US Lawmakers want to legalise systems such as MP3.com, say stories on Wired and CNet.

The Jerusalem Post brings the news of the opening of Comdex 2000 in Tel Aviv.

PC World discusses “Enum”, a new system being developed to allow the merging of internet domain name records and phone listings.

MSNBC is cautioning Windows users about a potential new exploit. Opening MS Office files from Windows Explorer leaves the user vulnerable to a potential shared library file trojan.

NASA reports that the NEAR Shoemaker Near-Earth asteroid research craft orbiting the asteroid “Eros” has found square craters on the 33 kilometre long rock.

Lineo and
ACCESS Co. Ltd. announced today a license agreement to offer NetFront for Embedix, a full version of NetFront
tailored for Embedix. This combination will reduce the amount of porting work required by OEM customers and
accelerate their product development cycle.
The press release is from PR Newswire.

CNet report: The U.S. Justice Department has selected the IIT Research Institute, a branch of the
Illinois Institute of Technology, to perform a technical review of the FBI’s Carnivore
Internet wiretapping technology.

Red Hat, a leader in developing, deploying and managing open source
Internet infrastructure solutions, announced today at the Embedded Systems Conference West
2000 that the launch of Red Hat Network earlier this week will bring users of Internet appliances
and embedded systems running Red Hat Linux a reliable, fast source for new services and
device maintenance in the field. Read more of the press release from Business Wire.

CNet reports that a veteran bug hunter has detected yet another security hole in Microsoft’s software that
could potentially give hackers an easy route to personal computer files. An advisory is warning Web surfers
using Microsoft’s recently released Internet Explorer 5.5 that they are at risk.

Linux World has a story about products that allow you to access Linux servers via xterms from a
Windows desktop. Why do you want to do that? Read on.