Another bid submitted for Iridium

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August 28, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Another bid was submitted to buy the Iridium satalites (valued at 5 billion USD). “A California-based organisation named CMC International is offering to pay $US30 million ($A53 million) to acquire Iridium’s 88 satellites and other assets, according to a court filing submitted today.” (from Fairfax I.T.)

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Open Source

Report: UK Set for Cybercrime Surge

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August 28, 2000

Author: JT Smith

E-commerce Times reports that a study stating that “cybercrime” will increase in the next 20 years has been released. “The report, “Future Crime Trends in the United Kingdom,” comes days after three men were arrested for using bogus accounts to steal money from Egg, one of Britain’s most high-profile online banks.“

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Linux

PC “Lemon Law” Bill Introduced In Pennsylvania

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August 28, 2000

Author: JT Smith

A bill has been introduced in Pennsylvania to combat PC “lemons,” as reported by Foxnews.com. “While consumers normally demand the products they
buy actually work, computers seem to be an exception.“

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Unix

MacWorld: Apple’s Pearl of Great Price

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August 28, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Macworld reviews the G4 cube.

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Unix

URLs Aren’t Property?

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August 28, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Slashdot has posted a responce to a judge’s earlier ruling that URL’s are not property.

Round deux for Larry and Ray.

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August 28, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDnet has an interesting summary of the weekly events. “Now that the KDE-Gnome rift in the Linuxcommunity is in the open, certain spinmeisters are doing their damnedest to paper over the differences“

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Open Source

osOpinion: Linux for the Desktop — Way to Go?

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August 28, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Mark Summerfield has posted a list of things which need to be improved before Linux can be considered “desktop ready.”

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Linux

Buyer’s guide: high-end systems – August 2000

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August 28, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Anandtech has a buyer’s guide for high-end systems. It covers 4 configurations: a dream system, a SOHO system, a “gamer” system, and a professional business system.

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Unix

U.S. online users shun ‘.us’ names

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August 28, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Reports Austin 360,
“And that worries the U.S. government, which last week began seeking suggestions on making ”.us” more desirable to help relieve the crowded field of dot-com addresses.“

Harvard prof says Asian countries must develop “home grown” tech to sustain growth

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August 27, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Asian economic miracle is not a myth, and has not run its course, but Asian countries must move to develop
homegrown technologies for the future, said Harvard economist Professor Jeffrey Sachs…. ITAsia1 has details.

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Open Source