Wired News reports: “Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. is closing its San Francisco office, laying off nearly half the staff there and offering the remaining employees jobs at other locations.” The company says the layoffs are due to redundancy created by recent acquisitions and have nothing to do with any corporate troubles.

Malaysian news site The Star reports that a 22-year-old man has received a suspended jail term in one of Poland’s first computer crime related convictions.

ZDNet UK asks: “Do you wanna fit 650MB on something the size of a credit card without breaking your wallet? Check out the new MoveIT drive.”

“By now, Bluetooth technology was expected to be linking everything from laptops to cell phones to digital
cameras. In reality, the short-range wireless communication standard is just now getting its baby teeth.” More at CNET News.com.

From a Reuters story at ZDNet UK: “Companies doing business on the Internet should tighten their defenses against a possible new wave of cyber attacks, an FBI-led group aimed at protecting vital systems said Friday. The multi-agency National Infrastructure Protection Center said it had detected an increase in “hacker” activity designed to steal proprietary information from US electronic commerce sites.”

Caldera Systems announced Edgie E. Donakey to the position of vice president and chief of staff. Donakey previously served as Caldera’s director of international marketing, mergers, and acquisitions. Read the press release at PR Newswire.

From a NewsWeek article on MSNBC: “The folks who gave PCs mice and menus are back with some new tricks”. -Anonymous Reader

Stormix’s monthly e-mail newsletter for November contains post Comdex coverage, an interview with J. Greg Williams of Helix Code, announces the unveiling of the Strike 1U rackmount server, and more. Read the full newsletter. –Kevin Teague

The Register reports that industry groups were able to persuade the Council of Europe that its proposed ban on cracking tools would be unworkable. The proposals would have banned many tools used to perform network security audits.

The Register reports that industry groups were able to persuade the Council of Europe that its proposed ban on cracking tools would be unworkable. The proposals would have banned many tools used to perform network security audits.