CNet reports that a veteran bug hunter has detected yet another security hole in Microsoft’s software that
could potentially give hackers an easy route to personal computer files. An advisory is warning Web surfers
using Microsoft’s recently released Internet Explorer 5.5 that they are at risk.

Linux World has a story about products that allow you to access Linux servers via xterms from a
Windows desktop. Why do you want to do that? Read on.

Samsung Electronics, Samsung
Electro-Mechanics and Lineo, Inc., today announced the formation of a joint venture in Korea. The venture, to be
headed by a senior Samsung executive, will focus on providing embedded systems solutions to Samsung
Electronics and Samsung Electro-Mechanics. Operations will begin almost immediately, with headquarters located
just south of Seoul. Read the press release from PR Newswire.

From a CNet story: “Even as the online music world focuses on next week’s Napster trial, tension is mounting
behind the scenes over the record industry’s control of the still-young online radio
business.

The Recording Industry Association of America is in the final stages of creating a collective
intended to distribute royalties to artists and record labels every time a song is
played online by a Webcasting service such as CMGI’s iCast or America
Online’s Spinner.com.”

Lineo, a leader in
Linux-based embedded systems, today announced the utilization of embedded Linux on
customizable embedded processor cores. One common language used for defining such parts is the VHSIC
Hardware Description Language or VHDL. By utilizing industry-standard VHDL, in this case, a SPARC processor
created by the European Space Agency, Lineo was able to build the core processor and install embedded
Linux on a Field Programmable Gate Array. This project represents the first known example of open source
embedded Linux running on open core processors. Read the press release from PR Newswire.

Red Hat, a leader in developing, deploying and managing open source
Internet infrastructure solutions, today announced two new major technical advances that improve
productivity and time-to-market for the developers and manufacturers of embedded solutions:
RedBoot embedded debug and bootstrap solution, and the EL/IX Level I compatibility
layer for eCos (embedded configurable operating system). The press release is from Business Wire.

KDE.org publishes an updated release schedule.

Concierge today announced that
it has reached a preliminary joint venture agreement with LinuxOne Inc. to coordinate the
companies’ efforts in several strategic markets. The press release is from Business Wire.

From an InforWorld story about Microsoft launching its line of Enterprise Servers and a new .NET server: “Microsoft is relying on a number of third parties to better compete with Unix vendors.”

From PR Newswire: Lineo, a provider of
embedded systems, real-time and high availability Linux-based solutions, today announced premier channel
partnership agreements with Japan-based Dia Semicon Systems and Kanematsu Semiconductor
Corporation. The companies are both established semiconductor distributors and device-related systems
integrators.