From a report at Linux.com: “One of our programmers was talking about Bluetooth and USB development. After some
discussion about the Microsoft development tools, he asked what we should be doing
about Linux development. That’s when he and my supervisor turned, in unison, to look at
me.”

MSNBC shares that: “During an upgrade to Windows Me from a
Windows 95 or 98 installation that includes the
3Com Corporation NIC Diagnostics program, an
error may be dished out indicating the 3Com
NIC Diagnostics program isn’t compatible, and
that it will be removed.”

ZDNET reports that a music and technology forum that ran a $10,000
contest challenging people to crack copyright
protection technologies said Tuesday it was
paying prize money to two contestants.

ZDNet reports on the latest from the SDMI challenge. Two people who took part in the competition will each be receiving $5000 for successfully completing one of the challenges.

Maximum Linux reports that NEC and Hitachi are jointly building a $1.45 billion memory factory in an effort to take a larger share of the market for desktop memory.

Linux Today AU says that Linux is on the verge of mass acceptance, and explains why.

Linux kernel version 2.2.18pre24 is out, according to an email Alan Cox sent to Linux Weekly News, among other sites.

The Chicago Tribune reports on the high tech sector in Israel and its problems with old-style politics and the armed conflict taking place within the country’s borders.

Microsoft Tech Net gives us its version of what, exactly, a security vulnerability is, in the lingo of security teams rather then the dictionary definition of the term.

ZDNet reports that a court has upheld the sacking of two employees for sending joke emails, and that a British Chamber of Commerce is warning that companies may ban personal email to avoid liability.