Oracle, Microsoft square off over XML

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

On an Oracle Java/XML-strategy tour, John Magee, director of
product marketing for Oracle’s Internet Platform Group, told
CRN Tuesday that despite all the hype, Microsoft’s XML strategy
is not all it’s cracked up to be.

A bug in the legal code?

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Salon.com offers this interview with David Touretzky, the Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who testified at the DeCSS trial.

Reviewing three Java text editors

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux Programming article reviews three Java text editors: jEdit, J, and Jext.

Linux kernel patch management system

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux Today offers for public review and comment, a proposal to improve the kernel development process.

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Linux supercluster briefing center opens

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

IBM today announced the opening of the industry’s first Linux supercluster briefing center for customers developing scalable applications on Linux systems, from NewsAlert.

Register your domain free

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

According to PC World News, DomainZero.com appears to be the first to offer free registration without accompanying banner advertising.

Intel releases computer vision software for Linux

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Business Wire reports, the Open Source Computer Vision Library provides a wide range of functions, including gesture recognition, object-tracking, face recognition and camera calibration, that will help researchers develop ways to use “computer vision” as a method for people to interact with computers.

Secure Digital Music group issues challenge

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Reuter is reporting, The Secure Digital Music Initiative is offering $10,000 to any
computer cracker who can break the encryption that the organization has developed to protect online entertainment.

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Linux

1.3B wireless data users by 2004

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The number of subscribers to wireless data services will grow rapidly
from 170 million worldwide in 2000 to more than 1.3 billion in 2004,
according to a study released Tuesday by market research company
Cahners In-Stat Group, from IDG News Service.

Harris Interactive drops ISP lawsuit

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September 13, 2000

Author: JT Smith

IDG News Service reports, Harris Interactive Tuesday announced that it has dropped its lawsuit against a number of leading ISPs and an antispam organization.