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  • Reading protected LiveJournal entries via RSS

    “[…] if you add /rss?auth=digest to the end of the URL, and include the standard HTTP authentication at the beginning of the URL (username:password@ between the protocol and the server address), then the RSS feed will include the protected entries.”

    eclecticism via P. Aston’s

    This works for Thunderbird, which does support HTTP authentication for feeds, though apparently not HTTPS. You can’t view the entries this way, but at least do get the headlines.

    …Except it seems to keep asking me to log in, although it does remember my id and password! That sucks.

  • Windows & Linux Run On The PSP

    “Earlier we reported on the Bochs x86 emulator being ported to the PSP by Matan. This is indeed true and has opened the door for a wide range of options that the PSP can now do, not limited to but including the running of: FreeDOS, Linux, DLX Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, PicoBSD, Pragma Linux, Debian 3.0r0 and 2.2r5, and any other disk images with pre-installed systems on them […].”

    PSP Updates via /.
    some links added

  • Webcam Reviews

    Cowboy Frank via Juha

    Creative NX is reviewed, too – that’s the one I have.

  • Mainstream Press Messes Up Wikipedia Story

    “The Wales quote from Sueddeutsche Zeitung read: “There may soon be so-called stable contents. In this case, we’d freeze the [Wikipedia] pages whose quality is undisputed.” Reuters repeated that. […] Wales didn’t say that. […] He thinks the SZ reporter may have misinterpreted his comments. Then Reuters apparently translated his comments in German back to English, and his meaning got turned into something he didn’t say. […]

    And here’s yet another angle to the story that’s unflattering to mainstream media. Wales says: “The story seems to have legs, even though we’ve contacted Reuters and every other outlet to try to get a correction, no one seems to care at all. … No response. We’re important enough to write about, but not important enough for them to listen to at all.””

    Poynter Online via Sektori.com

  • Microsoft Yhdysvaltain median lemmikkiyritys

    “Amerikkalaismedia kohtelee kaikista maan yrityksistä parhaiten ohjelmistojätti Microsoftia, kertoo konsulttiyhtiö Delahaye. Delahayen rankkaus perustuu tutkimukseen, jossa lasketaan, kuinka paljon myönteisiä uutisia kustakin yrityksestä on julkaistu. […] Microsoft ja Wal-Mart olivat kärkikaksikkona myös edellisessä rankkauksessa.”

    Taloussanomat.fi

  • net.nyt: Akiban avainsanat

    “[Akiba] on upottanut webbisivuilleen hakukoneille tarkoitettuun meta keywords -tagiin peräti 138 avainsanaa. Mukana on mm. sellaisia helmiä kuin “warez”, “Janina” ja “LJH”. Voi vain miettiä, missä muodossa warezia ja Janinaa Akibasta loppujen lopuksi saa? Entä miten kilpailija LJH liittyy asiaan?”

    net.nyt

    Minä löysin listasta 143 sanaa, ja warez ja Janina olivat siellä kyllä, mutta LJH ei ollut. Onkohan se siistitty sieltä pois heti kun net.nyt siitä mainitsi?

    Joka tapauksessa tuo on minusta webmasterilta melko amatöörimäistä touhua. Kuten net.nytin jutun kommenteissakin joku huomauttaa, Google jättää koko litanian huomiotta, joten aika, joka noiden rustaamiseen käytetään, on ihan hukkaanheitettyä.

  • Flexible Computer Keyboard

    Bent silicone keyboard “The Super Kool Keyboard is a Virtually Indestructible Keyboard, a silicon-based flexible computer keyboard, features a unique combination of durability and soft, comfortable feel. The washable, “roll-able” keyboard has been called “the best thing to happen to typing since the backspace key.””

    opAmerica via TSOB

    Check out Alternative Keyboard Gallery too (also via TSOB).

  • Massive Linux handout set for French schools

    “Thousands of secondary schools students in the French region of Auvergne will receive CDs containing free and open-source software when they return to school in September. The project, which has been funded by the local government, will distribute 64,000 packs of CDs to students, according to Linux Arverne, a Linux user group involved in the initiative. The project aims to get students and their families more interested in free and open-source software.”

    News.com via MikroPC.net

  • Mac OSX x86 on PC

    “The Apple Developer kit version of MacOSX x86 has indeed been fully cracked! An anonymous source has sent us a video showing MacOSX x86 booting natively on a Pc notebook Mitac 8050D (Pentium-M 735/1.6GHz).”

    Hardmac.com via /., Enterblogi

  • Musicians Try to Join ITunes in Japan

    “Japanese musicians under contract with Sony and other labels that haven’t joined Apple’s iTunes Music Store are starting to defy their recording companies and trying to get their music on the popular download service launched last week in Japan.

    At least one artist has already gone against his label to offer his songs on iTunes. And a major agency that manages Japanese musicians said Wednesday it was interested in a possible deal with Apple Computer Inc., regardless of the recording companies’ positions. ”

    Forbes.com via Google News