Wired: “Microsoft’s unreleased Windows XP is supposed to be as secure an operating system as possible. But cracks are already appearing in pirated versions.”

LinuxSecurity: “When PKIs hit the streets a few years ago, a media frenzy ensued — remember 1999, the year of the public-key infrastructure? Now it’s the morning
after, and we’ve gotten a dose of reality when it comes to the cost and complexity of rolling out a PKI. But one thing remains constant: Positive
authentication is vital for doing business regardless of whether you’re express-mailing paper contracts and purchase orders or sending those documents
electronically. A PKI offers a way to transmit data securely over insecure networks, extending user credentials across an enterprise or to extranet
partners.”

BBC: “The less children play video games, or watch television, the less
aggressive they become, suggests a scientific study.

The American research looked at the effects of reducing the
amount of computer games played, or television watched by third
and fourth graders – who are aged approximately eight or nine.”

Russ Walker writes, “The Washington Post’s Ariana Eunjung Cha profiles Ximian Inc.’s Miguel de Icaza. Read the story at http://www.washtech.com/news/software/12296-1.html
De Icaza will chat online today at 1 p.m. EST Submit questions here:
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/01 /washtech_wt090501.htm.”

Anonymous Reader writes: “Last weekend I went in to work with the intention of converting some hard disks from a standalone configuration to RAID-5. We’d begun running out of disk space for one thing, and we weren’t taking advantage of the RAID controller that we’d bought. One minor oversight on my part…. Read the full TOTW here.“

Marc Merlin writes: “I have just finished my full report on
Linuxworld
Expo summer 2001 which features, just like my previous
Linux Event reports,
many pictures, and a fairly good overview of the show
Enjoy.”

“Microsoft Corp. has 40,000
employees, $30 billion in the bank and a lock on
the personal computer market. Miguel de Icaza
has a couple of hundred volunteer
programmers, a windowless office just outside of
downtown here and a vision.

His goal is to rewrite the rules of the software
business by creating and giving away word
processors, spreadsheets, email readers and
other programs that mimic the look and feel of
Microsoft’s signature products. Some
independent observers give him a fair shot. And
so does Microsoft.” More at Washington Post.

The Dot: “Rob Kaper and myself have collaborated on a summary of the happenings at last week’s LinuxWorld Expo. We tell you what
really took place at the most fabulous booth at the show . And don’t forget to check out Rob’s extended and hilarious
picture gallery of the event!”

DebianPlanet: “Recently some of my friends have moved away for school and such and so I’ve been looking into getting
a web cam. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with this. Which work and which work well
with Debian.”

ZDNET: “Two British retailers have been found guilty of selling counterfeit Microsoft software. The resellers pleaded guilty to
offenses relating to the supply of illegal Windows software. The judge has delayed sentencing in both cases until
reports are obtained about the defendants. Each could face a jail sentence of up to 10 years and an unlimited fine.” {ed. note: very short story.)