Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Microsoft IMF Cans Spam at the Server. David Coursey says Microsoft's Intelligent Message Filtering add-on for its Exchange messaging is a real bargain: it's free, and it actually works. [eWEEK Technology News] 8:40:49 PM    comment []  trackback []

Music Education With Linux Sound Tools. Whatever you play, make your music lessons and practice sessions more productive with these music learning tools. [Linux Journal] 8:35:31 PM    comment []  trackback []

Google Overhauls Enterprise Search Box. The company boosts its search appliance's index capacity and query performance for its enterprise business, which still dwarfs its Web search business. [eWEEK Technology News] 4:18:51 PM    comment []  trackback []

Uniform Task-Based Management System. Learn about the UTBMS, developed by the ABA [ABA Section of Litigation - Online Resources for Litigators] 4:17:12 PM    comment []  trackback []

Solid-State Mini-ITX Linux Recording Studio HOWTO  Solid-State Mini-ITX Linux Recording Studio HOWTO Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 02, @03:30PM from the two-gigs-of-flash-aren't-isn't-cheap dept. An anonymous reader submits "LinuxDevices.com has posted a project howto on building a dedicated music recording and editing computer that uses a CompactFlash card instead of a hard drive, to eliminate hard disk chatter. It uses the latest release from the Agnula (GNU/Linux Audio) project, and the newest Epia MII-12000 mini-ITX board from VIA. The method described in the article applies to embedding most any Knoppix-based Live CD onto CompactFlash boot media."    [Slashdot] 4:16:17 PM    comment []  trackback []

AVerMedia UltraTV USB 300. Here's Hollywood in a box: A small, self-powered USB 2.0 TV tuner and video-capture device for notebooks that brings TV, video, time shifting, editing, and authoring to any laptop—at a price that borders on impulse-purchase. [PC Magazine: New Product Reviews] 1:44:09 PM    comment []  trackback []

Aqua Data Studio 3.7. Aqua Data Studio is an SQL editor and developer tool that allows database structures to be browsed. and SQL scripts to be easily created, edited, and executed. It provides an integrated database environment with a single consistent interface to all major relational databases, allowing DBAs and developers to tackle multiple tasks simultaneously. The sophisticated Query Analyzer features RDBMS- specific syntax highlighting and auto- completion, detailed client statistical information, and multi-grid results. Table structure and dependencies in the database schema can be viewed, and queries can be saved in many formats, including HTML and XML. [freshmeat.net] 12:23:18 PM    comment []  trackback []

Software Review: Hypertext Builder 2003. As more and more Web sites are being coded with XHTML, a new generation of software editors are now XHTML-specific. One of those editors is Hypertext Builder 2003, a true XHTML editor. By Lee Underwood. 0602 [WebReference News] 12:20:51 PM    comment []  trackback []

Really Simple Syndication: "Dave, how I can explain to my large media corporation higher-ups why it's not a bad thing that they lose traffic if their readers are using our RSS feeds instead of visiting the site?" [Scripting News] This piece brings up an interesting point about RSS that a lot of folks don't get: it is a good tool for driving traffic to your site.  At first glance, many folks assume that everything in a given post/article/story would be included in the feed and so by subscribing to the feed, visitors to the site would be lost.  But there is no real reason to put all of the info into the feed.  Use the title, a link to the piece and a short synopsis (or the first 100 characters) to fill the feed.  Then subscribers to the feed are more likely to follow a link about something that interests them.  The site ends up wiht a fair greater reach than it had before. 11:40:27 AM    comment []  trackback []

The Online Universities Weblog The Online Universities Weblog "Finding the right online college you need": The Survey of Distance & Cyberlearning Programs in Higher Education, 2004 Edition:"From Market Research, a report on distance education for 2004. It's quite pricey for a student, but for student centers, student programs and other resource centers like school libraries, it is probably affordable; for those in the online education business or getting into it, this report looks like a must have. " This report looks to be if interest for CODEC. 10:11:06 AM    comment []  trackback []

News around the Web [Beta]. From the The Guardian Weblog: "CNet News.com is testing a news service that automatically generates lists of news stories either about specific firms or popular topics. The list of companies stretches from 3Com to Yahoo, while topics range from Application Integration to Wireless. The stories are drawn from the usual sources -- such as eWeek and Internetnews.com, Reuters and Yahoo News -- with CNet stories strongly featured. The New York Times and Business Week also creep in. If you are a CNet reader, it is already a useful way of checking to see if you have missed anything. It could be expanded into something really good." I like this. It's a quick way to find out what is happening with a particular company or topic. You can view the news by source, company list, or topic. [Library Stuff] 9:58:00 AM    comment []  trackback []

nodeview 0.3 released (OpenKiosk multi-platform kiosk framework). Total project downloads to date: 328 Project description: A multi-platform kiosk management system for public terminals and kiosks. Linux and Windows clients are currently supported. MacOSX support is upcoming. Whether you are a CyberCafe operator or a librarian. Openkiosk can make your like easier. [Download] [Release Notes] By xynopsis@users.sourceforge.net (A. Janulgue). [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases (Site-wide)] 9:48:46 AM    comment []  trackback []

Yahoo Gives Adware a Second Chance. Yahoo's anti-spyware tool, now in beta, lets software from companies such as Claria and WhenU.com go undetected by default, while its paid search division helps Claria reap revenue as part of a 2003 paid-listings agreement. [eWEEK Technology News] 9:46:25 AM    comment []  trackback []

McAfee Granted Far-Reaching Spam-Control Patent McAfee Granted Far-Reaching Spam-Control Patent Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 02, @08:01AM from the what-the-system-isn't-meant-for dept. Titusdot Groan writes "Infoworld is reporting that Network Associates, makers of McAfee, have been granted a broad anti-spam patent. The patent covers "compound filters, paragraph hashing, and Bayes rules" and was filed in December of 2002. The patent appears to affect Spam Assassin, Spam Bayes and many other anti-spam products and services. As an aside Paul Graham's "A Plan for Spam" was published August 2002."  [Slashdot] 9:44:58 AM    comment []  trackback []