Perl 5.6.1 is now available. Read the announcement posted to the perl5-porters mailing list for the complete list of new features, changes, and bug fixes.

LWN.net posts the latest weekly summary of Python-related news. In this issue: “The PEP 245 (interface syntax) discussion continues” … “Neal Norwitz announces PyChecker, a source checking utility” … “Python 2.0 ports to OS/2 using the EMX+GCC compiler and runtime.”

LinuxSecurity.com: “The version of xntp3 that shipped with Slackware 7.1 as well as the
version that was in Slackware -current contains a buffer overflow bug that
could lead to a root compromise. Slackware 7.1 and Slackware -current
users are urged to upgrade to the new packages available for their
release.”

LinuxPlanet reviews Kylix: “Kylix is not difficult to learn, but neither is it intuitively simple. Nor is it suitable for a true novice programmer, in my opinion. This reality, though, does
not diminish its value as a serious tool for a professional developer. If you are moving to Linux from a Windows environment, using either Delphi or
Visual BASIC, then buying Kylix should be a no-brainer.”

The Register: “NEC Electronics is to issue pink slips to 700 staff at its Roseville, California fab.

It is also rejigging production at the plant away from DRAM and into more lucrative
LSI and logic devices for the communications sector. The company has scrapped
its test and management facility at the plant.”

ZDNET.co.uk: “Norman Inkster, president of KPMG Investigation and Security, said
studies by KPMG over the last decade had found that 70 percent of
fraud was carried out by insiders. “Most security breaches are carried
out by individuals who possess intimate knowledge of the systems
which they are attacking,” he added.”

Wired: “Digital archiving may be the wave of the future, but it’s costly, new and untested. How do we preserve history in an electronic age?”

The Register: “AMD’s Thunderbird Athlon core will be taken to 1.5GHz over the coming months,
with a part at that speed and another at 1.4GHz to fill the gap between the
top-of-the-line chip and the current 1.3GHz Athlon.”

PRNewswire: “At a maximum speed of 480 Mbps, USB 2.0 technology is forty times faster
than USB 1.1 and also maintains forward and backward compatibility with USB
1.1.”

LinuxSecurity: “This week, the Adore worm is something that Linux users should be on the outlook for. Sans released a good paper on the
specifics of this particular worm. Also this week, you may want to spend time reading “Detecting Loadable Kernel Modules,”
“The Process of Network Security,” and “Lion Internet Worm Analysis.”