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Judge limits damage award in MP3.com case

Author: JT Smith

Business.com reports that MP3.com will only be forced to pay damages based on the number of “infringed” CDs, not on each song, which may result in much lower payments to record companies.

Category:

  • Open Source

Sony switches suppliers for notebook graphics chip

Author: JT Smith

From News.com: “TOYKO–Sony, the maker of Vaio PCs, said today it has switched companies in its search for a steady supply of graphics chips
for a new notebook.”

Category:

  • Unix

Peek at Intel’s XScale CPU core

Author: JT Smith

linuxdevices.com looks at
“…XScale, an embedded microprocessor architecture derived from StrongARM technology.
Relative to StrongARM, XScale will boast significantly increased speed (approaching
1 GHz), substantially reduced power consumption (down to 0.0001W), and will
incorporate a number of new technologies that optimize its use in tomorrow’s mobile,
wireless, and Internet infrastructure applications.

Category:

  • Unix

New KDE desktop Beta for Linux released

Author: JT Smith

LinuxPR release: “The KDE Team today announced the release of KDE
1.93, the fourth beta preview of Kopernicus, KDE’s next-generation, powerful, modular
desktop.

Category:

  • Linux

SingTel, FailSafe investing in new data center

Author: JT Smith

According to Bloomberg.com, the joint venture may sell shares on the Nasdaq exchange in the U.S. and in
Singapore by next year to help finance expansion in Asia.

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  • Open Source

A kindler, gentler Dottie Downturn

Author: JT Smith

Shamed by her own vituperation, Salon’s queen of dot-com barbs vows to be more compassionate.

Category:

  • Linux

Pokey computer virus hits US

Author: JT Smith

A computer virus featuring the cuddly Japanese cartoon
character Pikachu has been found in computers in the United States, leaving
some operating systems devastated, an anti-virus software firm said Thursday. From Reuters.

Category:

  • Linux

Bay Area IPOs getting a real lesson in humility

Author: JT Smith

The initial public stock offering last week of the San Francisco-based PeoplePC Inc.
highlighted a disturbing trend in this summer’s IPO market: go public, fall off a cliff. From Siliconvalley.com.

Category:

  • Open Source

Intel unveils new chip for handhelds

Author: JT Smith

Intel Corp., the world’s largest chip maker, gave details Wednesday on a new chip
design that marks its belated entry into the booming market for Internet-enabled cell
phones and handheld devices. From Siliconvalley.com.

Category:

  • Unix

Simple email security

Author: JT Smith

Several small firms believe they have created clever alternatives to PKI for securing messages. From ZDNN.

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  • Linux