Chinese software company tests firewall

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

People’s Daily has a story of a Chinese software company challenging computer users throughout the world to break through their firewall, for a cash prize of 500,000 yuan.

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Linux

When will the DVD take off?

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet asks the question of why DVD’s haven’t taken the market by storm.

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Unix

PGP security flaw

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

NWFusion is carrying the story of a recently discovered 3-year-old security flaw in PGP.

Product launches set at forum

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The following article from Info World highlights a handful of the products introduced this week at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), which ends Thursday.

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Linux

Email security blown open by Critical Path bug

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Millions of email users were today warned of a potentially devastating security flaw that allows malicious hackers to take control of their accounts, reports UK.internet.com.

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Linux

Justice Breyer could be Microsoft’s lucky charm

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

For a Supreme Court justice whose vote is crucial to the government in the Microsoft case, Stephen Breyer has been awfully friendly to accused antitrust violators in the past, reports CNET News.

Custom software strategy spreads

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

CNET News reports, Penguin Computing has added a build-to-order system that lets customers fine-tune the software for their Linux computers–less than two weeks after a similar move by its main rival.

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Linux

Interview with Handspring president

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Handspring President Donna Dubinsky talks with C|Net about the Visor and why it is different (and in her opinion) better than the Palm.

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Open Source

Confidence in Linux corporate use fluctuates

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

IT managers’ enthusiasm for using Linux at large corporations has declined over the last 6 months — but is still higher than a year ago, a research firm said on Thursday – Brief PlanetIT story.

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Linux

DOJ solicits universities to review Carnivore

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) posted criteria on its Web site
for conducting a review of Carnivore, a controversial e-mail monitoring system used by the FBI in criminal and national security
investigations, reports IDG News.