TechWeb reports on the Linux community’s continuous efforts to avoid fragmenting the increasingly popular operationg system, the way its predecessor, UNIX, did some years ago.

InfoWorld reports on the dilemnas faced by IT managers in their attempts to balance technology and security, especially when it comes to wireless devices.

Debian Planet reports that the Debian project has introduced the Debian FAQ-O-Matic for help with installations and other issues pertaining to Debian systems.

Netpliance is getting out of the Internet appliance business. The company says it will immediately stop selling its I-opener Web device and start licensing the technology to AT&T and other interested companies. The I-opener sparked interest in the open source community earlier this year when users figured out how to modify the device to serve as an inexpensive Linux terminal. CNET News.com has the full story.

Swiss Bank inadvertently exposed royalty payment information for ex-007 star Roger Moore and other actors and musicians during an online test of its banking services. Credit Suisse discovered the problem on Thursday, although the bank estimates that the information was exposed for a week. ZDNet News has the full report.

CNET News.com reports: In expanding the pool of Internet addresses, the system’s governing body should reject proposals for children and adult domains such as “.kids” and “.xxx” but embrace applications such as “.biz” and “.dot,” a staff report released Friday recommends.

Conectiva’s nameserver has a vulnerability regarding compressed zone tansfers that can be used in a DoS attack. The named daemon will crash if it receives such a zone transfer request from an authorized source address. More information and updated bind packages available at LWN.net.

Following on its successful initial public offering, upstart computer-chip maker Transmeta Corp. today is expected to announce that computer maker Via Inc. will use its low-power Crusoe processor in a wearable computer it plans to produce. Complete Reuters story at ZDNet.

Wired News reports: A new optical storage media that can hold up to 140GB of data on a disc the size of a CD-ROM — the equivalent of putting the data from a DVD video onto a credit card — makes its debut at Comdex.

“Linux gives you the power to define how you work. It gives you choices. When you work with that other OS day in and day out, choice isn’t really something you need to worry about. There is one way to do things, and that is pretty much that. Linux, in an effort to be helpful, complicates the matter. Choice? What am I supposed to do with that? Well, for one thing, by defining how you work and the environment you work in, you may find that you work better–after all, the machine is supposed to mold to your needs and not the other way around. At least that’s what we were originally led to believe.” From a story at Linux Journal.