IDG.net reports on the number of Transmeta sightings at Comdex, including Sony’s Viao PictureBook and two Hitachi products. Some companies are “believers that the chipmaker’s processor is ideal for smaller portable machines.”

Linux World has a column on a Samba, the most common Open Source file and print server, and how to avoid the “potential quirks” while using it.

From use.perl.org: “Komodo, ActiveState’s cross-platform, cross-language Integrated
Development Environment based on the Mozilla application development
framework, is available in pre-beta for download. The Technology Preview
Release has support for Windows NT/2000. Support for other platforms will be available very soon.”

Joe Barr is on a campaign against the BSA campaign – read the rant at Penguinista.org:”The BSA, an organization of software publishers which presents itself as a faux-officious police enforcement bureau, is conducting a global campaign of threats, bullying, and terror on behalf of Microsoft and other of its members. The goal of the campaign is to frighten users of unlicensed software into buying legitimate, licensed copies.” -Submitted by Brent Toderash

Australian IT rates Intel’s forthcoming processor: “So how fast is it? Very. But not nearly as fast as you’d want it to be, for the money.”

ZDNet News reports from Comdex: the second coming of USB is on the way, as developers raise the curtain on new products designed for the latest version of the protocol. USB 2.0 promises to deliver up to 480Mbits/sec for external peripherals.

Corel’s deal with Microsoft hardly spells the end of the company’s Linux products, chief executive Derek Burney claims. Corel is “refocusing” — not relinquishing — its Linux products and plans, the Canadian software vendor’s chief executive Derek Burney insisted Monday. From a ZDNet News report.

The Register reports that Palm is finally offering an upgrade to version 3.5 of its PalmOS. The download is available as part of an upgrade kit that brings cell phone Internet connectivity to older Palm devices for $39.95 or as a download for $14.95.

CNET News.com reports that not everyone is happy with VeriSign’s plans to introduce domain names that use Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters. Although domain registrars have reported strong initial demand for the new names, some attendees have cautioned that the new system could lead to an increase of misdirected e-mail, disappearing Web sites, and other headaches.

The Duke of URL reviews Linux Mandrake 7.2: “MandrakeSoft has seamlessly transformed Linux to a once archaic ‘hacker OS’ to a viable alternative not only to Windows users, but Linux users frustrated with the time it takes to configure an operating system.”