An anonymous slashdot reader writes “Fishermen in northern Thailand have netted a fish as big as a grizzly bear, a 646-pound Mekong giant catfish, the heaviest recorded since Thai officials started keeping records in 1981. The behemoth was caught in the Mekong River and may be the largest freshwater fish ever found.”

* Slashdot | Grizzly-sized Catfish Caught in Thailand

boarder8925 writes “David Clark, who led the development of the internet in the 1970s, is working with the National Science Foundation on a plan for a whole new infrastructure to replace today’s global network. The NSF aims to put out a request for proposals in the fall for plans and designs that could lead to what Clark called a ‘clean slate’ internet architecture. Those designs, Clark said, could be tested on the National LambdaRail, the nationwide optical network that researchers are using to experiment with new networking technologies and applications.”

Excerpt of Scoove’s comment on slashdot: “State of the consumer market: Let’s be honest for a second. While we dream of IPv6 efficiencies, the world out there is clinging onto Windows 98, first edition. They’re stuck in the IP dark ages (hell, I had a discussion today with a Fortune 500 senior manager who thought dialup optimization was the same thing as broadband. *sigh* It’s the Dilbert PHB “etch and sketch” laptop all over again!). These are people that can’t understand their kids P2P and the five trojans pushing out spam are why their broadband is slow. These are the people that refuse to use antivirus, personal firewalls and spyware detection. Do you expect them to understand the nuances of better IP networks? QoS? Mobile IP? Dream on…“

* Slashdot | David Clark: Rebuild the Internet

An anonymous slashdot reader writes “Sophos has come up with some pretty interesting research: apparently, there’s a 50 percent chance unprotected Windows PCs will be compromised within 12 minutes of going online. Sophos came to that conclusion based on research covering the last six months of virus activity. The company said authors of malware such as spam, viruses, phishing scams and spyware have increased both the volume and sophistication of their assaults, releasing almost 8,000 new viruses in the first half of 2005 and increasingly teaming up in joint ventures to make money. The new-virus figure is up 59 percent on the same period last year.”

* Slashdot | The 12-minute Windows Heist

/. prostoalex writes “It’s been ten years since the official introduction of Java – a programming language combined with virtual machine and a class library. ZDNet published an interview with James Gosling, the creator of Java, who talks about the project’s past, present and future.”

* Slashdot | James Gosling on Java

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* News Focus: Sun serves Java