Author: JT Smith
Intel still insists it will ship the elusive chip by the end of the year, reports ZDNET UK.
Category:
- Unix
How many Microsoft technicians does it take to change a light bulb?
Author: JT Smith
ANSWER: None, they just redefine Darkness (TM) as the new industry standard. This and more hilarity from the ACE 2000 expo, as reported by Fairfax IT.
Category:
- Linux
1-Click fight continues in court today
Author: JT Smith
PI-business.com reports that Amazon.com will continue fighting to protect its patented 1-Click online buying method, arguing in a federal court against challenger BarnesandNoble.com in a case that could influence Internet business practices.
Category:
- Open Source
It’s just an algorithm
Author: JT Smith
At a large security software conference last week in Florida, the most popular T-shirt among the 1000 delegates was the one you could get for free from the exhibition stand of a company called RSA Security. From a report at Fairfax IT.
Category:
- Linux
Pink slips part of dot-com game
Author: JT Smith
Behind the deepening meltdown of once-glamorous
media and shopping sites, the dot-com financial crisis is
broadening and changing shape. For the first time,
e-tailers are not responsible for the greatest number of
dismissals. Read more at ZDNET.
media and shopping sites, the dot-com financial crisis is
broadening and changing shape. For the first time,
e-tailers are not responsible for the greatest number of
dismissals. Read more at ZDNET.
Category:
- Open Source
Are you comfy at your computer? Bringing the fun to another room
Author: JT Smith
In most American homes the computer remains banished to an uncomfortable office-like room, while the television and stereo enjoy the leisurely living room atmosphere, says FoxNews.com.
Category:
- Linux
First Intel, now Apple: Has PC growth hit a wall?
Author: JT Smith
Reuters says that financial warnings by stylish computer maker Apple and chip
powerhouse Intel have stoked fears that personal computer
demand is slowing, even as the industry enters its busiest season.
powerhouse Intel have stoked fears that personal computer
demand is slowing, even as the industry enters its busiest season.
Category:
- Unix
Multi-attack virus uncovered
Author: JT Smith
Norman Data Defence said that it has discovered a new and vicious virus in the
wild. Known as W32/MTX@mm, the virus is said to be highly malicious since it can
strike as a conventional virus, a backdoor program and/or as an e-mail worm. From a report at Computeruser.com.
wild. Known as W32/MTX@mm, the virus is said to be highly malicious since it can
strike as a conventional virus, a backdoor program and/or as an e-mail worm. From a report at Computeruser.com.
Category:
- Linux
Sun dreams of slimmer Jini
Author: JT Smith
Sun Microsystems is scaling back its Jini software intended to network everything from kitchen appliances to cell phones,
adding a stripped-down version more likely to work on today’s gadgets, reports CNET.
adding a stripped-down version more likely to work on today’s gadgets, reports CNET.
Category:
- Open Source
Getting shafted just for fun
Author: JT Smith
A report at Fairfax IT claims that Shafted X is Australia’s largest games-based LAN event, says Richard Smyth, one of the dozen-or-so members of the ShaftedLAN organising committee.