Linux Weekly News has a distributions update.

From Wired.com: Is a memorial to the dead dot-coms funny or sad? “It feels like we’re all gathering in the palace and partying while the black plague rages out there among the peasants,” observers one mourner.

Open Source activity has certainly been strong this week. As was
mentioned in this week’s front page, corporate sponsors play a large part in keeping the open source
community going. Who are these corporate sponsors and what are they up to this week? From LWN.

The Software Group Limited releases Linux drivers and
administration utilities for its SGP hardware adapter to the public domain under the Free Software
Foundation’s General Public License, version 2, according to LinuxPR.com.

Linux Weekly News has the most recent kernel updates, including latest version and latest stable release.

CNN reports: “The objective of the campaign is to build MSN into a global consumer brand
with the recognition, prestige and value of Microsoft’s core brands of Windows
and Office,” the U.S. software company said in a statement released in London.

From ZDNET: It’s been a topsy-turvy ride for former computer
maker Amiga Inc. And the only thing that has kept
the company and its platform afloat has been its
fanatical audience. But with only one new piece
of hardware in the last six years, even fanatics
have their limits.

“The big question is, “Has there been any pressure on CNBC to be pro-Intel or be anti-AMD?” That would be unreasonably stupid, as any kind of pressure whatsoever would cause violent litigation in the wake of Intel’s recent stock plunge. It would also be interesting to find out if the GE mutual funds were exiting from Intel at the same time that CNBC was touting Intel. Maybe there is nothing wrong here, but some investigation just might be able to turn up something.” –Kelly McNeill

A new interconnect architecture developed to
reduce bandwidth bottlenecks is now looming a
little larger on the horizon. From ZDNET.

NEC Tuesday said it has developed a new
microprocessor for use in smart cards can boost Java
performance ten-fold over competing chips. From Network World Fusion.