ZDNet reports on a marked improvement this year over last year on what proportion of on line sales are actually going through.

CNET News.com reports: “Graphics chipmaker Nvidia bought out one-time rival 3dfx Interactive on Friday, another landmark in the consolidation of the graphics hardware industry.”

“People new to Linux often hear that it has excellent support for all kinds of cards and that the device drivers are stable and fast. Sometimes, though, setting up devices under Linux is often not all plug-and-play.” LinuxPlanet explains device drivers and installation procedures.

LWN.net wraps up the latest news and information from the Linux kernel mailing lists.

In a press release at Business Wire, Corel responds to media reports regarding its Linux operations.

From ComputerWorld: “If you’re a Unix system administrator and male, the chances are good that you earn almost
$10,000 per year more than your Windows counterparts, according to a new survey released this week by the
System Administration Networking and Security Institute.”

Linux Journal writes about BT’s patent lawsuit against Prodigy for using hyperlinks of all things. “As a company, you just got infested with worms. Parasites trying to nourish themselves from your success–software patenteers. If any of us other
Internet builders and users can offer you some assistance fighting them, please let us know.

Since I work for a company that makes hyperlinks among other things, and since I make some links in my spare time, I naturally got worried about the
fact that British Telecom is actually suing you over their ridiculous claim that they, not Vannevar Bush, Ted Nelson, Doug Engelbart, or anybody else
invented hyperlinks. Could this be the end of the Web as we know it?”

BSD Today reviews reviews Galeon, the Web browser based on gecko. It’s useful for browsing sites and downloading files.

E-mail is the most widely used means of communication on the net. Convenient? yes —
safe? no. Encryption is what you need to keep your communications private. This
FreeOS article shows you how you can use the mail client Mutt and the open source replacement of PGP, GnuPG, to secure your e-mail. –Chandrashekhar Bhosle

The Register follows up on Red Hat’s revenue report: “Red Hat, the Linux company that isn’t a Linux company – it’s an “open source
Internet infrastructure solutions” provider, apparently – yesterday said its latest
quarter saw revenues rocket a clear 112 per cent. And its loss improved somewhat
too.”