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Cracker flattens Legoland

Author: JT Smith

Plastic brick theme park Legoland has had its UK website defaced by a hacker who took advantage of an inadequately secured SQL server, reports VNUnet.

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  • Linux

Gartner predicts .Net and Java will rule

Author: JT Smith

Over the long haul, it’s going to be a two-horse race in the Internet application development market. According to Gartner analysts, the thoroughbreds will be Microsoft Corp.’s forthcoming .Net platform and Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java. The story is at TechWeb.

The lowdown on Descent 3 for Linux

Author: JT Smith

LinuxWorld gives the scoop on Descent 3 for Linux.

VA Linux enters network-attached storage market

Author: JT Smith

A new vendor in the network-attached storage market is bringing the open-source software market into the NAS space. VA Linux Systems Inc.’s 9205 system is sure to shake up the NAS market, which, according to International Data Corp., will become a $6.57 billion market by 2003, reported Information Week. (Disclosure: VA Linux owns NewsForge.)

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  • Unix

Rockwell Science Center selects Linux NetworX Cluster to simulate fluid flow

Author: JT Smith

Linux NetworX, Inc., a provider of large-scale clustered computer solutions for Internet, industry and research fields, announced today that Rockwell Science Center will be using Linux NetworX clustering technology for simulating aerodynamic fluid flow in the analysis of aerospace systems. Read the press release at LinuxPR.

Linuxlab expands Web server capabilities

Author: JT Smith

Linuxlab, Inc. announced Oracle 8i database and Java resources for its line of Linux
Web servers. More at LinuxPR.

Sour apples for Napster-like start-up

Author: JT Smith

Bill Bales would rather switch than fight.

The Napster co-founder’s second file-swapping start-up, AppleSoup, today said it will change its name
to “Flycode” following a complaint from Apple Computer.

The company received a cease-and-desist letter from Apple six weeks ago,
saying the name infringed its trademarks and demanding AppleSoup
discontinue the name and eventually hand the “applesoup.com” domain
name to the computer giant. The story is at CNet.

Feds dis Napster; The Standard disses other media

Author: JT Smith

From a story at The Standard: “The announcement on Friday that the
federal government was joining the
defenders of copyright rather than the
“information wants to be free” crowd in the
Napster case was treated as just barely
news by the media. All the major outlets
and Net trades reported it, but in such
similar ways that they all could have run
AP copy and given their Net music
reporters Friday afternoon off.”

Nokia launches Media Terminal running on Linux

Author: JT Smith

In an effort to bring the future of technology to your living room today, Nokia has announced the “Media
Terminal”, which will make your TV into a techno-geek’s wet dream. To add to the splendor, the whole
thing will be run on Linux using XFree86 and Mozilla. The update on an earlier story is at Maximum Linux.

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  • Linux

eLink Business releases line of turnkey ecommerce router/servers

Author: JT Smith

eLink Business rolls out new product line. No more struggles with Windows, balky servers, routers, applications and third-party consulting firms piecing it all together. No more finger pointing. eLink Business introduces the Linxera family of ecommerce router/servers with integrated Linux-based software designed to provide a simple, inexpensive “out-of-the-box” solution for ecommerce and ebusiness needs. Read the press release at LinuxPR.