NEC and MontaVista Port Linux OS to VR

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

NEC Electronics Inc. and MontaVista Software Inc. today announced that the Hard Hat Linux operating system has been ported to NEC’s VR4181, VR4121, VR5000 and VR5432 64-bit MIPS RISC microprocessors and evaluation platforms, from ALl Linux Devices.

J2ME finds its niche

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Hunting for a home for Java2 Micro Edition, Infoworld News reports, Sun Microsystems has found one in wireless handsets.

Sun rises with new generation of servers

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

CNET News is reporting, on Wednesday, the company will unveil a
long-awaited new generation of Unix servers and UltraSparc processors

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Unix

For Novell, remembrance of things past

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet article pays tribute to the early versions of NetWare.

MS charges twice for Windows

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Coordinated industry pressure may be required to make Microsoft ditch the lucrative policy which could in theory net the software giant up to $8 billion, says ZDCOUK.

Depth of field means true 3-D is on the horizon

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The makers of 3-D monitors that really fulfill their promise are certain it’s the new frontier for hooking PC users. The biggest obstacle is liable to be the price. By Andy Patrizio at Wired.com.

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Unix

Website to sell downloads of South Park

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Reuters on Excite says Sightsound.com has made a deal with Comedy Central and will offer episodes of the popular cartoon South Park for a fee. The company says the downloads offer a cheaper alternative to DVDs or VHS.

Newbie help file: distro primer

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

A reader writes: “Here is a kinda basic, not too biased view on a few different distros. Maybe others can add to this and we can finally end the ‘what distro’ questions.” From Linuxnewbie.org.

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Linux

“We’re not Intel,” say bullish Asian chipmakers

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Acer and others predict growth and diversification, says Techweb.com.

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Unix

Is Microsoft “colluding” with NSA to allow backdoor access into apps?

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September 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The National Security Administration gathers information on Internet traffic, especially in foreign countries. Now, some European nations are looking at open source solutions, says ZDCOUK.

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Linux