Worry about the worm

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Fear the worm, says PCWorld.com. The computer worm, that is. That was the theme of a talk Symantec’s director of research, Stephen Trilling, gave to attendees at Dell Computer’s DirectConnect conference late last week.

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Linux

The ‘official’ celeb site racket

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

CelebSites.com wants to be the premier source for official celebrity websites, and counts among its A-list stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Mel Gibson. Conveniently enough, CelebSites also happens to own hundreds of stars’ domain names, according to a story at Wired.com.

Microsoft covets seat at high-end Unix table

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

PCWorld.com reports that, in the continuing quest to move higher into the enterprise data center, Microsoft next week will launch its .NET family of enterprise servers, including Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, the company’s most powerful server operating system yet.

Mac OS X has Unix-derived directory structure

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

New MacWeek story says that each user will have his own desktop under the new release, and they’re about as far from root as you can get.

New open source privacy software stores personal data

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Extensible Name Service technology allows web users to dictate what information online companies receive, reports SiliconValley.com.

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Linux

Fujitsu shuns Intel for its laptops

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Despite the release of three new processors today (see story below), Intel is losing Fujitsu to Transmeta. Fujitsu announced that it is selecting Transmeta processors because they appear to double battery life, reports Bloomberg.

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Unix

Three new laptop processors debut today

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Bloomberg reports that busy hardware king Intel is not resting on its laurels in competition with Transmeta. The news chips run at 850 MHz, 800 MHz, and 700 MHz.

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Unix

NASA phreak really, really sorry… that he got caught

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“Never again,” 16-year-old Jonathan James told The Miami Herald. “It’s
not worth it, because all of it was for fun and games and they’re putting me
in jail for it. I don’t want that to happen again. I can find other stuff for fun.” From a report at Florida Today.

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Linux

Intel chooses Symbian OS for its Xscale chips

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Chip giant is aiming to dominate the mobile and handheld market as well, reports ComputerWeekly.

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Unix

Wearable wireless targets ‘urban nomads’

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Is your pinkie ring glowing? That means someone is trying to page you. Earring blinking? You’ve got mail. If you can press a button on the pocket of your denim jacket to hear your favorite MP3, this must be the year 2000, reports Reuters at Excite.