ZDNet reports that Microsoft has released Internet Explorer version 6, which will be the default browser in the company’s XP operating system.

Kelly McNeill writes “The recent failure of several Internet-only retailers has led many people to claim that the winners selling on the Web will be companies that combine a Web presence with a physical store — brick-and-click outfits like Toys “R” Us, as opposed to the late, lamented eToys. However, it may turn out that selling on the Web generates no winners at all. E-commerce Web sites have gone from being seen as the future of business two years ago, tor being viewed as a useful addition to traditional sales. Yet, in my opinion, e-commerce should be thought of as a thorn in the side of traditional retail and a costly one at that.”

Slashdot reports and discusses the latest release of the National Security Agency (NSA)’s version of Linux, which they call SELinux.

From ZDNet: “As Linux’s importance as a strategic platform grows among major server vendors, Sun Microsystems may find itself the last man standing on proprietary ground.”

CNet reports on the difficult job market for new technology and business graduates from University. “We went from being wined and dined and treated as though we were kings to nobody wants us.”

From ZDNet: “The first chief of Palm’s operating system subsidiary will be the same man who helped the company make the split between its hardware and software businesses.”

From ABC News: “Linux developers have good reason to celebrate when they honor the 10th birthday of the open-source operating system this month. Even critics must admit the operating system has fundamentally changed the way software is developed and proven the viability of open standards.

The Globe and Mail reports that ATI has announced the Mobility Radeon 7500 which “is not only reputed to deliver double the performance of other chips designed for mobile devices, it also has a unique power-management system.”

From ZDNet: “Server sales are shifting toward smaller, denser units as shipments slow down, according to new figures from IDC. .. Until the current slowdown, server sales were growing by double-digit figures, but growth stalled in the second quarter and sales were flat”.

Kelly McNeill writes “Following news of having built the world’s most powerful supercomputer, IBM Corp. announced Sunday a breakthrough in shrinking computer circuitry to a microscopic level. The achievement is one more step on the path toward breaking the limitations imposed by silicon chips. IBM scientists say they have constructed a miniature computer circuit using one carbon molecule. The structure uses a nanotube, a building block of future computers 100,000 times smaller than a human hair yet stronger than steel and seen as the successor to today’s silicon chip.”