ZDNet discusses the path of MP3.com, and how it ended up in the bind it’s in.

RedHat has undergone a bit of a shuffle lately, and ZDNet is exploring how the company is handling it.

For a long time, people have wondered why we humans are unable to tickle ourselves, when it is so easy for someone else to tickle us. CBC is reporting that British scientists have solved the mystery.

For a long time, people have wondered why we humans are unable to tickle ourselves, when it is so easy for someone else to tickle us. CBC is reporting that British scientists have solved the mystery.

Straight from the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s Web site: “EPIC has sent a letter to its subscribers notifying them that we will no longer have a formal relationship with
Amazon.com due to that company’s recent changes to its privacy practices. The EPIC Bookstore has been part of the Amazon Affiliates program since 1996 as
part of our efforts to make our publications as widely available as possible. The recent changes in Amazon’s privacy policy indicate that the online retailer
can no longer guarantee that the its customers’ personal information will not be disclosed to third parties. See the press release for more details.” Read the letter. And the press release.

From a Planet IT story: “The entrance of VA Linux Systems Inc. into the
network-attached-storage market prompted renewed
worries that commodity pricing pressures are moving
into the storage-systems arena.” (Disclosure: VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

LinuxNewbie has a how-to article on installing the ethernet card made by a company “that offers excellent Linux support.”

“Debian. Neophytes run for their lives at the very mention of the distribution. This is hardcore stuff
— the install from hell. You must have Biblical familiarity with every IRQ and device on your
system to even dream of installing Debian. Better to stick with Red Hat, SuSE, TurboLinux, or
Caldera than to risk stubbing your ego on a Debian install.: The review is at LinuxWorld.com.

IBM has announced the opening of the industry’s first Linux
supercluster briefing center for customers developing scalable applications on Linux systems. The briefing center will be
based at the University of New Mexico’s Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center, and
complements the existing briefing facility at the Maui High Performance Computing Center. The press release is at Internet Wire.

“Ok, as the truncate problems really seem to be fixed, it’s time to do an
official test8, the first development kernel in about a year and a half
that should have a working truncate() again. Thanks to everybody who
tested, and especially to Al Viro who did a lot of the heavy lifting.” The announcement is posted at Linhardware.com.