Author: JT Smith
InfoWorld reports that the European Union is stepping up its legal case against the American software giant, Microsoft.
Carnivore report toothless
Author: JT Smith
CBS reports that US Republican House leader Dick Armey says the Department of Justice insured a positive report of the FBI’s Carnivore email reading software, further raising questions about the report’s legitimacy.
Too early to buy the flat panel monitors
Author: JT Smith
MSNBC warns that the price of flat panel monitors is dropping, and in a few years’ time may actually be available at a reasonable price. The advice is to hold off until then to buy the light-weight, high-resolution monitors.
Category:
- Unix
The Internet in China
Author: JT Smith
Linux Journal is carrying an essay on the effect of the Internet on China, and leads to conclusions that may surprise some readers.
PING author killed in car crash
Author: JT Smith
The author of the enormously popular freeware network tool PING, Mike Muuss, died in a Maryland car crash last night. The accident happened at 9.30pm (New York time) on route 95 as a result of a previous accident. Mike hit a car stuck in the middle of the road and was pushed into the path of an oncoming tractor.” Full report at The Register.
Category:
- Linux
Review: BestLinux 2000
Author: JT Smith
The Duke of URL reviews BestLinux 2000: “The question, is BestLinux just another clone of RedHat or does it add something that has been missing and fills a need in the community, in this case better language support? Do we really need another distribution to fill this need?”
Category:
- Linux
New Internet domains face an uncertain future
Author: JT Smith
Computerworld’s Patrick Thibodeau writes: “The problem with last week’s decision by the organization that manages the Internet domain name system to add seven new top-level domains (TLD) is that no one really knows whether it’s a gift or a curse.”
ghostscript advisory
Author: JT Smith
“ghostscript makes use of mktemp instead of mkstemp to create temp files; and also uses improper LD_RUN_PATH values, causing it to search for libraries in the current directory.” Full details at LWN.net.
Category:
- Linux
Linux printing made easy: Part 2
Author: JT Smith
From LinuxWorld.com: “In a further exploration of the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS), the Geek tackles configuration — namely adding and managing printers, even unsupported ones, with CUPS’s Web-based interface.” Part 1 of this article is also available.
Category:
- Linux