Law enforcement officials hunting for the vandal responsible for
the 27 October defacement of the New York Yankees’ Web site
searched a computer science student’s dorm room on Saturday
and removed three computers. From ZDCOUK.

IDG.net reports that SuSE Linux announced the immediate availability of the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system for IBM’s S/390 server family.

It is the worst nightmare of every network
administrator: A single employee, working from
home, inadvertently opens a gaping hole in the
corporate computer system — big enough for a
hacker to get deep inside and view valuable trade
secrets. ZDNET reports.

From Dr. Dobb’s Journal: The Hurd’s attempt at modularity goes beyond using a microkernel with clean interfaces. It also organizes
the extra kernel OS facilities into modules called “servers” (or daemons; these are the “UNIX-replacing
daemons” referred to in the Hurd acronym). Each provides a fixed set of services to user applications. They
communicate with each other, the kernel, and user processes by a set of clean interfaces.

It’s scary stuff: Whistler beta 1 and the near-final beta of
Linux 2.4 are both released on Halloween.

Software testers are going to be busy in the next few weeks as
new Windows and Linux betas make their way into the
marketplace. From ZDCOUK.

ZDCOUK reports: In a Software Developers 2000 Conference interview, the infamous hacker apologises for his actions, and says something’s amiss regarding the recent Microsoft attack.

Emerging software and services vendors are attempting to
piggyback on the popularity of Linux and other open source
projects

In a market overflowing with Internet-enabled applications,
vendors increasingly are counting on the magic words “open
source” to attract venture capitalist, partner and customer interest. From ZDCOUK.

CBSmarketwatch reports: A group of program writers in California’s Silicon Valley this week held a
first-ever convention dedicated to advancing open-source database
applications. The group met to forward free software that promises to do
some of the same functions as Oracle’s (ORCL: news, msgs) flagship
software, which can cost $750 per individual on a corporate network.

After failing to attract enough individual customers with its pay-for-privacy service, Zero Knowledge is turning to the consulting business. Wired.com’s Declan McCullagh reports from Washington.

Technology workers want freebies that set them free.

CNet reports that’s the conclusion of a new survey to be released Wednesday by Techies.com, which polled 1,000 technology professionals on
their preferred perks. The Minneapolis-based career Web site found that the most popular fringe benefits were telecommuting aids
such as subsidized home PCs and Internet access.

Techies also want their companies to spring for membership to local spas or health clubs. A free car and
wireless phone rounded out the survey’s top five perks. At the bottom of the list were game rooms and
free haircuts.