LinuxPR: “The Tulsa Linux Users Group (TLUG) [1] is announcing a series of free
Linux training classes open to the general public. TLUG is providing
these classes as a public service to promote the use of Linux in
government, education and business.

The classes will begin with “Installing and Configuring the Apache
Webserver” on Saturday, August 11, 2001 at 10:00 AM. It will be held in
the Preview Room at the Tulsa Central Library [2] at 10:00 AM. The
class will last about two hours, will be videotaped, and will be made
available online at a later date.”

Wired: “Microsoft gets ready to release Windows XP, all the while battling its reputation as a bully and its competitors’ voices in Washington.”

Slashdot: “A demo of Kohan Immortal Sovereigns (a real time strategy game) is
out on linux. The full version should be coming soon. News, stuff about the game, and
the demo are available at www.timegatestudios.com.” I hadn’t heard much about this
game, but the graphics are definitely impressive. Might be worth a download.”

LinuxPR: “theKompany.com is pleased to announce the release of DataArchitect
1.2.0.

“DataArchitect is an exciting new tool that we are bringing to Linux that
provides ERD capability like PowerDesigner as well as the ability to
graphically reverse engineer, create and modify a database through
ODBC and perform advanced SQL functions” says Shawn Gordon,
theKompany.com President.”

2600.com: “Dr. Matt Blaze is a research scientist at AT&T Laboratories,

where he studies the use of cryptography in computing and network

security. His research focuses on the architecture, design and

analysis of secure systems and on discovering new cryptographic

primitives and techniques. He invented the field of ?trust

management,? a unified approach for specifying and controlling

security policy in complex distributed systems, and leads the

KeyNote project at AT&T Laboratories.”

CNET: “Microsoft plans to announce on Monday a new, more widely available test version of
“Talisker,” the code name for the next version of its Windows CE operating system.

Beta 2 is designed to be the last test version before the final code is released later this year.
Talisker and previous versions of Windows CE are similar to Microsoft’s Windows operating
system for PCs but used in other devices, such as handheld computers and factory automation
equipment. The company released the first test version in April.”

Slashdot: “alen writes “I’ve been working with NT for a year now, and I’m getting really tired of it. So I
finally decided to learn Linux, after a year of putting it off. I’ve got an old P2 266 that I’m
going to use. Now the next question is what distro do I get? What’s a good starter version?
I’m just looking to get the feel of it and to play around a little. ” This question gets asked
periodically – it’s always good to hear have a lively discussion about it – I love my Debian but have heard
that Mandrake is a good starter distro.”

Computernewsdaily.com: Scenario: Using source code stolen from the U.S. Naval Research
Laboratory in Washington, hackers disable Global Positioning System
satellites, which the government plans to make the primary national
navigation source for commercial aviation. Banking, communications,
and Internet enterprises relying on the GPS timing signal are disrupted.

LinuxPR: “Magic Software Enterprises, Ltd. announced today that
its Magic eDeveloper(tm) and Magic eMerchant(tm) offerings have
received IBM’s ServerProven(r) Certification, designed by IBM to help
its customers easily identify complete solutions for their
business-critical e-business needs.”

The Standard: “Most of the existing worms have been [of]
very amateurish construction. We have only
seen the tip of the iceberg of the worm
problem,” said Jonathan Wignall, a member
of the Data and Network Security Council, an
independent information-security U.K.
pressure group that promotes safer
networking, during the Hackers at Large
conference.”