Posted at LWN.net: “his email is here to announce the availability of a port of ORBit (the
GNOME ORB) to the Linux kernel. This ORB, named kORBit, is available from
our sourceforge web site (http://korbit.sourceforge.net/). A kernel ORB
allows you to write kernel extensions in CORBA and have the kernel call
into them, or to call into the kernel through CORBA.”

Upside puts Transmeta on trial for unloading bad chips on hardware makers. “Of greatest interest to the court is the issue of intent, for the charges assume a certain
malice of forethought on the part of Transmeta. As one juror noted, ‘I’m sure Transmeta did not intend
to foist bad technology on its customers.’ The court concurs.
I therefore find Transmeta not guilty of all charges. However, the court will be watching future
products carefully.”

The San Jose Mercury News has a column on a site called Internet Wasteland, and Red Hat gets a mention: ”
Or how about software maker Red Hat Inc., one of the most sought-after stocks a year ago when the Linux operating
system was on everyone’s lips? Red Hat has dropped 96 percent since then.”

The San Jose Mercury News reports on the new rage for using your idle computer’s power: protein research. And you can use your Linux machine, not just Windows.

MacWeek asked developers how to save Apple. “Stalker Software president Vladimir Butenko believes that OS X has the potential to become ‘the first Unix system for the
masses–something that Linux fans dream about.’ However, he thinks that Apple needs intelligent marketing to
emphasize the strengths of the underlying technology.”

Forbes.com reviews the Hitachi Flora-ie 55mi Internet appliance, which “looks like an LCD
(liquid crystal display) screen
broken off a laptop. The screen is
touch-sensitive, and users can
browse the Web and check e-mail
using pen input similar to those on
much smaller PalmPilot or Windows
CE devices.

This dopey-looking Net appliance is, however, far brawnier than a
PalmPilot and should be well suited to Web-browsing. Running the
Linux operating system, it can connect to the Web via modem, a
wireless local area network or a cell phone. The Flora has 128
megabytes of flash ROM and 192 megabytes of RAM. And its 400
megahertz Crusoe chip runs on very low power, extending the device’s
battery power to seven hours.” More from IDG News Service.

Slashdot readers discuss recent comments made by id Software’s Todd Hollenshead regarding retail gaming sales and support and Linux. Among his remarks: sales are disappointing; support was a nightmare due to multiple Linux distributions. Oh, and you can forget about a retail version of Q3 Team Arena happening.

Damion Yates, Senior Internet Operations Engineer at the BBC, gives an overview of the British broadcasting agency’s use of Linux for LinuxPlanet.

Now playing on Segfault: “The Free Software Foundation (FSF) disclosed yesterday the first release of its new “GNU Mathematics” product. In a crowded press conference at MIT, Richart Stallman (aka RMS), president of the FSF, outlined the features of this new “GNU/Math” (“we like to pronounce it ‘GNU slash Math'”, he explained).”

From The Register: “Microsoft is claiming copyright over its security notices and insisting that mailing lists can no longer publish the Beast of Redmond’s dire security warnings. The lawyers at Microsoft have objected to the publication of its security notices by SecurityFocus.com, which runs the popular BugTraq security mailing list.”