ZDNET reports: “The developers of hacker video technology DivX are going public, opening up much of their work to the open source community.” Not exactly public, not exactly mainstream, but probably good news for us.

Network World Fusion: “Despite dubbing fiscal 2000 overall a “record” year for both earnings and revenue, Intel Tuesday announced revised fourth-quarter financial results and said it expects first-quarter results to be adversely hit by current economic uncertainty. The company also revealed that it plans to close a manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico as a way to cut costs.”

“If you haven’t heard all the hype yet about Web-based software offerings,” says PCWorld, “brace yourself–because you’re
going to be hearing a lot about them in coming months. Numerous companies have recently cropped up offering
Web-based programs, which they tout as the successors to traditional shrink-wrapped software.”

From Wired: “Nicholas Donofrio, a senior VP at IBM, stops off in the Emerald Isle on his way to a prestigious lecture. He had many words for his guests, but one that resonates: ‘voice.'”

“If you wanted to assemble a “must read” list for any businessperson
looking at the Linux/Free Software industry, what would you include?
Certainly “Open Sources” from O’Reilly, is the most obvious answer,
probably followed by Bob Young’s upcoming “Under the Radar,” which
details the story of Red Hat’s rise.” From OSOpinion.

India’s prominence in the software industry gives tremendous satisfaction to
many here in the subcontinent, reports BusinessWeek. Starting with the Y2K-solution business and
continuing with software-outsourcing services, Indian companies have become
key players in the global economy. The likes of Infosys, Satyam, and Wipro
are now favorites of investors both in Bombay and in New York. Indian
officials are talking grandly of turning the country into an
information-technology (IT) superpower.

Network World Fusion reports that Microsoft has announced plans to make its most
significant push to date to create a management platform
around its operating system and servers.

The company introduced “Topaz” the next version of
System Management Server and Microsoft Operations
Manager, an event and performance-monitoring tool.

Posted at Slashdot on Wednesday January 17, @12:30AM
from the new-use-of-gnu dept.
Hector Facundo Arena writes “The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource
(GNUPedia) webpage is online today. GNUPedia is a project for the development of a free
encyclopedia. You can read more in the Richard Stallman’s project announcement document.
We invite you to participate in the project and join the mailing lists”

Taking a few jabs at rival
Microsoft, Sun Microsystems on Tuesday
showcased eight application-server vendors
already shipping products compliant with its Java
2 Enterprise Edition. From ZDNET.

From Infoworld.com: “Fujitsu has announced a new notebook computer with a
remote terminal that allows users to check their mail and control the
PC.

Looking very much like a cellphone, the i-Point handheld terminal
maintains a Bluetooth link to the personal computer and allows the
user to perform some basic functions such as controlling the CD
drive and Web browser.”