Mayhem from www.linuxathome.net writes, “We at www.linuxathome.net have been informed this morning that Linux drivers (ver. 1.0-15.41) have been released for all nVidia chipset based Hercules graphics cards. This is great news for those people who run Linux on a client machine and want to use it for its full gaming capabilities.

You can find the Linux drivers in the Video card download and support section here.”

From The Register: “Writing about Microsoft’s Strategic Technology Protection Program, (senior .Net developer) Michael Lane
Thomas said that if people seek alternatives to Microsoft’s IIS because of security
concerns (as Gartner advocates) this ‘would only accomplish what the industrial
terrorists want’.”

CNet reports that Lindows.com, a software start-up, plans to sell a version of Linux
designed to run popular Windows programs. Lindows.com software is based on the Wine project, but it adds “proprietary software with
improvements such as making fonts appear better or software install more easily.”

Reuters rpeorts that privacy groups are criticizing the U.S. government for
failing to limit certain features on Microsoft’s new Windows XP operating system that they
say compromise consumers’ privacy.

From Wired.com: “Apple’s new iPod follows some of Marx’s rules for commodity fetishes. It looks
great. Everyone should want one. But iDon’t.

That’s not simply because of Apple’s obnoxious commercial featuring a no-rhythm
dot-com layoff, but because this MacCommunist has had a Nomad Jukebox for the
past 13 months.”

An anonymous reader tells us of another story at LinxGram, featuring the story of an anonymous executive. “He said the layoffs were precipitated by the fact that the company’s
27-year-old founder Sam Ockman didn’t want to dilute his 52%
ownership to less than majority control. (Say, something maybe in the
neighborhood of 40%.) He said Ockman said as much. He said Ockman
said he would rather have control of something small than not have
control of something large.”

From the Globe and Mail: “An anonymous hacker has outfoxed
Microsoft Corp.’s anti-piracy
software for locking down
electronic music and video, weeks
before the launch of a major on-line
music subscription service using the
software giant’s encryption
program.”

Anonymous Reader writes, “Apple today announced the iPod, a 5GB MP3 jukebox portable. Selling for $399, the player’s most interesting feature is the fact it uses FireWire for file transfers between the computer and the unit. Faster than the USB connection standard on most MP3 portables now, Apple claims an entire CD can be transferred in 10 seconds and 1,000 song files in 10 minutes. The article includes a photo of the iPod.”

http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2001/ipod.html

From PR Newswire: BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE: BMC), the
leading provider of enterprise management, today announced solutions for Linux
and desktop management that Assure Business Availability(R) for customers with
diverse IT environments. By expanding its enterprise management capabilities
for Linux and the desktop, BMC Software continues to offer the industry’s
broadest and deepest support for all platforms in the enterprise — giving
customers extensive cost savings through centralized intelligent platform
management. PATROL(R) for Desktops, PATROL for Microsoft Windows Servers and
PATROL for Unix by BMC Software go beyond managing the operating system to
ensure that the customer’s entire enterprise is available and performing as
expected.

ZDNet has a story saying Sony Computer Entertainment will release a Linux-enabled version of its
PlayStation 2 video game console for worldwide release following a Japanese launch over
the summer.