Slashdot reports that Case Western University has successfully managed to manipulate liquids via magnetic fields, causing them to behave as if there was no gravity acting on the fluid.

The DukeOfURL reviewed Stormix, the commercial fork of the Debian Linux distribution. This 7 page review goes into detail about the differences between Stormix and Debian, and discusses the software included.

UpsideToday is reporting on the curious instance of TimeWarner posting a link, even though they’d pressed legal action against many other sites for linking to the same material. The link, when followed, led to a list of LiViD (a program used for decrypting DVDs for use under Linux) and DeCSS (the more general decryption code). Time Warner is currently suing a large list of defendants because they linked to the same code.

Linux Weekly News ran this advisory about an update to an already-released patch for a DHCP security hole. It only applies to Mandrake 7.0 and 7.1; earlier Mandrake releases did not include dhclient, the DHCP client in question.

Slashdot’s posted an announcement of a product called FreeVeracity, which is targeted at security conscious individuals. The product works similar to Tripwire in how it verifies file integrity, but also provides the capability for remote monitoring.

The BBC online gives us another article on China and the internet, this time discussing the new laws that have been enacted to combat cyber squatting by some Chinese citizens.

EETimes has a lengthy article which talks about the IXP1200 processor used by Intel for control of optical data networks. It also discusses some of the flexibility and scalability features of the chip.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin is encouraging internet growth, reports the BBC news online. The Chinese president discussed some of the potential effects, both positive and negative, of the Internet on China’s future.

Nandotimes reports on WIPO DNS dispute resolutions. It discusses some of the decisions made by the WIPO in the disputes, and complaints logged against the system. Included are links to two resolutions, for barcelona.com and corinthians.com, which are pointed out by opponents as cases where the WIPO has acted in bad faith.

Mosaic Technologies Corp plans to educate game programmers online, teaching them such things as the hardware usage, software algorithms, general mathematical algorithms, and some fundamentals of English.