Newsforge reader pkej writes: “zez.org: about code has an article, by Gunnstein Lye, on QTs DOM classes and how to use those in your own QT/KDE applications. The Document Object Model (DOM) by the World Wide Web Consortium specifies a simple way of interacting with various document formats, including XML. Trolltech’s Qt implements some very handy DOM classes. In this tutorial I’ll demonstrate the basic principles of DOM, and give some pointers on how to use the Qt DOM classes.”

“In a move that in many ways reflects the current chilly tech market, one of the Linux community’s last
unsigned marquee players has decided to take a break from free agency and join an established
corporate team.” Upside Today reports.

AsiaBizTech Japan reports that IBM Japan Ltd. is giving demonstrations at the Bluetooth
Developers Conference in San Jose, California, from December 5-7, highlighting uses for
a watch-type device that communicates with a notebook PC via Bluetooth technology.

Newsforge reader Shark sends us this link: “Is Hewlett-Packard’s decision to set up a new division devoted to Linux another ill-conceived strategic move? On the face of it, Linux appears a business disaster. However, look deeper and it looks like a wise move.” Read the report at India’s ciol.com.

“Despite many product announcements, there aren’t many Linux clustering solutions you can buy right now.” This SearchEnterpriseLinux.com story is an update on products that actually began shipping this fall. –Max Kincora

Info World reports on the emerging potential of HTML email…for spammers. The article reports on the potential to plant bugs – in the listening-in sense – in HTML email messages possibly allowing spammers to track their recipients. On the flip side, it also allows recipients to track the senders of the unwelcome email.

TechWeb has an editorial discussing why companies are opting for Open Source instead of more conventional proprietary models.

The Register is reporting that “mafiaboy”, a 15 year old arrested in connection with this year’s distributed denial of service attacks against several large companies, is threatening to reveal the software he used to bring down the corporate networks in court, in an effort to avoid jail time.

TechWeb reports on the deployment of Linux-based cash register. At the moment, some 40% of cash registers run on DOS and an additional 33% run on some form of Windows.

From Business Wire:

Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq:INPH), a leader in Fibre Channel and next generation telecommunications technologies, announced the
availability of its 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter with advanced clustering capabilities.
The Interphase PowerSAN 5560 HBA comes with the newest version of the PowerSAN device driver and was designed to complement
both open source Linux and Microsoft cluster environments.