March 2003

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RedHat 9.0 ISO’s available via BitTorrent

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

RedHat 9.0 iso’s were released today to RedHat Network members. They will be on the usual mirrors in a week, but you can get it now via BitTorrent You can also get Mandrake 9.1 iso’s from BitTorrent if you have not downloaded yours yet.
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4808

RedHat 9 released!

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

RedHat has officially announced their latest version of the Linux operating system, RedHat 9 Personal and Profiessional. Mirrors listed here. and the download info is here.
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4807

EspaÃ±a es el sexto paÃs de Europa en implantaciÃ³n de la firma digital

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

EspaÃ±a es el sexto paÃs de Europa y el 15 del mundo en implantaciÃ³n de la firma digital, un sistema de permite identificar al remitente de un mensaje a travÃ©s de Internet de forma fidedigna, segÃºn ha afirmado en Barcelona en director de la Real Casa de la moneda, Sergio RamÃ³n Ruiz de MahÃllo.
http://www.nuteca.com/boletin/noticia/index.php?id_noticia=1290

Linux, tambiÃ©n afectado por un fallo de seguridad en varias de sus versiones

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

No sÃ³lo Microsoft tiene graves problemas de seguridad. Un grupo de programadores han advertido que un fallo de seguridad en Linux tambiÃ©n permite a un usuario tomar control del ordenador, aunque no tenga privilegios para hacerlo.
http://www.nuteca.com/boletin/noticia/index.php?id_noticia=1286

Â¿CÃ³mo es de frÃ¡gil la red?

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

Muchos usuarios se preguntan sin duda si Internet no es en el fondo un gigante con pies de barro dispuesto a caer ante el mÃ¡s mÃnimo problema. Â¿QuÃ© hay de cierto en esto?
http://www.nuteca.com/boletin/noticia/index.php?id_noticia=1284

Las ventajas y debilidades del software libre segÃºn dos visiones antagÃ³nicas

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

A un lado del ring Miguel Icaza, experto en cÃ³digo abierto y creador del entorno de ventanas en Linux GNOME y enfrente Francisco RomÃ¡n, consejero delegado de Microsoft IbÃ©rica. Dos visiones antagÃ³nicas sobre las oportunidades y vulnerabilidades que presenta el software libre.
http://www.nuteca.com/boletin/noticia/index.php?id_noticia=1288

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in Memory Stick and SD

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

Hagiwara Sys-Com has announced that it’s readying tiny wireless networking cards based on Memory Stick I/O(MSIO) and Secure Digital I/O (SDIO) technology. They’re still in development, and price has not been set yet.
http://www.hscjpn.co.jp/hscjpn/english/030328.html

OQO Release Date Slips Again

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

While it made a big splash when it was first announced in April of last year, the OQO made Wired’s Vaporware 2002 list. Recently, it looked like this product might soon see the light of day. However, the company is now saying the device won’t be available for perhaps six more months.
http://www.brighthand.com/article/OQO_Nearing_Release

Fujitsu Creates Learning Robots

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

Fujitsu Laboratories has created a learning system for humanoid robots that uses a dynamically reconfigurable neural network. This enables the robots to learn movement and motor co-ordination in ways similar to the ways that an organic brain does. Could this be a major step in producing truly viable “androids,” or mobile humanoid robots?
http://www.newmobilecomputing.com/story.php?news_id=3030

Microsoft loses ground in Wi-Fi market

By Soknet on 31 March 2003

Even with a late start in the Wi-Fi equipment market, Microsoft was doing very well – until it refused to embrace 802.11g
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t284-s2132678,00.html