LinuxPlanet’s Dennis E. Powell delves into the soon-to-be released 2.4 kernel and finds it much different from — and better than — previous versions. Worthy reading!

PCWorld writes,
“On Monday, Zucotto Systems formally announced its Java microprocessor, which is designed to supercharge Java applications on a range of handheld devices.”

The Bangkok Post says, “The Department of Intellectual Property (DIP), the Ministry of Commerce and
the Business Software Alliance (BSA) have undertaken the first of a series of
visits targeting corporate software end-users.”

Inflammatory Register story disses Amazon big-time on pricing and privacy policies.

Wired talks to lots of developers and beta testers who love Mac OS X; some even say it’s better than Linux.

From AustralianIT: “AUSTRALIAN-based electronic book publisher eBooks.com was officially launched today after three years in the pipeline.”

PCWorld story notes a problem with output from Epson Stylus Photo 870, 875DC, and 1270 inkjet printers, namely that photos printed on them turn orange quickly if you live in an area with a high Ozone concentration. Epson is offering to buy back these printers from dissatisfied customers, and plans to offer a new kind of paper soon that will correct the problem.

Silly Salon story: “It’s the American dream all over again — Pet Chips are the new Pet Rocks.” A Texas entrepreneur claims to have sold nearly 7000 of the things so far.

I recently stumbled upon the awsome mp3 player Thinkgeek offers.
I noticed a link saying ‘download Linux source’ and was puzzled when, after I followed this link I ended up at Compaq’s website, where I had to agree to a Compaq Intellectual Property license before I could download the source code. What happened to the GPL license Linux comes with? Is it possible to remove the GPL after modifying the Linux source tree? If so, what good is a GPL license? –BOFH_org

Slightly tongue-in-cheek Upside story about telcos vs. cable companies, the difficulties of dealing with them, and the irony that can result when you have installers from both in your house at the same time.