” SourceLib will be a categorized, searchable library of sample code. Each sample will be
a complete, standalone package of one or more programs that demonstrates how to use certain
APIs for some specific task, and it will include the source, make file, and anything else needed to
compile and run it. All samples will be either freeware or released under one of the licenses
approved by the Open Source Initiative.” More at Linux Today

Linux Today posts this week’s Tcl-URL.

“On Friday — coincidentally the day the government files its brief in the Microsoft case — a new movie opens nationwide. According to Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures, the film is a “relentless suspense thriller” about “the high speed, high stakes computer industry.” It is centered on “a corporate behemoth whose power, greed, and paranoia knows no bounds,” and stars Tim Robbins as the company’s CEO — who just happens to be “the world’s richest man.” Full story at the Washington Post.

Reuters via ZDNet News reports: “State attorneys general say they are determined to pursue the antitrust case against Microsoft, even if the Justice Department, under President-elect Bush, tries to back away.

At LinuxPlanet: “We in the Linux world take for granted that Linux will be a player in the consumer-electronics space, if only for the fact that it has many attributes that make it a good choice for embedded systems, speed and reliability being among them. But judging by the vendors at CES, Linux isn’t close to breaking into this space. There really was only one vendor that was pushing Linux at all, and that was Agenda, showing off the Agenda VR3 in the shadow of Palm Computing in the Palm Pavilion.”

“In a study hardcore computer enthusiasts find
“repulsive and unconscionable,” at least 99.9 percent of the general population will have no
special recollection of Jan. 5, 2001, the day the Linux 2.4 operating system was finally
released.” More at SatireWire.

From All Linux Devices: “G.Mate’s Yopy will be getting a speech interface when it’s released, according to Redmond-based
company Conversay. The company says the interface will allow for spoken commands in natural
English, and feature support for an upcoming GPS device for the Linux-based handheld.”

“A U.S. federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order, effective Jan. 12 to March 15, that forbids Juno Online Services from displaying third-party advertisements on a floating banner window used by the Internet service provider. Rival ISP NetZero sought a restraining order as part of its federal lawsuit against Juno, alleging that Juno’s advertising and navigation window violates a NetZero patent.” Full story at InfoWorld.

“No cusomter credit card information was stolen in last month’s attack on Egghead.com’s computer systems,” said company president Jeff Sheahan in a message to customers on Monday. More at Info World.

Info World reports that IBM has announced a March release date for its WebSphere Translation Server, a solution that will not only allow companies to serve Web pages in multiple languages, but facilitate e-mail and real-time chat sessions between users speaking different languages. Given Big Blue’s recent push into the Linux marketplace, the news that full Translation Server features will not be available for that platform is somewhat surprising.