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Novell planning lay-offs

Author: JT Smith

Novell is planning on cutting up to a third of its workforce, says ZDNet.

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  • Linux

Conoco deploys linux-based supercomputer

Author: JT Smith

Conoco, an energy conglomerate, has commissionned a linux-based supercomputer to analyse seismic data from the conglomerate’s oil searches.

Category:

  • Linux

Emulex bogus press release investigation leads to arrest

Author: JT Smith

This week’s fake press release about Emulex’ woes have resulted in an arrest, reports NWFusion.

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  • Open Source

California debating internet sales tax

Author: JT Smith

California is contemplating a state sales tax on internet transactions. NWFusion has the story.

Bull of France suffers embarassing security breach

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet is reporting on a major security gaffe at French company, Bull, IBM’s main competitor in the region.

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  • Linux

More on Caldera’s SCO takeover

Author: JT Smith

Caldera’s takeover of SCO created an interesting set of bedfellows, reports ZDNet.

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  • Open Source

Still a role for humans, though

Author: JT Smith

MSNBC discusses the future of autonomous robots in space.

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  • Unix

eOn Communications schedules earnings report

Author: JT Smith

eOn Communications Corporation, a provider of
unified Linux-based voice, Web and Internet communications servers, will
announce financial results for its fourth quarter ended July 31, 2000,
following the close of the market on Thursday, September 7, 2000.
Chairman David Lee and other officers of the Company will host a
conference call at 4:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time that day to comment on
fourth quarter results and discuss eOn’s plans for FY 2001. Shareholders and
other interested parties are invited to dial 800-289-0730 beginning at
4:30 p.m. EDT. The operator will request a confirmation code, which is
663997. The press release is at PR Newswire.

FreeBSD security advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:42.linux

Author: JT Smith

The linux binary-compatability module implements a “shadow” filesystem
hierarchy rooted in /compat/linux, which is overlayed against the
regular filesystem hierarchy so that Linux binaries “see” files in the
shadow hierarchy which can mask the native files.
The fill advisory is at BSD Today.

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  • Linux

Judge expected to set MP3.com damages next week

Author: JT Smith

A federal judge is expected to rule next Wednesday on whether MP3.com willfully violated copyrights and must pay millions in damages to record company Universal Music Group. The story is from Bloomberg.