Author: JT Smith
IDGNet interprets the lessons of the Y2K bug.
Category:
- Linux
DeSimilarities Between DeCSS And The Connectix VGS Case?
Author: JT Smith
“Has anyone compared
the DeCSS case to the Connectix VGS case?”Slashdot discussion.
the DeCSS case to the Connectix VGS case?”Slashdot discussion.
Category:
- Linux
Jobs Seybold Keynote
Author: JT Smith
Summary at MacWorld: “You could take the 90-minute keynote speech given by Steve Jobs Tuesday at the Seybold
Seminars trade show in San Francisco, extract all his major announcements, and wind up with just
one sentence. – The public beta version of Mac OS X will ship in two weeks.”
Seminars trade show in San Francisco, extract all his major announcements, and wind up with just
one sentence. – The public beta version of Mac OS X will ship in two weeks.”
Open Source textbooks
Author: JT Smith
I just found this and thought it could be helpful for the group. OpenMind Publishing Group will soon have inexpensive textbooks online. They plan on generating their content via an open content system — kind of mirroring the open source software movement. Check out OpenText Project. This is where the community will soon share info. Neat idea! -Anonymous Reader
Category:
- Open Source
‘Business method’ patent madness may spread to Australia
Author: JT Smith
Business method patent lawsuits (like amazon.com’s against barnesandnoble.com over “one click shopping”) have become common in the U.S. It looks like this illness may spread to Australia soon, if this AustralianIT story can be believed.
Category:
- Open Source
Kerberos KDC Spoofing Vulnerability
Author: JT Smith
Info on potential BSD klogin security breach if certain Kerberos versions are configured incorrectly, at securityfocus.com.
Category:
- Linux
Do ‘Munchies’ Mirror Our Inner Selves?
Author: JT Smith
Whimsical story at cbs.com says pretzel lovers are lively and energetic, tortilla chip lovers are perfectionists, and cheese curl munchers have high integrity. (There will be a brief break in NewsVac posting while the editor on duty refills his bowl of tortilla chips.)
Category:
- Management
Hand to Hand Combat
Author: JT Smith
Fortune.com column asks, “Should Palm regret licensing its software to its strongest competitor in the surging market for handheld devices?”