Slashdot: ArticlesNews for nerds, stuff that mattersBuild Your Robot Online- July 16, 2004 An anonymous reader writes "Ever needed a custom part for a robot, case mod or hardware hack but lacked the tools or a machineshop to make one for you Ever needed a custom circuit board Well, PC Magazine's Bill Machrone writes about a few websites, Emachineshop and Pad2Pad, where you use their free software to design, price, and order anything you can design with the software. This is more useful to slashdotters than 3D 'printing' technologies like rapid prototyping since you get real...http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/2030222 That's Sir Tim to You- July 16, 2004 andrew_j_w writes "British born creator of the web Tim Berners-Lee has finally received his Knighthood from the Queen. It's nice to a pioneer, who certainly not a household name, get such a high honour from the establishment. Hopefully more people will now recognise the great work he did!"http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/1934202 TMBG on DRM- July 16, 2004 scootr1 writes "John and John from They Might Be Giants speak to Newsweek about, amongst other things, digital rights management. My favorite exchange 'How would you eat, then' 'That&146;s my problem.' When are record companies going to realize that DRM isn't going to help them sell more of the bad music that dominates the airwaves"http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/160228 Why Offshore When Canada's Next Door- July 16, 2004 Roblimo writes "A study by accounting and consulting giant PriceWaterhouseCoopers claims Canada could lose up to 75,000 IT jobs by 2010 to offshore outsourcing, but could also gain 165,000 jobs through U.S. outsourcing contracts. The trick is, according to this story at IT Manager's Journal, that while Indian, Chinese, and Russian programmers may cost 80% less than U.S. programmers, the time zone, language, legal, and other problems involved with sending work half way around the world can..http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/1336214 Cringely: Wi-Fi in the Sky- July 16, 2004 Boiled Frog writes "In Cringely's latest article, he describes his plan to test a wi-fi connection between his house and his plane using two LinkSys 802.11g routers. He plans to experiment with various antennas to see which works the best."http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/1347256 Bobby Fischer Found- July 16, 2004 paulydavis writes "Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, wanted since 1992 for playing a tournament in Yugoslavia despite U.N. sanctions, was detained in Japan for an apparent passport violation and will be deported to the United States."http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/1219233 Google Acquires Picasa, Improves Blogging Tools- July 16, 2004 clandestine writes "It appears that our lovable search engine has again expanded its horizons - the internet wasn't enough; now you can search and organize your own pictures. I don't know about you, but I use Google for nearly everything; heck, I found links about their acquisition of Picasa through Google News! Any slashdotters going to benefit from this tech, or already do And yes, the addition of Picasa to their arsenal is a couple of days old, but they just started linking them on the..http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/1212210 Fiat Joins Microsoft in a Wireless Partnership- July 16, 2004 bizpile writes "The AP is reporting that Microsoft and Fiat have gotten together to develop a system of wireless communications into Fiat's vehicles. The goal of the alliance, announced Thursday, is to create a flexible, easy-to-use telematics system (think OnStar from General Motors) for Fiat and its Lancia and Alfa Romeo brands sold in Europe, the companies said."http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/0316251 Oxford Students Hack University Network- July 16, 2004 An anonymous reader writes "Both The Guardian and BBC News are carrying the story that two students at the University of Oxford, Patrick Foster and Roger Waite, were able to easily hack into the university's internal network in minutes using only easily-available software. Once inside, they could find out anyone's email password, observe instant messenger conversations and control parts of the university's CCTV system. The students were investigating the university's network security for...http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/16/021200 Dual Channel Memory Shootout- July 16, 2004 MDT48 writes "Ever wondered if that expensive low latency memory was worth the cash These guys have rounded up almost every memory module out there and hammered them. Must have taken them ages, and takes almost as long to read, well worth the effort though."http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/15/2358206 |