The Register states, reports on developer newsgroups suggest that the latest chip stepping of Intel’s Itanium processor is causing problems for Linux developers whose code worked fine with stepping A2.
Internet-research company Media Metrix Inc. said, Napster Inc., a closely held online music-sharing service, more than quadrupled its users to 4.9 million people in July from 1.1 million in February, from Technology News.
Bloomberg News reports, Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Music Group said it will let customers download music over the Internet starting in November through the Web sites of retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
The Boston Globe is reporting, Lycos Inc.’s affiliate in Asia has received a license from Chinese authorities to operate one of China’s first foreign-owned Web sites.
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.
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.
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.