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FCC delays start of open access inquiry

Author: JT Smith

Reuters reports, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday unexpectedly postponed the formal opening of an inquiry into what federal regulations should govern high-speed Internet access over cable television systems.

What’s next for peer-to-peer music?

Author: JT Smith

Talk of a desire to strike a deal was voiced from both sides of the peer-to-peer file swapping controversy and highlighted a panel discussion group on Wednesday at Digital Coast 2000, from Newsbytes.

Felony charges for crackers in Michigan

Author: JT Smith

Attorney General Jennifer Granholm today announced that she has filed felony criminal charges against two Michigan men each accused of unlawfully entering a third-party computer system, the charges are the first under a Michigan law
which makes the unauthorized alteration, damage or use of a computer system a felony.

Category:

  • Linux

Sun offers new licensing plan for Java 2

Author: JT Smith

According to Computerworld, the new licensing policy calls for a per-year cap on royalties and fees that each licensee must pay Sun for access to the Java source code.

Linux gets wireless boost

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet UK News: Linux has seen a huge wireless boost according to research Thursday which shows a 50% growth in the number of wireless Linux applications being developed over the last 6 months.

OLD, I THINK. Tips for effective Open Source advocacy

Author: JT Smith

32BitsOnline article offers strategies for convincing suits to adopt Linux in the enterprise.

Yggdrasil ships world’s first DVD9-ROM

Author: JT Smith

Yggdrasil Computing has shipped the world’s first Linux DVD9-ROM, a successor format to CD-ROM’s, with over twelve times the capacity, from Linux Weekly News.

Category:

  • Linux

New Linux job site

Author: JT Smith

A Linux-oriented job site, called MonsterLinux, has hit the net.

Category:

  • Linux

WAP Forum moves toward Net standards

Author: JT Smith

IDG News Service reports, the WAP Forum expects to approve Version 2.0 of WAP by mid-2001 and may complete specifications before that for such features as animation, streaming media, and downloading of music files, leaders of the group said at a press event Thursday.

FreeBSD installation and package tools, past, present and future

Author: JT Smith

BSD Today discusses FreeBSD’s installation, configuration and package
management tools from the perspective of where they are and where they need to go.