Thursday, September 18, 2003

Finally: Broadband for the Commodore 64 Finally: Broadband for the Commodore 64 Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 18, @05:36PM from the answer-to-a-question-that-didn't-need-asking dept. GP writes "Now even die-hard Commodore 64 users are able to enjoy the benefits of broadband Internet connectivity. A newly announced Ethernet card together with the Contiki operating system lets you surf the web, send e-mail, host web sites with the built-in web server, and soon even play LAN games on your good old Commodore 64! All this with a computer that is old enough to drink."  [Slashdot] 7:14:14 PM

Secure, Reliable, Transacted Web Services: Architecture and Composition. This IBM/Microsoft white paper is a succinct overview of the key Web services interoperability specifications. Learn how these specifications enable interoperable, SOA-based applications that are secure, reliable, and transacted. [MSDN Just Published] 4:21:18 PM

Introduction to Webmin. - by Jamie Cameron - Webmin is a program that simplifies the process of managing a Linux or Unix system. Traditionally, you have needed to manually edit configuration files and run commands to create accounts, set up Web servers, or manage email forwarding. Webmin now lets you perform these tasks through an easy-to-use Web interface, and automatically updates all of the required configuration files for you. This makes the job of administering ... [Linux.Com: NewsForge Reports] 11:18:39 AM

Yahoo IM update shuts out third parties. Yahoo plans an upgrade to its instant messaging software that will block access via third-party IM applications such as Trillian. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 8:59:53 AM

PHP GEN 0.6 PHP GEN reads the list of tables in a database, lets you select one, then reads the structure of it, suggests a basic (modifiable) configuration, and generates good-style and easily maintainable PHP code capable of listing, adding, editing, and deleting records. Both the generated code and the engine itself use Pear::DB for the database-abstraction layer and Smarty for the presentation/interface layer. [freshmeat.net] 8:57:35 AM

Josh Allen's list of Microsoft bloggers, in OPML. [Scripting News] 8:55:08 AM