ZDNet reports that Microsoft’s policy of code-signing in Whistler – their next version of Windows – obstensibly to prevent viruses and trojan horses could have alterior motivation.

PC World explores the effect the 7 new top-level domains approved recently by ICANN will have on the internet’s landscape, and if they are for better or for worse.

ZDNet discusses why it is that IBM is so enthusiastically behind the Open Source movement.

Red Hat has worked incredibly hard to make Red Hat 7 the best Linux
distribution ever, and I think we did a great job balancing a lot of complex
requirements. Did we make some mistakes? Yes. Are we fixing them? Yes.

Interview Here–Mayank

A lot of people switching to Linux are coming from the Windows platform. So, in this article, osfaq.com looks at Linux from the Win user perspective. The article covers the Linux equivalent commands for a given task in Windows and DOS. Plus, it gives you a feel for the system’s configuration files and directory layout. So how does Linux startup? -Anonymous Reader

Tech-report.com has pictures of several Transmeta-powered devices gathered at Comdex.

German media company Bertelsmann says it has started talks with other music majors on a business model for its
song-swap partner Napster and the company is hopeful they will join the alliance,

reports Reuters.

Maximum Linux offers some tips about easing into Linux for new users: “If you’re used to the Windows interface, why not try lightstep? It’s a program that runs on top of
Windows that will give you an idea of the look and feel of Linux. You will be able to run all of your
Microsoft programs, but get a chance to get familiar with one variety of Linux interface. It’s totally harmless and could
help you get used to the feel of things …”

ZD Net follows up on reports that Linus Torvalds will publish a biography. The story includes a rehash of the history of Linux.

The Register has nugget: “UK musicians trade organisation British Music Rights today launched a campaign
that seeks to persuade fans not to download illicit MP3 files from the Internet. The
scheme, called Respect the Value of Music, aims to show how trading music on the
likes of Napster is hurting musicians, not faceless industry executives.

That’s not an unreasonable point, but BMR do seem to have fluffed the launch by
inviting Elton John and Paul McCartney – two of the music business’ richest men;
John last week told a British court that he had ‘so much money coming in’ he was
too busy spending it to watch what his accountant was doing with it all – to plead
on the behalf of less popular artists.”