3D content effectively and the displays also can be switched to 2D high Definition. This should be available commercially in Q1 of 2008. All I know is I want one, it would be make your superbowl party the best in the neighborhood!
Check out the press release: http://www.business-sites.philips.com/3dsolutions/about/article-15646.html
doomerz posted on Tue. August 14th 2007 at 04:44 PM PST. (Main Post!)
Germany has put into effect the Hacker Tool Law which paragraph 202C states that it is illegal to possess, use, produce, or distribute a “hacker tool”. Now this statement is very vague, and I mean extremely vague... This could even include things such as Nmap or other network monitoring systems.
Is this the end of any German Distribution of Linux? What happens in 3 years when no 'hacker prevention' software is installed on any computer in Germany because the program itself is derived off a hacker tool? This is not smart politics IMHO, and I hope that it is repealed.
doomerz posted on Fri. August 10th 2007 at 09:04 AM PST. (Main Post!)
A few months ago a co-worker was asking me how difficult it was to install Linux. Of course this is a very obscure question because it really depends on the distro. So I began with some of the easier Distributions to install (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora Core) and explained to him that the only big difference between these distros is its package management system and that any of the three were a viable option. I then remembered my very pleasant experience with installing Ubuntu and gave him a Ubuntu 7.04 install cd.
I ended up completely forgetting that we even had that discussion and the other day he came back to me thanking me for giving him the Ubuntu cd. He was so impressed that he booted up the live cd, installed it in about 20 minutes and even his wireless card just came to life. As a matter of fact he is so impressed with the Ubuntu distribution that he installed it on his mothers PC and is trying to get his brother to convert from windows.
The ease of installing the standard Ubuntu 7.04 is allowing more and more people to switch over to Linux and give it a shot. I myself was pleased that they still offered a non-graphical installation alternative (what can I say, I like when the install is difficult; It makes me feel much more satisfied once I have finished.). But one thing that I must say is that the out of the box driver support is phenomenal! The lack of support on other distros and having to manually configure so many hardware devices is what makes running Linux a Geeky thing to do.
doomerz posted on Tue. July 3rd 2007 at 04:00 AM PST. (Main Post!)
After a long wait Slackware 12.0 has been released! This is a very impressive change for Slackware, as the default kernel is now the 2.6(.21.5) kernel. It also comes with KDE 3.5.7 and (my favorite) XFCE 4.4.1. There is also support for HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) and many other new features. This looks like one very tight release. I know that I'll be doing some upgrading today!
Check it out for yourself http://www.slackware.com/announce/12.0.php
doomerz posted on Wed. May 9th 2007 at 03:23 PM PST. (Main Post!)
Spring Final Projects should be due now! Which means a ton of projects to show!
One that I just came across is called Air Jam from Cornell's ECE 476 Microcontroller Design class:
The Air Jam is a wearable apparatus that lets you play the guitar without one. They were limited to one SDK-500 Dev. board and several FreeScale sensor boards. This project cost them $40.75.
Check it out!!!
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/s2007/apb36_yn47/ECE_476_Website.html
doomerz posted on Thu. April 19th 2007 at 02:54 PM PST. (Main Post!)
Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), one of the anticipated Linux distribution releases ever, has officially been relased today. Feisty is very feature rich and includes such things as: a ground-breaking Windows migration assistant, excellent wireless networking support and improved multimedia support.
I have been using this since herd 3 and it is a great distro. The release comes with all the standard OpenSource software to get you started, including support for many graphics and wireless cards.
If you have been thinking about trying a new distro or want to try something other than Windows, I highly recommend this one!
doomerz posted on Sat. February 3rd 2007 at 06:23 AM PST. (Main Post!)
Ubuntu's future upgrade (7.04) nick-named Feisty Fawn Herd 3 has just been released, this is a development release, the full release is due out in April. I am looking forward to a little smoother release than 6.10. Since the release of Herd 2 all the work has gone into feature Development. 7.04 looks very feature rich and cant wait to try it out.
doomerz posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST. (Main Post!)
For those who use the VIM editor obviously are aware of its superiority as a text/programming editor. I personally use it at work and recently upgraded to VIM 7.0 but was too busy to view the change log. Today I happened to catch the slash-dot article on some of the new features of VIM and WOW is all I can say. Tabs, "Intellisense" and time undo's??? Check it out for yourself: http://www.vim.org/
doomerz posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST. (Main Post!)
"The GNOME Project has just released version 2.16 of their popular desktop environment. I will be checking this out when I get home from work. From the screen shots and some chat I've seen it's full of new eye candy, but not alot of new development features. Check it out yourself: http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/
doomerz posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST. (Main Post!)
Ubuntu 6.06, aka "Dapper Drake" has just gone into a stable Beta fase after 5 very succesful Alpha versions. A full list of new features and screenshots can be found at the official wiki.
I know as soon as finals are done, im going to give it a try. From what I've read its very stable and better than breezy badger.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperDrake
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