San Francisco-based open source proponent OpenOSX announced on Wednesday that Gimp 2.0.0, which was built to run in Mac OS X v.10.3 "Panther," is available now. The application provides an interface for the popular GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) software, an open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop that features photo improvement, image creation and online batch processing tools. [MacCentral]
La^2 writes "The Austrian research company Salzburg Research did a field trial at the CeBIT 2004 that confirms the seriousness of the recently discovered bluetooth security loophole in the firmware of popular mobile phones. In this trial, 1269 unique bluetooth-enabled devices were discovered, and their vulnerability to the so-called SNARF attack checked.... [Slashdot]
According to BlueStumbler.org, the T610 (and its sister the T616 that I have) are only vulnerable if you have then in Visible mode. Still might not be a bad idea to turn off Bluetooth when not in use though.
Aside from Good Eats with Alton Brown, one of the best shows I've found is MythBusters on Discovery Channel. Basically, these two special effects gurus from San Francisco take urban legends and myths and try to see if they are real.
Of course, even when they find that a myth isn't true, they go the extra mile to do whatever it takes to find out what it would take for the myth or legend to have really happened. Usually involves blowing something up, or cranking up the power to ridiculous levels to cause a catastrophe.
Baseball fans bored by the slow pace of a game or wanting more statistics and information will be able to connect computer devices via wireless computer networking, or WiFi, at San Francisco Giants home games this year, the team announced on Tuesday.... [Reuters]TPS reports from the ball game... Mmyeah, that'd be great.
iPod: This Season's Must-Have for Muggers
KH writes "West Midlands police have issued a stark warning to iPod users: ditch the white headphones or pay the price." Apparently, muggers recognize the ... [Slashdot]
Methane on Mars could signal life
Three teams of scientists have detected the gas in Martian skies - it could be produced by bacteria or volcanoes [New Scientist]