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Laptops, lost and found

Author: JT Smith

Boston-based Lucira Technologies Inc. is about to release a product it says will be able to trace stolen PCs whenever they are used to connect to the Internet, reports The Boston Globe.

Category:

  • Unix

Ditch your CD-ROM drive

Author: JT Smith

Article presents major advatages removable storage drives have over CD-ROM, from ZDNet.

Category:

  • Unix

Angryman turns to TurboLinux

Author: JT Smith

TurboLinux, Inc., the high- performance Linux company, today announced that the online discussion
community, Angryman.com is using TurboLinux’s TurboCluster Server to cluster the site’s Web servers for high availability and load balancing.

Federal report: Government computers pose security risks

Author: JT Smith

According to CNN News, the report, prepared for Congress by the General Accounting Office, states the government’s computer systems remain “fraught with weaknesses,” posing security risks at a host of federal offices, including the Defense and Treasury departments.

Category:

  • Linux

IBM Linux Wristwatch

Author: JT Smith

IBM Research offers the most indepth information on their Linux wristwatch we’ve seen, including photo.

Category:

  • Linux

Itanium is late to liberate

Author: JT Smith

This article from ZDNet News proclaims, Intel’s long-delayed Itanium has already been outdone by Compaq systems powered by Alpha CPUs.

Category:

  • Unix

BT to offer limited unmetered Internet access

Author: JT Smith

“BT [British Telecom] is to offer unmetered access for libraries, citizen advice bureaux and
colleges,” writes ZDNet UK, but quotes a BT spokesperson as saying, “These are special cases. This is not
about mainstream commercial deals.”

Game site WiredLounge.com launches

Author: JT Smith

“Boasting one of the largest
selections of current video game titles and console
systems on the Web, WiredLounge.com announced
its official grand opening this week.” Press release at internetwire.com.

Coming out party — for RSA algorithm

Author: JT Smith

“When the world’s most famous crypto patent turns sweet seventeen, it will be in the prime of its life,” says SecurityFocus columnist Kevin Poulsen.

Category:

  • Linux

Online ad market growing, but slowing

Author: JT Smith

NewsBytes article contains ambivilent news for people who make Web sites for a living — like NewsForge staffers.

Category:

  • Open Source