MSNBC was kind enough to let us know that, “Plagued by an outdated Oleaut32.dll file, all programs in
Microsoft Office 2000 Family of Suites may be bombarded
with errors when the program is launched.”

A New Zealander caught up in a speculative internet domain registration scheme regrets sending out “spam” e-mail to advise others he thought might be interested, reports the New Zealand Herald.

From Salon: “It’s time to join the PC world and make the Mac the universe’s most compatible computer.”

Scheduled to ship this month, Lutris Enhydra 3.5 includes technologies from
Motorola, Nokia, Pixo, Sun, Borland and RadView, says LinuxPR.

ZDNET: “When a group of suspected Pakistani hackers broke into a U.S.-based computer system in June, they thought they had found a vulnerable network to use as an anonymous launching pad.”

LinuxNews.pl writes: “Remember Great Britain
RIP and Russian
SORM-2 ? In Poland there are
plans to do the same thing. We hate to say it, but today the Internal Affairs
Ministry sent to the Polish Informatics and Telecomunications Advisory Board a project with request for opinions. Internet invigilations
IS fact in Europe? Read more on LinuxNews.pl.”

ZDNet asks if hard drive speeds can keep pace with the acceleration of computers, and answers yes: with a move from parallel ribbon-cable ATA hard drives to serial hard drives.

Reuters reports on a study released on Tuesday about the effects of analog cell phone use in the short term, claiming the research could not find a link between that and brain cancer. The study also says more research needs to be done.

NW Fusion reports that Carnegie Melon University is studying the effects of on line shopping on the environment, in the aftermath of the Harry Potter book rush in July.

DebianPlanet reports that Debian/Woody is tentatively set for freeze in May 2001 and release in June of 2001.