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Court adjourns without decision in Napster case

Author: JT Smith

A panel of appellate judges harshly grilled lawyers for both
Napster and the recording industry before adjourning without a decision today, reports CNET News, in the
latest round of a closely watched legal clash that pits the Internet against copyright
laws.

TeamLinux completes two acquisitions

Author: JT Smith

Business Wire reports, TeamLinux Corporation today announced that it has launched a new kiosk, specialized device and
e-commerce solutions business unit resulting from its acquisition of two of the nation’s established
leaders in these technologies.

Clustering Linux boxes with Mosix

Author: JT Smith

“Mosix implements a Single System Image cluster, SSI clusters are best because they give users the impression of working on a single giant computer instead of a cluster of individual nodes,” states Byte.com.

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  • Linux

Jungo joins the VA Linux solution partner program

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR: Jungo Ltd., a market leader in
the hardware access market has announced that it has joined the VA Linux
Solution Partner Program.
(Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)

Syndeo 2.1 offers framework for portable Web applications

Author: JT Smith

Macadamian Technologies Inc., an Ottawa-
based provider of eBusiness and Linux solutions, announced today that the
Developer Edition of Syndeo Collaboration Suite 2.1 now includes Hypersonic
SQL, an open- source Java database, from PRNewswire.

Specman adds Linux support

Author: JT Smith

Verisity Design Inc.’s newest Specman Elite testbench development tool, the Specman Elite v3.3, promises improved integration with
third-party HDL verification tools, and reports the EE Times, is also the company’s first commercial release that supports Linux.

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  • Linux

U.S. picks new crypto standard

Author: JT Smith

It took 23 years, 15 different algorithms, and two conferences, but the U.S. government has finally chosen a new encryption standard, announces Wired News,
the winner: Rijndael, a cipher created by a pair of Belgian cryptographers.

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  • Linux

Microsoft cans open source NTFS threats

Author: JT Smith

The Register reports, Microsoft has retreated from its recent threat to take action against Jeff Merkey’s Timpanogas Research Group for providing read-write access to NTFS partitions.

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  • Open Source

Customize a Linux apps CD

Author: JT Smith

“Linux2order.com is the easiest form I have seen for downloading linux apps,” a reader recommends. “You can order a custom made CD ROM for a backup and they are shipping out Red Hat 7.0 … It is a new site worth checking out.”

Number 3: Linus Torvalds

Author: JT Smith

Network Computing’s list of the 10 most important people of the decade looks at number 3, Linus Torvalds.

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  • Linux