In the vein of sites like QuestionExchange and Expert Central, there’s a new site called IdeaExchange that lets people sell their intellectual property to the highest bidder. From ZDNET.

Linux4us has started its RealTimeBattle contest. From now on, you are able to subscribe, and a RTB league is planned. Every team gets its own little information page. The winners get prizes. To subscribe, visit Linux4us (it’s near the middle of the page). And to get more information, visit RTB— Submitted by an Anonymous Reader

LWN has posted the announcement about the recent update of Linux-Mandrake’s tmpwatch package. It is a recommended update that fixes a local denial of service attack.

ANNAPOLIS, MD (October 6, 2000)- Scyld Computing Corporation today released the Scyld Beowulf Scalable Computing software. Read more on prweb.

In the latest installment of the BOFH, our friendly operator shows the new ex-military boss the ropes.

Another help question on Slashdot is asked. “Are there places that hire UNIX interns?“

In this Slashdot discussion, cluge asks if the community should re-evaluate the performance of Linux, to show people the changes that have occurred since the MS Linux Myths page was produced.

The GCC steering committee has issued a statement about Red Hat (and others) including alpha development code in their distributions. Slashdot has a discussion of the issue.

Webb Interactive Services of Denver, owners of the Open Source Instant Messaging company Jabber.com, has been named to Deloitte & Touche’s “Fast 50”
Program for Colorado, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies
in the state. The press release is at PR Newswire.

CNET reports that the group, which was founded in 1997, sent a letter in April to Microsoft, asking them to stop using the
name “DigitalDiva” in conjunction with tech know-how for the computer illiterate. Founders of Digital Divas
said that they had been using the name for three years in association with computer-related assistance;
and because content on both sites was similar, the group charged that Microsoft had violated its
operational trademark.