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Linux security, or rather, the lack thereof

Author: JT Smith

osOpinion article concludes, “your best bet to stay safe is sadly still to upgrade soon and often.”

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Getting past Carnivore?

Author: JT Smith

According to this Linuxnewbie article, you don’t have to be a genius to figure out ways to circumvent Carnivore.

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  • Linux

Analysts wonder if Microsoft’s best years are behind it

Author: JT Smith

Investors and consumers alike are wondering what’s in store for the company’s next quarter century – and if its best days are behind it, from the Boston Globe on ComputerNewsDaily.

Gnutella creator finds new way to tweak AOL chat program

Author: JT Smith

Story from The Wall Street Journal on MSNBC.com News proclaims, the latest creation of the 21-year-old programmer enables users of AOL’s wildly popular Instant Messenger to delete the ads from the online
chat program and what’s more, a Web site owned by Nullsoft — and ultimately AOL — has been giving away the software.

Accessing a Microsoft SQL Server database from PHP running under Linux

Author: JT Smith

This article, from PHPBuilder.com, explains how it is possible to connect and query an MS SQL server (running under a Windows operating system) from php installed on a unix box.

Message from the Debian Project

Author: JT Smith

Linux Weekly News announces, Debian is phasing out support for Debian 2.1.

ActiveState releases Perl Dev Kit 2.0

Author: JT Smith

Linux Programming reports, ActiveState, a leading supplier of products and services supporting open source infrastructure software, announced today the availability of a new version of the Perl Dev Kit.

Open Source Forte for Java

Author: JT Smith

The strengths and flaws of Sun’s Java IDE are evaluated in this review from Software Development Online.

China to allow private companies on Internet

Author: JT Smith

Reuters on CNET: China’s cabinet has approved landmark rules that will allow private
companies to operate Internet and other value-added telecommunications services
legally for the first time.

IBM Japan’s Netfinity strategy provides more options

Author: JT Smith

IBM Japan Ltd. is reinforcing its Linux operating-system business across the board, according to Jiro Fujimoto, manager of IBM Japan’s
Marketing Management, from an interview by Nikkei Windows 2000 on AsiaBizTech News.

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  • Linux