At LinuxWorld: “Searching for an easy way to speed up huge compilations or scale up your Internet services? Take a look at
MOSIX, an open source clustering project from Hebrew University that features power without a price.”

CNET News.com reports that Universal Music Group isn’t about to settle its lawsuit with Napter, the online MP3-trading service. Universal’s CEO believes the company may be able to cut a better deal with Napster if the court rules in Universal’s favor.

Help Net Security has the details of a security issue that Lotus has named the “Domino Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability.”

GNOME developer Helix Code has changed its name to Ximian. Read all about the change in a letter from Ximian CEO Nat Friedman, and get more information from the name change FAQ.

ZDNet reports from the floor of Moscone Center at Macworld, commenting on Microsoft’s popularity at this year’s show, LinuxPPC’s lack of same (in contrast with last year’s surging crowds), and the Not the Mac the Knife Party.

A press release at Linux PR: “ACTIS Computer, a leading manufacturer of VME boards and IP modules has released a PowerQUICC II-based Single Board Computer that runs Embedded Linux and is targeted at the communication and embedded control market.”

From ZDNet: “Hewlett-Packard disputed unflattering remarks made by a prominent financial analyst regarding HP’s new
Superdome Unix server, the spearhead of HP’s effort
to win back the No. 1 Unix server ranking from Sun
Microsystems.”

From ZDNet: “Bluetooth, the wireless technology for linking gadgets together, might seem like something of a disappointment–after all, we’ve been waiting for a year now and the products are still expensive, buggy and rare.”

From ZDNet: “Despite its traditional role in
graphics departments and multimedia studios, the
Macintosh has in recent years suffered a precipitous
decline as professional 3D platform. Mac OS X may well change this situation; the UNIX heritage… is a very strong asset in the professional 3D market.”

From DebianPlanet: “This is a late warning for all the users that run unstable but don’t scan bugtraq, debian-devel or any other major lists. glibc in unstable has a security hole that allows anyone to read almost any file. new glibc is in incoming (or was this morning) update your system ASAP.”