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

“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.”

“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.

“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.

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

A ComputerUser.com story starts out by saying, “American Online [NYSE:AOL] and Time Warner [NYSE:TWX] are saying that their pledge to permit AOL competitors to
provide Internet services over Time Warner cable doesn’t include an open invitation to other providers of set-top boxes,
according to reports.”

They start at $2199 (£1,548), they’re “less than 1 inch thick and weigh as little as 3.1 pounds,” says a brief note at ZDnet.co.uk.

On their own Flash-free site, ComputerUser.com is running a story that contains the quote, “What retailers need to do is become proactive and offer things like virtual dressing rooms, zoom-and-spin, Java, Flash or
text-based chat to their customers.”

FairfaxIT says, “Human beings are emotional creatures. The truism that revenge is a dish best served cold is not easily understood by many of us in the heat of personal crisis – and it is certainly not comprehended by the average laptop.” (We almost filed this as “humor.”)

Cool! Prepackaged, Linux-powered iMac clusters.Full story at The Register.