Author: JT Smith
This MSNBC.com report says a high-profile group of companies is expected to back the GNOME Linux interface as a serious competitor to Windows on desktop systems.
Verizon flashed customer data to the world
Author: JT Smith
Already suffering pressure from an ongoing customer service worker strike, Verizon Communications had to remove a customer service self-help Web site on Sunday because it exposed some customers’ private information, says MSNBC.com.
Category:
- Linux
Distros duke it out for dominance in Linux market
Author: JT Smith
Experts say consolidation of this market ‘littered’ with releases is inevitable, according to a report at MSNBC.com.
Category:
- Linux
Club site on Yahoo! blocked by Saudis
Author: JT Smith
Pornography and other offensive materials a little too much for officials to stomach, in this report published at MSNBC.com.
Source code in meatspace gets T-shirt maker sued
Author: JT Smith
Washington Post tells us, “This code reveals how to crack the supposedly impregnable digital video-disk format. A hacker could use it to make copies of DVD movies and exchange them across the Internet.”
A hacker crackdown? Or a cracker hackdown?
Author: JT Smith
Salon asks, can independent programmers be held responsible for the actions of users?
Category:
- Linux
Net slaves get no respect and no vacation
Author: JT Smith
Members of Congress, federal workers and legions of lobbyists may be fleeing Washington DC, seeking respite from another humid August, but local techies remain dutifully ensconced in their cubicles–sometimes for 16 hours a day.
Category:
- Linux