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Concerned Reader write: "Distributions have done a lot to make installing Linux easier. But as Dennis E. Powell reports in his column for this...
Human-like program entities contest
The Loebner 2002 Organizing Committee writes: "Hello Fellow "Bot" Masters: Many of you have heard of the International Loebner
Competition , the first open...
Commerce Department to invite consumer groups to discuss digital rights management
-By Grant Gross -
Officials in the Technology Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce are looking for consumer groups to join...
Free Source TCO must be lower
Brendan Scott writes "Brendan Scott has released a paper demonstrating that the long run TCO for a suite of proprietary software must necessarily be...
Weekly news wrap-up: Mandrake on Walmart.com PCs, the next Open Source business boom
-By Grant Gross -
We first reported in mid-June that Walmart.com was planning to offer Mandrake's brand of Linux on PCs, in additional to...
Commentary: The game theory of open code
Author: JT Smith
- By Mikael Pawlo - Editor: A draft of this article has been stirring up much debate on the Free Software law...
Ogg Vorbis official release is here
From CNet news:
"Members of the Ogg Vorbis project have unveiled release 1.0 of their software, an open-source alternative to the MP3 format.
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Company claims patent on JPEG compression algorithm
From Wired.com: "Since 1986, Patent No. 4,698,672 has done little more than languish in the archives of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Linux advisory watch – July 19th 2002
LinuxSecurity Contributors writes "Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced throughout the week. It includes...
New US federal computer tax proposed
Anonymous Reader writes "New computers and monitors will cost up to $10 more if H.R. 5158, also known as CHWIP, is approved. The bill,...