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Tinderbox. Tinderbox is now available. [Mark Bernstein]

Generation ship dynamics A researcher in Florida has calculated the optimal population for a generation-ship on a 200-year-plus interstellar voyage. For a space trip of 200 years, perhaps eight to 10 generations, his calculations suggest a minimum number of 160 people are needed to maintain a stable population. This would produce around 10 potential marriage… Continue reading Generation ship dynamics

Radio Downstreamer. Clark Venable: 'I'm working on something the last paragraph refers to, decentralization. I'm an anesthesiologist in an academic insitution with a residency program. I'm doing what I call the “laptop Reference” project, in which I'm trying to use Radio to allow residents to have a standard reference set on their local hard disk… Continue reading Radio Downstreamer

Yesterday Dann Sheridan shipped something very cool for Radio — a way to do dynamic browser-based dashboards that link into the core of Radio's XML engine. There isn't a lot of software in Dann's release, but it's still a breakthrough. Talking with John Robb on Friday I asked if this wasn't just a gimmick. Before… Continue reading shipped

Joel on Management. 90% of the programming work is under the covers. [Mark Bernstein]

DMVs Pushing for Standard License. If state motor vehicle agencies get their way, driver's licenses will soon be so smart, they'll be like national ID cards. Maybe even smarter. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]

Google in a Box. The number one search engine is now offering a corporate search product in a Linux-based machine. [Product News]

Cisco Releases 6.2 Version of PIX Firewall Family. New platforms and security features extend Cisco's offerings for next-generation home or small office IP VPN networks. [Product News]

Design Flaw Found in .Net Framework. Even though it took only hours for security experts to discover a vulnerability in Microsoft's newly-released security enhancement, the report's author says Microsoft developers should be 'commended' for their attitude and approach to security. [Product News]

Tim Bray: “Today is the fourth anniversary of XML 1.0.”  [Scripting News]