InfoWorld follows up on reports that IBM has made available the DB2 Universal Database for Linux on IBM zSeries and S/390 mainframes.

IDG News Service reports on a program in Germany in which nearly all of the residents of a 279-person German village are getting free computers and Internet access, to test whether a virtual network can help isolated older people reconnect to their community.

Upside Today reports that “On Tuesday the company
announced SourceForge OnSite, a subscription-based
version of its already-popular SourceForge project
hosting service. As its name suggests, SourceForge
OnSite involves replicating a community-based
development model behind the firewall of a subscribing
company.” (Newsforge is owned by VA Linux.)

InfoWorld reports that the US Government is warning of the possibility of a “Peal Harbor” style attack on the internet.

Linux World compares Win4Lin and VMWare, two systems designed to allow users to run Windows and Linux concurrently.

Linux PR has a press release announcing VectorLinux, a small X-based distribution.

From ApacheToday: “In the next series of articles we are going to talk about mod_perl performance issues. We will try
to look at as many aspects of the mod_perl driven service as possible. Hardware, software, Perl
coding and finally the mod_perl specific aspects.”

ZDNet’s eWeek has a story about Intel announcing lower-than-expected earnings, joining a chorus of other tech companies.

Wired.com reports on a ruling from the U.S. copyright office that requires terrestrial radio stations that broadcast both over the Web and over the air to pay the same content licensing fees as Web-only broadcasters. CNet weighs in with a story about how the copyright office didn’t rule on how much individual users could control music streams.

CNet reports that online music Riffage.com has pulled the plug on its services after an unsuccessful hunt for a
buyer.

“The company was among the most creative of the online music start-ups, buying an offline, independent music label and San Francisco’s
venerable Great American Music Hall venue in an attempt to diversify its business.”