First Belgian book released under CC license

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Just in Tokyo released under CC license

Just in Tokyo released under CC license 03/06/2004 01:56 AM

Justin Hall's guide to Tokyo, "Just in Tokyo" has just been released under a Creative Commons license. It's great for people who want to just dive into Tokyo.

Thanks Justin!

Mac Troubleshooting PDF Book Released

Mac Troubleshooting PDF Book Released 07/26/2004 03:57 AM

Cory's new book released

Cory's new book released 02/10/2004 02:53 AM
Cory Doctorow's second novel, Eastern Standard Tribe, has been released. The draft I saw was brilliant, and it was only a draft! The book is for sale in bookstores and online. And it is also available as a free download, under a Creative Commons license.

Panther edition of Mac OS X Hints book
released...

Panther edition of Mac OS X Hints book
released... 09/25/2004 03:45 AM
Yes, it's true -- most authors have very little say in the titles of their books. As evidence, I introduce the image at left :). Let's just say that O'Reilly and I had a disagreement over the new branding strategy for the boo...

'Photoshop Classic Effects' book
released

'Photoshop Classic Effects' book
released 07/23/2004 02:34 PM
Best-selling author Scott Kelby has announced the release of his latest book, "Photoshop Classic Effects."...

'Hacking iPod + iTunes' book released

'Hacking iPod + iTunes' book released 08/27/2004 05:11 PM
"Hacking iPod + iTunes" (US$24.99) is the latest book from veteran Macintosh expert Scott Knaster...

First Book on How to Make Money
Investing in Nanotechnology Released

First Book on How to Make Money
Investing in Nanotechnology Released 06/24/2005 03:35 PM
The first book on how to make money investing in nanotechnology and other so-called “small technologies,” titled "Nanotech Fortunes," has been released by The Nanotech Company. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Address Book Chart Builder for
OmniGraffle released

Address Book Chart Builder for
OmniGraffle released 11/03/2003 12:16 PM
The Omni Group has released Address Book Chart Builder, a new add-on for the company's OmniGraffle and OmniGraffle Pro applications...

Photoshop Classic Effects book released
by Scott Kelby

Photoshop Classic Effects book released
by Scott Kelby 07/23/2004 11:12 AM
Best-selling author Scott Kelby has just released his latest Photoshop tutorial book, Photoshop Classic Effects. Inspired by a column in Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals), Kelby assembles the ultimate collection of tried-and-true special effects.

belgian pot

belgian pot 01/07/2004 06:54 PM
Belgian drug company to supply dutch medicinal weed.

Proximus launches first Belgian 3G

Proximus launches first Belgian 3G 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
DMeurope.com Apr 8 2004 6:41PM GMT

Mmmm ... Belgian Fries.

Mmmm ... Belgian Fries. 03/14/2003 01:09 PM
Mmmm ... Belgian Fries.

Belgian Group Blog

Belgian Group Blog 12/08/2003 12:01 AM

Speaking of group blogs, a group of Belgian .NET bloggers are doing a group blog.

Microsoft Integrate Belgian eID into MSN
Messenger

Microsoft Integrate Belgian eID into MSN
Messenger 02/01/2005 09:39 PM
Popular messenger resource <a href="http://www.mess.be">Mess.be</a> is reporting that Microsoft will soon announce plans to incorporate the Belgian <a href="http://www.neowin.net/images/news/logos/eid.jpg">eI D system</a> with MSN Messenger. An eID, or electronic ID, gives users a trustworthy way of identifying themselves online and can be used for a variety of means. The eID contains a electronic chip like modern credit cards, and is gradually replacing the existing ID card system in Belgium.

"The eID is gradually replacing traditional identity cards and by December 31st of 2009, all citizens over 12 who reside on the Belgian territory should own the chip-equipped card. Just like the classical ID, the eID contains your photo, surname and first names, sex, nationality, place and date of birth, signature, national number as well as the validity period of the card. But all this information (including the photo) will also be electronically stored."

It's not known exactly how the system will integrate with MSN Messenger; card readers, although the most obvious solution, seem somewhat impractical for home users. The news was announced today by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates who is on a trip to Belgium; Gates is slowly making his way to the European government where he will be meeting with EU representatives to talk about the ongoing case against Microsoft. The eID system in Belgium would appear to offer the kind of solution that Microsoft tried to introduce (but failed) with Passport; it offers a variety of features based around the central idea of a single "sign-on" mechanism.

Gate's hinted at the possibility of other countries adopting a similar system, yet it is not known specifically which. In the UK, where the government has plans to introduce a similar ID card system, the issue is strongly fought against by privacy advocates and is viewed in a poor light by the public.

View: Information on eID | Microsoft

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F1: Trulli grabs Belgian pole

F1: Trulli grabs Belgian pole 08/29/2004 05:39 AM
Renault's Jarno Trulli sets pole position in the rain at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Belgian virus writer arrested

Belgian virus writer arrested 02/17/2004 06:23 PM
Can female virus writers cause just as much havoc as males? Authorities bring charges against a virus creator who has been on a mission to prove just that.

Belgian on trial for sex with dogs
(Reuters)

Belgian on trial for sex with dogs
(Reuters) 03/19/2005 02:20 AM
Reuters - A Belgian man on trial for having sex with dogs claims he did it out of compassion for man's best friend, a Belgian paper says.

Alleged Belgian virus writer arrested

Alleged Belgian virus writer arrested 02/18/2004 10:43 AM
ZDNet Feb 18 2004 1:41PM GMT

Microsoft Targets Belgian Knock-offs

Microsoft Targets Belgian Knock-offs 05/07/2004 08:34 PM
DVD Recordable May 8 2004 0:28AM GMT

Bill Gates Talks about Belgian eID Card

Bill Gates Talks about Belgian eID Card 02/01/2005 09:02 PM

Belgian police to snoop internet lines

Belgian police to snoop internet lines 04/16/2004 09:08 PM
Expatica Belgium Apr 17 2004 1:09AM GMT

US, Belgian biometric passports give lie
to UK ID scheme

US, Belgian biometric passports give lie
to UK ID scheme 05/18/2004 12:02 PM
There goes the tech leadership...

Belgian crown prince told to keep quiet
-- again (Reuters)

Belgian crown prince told to keep quiet
-- again (Reuters) 02/05/2005 09:24 PM
Reuters - Belgium's crown prince Philippe has got into trouble again for straying into politics.

Belgian watchdog sues record biz over
copy protection

Belgian watchdog sues record biz over
copy protection 01/03/2004 09:34 AM
Anti-piracy protection illegal?

Belgian police arrest female virus
writer

Belgian police arrest female virus
writer 02/16/2004 09:29 AM
Gigabyte busted

"Belgian watchdog sues record biz over
copy protection"

"Belgian watchdog sues record biz over
copy protection" 01/04/2004 09:40 PM

Belgian watchdog fumes over Nokia
battery statement

Belgian watchdog fumes over Nokia
battery statement 11/19/2003 08:06 AM
How can you tell them apart?

Belgian watchdog reconsiders 'unsafe'
Nokia battery claim

Belgian watchdog reconsiders 'unsafe'
Nokia battery claim 11/13/2003 04:06 PM
Plans to retest batteries

Belgian 'Computer Magazine' Recommends
Mozilla Firebird, Beonex and K-Meleon

Belgian 'Computer Magazine' Recommends
Mozilla Firebird, Beonex and K-Meleon 01/22/2004 11:04 PM

Belgian teenage hacker arrested, charged
with computer data sabotage

Belgian teenage hacker arrested, charged
with computer data sabotage 02/14/2004 01:29 PM
Canadian Press Feb 14 2004 4:08PM GMT

Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature

Amazon book sales rise 9% faster through
search inside the book feature 10/31/2003 06:21 PM
InternetRetailer.com Oct 31 2003 4:44PM ET

Book Review: Windows Admin Scripting
Little Black Book, Second Edition

Book Review: Windows Admin Scripting
Little Black Book, Second Edition 06/12/2004 12:32 PM

Book Release: Mad Cow and Cattle
Mutilations Meet the War on Terror in
Brad Steel's New Book Mute

Book Release: Mad Cow and Cattle
Mutilations Meet the War on Terror in
Brad Steel's New Book Mute 03/19/2005 02:43 AM
In MUTE, author Brad Steel has created a gripping and eerily believable scenario in which the leaders of Western nations band together to do the unthinkable—convinced it is necessary, however radical. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

Book Publishers Selling Direct - Pissing
Off Book Retailers

Book Publishers Selling Direct - Pissing
Off Book Retailers 02/13/2004 05:52 AM
One of the struggles that companies have as distribution and sales mechanisms change is handling legacy channel conflict issues. Dell became huge by selling direct to customers, but when rival Compaq started to move in that direction, their retail partners freaked out - and Compaq had to scale back their plans. It appears that book publishers are now going through the same process. They've realized that if someone is looking for info about certain books on their site, it makes sense to also offer them a chance to buy it. However, it's pissing off retailers, who don't want to hear that their suppliers are competing with them. Retailers say a reasonable compromise would be having the publishers point to the retailers, which was my first response as well. However, then it becomes a political situation of who do you link to and why? There's also the fact that this makes for a less enjoyable consumer experience. I know that, more than once, I've been annoyed at online sites where I go for info on buying a product, but when I try to buy am given a big list of retailers instead of a way to buy right away.

Belgian Start-up Nonebar Security
Releases Free Tool to Ensure Windows PCs
Stop "Listening."

Belgian Start-up Nonebar Security
Releases Free Tool to Ensure Windows PCs
Stop "Listening." 09/03/2004 10:07 AM
For the first time, a free, easy-to-use and effective tool has been released to ensure that all default Windows "ports", or network points of entry into the operating system, are closed to outside parties. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004]

Test-Achats, the Belgian consumer
protection body, is bringing legal
action against the major labels

Test-Achats, the Belgian consumer
protection body, is bringing legal
action against the major labels 01/06/2004 06:48 AM
Belgian watchdog sues record biz over copy protection .. suing some of the big record labels .. filing suit .. reporting .. news

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Book review - Book lowers fear of
threats

Book review - Book lowers fear of
threats 12/15/2003 08:15 AM
vnunet.com Dec 15 2003 7:11AM ET

Repeat After Me: A Book is a Book

Repeat After Me: A Book is a Book 07/13/2004 03:49 PM
This NY Times piece compares Amazon.com with Napster. Huh? The odd logic is that used books sold online are cutting into sales of new books, which may or may not be true. But the Napster comparison is ludicrous for some obvious reasons, including the fact that an actual book is not a digitized song, and that if I'm holding a specific book you are not holding the same copy. The Times piece is about the "doctrine of first sale," which basically says that once a work is sold, it's gone from the creator's control. The purchaser of the item can resell it, give it away or throw it in the garbage, if that's what he wants to do. Copyright holders have never liked this very much, and I can sympathize. Visual artists who see escalating prices for works they sold at bargain when they were starting out tend to really not like this situation. But the doctrine of first sale is vastly better than the alternative. The idea that the copyright owner should get a cut every time a book changes hands is a Pandora's box. It's also just what copyright industry would like to see happen, and that's what the entertainment industry is trying to create with its various digital restrictions technologies. The industry wants a pay-per-use world of arts and letters. Resist. And let's please not equate selling a used book with copyright infringement.

Book review: The Book of SAX: The Simple
API for XML (Unix Review)

Book review: The Book of SAX: The Simple
API for XML (Unix Review) 11/18/2002 09:56 AM

Grok Description matches for First Belgian book released under CC license
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Necessity had nothing to do with it

Necessity had nothing to do with it 03/27/2005 12:49 AM
Necessity has nothing to do with it. But I'm glad someone's dreaming up these things.

1080p: HD luxury or necessity?

1080p: HD luxury or necessity? 08/19/2004 09:09 PM
Communications Engineering & Design: 1080p: HD luxury or necessity?

When Necessity Meets Ingenuity: Art of
Restoring What's Missing

When Necessity Meets Ingenuity: Art of
Restoring What's Missing 03/08/2004 11:08 PM
A new exhibit reminds us that not all prosthetics advancements are driven by war.

Why personal firewalls are a security
necessity for laptop users

Why personal firewalls are a security
necessity for laptop users 09/27/2004 09:00 AM

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“Mobile devices and PCs are often the last thing administrators think of when beefing up defenses. An NCC Group survey last year showed that remote-client security updates are executed with less than one-fourth the frequency of on-site workstations, and that one-sixth of remote clients maintain no security at all. Here are the potential security holes and issues inherent when laptops log in to your network—and a way to protect your users. Remote laptop risks A…

Apple's WWDC 2004: Necessity Breeds
PowerBook Battery Hacks

Apple's WWDC 2004: Necessity Breeds
PowerBook Battery Hacks 07/07/2004 01:11 AM
Here are my suggestions for squeezing extra life from your PowerBook battery. By Tom Yager, InfoWorld (via MyAppleMenu)

The Mass Notification System – A Modern
Day Necessity for Disaster Planning &
Business Continuity

The Mass Notification System – A Modern
Day Necessity for Disaster Planning &
Business Continuity 06/22/2004 02:47 AM
National Notification Network (3n) exposes the need for mass notification systems for both businesses and government agencies. And, in terms of disaster planning and business continuity, mass notification systems have become a necessity for fast and reliable communications. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2004]

The Necessity for Information Space
Mapping for Information Retrieval on the
Semantic Web

The Necessity for Information Space
Mapping for Information Retrieval on the
Semantic Web 08/13/2002 10:03 AM

Much ado about objects

Much ado about objects 08/17/2002 10:18 PM
CNET Aug 17 2002 10:08PM ET

Objects, objects, objects

Objects, objects, objects 03/13/2003 10:14 AM
I'm in the middle of trying to nail down the semantics of the object systems I want to support in...

More and more on objects

More and more on objects 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
With the first release to support objects out, the question is now "What the heck can you do with the things?" (And no, I don't know why people ask me these sorts of things, since I don't really like objects. Go figure) That's a good question. Mostly a better question than "What will I ultimately be able to do with the things" since who knows, maybe I'll give up half-way through and say good enough. It's been known to happen before. (With objects in general, not with me and objects specifically, but that's a separate issue for another day. Tomorrow,...

Python Web Objects 0.71

Python Web Objects 0.71 03/16/2003 03:05 AM
A dynamic page generation system for embedding Python code in HTML.

Spread objects

Spread objects 08/20/2004 06:12 AM
Spread Objects beta 2

Python Web Objects 0.72

Python Web Objects 0.72 03/16/2003 05:54 AM
A dynamic page generation system for embedding Python code in HTML.

SMS 1.2 Objects That Are Not Migrated To
SMS 2.0

SMS 1.2 Objects That Are Not Migrated To
SMS 2.0 12/31/2003 10:53 AM

Bootleg Objects

Bootleg Objects 08/10/2004 12:23 PM
Bootleg Objects, the site of two artists in Germany, have done some really amazing work retrofitting popular technology to serve a new and/or unintended purpose -- just because they can. It's quite beautiful design -- who knows of other examples?

Mock Objects for C++ 1.1.3

Mock Objects for C++ 1.1.3 12/11/2003 06:11 PM
A test framework for developing mock objects.

Mock Objects for C++

Mock Objects for C++ 12/11/2003 05:04 PM
mockpp 1.1.13 available

Mock Objects for C++ 1.1.16

Mock Objects for C++ 1.1.16 08/03/2004 04:22 PM
A test framework for developing mock objects.

DBIx-Objects-0.04

DBIx-Objects-0.04 09/14/2004 06:39 PM

Keynote Objects 2.0

Keynote Objects 2.0 01/27/2004 03:59 PM
Package of animations for Apple’s Keynote.

FFMpeg Objects

FFMpeg Objects 05/11/2004 05:57 PM
New FOBS release (0.1)

Where are the objects in Drupal?

Where are the objects in Drupal? 04/04/2005 10:32 AM

So we've hired a bunch of programmers who have asked me "where are the 'classes' in Drupal?" "Why doesn't Drupal have 'object-oriented' programming?"

These and a host of other related questions were put to Moshe Weitzman - one of the NON Bryght Drupal dudes we've hired recently (yes things are taking off here at Broadband Mechanics.) So Moesh sat down with some of his homeboys and wrote up this little tome - which I thought some of you might be interested in.

Jonas Luster or Leonard Lin might wanna also weigh in - as well as Phil Pearson or Lucas Gonze. Is this whacky Drupal hook system any good?

WHAT! Nodes aren't objects! And what's the story with these GoF dudes? Design Patterns - hmmmmm.

We can make this a real blogosphere conversation!

Have at it dudes. Can 1,000 Drupal programmers be wrong? Are they correct in all their assumptions?

Only the end-users will know for sure - cause last I looked - they don't care. But I care.

Objects vs services

Objects vs services 02/01/2005 09:23 PM
The classic view of the difference between objects, components and services is laid out with admirable clarity in an ...

That's what Laszlo objects are all
about!

That's what Laszlo objects are all
about! 07/01/2004 07:02 PM

Alf asked:

Apparently, Apple's new Dashboard thingummies are HTML/CSS/Javascript pages (ie WebKit) in little floaty windows, perfect for tiny Flash/SVG apps and web-updated displays.

But how do you control iTunes from one of those -- open up internal application controls to the internet?

And Mar c Canter replied:

Without being able to "API Into" a system, these little HTML pages are nothing more than just - well HTML pages.

But just imagine if we had open APIs to inter-connect modules together!

We spend most of our web time in the browser, and yet the browser is not an object on the web. Is it possible to change that, or will there always be a line that the web can't cross? How is an application that handles web objects different from a web object? Why can't my web app generate M3U files to control your client app to render M3U files?

This is the tragedy of Flash: Flash objects are on the web, but not the Flash player, so Flash has never become a building block.

Marc enthusiastically agress!

Exactly - and that's where the Laszlo objects come in. It's an XML language specifically designed to inter-connect to modular back-end processes. Laszlo is the missing link for front-end modularity.

We're using it on 1UP.com.

PHP Data Objects

PHP Data Objects 06/24/2005 07:22 PM

PDO - PHP Wiki: It took until version 5.1, but PHP is finally getting database abstraction.

PDO provides a uniform data access interface, sporting advanced features such as prepared statements and bound parameters. PDO drivers are dynamically loadable and may be developed independently from the core, but still accessed using the same API.

Management by objects

Management by objects 12/24/2004 12:58 PM

Last month I wrote about MSH ("Monad"), Microsoft's new command shell, and demonst rated the software on my blog. The column-plus-demo drew favorable reactions not only from the Windows crowd, but also from Unix/Linux folk who saw the MSH object pipeline as a genuine innovation. They're right.

...

As Windows steadily evolves into a family of products that integrates by means of managed objects, all sorts of benefits accrue. Interfaces are easier to discover. Composite applications come together more quickly and, thanks to modern exception handling, behave more reliably. The chasm that separates command-line oriented applications from graphical applications becomes easier to cross.

All this adds up to an imminent challenge to Unix/Linux. In that ecosystem, Java is the logical counterpart to .Net in the Windows world. Despite its huge head start, though, Java has done surprisingly little to rationalize basic system management and integration in the Unix/Linux realm. It's understandable, if regrettable, that Linux and Java have never intertwined as intimately as they might have done. For all its potential value, the union would have had to overcome deep divisions. On the technical front, Java's object-oriented purity can seem to float above the gritty realities of the C and C++ trenches. And on the cultural front, Sun's ownership of Java conflicts with Linux's open source purity.

Why, though, hasn't Sun done more to bring these worlds together? With its strategic stake in Java on the one hand and both Solaris and Linux on the other, you'd think it would make sense to combine these technologies in more than just a rhetorical way.

The wild card here, by the way, is Novell. With Suse and Ximian under one roof, it's at least conceivable that Microsoft's Windows strategy could play out on Linux in terms of Mono, the open source implementation of .Net. That's an incredible long shot, of course, but the synergies are worth pondering. [Full story at InfoWorld.com]

...

The state of parrot objects

The state of parrot objects 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
If you've been hanging out on perl6-internals you probably know, but if you haven't and actually care, here's a quick rundown of where Parrot's object system stands right now. Note that this is not the final state, just the state we're in and will be for the 0.1.0 release. At the moment you can: Create a class Subclass a class Have multiple parents for a class Have attributes1 for a class Instantiate objects of a class Call methods on an object with hierarchy searching What doesn't work: Adding attributes to a class that's been subclassed Adding parents to a class...

SQL Server Database Objects

SQL Server Database Objects 06/23/2004 04:24 AM

MDO - Mercury Database Objects

MDO - Mercury Database Objects 12/09/2003 10:59 PM
Mercury beta release 0.8.4

[etech] Day 2 - Tom Igoe - Net Objects

[etech] Day 2 - Tom Igoe - Net Objects 03/17/2005 03:00 AM
Tom describes student projects. [I missed many of these] - A purse displays when wifi is present - A protest button initiates a DOS attack on a nearby malevolent corporation - "Needies" — stuffed animals with mp3 players. If two get together, they talk shit about others behind their backs. - CareNet displays grandma's life signs around the edge of an electronic photo of her - Junkie's Little Helper: If levels of meds in a med cabinet drops low, it goes on line and alerts IRC chats that the person is high - Ku: It communicates sadness over the Net....

First Belgian book released under CC license

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