An anonymous reader writes: “A slip of the decimal point may have MP3.com paying $3 million instead of $300,000 in its TVT Records Trial. MP3Newswire.“

Perl.org: “Jarkko Hietaniemi has released perl 5.7.1 (the link will be active within a few hours if it is not now), the
second development release of perl 5.7, which is the development track for what will be perl 5.8. Read the
announcement from the archives.”

Wired: “You’ve heard about the Love Bug and the Ana Kournikova virus. But what about the viruses without the sexy names? Security experts say that many serious computer breaches go unreported.”

ZDNET.co.uk: “Ante Kotarac, who operates the security Web site
www.403-security.org, says that the problem affects Hyper Terminal,
an application included with most versions of the Windows operating
system that allows a user to establish a secure connection with
another machine. Kotarac, known in the security field by the name
Astral, says that he first contacted Microsoft about the vulnerability in
November 2000 and has become frustrated by the company’s lack of
concern.”

Katherine Gill, a publicist for IBM, sent us this good news about the latest addition to developerWorks:

Good morning -

Now that Linux is cropping up everywhere from desktops to servers,
developers are under pressure to become well-rounded in a variety of Linux
topics. To better serve the developer community, IBM is leveraging its
technical expertise in Linux by providing free educational tools via its
developerWorks site, IBM's free, online resource for developers.

Today, IBM has added a free tutorial on desktop basics (known as "K Desktop
Environment or KDE") to its growing collection on the developerWorks Linux
Zone. This tutorial will teach Linux users of every level to customize their
own KDE GUI.  Released February 26, KDE 2.1 addresses the need for an
Internet-enabled desktop for Linux.

The KDE tutorial is one of several new tutorials featured on
developerWorks' Linux Zone. The Zone has been steadily providing basic
training in hot areas that are relevant to developers who want to enhance
their technical skills or improve their marketability. Topics include:
basic Linux installation and configuration, scripting languages, desktop
environments, open source management tools and networking.

Thanks!

Katherine Gill
Brodeur Worldwide for IBM

highlander writes: “JSP or Java Server Pages are dynamically generated pages similar to ASP (Active Server Pages) and PHP. JSP is based on Java, and is platform as well as Web server independent. If a Web server doesn?t have built-in support for JSP, you can add the same to it. Read more at PC Quest.“

CNET: “On the face of it, even the existence of such a movement seems bizarre: Why should large
numbers of programmers around the world volunteer to spend hour after hour writing code or
catching bugs without the hope of monetary gain? And yet they do. Open-source
development has led to the creation of applications such as the Linux operating system and
the Apache Web server. Launched eight years ago at the initiative of Linus Torvalds, a
Finnish student, Linux-based operating systems have captured nearly 30 percent of the
server market.”

LinuxNewbie has a step-by-step tutorial on setting up Apache with mySQL and Frontpage 2000 extensions:Sensei writes: “

– Any line starting with “#” is a command to be ran as root on your box.

– Any line starting with “>” is a configuration file entry in which the
“>” can be ignored.

– Currently the method of order to get a working install is.

— Install mysql.

— Patch the Apache Source with Frontpage 2000 patch

— A simple Apache configure (no make or install)

— Configure make and make install PHP with apache and mysql support

— Configure apache with activate module php4 and add module mod_fontpage.c
that was created from patch

— Make and Make install Apache

— Apply frontpage extensions to DocumentRoot using fpsrvadm.exe

1. download the following packages to /downloads

– apache_1.3.19.tar.gz – www.apache.org
– fp40.linux.tar.gz – www.rtr.com
– mysql-3.23.32.tar.gz – www.mysql.org
– php-4.0.4pl1.tar.gz – www.php.net

2. extract all packages in /download execpt
for frontpage which will need to extract to /usr/local

# tar zxfv apache_1.3.19.tar.gz
# tar zxfv fp40.linux.tar.gz -C /usr/local
# tar zxfv mysql-3.23.32.tar.gz
# tar zxfv php-4.0.4pl1.tar.gz

Check it out here“

PCWorld: “PGP Security’s Computer Vulnerability Emergency Response Team (COVERT) has notified three vendors that new vulnerabilities have been discovered in their FTP (file transfer protocol) server software, a PGP official said Monday.”

ZDNET.co.uk: “In Just for Fun, the story of an accidental revolutionary, the
creator of Linux tries to shed his media image as a self-effacing
monk.”