Monday, January 12, 2004

IBM vs. Content Chaos   IBM vs. Content Chaos Posted by Hemos on Monday January 12, @11:42AM from the help-me-find-directions-to-p4r1s-h1l70n dept. ps writes "IBM's Almaden Research Center has been featured for their continued work on "Web Fountain", a huge system to turn all the unstructured info on the web into structured data. (Is "pink" the singer or the color?) IEEE reports that the first commercial use will be to track public opinion for companies. " It looks like its feeding ground is primarily the public Internet, but it can be fed private information as well. [Slashdot] 1:13:55 PM

MySQL expands open-source database. The company releases a developer version of MySQL 5.0, which can create and run stored procedures, a feature common to commercial databases. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 11:53:59 AM

MOZiE 0.52 Beta Released MOZiE is very similar to Comparator, but does not require the .NET framework to be installed; therefore, it is very lightweight. It requires that the Mozilla ActiveX control be registered or downloaded. It has a number of features not found in Comparator such as screen resolution emulation, alternate browser launching, and is fully customizable. [BetaNews.Com] 9:48:55 AM

ROCK Linux 2.0.0-rc4 (Stable) ROCK Linux is a distribution build kit for creating Linux distributions. You can easily design and build your own distribution by choosing packages, compilers, and optimization options, and optionally enable the GCC Stack-Smashing Protector for enhanced security. It is also possible to choose custom configure options, cross-compile, and much more. Many specialized targets (customized distributions) have already been created, such as a Desktop, Router, or Minimal distribution. A variety of architectures are supported.  [freshmeat.net] 9:41:57 AM