WideOpenNews press release says the multi-corporate Aug. 28 event was a great success and will be repeated several times over the next few months.

In a few months, Screen Media will begin shipping a sleekly designed,
easy-to-use wireless web-pad device called the FreePad. Like Ericsson’s
Screen Phone, the FreePad will offer web browsing and cordless telephone
functions.Story in ZDnet’s Linux News section.

Press release at LinuxPR.

Press release at LinuxPR about IBM’s AFS Enterprise File System being released under the IBM Public Source License.

Debian developers placed a security warning on lwn about ntop. Easily fixed, once you know about it.

Python tutorial series started today at Linux.com

Dave’s most recent couple of Scripting News pieces are great – and almost unclassifiable for us. They could be under “Humor” almost as easily as under “Internet.”

Microsoft Word documents published on the Internet have the ability to tell their creator who is reading them. The Privacy Foundation is concerned about possible nefarious or invasive uses of this feature.

From a review by the dukeofurl.com: “There’s a whole lot of Linux going on lately. It seems everyone and their dog has their own Linux distribution these days, so why not Abit? If you’re not familiar with Abit, Abit is a motherboard manufacturer based in Taiwan who is known for their excellent overclocking boards, and even as of late, for their rock-solid stability. Can Gentus do the same?”

Penguin Computing Inc., a provider of reliable Linux systems for Internet serving, and Bramasol Inc., an SAP America, Inc. Certified Business Solution Provider in the western United States, have announced that Penguin Computing has become one of the first Linux companies in the U.S. to implement and use an SAP solution in production on Linux. The implementation of mySAP.comTM solutions provides significant benefits to Penguin Computing and its customers, underscoring the commitment from SAP to satisfy the needs of small and mid-sized companies. The press release is at LinuxPR.