MSNBC is cautioning Windows users about a potential new exploit. Opening MS Office files from Windows Explorer leaves the user vulnerable to a potential shared library file trojan.

NASA reports that the NEAR Shoemaker Near-Earth asteroid research craft orbiting the asteroid “Eros” has found square craters on the 33 kilometre long rock.

Lineo and
ACCESS Co. Ltd. announced today a license agreement to offer NetFront for Embedix, a full version of NetFront
tailored for Embedix. This combination will reduce the amount of porting work required by OEM customers and
accelerate their product development cycle.
The press release is from PR Newswire.

CNet report: The U.S. Justice Department has selected the IIT Research Institute, a branch of the
Illinois Institute of Technology, to perform a technical review of the FBI’s Carnivore
Internet wiretapping technology.

Red Hat, a leader in developing, deploying and managing open source
Internet infrastructure solutions, announced today at the Embedded Systems Conference West
2000 that the launch of Red Hat Network earlier this week will bring users of Internet appliances
and embedded systems running Red Hat Linux a reliable, fast source for new services and
device maintenance in the field. Read more of the press release from Business Wire.

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.