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US Congress approves $25M toward fighting computer crime

Author: JT Smith

The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Congress has approved a $25 million fund for fighting computer related crime.

Will Palm developers give in to Microsoft?

Author: JT Smith

CNet follows up on Microsoft’s recent attempt to woo Palm developers to their own Pocket PC platform.

Category:

  • Open Source

The gift of open source

Author: JT Smith

Linux World columnist Nick Petreley thanks Open Source software for its gifts, opting for KDE2 instead of Christmas wishlists.

Category:

  • Open Source

More on line sales succeeding this year over last

Author: JT Smith

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

Nvidia buys out 3dfx graphics chip business

Author: JT Smith

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.”

Category:

  • Unix

Linux device drivers demystified

Author: JT Smith

“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.

Category:

  • Linux

This week’s LWN kernel page – d from thurs.

Author: JT Smith

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

Corel Corporation responds to media reports

Author: JT Smith

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

System administrator salary survey: Unix on top

Author: JT Smith

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.”

Category:

  • Open Source

Open letter to the CEO of Prodigy

Author: JT Smith

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?”