In a bid to overcome previously reported losses, Gateway is going to slash prices greatly to increase sales.

BSDToday details process accounting on the BSD family of Unix operating systems. “One of the tools I used was lastcomm — the command for showing last commands executed. This article covers the basics of enabling process accounting and shows a few examples of using lastcomm and sa to read and use the accounting data. These tools can help monitor user activity and system usage.“

ZDNET reports: A group of teens and young adults allegedly planned an
international conspiracy in which they hoped to
“take down the Internet” on New Year’s Eve,
federal agents in Los Angeles said on Friday.

LinuxPower.org interviews Daneil Frye, director of the IBM Linux Technology Center. He says, “We’re expecting that GNOME will
accelerate Linux innovation and the use of Linux
as a desktop. GNOME is one of the major efforts
that, when successful, will legitimize Linux as a
viable desktop. “

Reader Emmanuel Gaillard lets us know about this: “The 2001 LSM Web site is now on-line. Here you could have a look at the dates (July 4 to 9) of the Libre Software Meeting, current topics, as well as the
days’ schedule, … and you can suscribe too (it is even required, since we
need to know the number of those present, either developper or spectator).
To remind you, the LSM is a chance for the developers and contributers
to meet once a year and during several days, in order to draw up a balance
sheet, to plan the future, to discover and even to have good time (Bordeaux
= wine).

This will happen in the ENSEIRB’s rooms, in Talence (near Bordeaux).

This event is open to the public with public sessions, happening in the
campus of Bordeaux I.
P.S The Web site is not finished yet, the essential of the themes are
missing (they will be gradually published).”
Links:
LSM;
ABUL;
ENSEIRB;
The university of Bordeaux I.

“Nuremberg, Germany – January 12, 2001 – Today, SuSE Linux, the international technology leader and solutions provider in Open Source operating system, presented the second generation of e-mail solutions for commerce, public administration, workgroups and all others needing professional e-mail communication.”
Read more on LinuxPR.

Ryan Henry writes “cintaks.com, a site offering news, articles, tutorials and more focused on programming and technology, has recently opened its doors! Check it out, get an account, sign up for the cintaks.com Alert!, and most importantly, submit your news, articles and tutorials!”

Jeff Sohler writes “One thing hampering the mainstream adoption of Linux on the desktop is lack of applications.

Borland has set out to change that with Kylix (Delphi / C++Builder for Linux), offering Cross-Platform development through use of their CLX component library.

Come see Kylix in action, this week in the Pacific Northwest, with more date and locations to follow. (See announcement)”

A standard has been released specifying how PDAs and other wireless devices can all interoperate for synchronization of data. Thanks to Slashdot for the link.

“
Basilix Webmail System vulnerability. Posted on 13.1.2001. Version Affected: Basilix Webmail System 0.9.7beta. Description: There is a simple mistake in the Basilix Webmail system. If .class file extension is not defined as a PHP script at the httpd.conf any attacker may see very valuable information by simply enterering a URL.
”
Full details at net-security.org.