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Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns coming to Linux

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR: “This is a tremendous coup for Linux games,” said Scott Draeker, president of Loki Software. “The Linux version of this masterpiece will be released near-simultaneously with the Windows version in Q1 2001.”

Look, Ma, no wires!

Author: JT Smith

PCWorld article explores the bounds of the wireless web.

A sneak peek at Nautilus from Eazel

Author: JT Smith

LinuxPlanet talks with Darin Adler, whose position with Eazel is described by the company’s publicists as roughly that of Vice President of Software Engineering.

Category:

  • Open Source

Supreme Court holds back

Author: JT Smith

Despite expectations to the contrary, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday did not announce whether it would hear MicroSoft’s appeal of the government’s landmark antitrust case against the software maker, IDG News Service reports.

Dvorak ponders platforms

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet article asks, “Do we need all the processor speed we are seeing?”

Category:

  • Unix

Skeptics needn’t fear BayTSP

Author: JT Smith

This article from ZDNet News explains why skeptics shouldn’t be afraid of BayTSP’s technology or that it will help law enforcement compromise their Constitutional rights.

Category:

  • Linux

Your personal lackey is online

Author: JT Smith

Are some tasks too menial for you? Want a gofer? NetworkWorldFusion News suggests dialing up mylackey.com.

Microsoft dropped from spam suit

Author: JT Smith

Harris Interactive can now use Hotmail, the result of suing Microsoft and others for allegedly blocking its e-mail surveys, from ZDNet News.

Perl 6: What I did this summer

Author: JT Smith

ZDTV offers this interview with Larry Wall about Perl 6.

Category:

  • Open Source

Apple suit might protect secrets but upset Mac loyalists

Author: JT Smith

This report from SiliconValley.com says that’s the clear implication of a lawsuit filed last month against a former Apple Computer
Inc. employee who allegedly spilled the Cupertino-based computer maker’s trade secrets
via the Internet.