Guardian IT intends to break into corporate systems – with permission – to help test security. But, they say, conviced crackers are not welcome on their team. The story at ZDNet.

Linux Lookup has a

review

of Linux Mandrake 7.2 beta 2 and Mandrake in general.

Have you ever asked the question, “should I use Linux, or should I use a traditional UNIX?” Linux World gives its answer.

ZDNet says that Motorola is suing AMD’s president and CEO for breach of contract.

PC World says that Intel will be releasing its Pentium 4 processor a little later then expected due to a problem with the 850 chipset.

Microtest announced
today that results for its year 2000 third quarter will be below expectations.
The company currently expects revenue for the third quarter to be 5% to
8% below second quarter revenue of $11 million. Microtest markets its network test and measurement products such as OMNIScanner2,
PentaScanner, CertiFiber, and OMNIFiber and network appliance and
storage products such as FileZerver, LinuxZerver and DiscZerver.
Read the
press release at PR NewsWire

Speedware Corporation, a global
provider of wireless and Internet application development solutions, as well
as business intelligence and Linux solutions, today announced managerial
changes. William Thomson has announced his resignation effective today from
his position as president and CEO of the company to pursue other business
interests. The press release is at Canada NewsWire

Linux Today has a column disputing figures by Microsoft backer Stan J. Liebowitz who’s argued that the costs of
breaking up Microsoft could be catastrophic to the American economy.

MP3.com is asking its fans to flood Congress with email supporting a recently filed House bill, the Music Owners’ Listening Rights Act of
2000, by Virginia
Democrat Rick Boucher and three
Republican co-sponsors. The
story is at The Standard.

CNet is reporting: “Napster may or may not be good for CD sales, but online music sites can thank the
popular file-swapping service for a substantial surge in revenues last month …

Advertising spending at online music sites jumped dramatically in
the week after a federal judge clamped down on the music
company, according to AdRelevance, a division of online traffic
measurement company Media Metrix.”