Linux Journal discusses the need for and the methods of security which should concern every Linux user.

Anonymous Reader writes “ZZZ is running a story about the weirdest vehicle I have ever seen. Guys, you just have to take a look at this. The device has only one four foot tall wheel and the driver seat is located right inside this wheel. The top speed of this freak is 100 mph! This is something incredible. At the same time, this monocycle is road legal. If you ever drive this thing you will look like absolute maniac :-)” At least changing the tire is simple…

The Globe and Mail lokos at Steve Ballmer’s convictions about Microsoft’s .Net strategy, XML, and the company’s future.

daemonnews.org has a story on info pages available that are part of NetBSD documentation.

eWeek has a story on the efforts of Aegis Systems and Medinex Systems to secure email.
The Ageis system works with a “Linux-based appliance that connects to a corporate network and stores 128-bit keys for each assigned user on the email system.”

O’Reilly and Associates announced today that
registration is now open for the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, to be
held July 23-27, 2001 at the Sheraton San Diego, San Diego, CA.

With over 200 talks, 60 tutorials, and 17 rooms, this year’s
convention, encompassing the Perl Conference 5, the PHP Conference, the
8th Tcl/Tk Conference, XTech, the O’Reilly Summit on Open Source
Strategies, and others–is larger (and one day longer) than O’Reilly’s
previous open source conventions. The increased size of the O’Reilly
Open Source Convention also required a change of venue, and the
conference planners chose San Diego so that attendees could combine the
convention with a little R&R. “Fun, sun, and family activities are
endless in San Diego, and this year we’re planning more activities for
the families of attendees than ever before,” says Angela Capo,
O’Reilly’s Conference Planner.

O’Reilly’s Open Source Convention is renowned as a gathering of
top-notch leaders, experts, and visionaries from all avenues of the
open source movement. This year’s speakers and panelists include:

Larry Wall, Rasmus Lerdorf, Guido van Rossum, Eric S. Raymond, Brian
Behlendorf, Damian Conway, W. Phillip Moore, chromatic, David Ascher,
Jon Orwant, Mitchell Baker, Tom Christiansen, Simon Cozens, Randal
Schwartz, Mark-Jason Dominus, Doug MacEachern, Ray Lischner, and Andy
Neely. (For a complete list of speakers, see
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2001/pub/10/speakers.html)

“This year, more than ever, the open source convention is a key event
for anyone interested in the future of software,” says Tim O’Reilly,
founder and president of O’Reilly & Associates. “Even as the hype and
stock market valuations of Linux companies are receding, use of open
source software development methodologies is on the upswing, as
mainstream companies embrace the benefits of collaborative development
and open source peer review. What’s more, we’re in the middle of a
technological sea change, as we move from the desktop era to
network-centric computing. Open source developers and system
administrators need to learn new skills, such as working with XML,
building web services with SOAP and XML-RPC, or interfacing with new
networking platforms such as Jabber, Gnutella, and Jxta–not to mention
working with bigger, more scalable database servers and smaller mobile
devices and embedded systems.”

O’Reilly Open Source Convention and Perl Conference 5 Early Bird
Registration through June 22, 2001:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2001/pub/10/register.html.

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eWeek reports on Red Hat’s release of its 7.1 version and Ximian’s release of Ximian GNOME 1.4 and Red Carpet 1.0.

CNet reports on SGI’s latest changes, including the promotion of Chief Financial Officer Hal Covert to president, “freeing
Chief Executive Bob Bishop to spend more time with customers.” Also SGI, “released version 1.0 of a high-end file system for
Linux, the clone of Unix that SGI has banked on heavily for its future workstation and server
products. SGI promised that the software would be released for Linux nearly two years ago.”

eWeek has a story about Sun’s plans to release StarOffice 6 later this year. Among other things, version 6 will include the XML file format specification.

Wired.com reports: “A trio of federal judges lobbed sharp questions on Tuesday at a law school dean who argued it should be legal
to distribute a DVD-descrambling utility.

The judges, from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, spent an hour quizzing attorneys for both sides in Universal Studios v.
Remeirdes et al, a high-profile case that has pitted Hollywood against the open-source community.

The panel of three judges appeared to be more sympathetic to the legal arguments raised by the entertainment industry.” Here’s another take on the story from CNet.