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The Cheese worm: A welcome helper for Linux?

Author: JT Smith

ZDNET.co.uk: “System administrators, worldwide reported signs on Wednesday that
another self-spreading program — or worm — had started to infect
Linux systems.

This worm appears to be different, however. Dubbed the Cheese
worm, the program is basically a self-spreading patch. It enters
servers that have already been compromised by a previous bit of
malicious code — the 3-month-old 1i0n worm — and closes the
back door behind it, adding security to the system.”

Linux takes Hollywood by storm

Author: JT Smith

ZDNET: “Linux is becoming a significant force for how movies are being made,” says Ed Leonard,
DreamWorks’ chief technology officer. “For a certain amount of investment, you get dramatically
increased returns.”

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  • Linux

Soyo SY-K7ADA

Author: JT Smith

Patrick Mullen writes: “The Duke of URL has posted a review of the Soyo SY-K7ADA, an ALi MAGiK 1-based motherboard that utilizes DDR SDRAM. The review covers benchmarks (Q3A, Kernel Compilation, XHDBench), its features, overclocking, and much more.”

Category:

  • Unix

Moving into Sun’s JavaSpace

Author: JT Smith

Wired: “Sun’s JavaSpace concept is like “a singles bar for clients and services,” and a startup hopes its new platform provides a perfect marriage.”

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  • Linux

Introduction to Linux kernel modules

Author: JT Smith

“The earlier articles touched on what Linux Operating System is all about. You know its scope, its advantages,
disadvantages, weaknesses and strongholds. In this article, we take a closer look at the Kernel modules–one of the two
modes that Linux operates in.” More at FreeOS.com.

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  • Linux

MindRover: The Europa project

Author: JT Smith

Linux Weekly News: “Loki Software, Inc. announces that MindRover: The Europa Project for
Linux will ship on Wednesday, May 23.”

MS bug of the day: Win ME passwords may be vulnerable

Author: JT Smith

MSNBC.com: “For users who have password protected the
Compressed Folders feature in Windows Me and Microsoft
Plus! 98, be forewarned! Microsoft says that data compression
passwords can be recovered by a malicious attacker.”

Linus week?

Author: JT Smith

Silicon.com: “This 31-year-old Finn is the father of the Linux OS and a
poster boy for the open source software movement. Yet he
remains an enigma. Here we share his thoughts on software, big
vendors, writing ‘Just For Fun’, and saunas. Consider this a
portal into Linus’ mind.”

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  • Linux

LynuxWorks’ BlueCat Linux to ship with Intel Inside

Author: JT Smith

PRNewswire: “LynuxWorks(TM), Inc. today announced availability of its BlueCat(TM) Linux for the new
Intel(R) Internet Exchange Architecture Software Developers Kit (Intel IXA SDK) 2.0 for the Intel(R) IXP1200 Network Processor family.”

RMS goes to U.S. copyright office

Author: JT Smith

Wired: “Richard Stallman has a simple message for the U.S. government about a proposed copyright treaty: Don’t even think about signing it.

Stallman, the bearded, irascible creator of GNU Emacs and a spokesman for the free software movement, showed up at a U.S. Copyright Office roundtable
on Tuesday to warn that the draft measure would imperil American programmers by encouraging frivolous software patents.”