LinuxPlanet article claims, “Since the M17 release, something pretty cool has been going on with Mozilla: it gets noticeably better on a daily basis. Not the sort of “better” that had people calling it “rock stable” six months ago, when it clearly was not. Rather, it’s the sort of “better” than finds me using it continually for most of the day.”

ZDNet Interactive Week reports, Sun Microsystems’ Java Message Service, appears ready to challenge other message-oriented middleware systems, such as IBM’s MQSeries, MQ Express from Talarian and Tib/Rendezvous from Tibco Software.

China published sweeping new regulations on Internet companies Monday that limit foreign investment, require strict surveillance against
“subversive” content and threaten to close down any unlicensed firms, reports Reuters.

Intel still insists it will ship the elusive chip by the end of the year, reports ZDNET UK.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.