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Book Reviews

Monday, February 10, 2003

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Linux, Journalism and the Net: '"Use value" (as opposed to "sale value") applications are dark matter to everybody outside the teams doing the work. Changes in those applications don't call for press releases, no matter how profound they may be. Still, the adoption of Linux and open-source development tools and methods causes radical changes in IT infrastructure. There are real stories here.' [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

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Kasparov Draws Match With Computer: "Gary Kasparov, the world's number one ranked chess player, finished his latest match with a computer in a draw. The six-game match, an attempt by Kasparov to avenge his 1997 defeat to IBM's Deep Blue, ended with a single victory apiece for Kasparov and the Israeli-made Deep Junior, with draws in the remaining four games." [kuro5hin.org]

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Bush Wants Secret Arrests: "Here I am preparing for terrorist attacks and what do I get? I get news that the Bush White House is asking for secret arrests in the form of a Domestic Security Enhancement Act. He doesn't have my permission, and he's got a lot of nerve asking. This has gone too far. I'm flying the Gadsden flag, and I hope every American does. I am not so afraid of terrorists that I am willing to approve this usurpation of power and shortcutting of the judicial branch of American government. No way." [kuro5hin.org]

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Nikon Coolpix SQ leaks: "Following on from our story earlier in the week about the Nikon SQ teaser it appears that sharp minded people "guessed" the URL of subsequent teasers, therefore they have been removed." [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P32, P52 & P72: "Sony Europe have announced their first range of cameras to use the new Memory Stick PRO media, the Cyber-shot DSC-P32, P52 & P72." [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

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HP Photosmart 850 review: "Our full review of HP's four megapixel, eight times zoom Photosmart 850. The 850 is the second of the 'new generation' of HP digital cameras and marks an improvement in both image quality and..." [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

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NYTimes: Tangled Up in Spam: "...an extensive article entitled Tangled Up in Spam. The article is quite substantial and the author, James Gleick, is more technically educated than what we've come to expect from the big press. Central to the story is the complexity in dealing with spam effectively in both technical and legal terms and the confusion it brings upon the neophyte." [Slashdot]

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Lawrence Lessig wins FSF Award: "The Free Software Foundation has announced that this year's winner of its Award for the Advancement of Free Software is Lawrence Lessig - a fine choice." [LWN.net]

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Shark Tank: But look how secure their e-mail is now: "It takes three or four weeks to get a password reset by the data center that serves this government agency, so this IT pilot fish isn't surprised he doesn't hear anything for a month. Then he gets the bad news." [Computerworld Shark Tank]