Later this month, ICANN is expected to approve a series of new top-level domains to supplement the well-known .com, .net, and .org suffixes. The organization recently changed its bylaws in a manner that will prevent its five newest members from voting on the proposal. ICANN claims the rules were changed for the sake of consistency with the groups’ annual California meeting; critics contend that the change was made to gag two of the new board members who were elected by Internet users. The full story is at Interactive Week.

According to a followup report from the IDG News Service at Network World Fusion, a cracker has once again gained access to Microsoft’s corporate networks. The individual claiming to have infiltrated Microsoft’s servers claims that the company did not install a patch for a known exploit in its Internet Information Server software package. A Microsoft spokesman has confirmed the break-in.

Official Linux support for color inkjet printers has finally arrived. In a press release at Linux PR, Lexmark claims to offer the first-ever Linux driver developed by a manufacturer for color inkjet printers. The drivers will support Lexmark’s Z52 and Z32 Color Jetprinter models.

From a press release at Linux PR: eZ systems released two new open source Web portal and Web shopping solutions. eZ trade provdes secure shopping and site administration tools for small to medium size online shopes. eZ pubish is aimed at online portals and news sites, featuring secure administration and membership registration services.

Charles Babcock at Interactive Week reports on the state of Linux clustering, and the tools that are making such computing arrays easier than ever to assemble. Products discussed include offerings from SGI, TurboLinux, and VA Linux. (Full disclosure: VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

ZDNet eWEEK reports that Motorola and IBM are set to announce further support for the Bluetooth. Motorola plans to combine Bluetooth with its modem products, and IBM is ready to start licensing its Blue Drekar software driver for development of the wireless protocol on Linux.

From a CNET story: VA Linux Systems warned Monday that its fiscal fist-quarter results will not meet expectations because of slower than expected sales growth from new customers in the dot-com sector. (Disclosure: VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

An article on SecurityFocus discusses Quova’s new Internet scanning service. Called GeoPoint, the system is able to match up IP addresses with physical locations. During GeoPoint’s construction phase, Quova’s network probes aroused the ire of system administrators who “likened the scanning to a burglar looking for unlocked doors, while others complained about the false alarms the probes produced.”

Slashdot readers discuss an analysis of the new Amiga Virtual Processor assembly language.

Dennis Fisher at ZDNet eWEEK continues speculation on the Napster-Bertelsmann deal. “Among the issues that the new partnership must eventually address: other major record labels that are working on their own paid download services; the existence of alternative free file-sharing programs, such as Gnutella; and the biggest issue of all — users’ willingness to pay for online music.” Sara Robinson at Interactive Week says “Napster’s alliance with Bertelsmann could finally give the beleaguered music service something it’s been lacking: a business model.”