Net-security.org: “Sudo 1.6.3p6 is now available for Slackware 7.1 and Slackware -current. This
release fixes a known buffer overflow, which could be used by malicious users to
compromise parts of the system. If you rely on Sudo and use one of the above
versions of Slackware, it is recommended that you upgrade to the new sudo.tgz
package for the version you’re running.”

MSNBC.com: “Claude Shannon, a
mathematician and computer scientist whose theories became
the basis for modern mass communications networks, died
Saturday after battling Alzheimer’s disease. He was 84.”

IDG.net: “Google made its latest foray into the wireless Internet world on Tuesday with the launch of a site for users of NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s popular I-mode service.”

BusinessWire.com: “O’Reilly Network has launched ONJava.com, an independent web site focused on enterprise Java
development. The new site provides development tools, resources, and articles for enterprise Java developers, according to the O’Reilly Network. ONJava.com
emphasizes cross-platform development and peer-to-peer networking between servers, PCs and wireless devices.
ONJava.com focuses on Enterprise Java applications.”

Yet another opinion piece at LinuxPlanet: “Being blind, one popular misconception maintains, means to give up using the computer to do anything. This is, of course, utter nonsense. Braille
screen readers have been around for years, giving visually impaired users the ability to read screens with up to 80 character-lines. There is even an
8-dot Braille system that goes beyond the standard 6-dot Braille and completely mimics the 256-character set most PCs use.”

They’re mad over at Linux Planet: “There’s been no lack of outrage in the Linux and open source arenas lately over Microsoft’s actions, particularly some of Ji m Allchin’s recent
statements regarding the “threat” of open source or GPL’d software or whatever it was he was really talking about. Every time I see the Linux and
open/free source supporters getting all huffed up about this incident or Microsoft’s ongoing FUD war against Linux, I have to laugh. Not because
it’s just so much silliness from Microsoft (which it is), but because it doesn’t even scratch the surface of what they’re capable of and routinely do.
Microsoft is not only far better at this game than you imagine, they’re far better at it than you can imagine.”

Net-security.org: “A buffer overflow exists in the sudo program which could be used by an attacker
to obtain higher privileges. sudo is a program used to delegate superuser
privileges to ordinary users and only for specific commands.”

ZDNET: “Ellison told some 11,000 Oracle customers attending the show that his employees know best how to make your company an e-business. In some cases, that could mean changing your business practices to fit Oracle’s software and methodologies.”

ZDNet UK reports that online vandals appear to have altered the HTML pages displayed on sites plagued by the Ramen Linux worm. “”Several [vandal] groups are suddenly switching to Red Hat,” said Matt Dickerson, also known as “Munge”, a staff member at security group Attrition.org. “We think they are modifying the HTML pages in the worm with their own text and graphics.””

Remember reading about that cool Palm-controlled robot developed by
Carnegie Mellon University? Gee, didn’t it look fun? O’Reilly Network thinks you might enjoy John Ochwat’s tale about his ultimately satisfying experience with the PalmIII PPRK Robot Kit. (At least, thats’s what Ellen Maremont Silver of O’Reilly says, slightly paraphrased.)