“NetBurst” is the official name for the new Intel P-4’s architecture. Learn more about it from AnandTech.

Sketchy story at zdnet.co.uk about how, despite earlier predictions that Intel architecture (and Windows 2K) would soon dominate the server market, Risc-based Unix server sales are surprisingly strong, especially in the U.K.

Brief ZDnet.co.uk exploration of the growing market for small-footprint “sealed” appliance-type computers, mentioned here because Linux and other Open Source operating systems have a good shot at dominating this new niche in the computing world.

Dallas Morning News piece about a huge shortage of high-tech workers who can serve the fast-growing Latin American market. According to the story, it’s a problem in many industries, not just IT.

Cable & Wireless Optus revealed last week it would be ready to deliver rental software applications online to small businesses before the end of the year, says a story at www.afr.com.au.

From Saturday (yesterday), a Slashdot discussion about hardware and (Linux) software being used to create the upcoming Lord Of The Rings movie. (Big file – dialup modem users beware!)

Anandtech story from Aug. 23 describes the evolution of Anand’s servers from the site’s humble beginning on Geocities to the current set of AMD-powered boxes housed at a data center in Pittsburgh.

The place has been plagued by reputation-ruining spy and security scandals. Officials say most of the top-end physicists there are at or near retirement age and young blood isn’t there to replace them. And it’s even worse on the computer side; Los Alamos can’t find new IT people and is losing many of those it already has to dot-com startups that pay better. Washington Post story at MSNBC.

Silicon Valley has some of the world’s highest demand for DSL service, but according to sv.com, Pacific Bell is more effective at marketing this service than at actually installing it in customers’ homes and offices.

IGN previews Sea Dogs, a 3D Caribbean pirate sim. The game is being developed by Microprose, the same company that created “Pirates,” a game ranked #3 in the IGN listing of the top 25 games of all time.