ZDNet’s Inter@ctive Investor has commentary on why Transmeta and AMD, which are planning to work together in the server market, should go even farther than that.

From Advogato: “Ladies and Gentlemen, we are approaching an important point in the history of Free Software – the imminent release of a major
revision to the Linux kernel. Being the foundation to the systems the vast majority of us depend on for our own work, the
correctness of the kernel is vital to the proper functioning of the programs those of us on Advogato develop. Please grab the latest
2.4.0-prerelease sources from the Kernel.org mirror site nearest you and give it a thorough test on your equipment, and with your
programs.”

The results are in on the Globe and Mail’s “Have you used Linux” survey with a whopping 75% of Globe respondents reporting that they have Linux experience. Not that you should believe anything you hear out of bogus polls like these, but, hey, it’s worth a moment’s gloat … as is this Simon Tuck piece on “The Linux Paradox”. Go, go 2.4! –garym

Wired.com reports: “The president-elect will surround himself with more than a dozen technology leaders, nearly all of whom were campaign supporters, at a meeting today in Austin, Texas.”

The new version of Opera beta is ready!
Go and get the changelog–LinuxNews.pl

From Wired: “Americans are getting connected in fantastic numbers, but a recent study reveals that more than a third are paying for services they don’t even use. Why stay and pay? ‘It’s the old health club model. It takes too much effort to disconnect it,’ says one analyst.”

“After leading the weekly and monthly charts of various Internet
search engine lists all year, teen singing sensation Britney Spears
ended 2000 as the most popular search term entered into portals
Yahoo! and Lycos. Spears also took seventh place on the
AltaVista search engine.” ZDNET.co.uk reports.

NandoTimes: “Sales of Beanie Babies and Pez dispensers on the eBay Web site were stilled Wednesday as the auction service went down for hours.”

The Linux community may be eagerly awaiting the final release of
the 2.4 kernel, but it is already putting together a wish list for the
next major development kernel — version 2.5. ZDNET.co.uk reports.

CNET reports: “When the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show kicks off Saturday in Las Vegas, household names in the PC world, such as
Microsoft and Intel, will take center stage. To be sure, the biggest consumer electronics names will be there too, but the energy this
year will largely be supplied by PC makers.

PC executives will use the four-day trade show to hawk new products and preview future ones. They will
also dominate the speeches. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Intel chief executive Craig Barrett will
deliver keynote addresses; Palm and America Online executives are also slated to address the show.”