Press release at prnewswire.com says, “LynuxWorks(TM), Inc., a provider
of open source and true real-time embedded solutions for the post-PC era,
today announced the appointment of Bob Morris as vice president of marketing.”

latest goodies for Perl People are on use.perl.org today.

nwfusion.com has a story about a new service that lets you put in reservations for domain names you want, but are already taken — in case the people who own them let them lapse. They’re supposed to automatically register any “lapsed” domain names you want for you. (Are these folks going to advertise on F*cked Company? Seems like the perfect place to promote this service…)

“A version of Microsoft Windows for Intel’s upcoming high-end
Itanium chip won’t be available when the chip arrives, but rival
operating system Linux will,” according to ZDNet UK.

Poll on cbsnews.com concludes, “Growth of the Internet over the
past year does not seem to have
significantly attracted traffic to
e-commerce during this holiday season.”

“Egghead.com has discovered that a hacker has accessed our computer
systems, potentially including our customer databases. As a precautionary
measure, we have taken immediate steps to protect our customers by contacting
the credit card companies we work with. They are in the process of alerting
card issuers and banks so that they can take the necessary steps to ensure the
security of cardholders who may be affected.” Press release at prnewswire.com.

There will be a Mozilla developers in NYC during the upcoming Linux World conference/expo at the end of January, says mozdev.org.

According to a ZDNet UK exclusive, Apple gave a developers’ conference in Germany more details of what to expect from OS X than the company has released in the past; the story also says “sources” have revealed that the final ship date will be Feb 24.

From the Dallas News: “Most federal agencies will have to redesign their Web sites within the next six months to comply with guidelines issued Thursday that will make the pages more accessible to people with disabilities.”

The Microsoft founder
chairman has suffered a
paper loss of $56 billion –
more than the gross
domestic product of
Bangladesh – since the
crash of his company’s
stock after the
announcement that its
profits and revenues would
be much lower this
quarter. Seattle Times has the story.