The Register reports that Intel is predicting one of the steepest ramps in its history for the
Pentium 4, the new company flagchip due to be unleashed on
November 20th. This may simply be another aspect of the
company’s marketing plan to focus attention on the new high price,
low availability one and away from the travails of the Pentium III, but
it might mean that Intel is getting its fabbing problems licked.

“As we have said before, we are adopting DDR
technology for servers, and exploring DDR on
desktop,” said Paul Otellini, vice-president of the Intel
Architecture Group in Santa Clara, Calif. From TechWeb.com.

ZDCOUK reports that major software firms may be neglecting security vulnerabilities and
putting their users at serious risk, according to bug-hunters at
Swedish security firm Defcom. The group says the situation has
forced it to consider publicising the details of several exploits
which would cause the companies involved severe embarrassment.

Red Hat is continuing its Red Hat University initiative by getting North Carolina State University hooked up. From BusinessWire.com.

From Linux.com: Samba is, by far, the most crucial tool in a successful NT to Linux migration. This
package serves Microsoft’s SMB protocol, enabling Windows Clients to see the Linux
machine as a file and print server; this closes the gap between the unix server-centrix
mentality and the Windows peer-to-peer mentality.

A. Nonny Mouse writes: “Reviews ‘r’ Us, an online magazine dedicated to PC/PlayStation users, has posted
a review of Linux-Mandrake 7.1 today. Click
here to go read the article.” -Anonymous Reader

MSNBC says that documents outline how the DragonWare Suite is more than
simply an e-mail snooping program: it’s capable
of reconstructing the Web surfing trail of
someone under investigation.

From 2600.com: “Since we’ve been publishing controversial material since 1984, we think we’re in a good position to put things in perspective. And right now, there is an epidemic of legal activity on the part of large corporations like we’ve never seen before. We got yet another threat today.”

“Every Intel fan, analyst and investor, waited patiently for Intel to slap AMD around a little bit, but the slap never came. They waited for AMD to have inferior products, ramp problems and unprofitably, but they waited in vain. When AMD got clearly ahead in technology and started laying the hurt on Intel, Intel blamed weak demand in Europe. Press and analysts lap it up, but investors decide to punish the whole Nasdaq, which is heavily weighed by Intel. The stark truth is that AMD and Gateway met or exceeded profit expectations and Dell and Intel disappointed.” –Kelly McNeill

From OSOpinion: “Is the rumor credible? A couple years ago, I would have dismissed it out of hand. The G3 easily outperformed the Alpha back then. But Motorola still seems stuck at 500 MHz — unless you believe their hooey about actually being able to ship a 1 GHz CPU before Microsoft completes Windows 2003 or Intel breaks the 3 GHz mark.” –Kelly McNeill