Linux Today article concerning making Qt available under the GPL and the affects on the free software community.

Seattle P-I.com reports that the Exodus
plant will consume enough power for a small town and eventually house Internet
servers for firms such as Avenue A, Microsoft and Onvia.com.

ZDCOUK.com reports that, while a recent patent infringement suit filed against 3Dfx has
heated things up a little and nVidia’s involvement in Microsoft’s
Xbox project is a definite coup, it’s the firm’s decision to go after
alternative markets that could well be the decisive blow.

Carl Manning, a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has collected about
$700 by peddling advice about the Java programming language, reports SiliconValley.com. He does business on a
Web site that’s a lot like eBay — except instead of baseball cards and vacation packages,
this site’s users swap technical advice and software code.

Newsforge reader Sensei clued us in on this howto at Linuxnewbie.org: “FREESCO (stands for FREEciSCO) is a free replacement for commercial routers supporting up to 3 ethernet/arcnet/arlan network cards or up to 2 modems. With FreeSCO you will be able to get your entire home or office LAN connected to the Internet via a single xDSL or Cable connection using either a static or dynamic IP address.”

Phone manufacturer Motorola wowed gamers by demonstrating
games on the first of its GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
enabled mobile devices. Read about it at ZDCOUK.com.

Forget about the naked guy on the island and forget about Regis. A new
game show under development combines two of America’s biggest current passions — surfing the Web and
game shows. From Wired.com.

The Standard.com tells us it’s the other side of the privacy debate: Allowing consumers to find out as much
about business and government as they know about us.

As the two-day
Next Sex symposium wrapped up on Monday evening, this somewhat bold idea seemed more viable — and
more intriguing — than ever. From Wired.com.

Australian IT review: “Got two computers? Want to use one monitor, keyboard and mouse between
them? Want to switch as many USB devices as you like as well? Check this
out.”