The Register reports on the ongoing war of words between EMusic and Napster over the sharing of licensed music.

When was the last time you remember booting off a floppy to run an operating system? QNX can do that and pack in a full featured web browser, internet dialing capability and support for many hardware devices. Now, they are giving away the entire OS and development tools for free … but is it worth checking out?

A review is at freeos.com. –Mayank

Are you looking for cutting-edge supercomputer technology on your network? This article from osfaq.com covers how to setup a Linux supercomputer. It covers both the hardware and software configurations, but you should have a good understanding of networking and Linux before reading this article.

-Anonymous Reader

Discover discusses a new hardware glue developed at Cornell University which could aid in recycling still useful computer parts from obsolete computers.

Slashdot discusses the issue of censorship with regards to ISPs deleting users’ mp3 music files. The discussion was spawned by a user whose mp3s were deleted from his account with his ISP without notice, even though they were his own music.

The Register reports on Microsoft’s latest propoganda: A new computer without an operating system is dangerous.

Running at about twice the speed of the GeForce 2 Ultra, ZDNet reports on NVidia’s latest video card, the GPU NV20. The card will be introduced in December and be available by January of 2001.

According to this ZDNet.uk story, illegal drug users may be supporting (gasp) software pirates. Or is it that you shouldn’t buy illegal software because by doing so you may be supporting drug merchants? Something like that, anyway. Free ironic bonus: link to another ZDNet.uk story, this one about police in the U.K. using counterfeit Microsoft software.

“The International Society of Cubists officially launched its
Web site today, a brilliant rejection of natural form and perspective that metaphysically establishes
the implication of movement, analytically redefines spatial relationships, and is an absolute bitch
to navigate.” Full story at satirewire.com

LinuxWorld.com.au has a book review of the “PHP 4 Bible”. “The book begins by explaining the essence of PHP to a reader who may know
little about it. The benefits of the open source licensing and ‘free’ nature of
PHP are discussed, as are usability issues such as its cross-platform nature
and inbuilt database connectivity.” -Anonymous Reader