Anonymous Reader writes “LinuxDevices.com has just launched a new Embedded Java+Linux Quick Reference Guide devoted to the growing use of Java technology within Linux-based embedded systems and intelligent devices. They’re hoping the continuously updated resource will serve as a popular source of information for embedded system and device developers. The guide begins with an overview article, and provides extensive info on relevant articles, whitepapers, products, and web resources. They’ve also established an online discussion forum related to the topic.”

Ogg vorbis files of talks given by RMS at Government Model Engineering College have been posted: “On 24th July 2001 ace geek guru and the President of the Free Software Foundation, Richard M. Stallman, talked to a packed audience at Model Engineering College on the Danger of Software Patents. He explained the differences between copyrights and patents and how badly software patents can hamper all technological progress and suggested a few preventive measures.”

Internetweek: “IBM is now offering a free service, the Linux Community Development System (LCDS), that lets Linux developers access Linux running on an S/390 mainframe over the Internet and, therefore, provides the open-source community with a stable high-end platform to develop, port or test its applications.”

Following all the “good” news about the enforcement of the DMCA on foreign nationals, Wired talks about the plans of the US Congress to commission more enforcers. “If you’ve ever contemplated violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, be warned: Congress is set to more than double the number of federal copyright cops. A draft of next year’s budget includes plans to hire far more Justice Department attorneys and FBI agents who are charged with placing more pirates in prison.”

Darth Elmo has written a light-hearted account of his experiences at Defcon 9, and posted it over on LinuxJournal.

Slashdot has posted about Ximian and .NET, linking to an Infoworld opinion column which says that Ximian’s Mono might destroy Open Source.

2600: “After a meeting Friday between the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the US Attorney’s office produced no concrete results, activists reiterated their calls for protest in the case of jailed Russian Programmer Dmitry Sklyarov. The EFF has issued a media release supporting the protests.”

O’Reilly net: “In case you haven’t been watching the news lately, massive downsizing (which is a euphemism for “firing” so that shareholders get more “value” for the shares) is really in fashion in 2001. Now, we all know that someone has to be there to run the data centers, develop new products, and answer customer calls, but in this downturn, many companies are being penny-wise and pound-foolish in their layoff strategies and are slashing large swaths through their technical staffs.”

More Dmitry coverage at C|Net: “He’s an unlikely poster child for a movement to change a major U.S. law. But the plight of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, who was arrested last week, is again shining the spotlight on a controversial law designed to expand copyright protections into the digital age. “

Wired: “MUMBAI, India — Indian hackers always thought they were too sophisticated to fall into the hands of the rough cops in this country, whom various human rights groups routinely accuse of brutality. But that feeling evaporated after one of the four people arrested recently in connection with a hacking incident accused Mumbai police of breaking his hand during interrogation.”