ZDNet reports on the plight of some bug hunters in their efforts to call attention to security holes to the people who created them.

From a press release at BusinessWire: Applix, Inc., a global e-Business solutions company, announced today its results from a successful third quarter,
growing sequential license revenues by 42 percent and the addition of key clients and strategic partners.

From The Standard:
“MP3.com, the music download site, reported narrower-than
expected losses for the third quarter
Thursday as revenues posted strong
year-over-year growth. However, quarter
over quarter revenues essentially were
flat.” CNet’s take: MP3.com beats earnings expectations despite legal problems.

Maximum Linux has a story on DirectWare: “At first glance, it might seem a little odd to announce a product in the same ballpark as SAMBA, the free,
Open Source file and print server which comes with many distributions.
But Computer I/O Corporation has a point. They introduced a product at LinuxWorld a couple of months
ago, that takes a big step beyond SAMBA. DirectWare, a Linux-based communications middleware
provides services for ‘streams’ of data, not just files or printer output — streams common to networks
carrying telephony (such as Voice Over IP), or real-time data.”

The advisory is at LWN.net: There is a bug in the signature verification of GNUpg,
the GNU replacement for PGP.

Normally, signature verification with gnupg works as
expected; gnupg properly detects when digitally signed
data has been tampered with.

InfoWorld reports: “In time for the Internet World trade show next week in New York, Bowstreet is making available for free an open-source, Java-based toolkit for the proposed Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration standard, dubbed jUDDI, company officials said.”

Corel Corporation has announced it is working to
ensure all individuals, including those with disabilities or special needs, find its products as easy to
use as possible. Read the press release on NewsAlert.

Slashdot readers react to an editorial at UnixReview.com that was responding to a MacWeek column contending Unix is no longer an operating system. Got that?

A ZDNet columnist claims Microsoft is showing signs of being a nicer company. Really.

Slashdotters discuss a Wall Street Journal story on ZDNet which “points out the ironic
news that just as Congress is about to require all libraries and
schools to install antiporn filters, a commision created by Congress
to study ways to protect children online is about to decline recommending
mandatory use of filters. The commission says, ‘no particular technology yet
offers an ideal solution.'”