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Reuters is reporting that Nokia has released several new products. Amongst them is a wireless Linux web-browser device… without a phone. They plan on adding VoIP capabilites. Apparently they have the vision. VoIP is everywhere, Nokia recognizes that and they are not afraid to venture from the comforts of their cell phone mainstay. According to the article they plan on marketing the device initially through broadband providers.

The device is aimed at consumers looking for an affordable extra Internet screen in the house that they can also carry with them and use at wireless hotspots outside the home or connect to a cell phone through a Bluetooth wireless link.

Internet News Article | Reuters.co.uk

James Mikusi writes about using MRTG with SpamAssassin in this Month’s Sys Admin Magazine. He uses MRTG to graph output from SpamAssassin. Jim provides excellent technical detail on getting these open-source solutions working together. He writes

I hope these graphs can be used to show management and politicians how badly some of us are plagued by spam and thereby losing productivity. Managers and politicians may be more receptive to statistical complaints, graphs, and pie charts than other forms of information.

Read the entire article.

this is another test post as i figure out what the hell i want on my blog.

my good friend and confidant james mikusi writes about ClamAV in the latest SysAdmin:

In the spirit of the Unix philosophy, Doug McIlroy said, “Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together.” ClamAV demonstrates just how effective this model continues to be. The ClamAV engine simply filters any input given and outputs a basic summary stating whether a virus was detected. This simplicity makes it appropriate for scanning content on a local file system, network file system, Web proxy, mail gateway, or whatever. Simply send it input and get a yes/no result.

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