iRobot-LE features Linux on board

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

LinuxNews.pl writes “Mobile AMD-K6 with Linux on board? It’s not what you think.
iRobot is an electronic guard of your home. It’s a robot that
you can remotely control via the Web! It has Linux on board, and it’s
very very smart. Check it out on iRobot.com“

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Linux

Apple announces new high-end machines

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Fairfax IT: “Staggered by declining sales and a financial loss in the last three months of 2000, Apple last week announced new high-end machines in the hope of bringing the Mac faithful back into stores.”

Jakob Nielsen analyses White House website

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Wired.com: “It seems as though President Bush could use some advice about how to fix the problems on his White House website. Washington correspondent Declan McCullagh asks author and design maestro Jakob Nielsen for suggestions and a critique.”

Small computer, but big sales

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Fairfax IT tells us that the Palm handhelds are experiencing booming sales and a rosy future.

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Unix

Privacy battle brews in England

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Wired.com: “England introduces new legislation that gives police sweeping powers to search hard drives and maintain databases of genetic information. Proponents say it will cut down on public disturbances; critics fear it goes too far.”

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Programming

Intel starts to look outside

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Fairfax IT reports: “Intel’s seemingly insatiable appetite for peripheral vendors continued with last week’s news of its buy-out of mobile telephony company Xircom.”

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Open Source

Zend Store is open

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

linuxnews.pl writes “The Zend Store is open. Now you can buy Zend products, such as Zend cache, Zend Encoder, and Zend Support. Zend IDE and Zend Launch Pad should be available soon.”

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Linux

Linux in 2001

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

Kevin Reichard at LinuxPlanet offers up this slightly FUD-oriented piece on the prospects for Linux in 2001. Basically, he’s saying that Linux by itself isn’t going to do well; it needs to be a part of something in order to work.

Broadband and Linux: the love you give

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

This rant at OSOpinion highlights the prejudice that Linux users suffer at the hands of broadband Internet access providers. Good to read if you like commiseration, but it doesn’t offer any possible solutions.

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.4.1-test10

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January 23, 2001

Author: JT Smith

LinuxToday has posted the latest love note from Linus, “even if most people won’t notice,” he says.

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Linux