Author: JT Smith
ZDNet has a story detailing the opinions of various RIAA executives, among which is Hilary Rosen, the RIAA’s CEO, who claims to not like to sue people.
Category:
- Open Source
RIAA’s Rosen doesn’t like law suits
Controlling sattelites
Author: JT Smith
The New Scientist reports that Internet users may soon be able to control sattelites in space. Sattelites are being launched to orbit the planet in such a way as to cause mass damage and we, the user, may get our chance to poke at them if all goes well.
Category:
- Linux
XML security specifications on the way
Author: JT Smith
NW Fusion reports on the upcoming specifications for the secure use of XML.
Category:
- Protocols
DA Computing builds Linux Cube
Author: JT Smith
FairFax I.T. reports that Taiwanese computer company DA computing is releasing the Linux Cube, a see-through customised Linux server, following Apple’s lead with the Mac Cube.
Category:
- Linux
Red Hat teams with Indian company
Author: JT Smith
“The worldwide market leader for Linux OS, Red Hat, has tied up with Clover Technologies to float Red Hat India, which will offer technical support and training to its customers in India”…reports Reuters in CIOL Read the report–Shark
Category:
- Linux
U.S. consumers not on cutting edge of e-commerce
Author: JT Smith
nandotimes.com story claims, “Germans and Koreans have a bigger appetite than Americans for buying certain goods online…” So, apparently, do many other countries. It seems that (sob) we USian consumers are no longer the center of the Internet business universe.
Category:
- Open Source
RealNames opens challenge to “.com” naming system
Author: JT Smith
“LOS ANGELES–Privately held RealNames said on Wednesday it plans to open its proprietary system for
marketing common words as replacements for complex Internet addresses, in a challenge to plans for an
incremental expansion of the existing Web site naming system.” Story at CNet.
marketing common words as replacements for complex Internet addresses, in a challenge to plans for an
incremental expansion of the existing Web site naming system.” Story at CNet.
Rambus looks beyond the PC
Author: JT Smith
“Faced with uncertainty over the future use of memory chips featuring its proprietary high-speed interface in PCs, Rambus looks to carve a niche in networking hardware and expand its reach into the consumer electronics market,” says PC World.
Category:
- Unix
DVD rewritable drives battle it out at Comdex
Author: JT Smith
Ah, it’s a brave new world… all of a sudden (just as the MPAA long feared), DVD rewritable drives are all over the place. No mention in the eet.com piece on the current crop about whether any of things work with Linux or *BSD, but you know it’s only a matter of time until some clever hackers make it so.
Category:
- Unix
Can sex (still) sell? (online, that is…)
Author: JT Smith
Fortune.com profiles a new Internet retailer, Libida.com, “the spot for
female sexuality.” The story says, “Online retailing might be out of favor, but in Silicon Valley, there’s no killing the hope that you can make a lot of money off what your neighbors do behind closed doors.”
female sexuality.” The story says, “Online retailing might be out of favor, but in Silicon Valley, there’s no killing the hope that you can make a lot of money off what your neighbors do behind closed doors.”
Category:
- Open Source