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Sun rises with new generation of servers

Author: JT Smith

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

Category:

  • Unix

For Novell, remembrance of things past

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet article pays tribute to the early versions of NetWare.

MS charges twice for Windows

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

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.

Category:

  • Unix

Website to sell downloads of South Park

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

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.

Category:

  • Linux

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

Author: JT Smith

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

Category:

  • Unix

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

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.

Category:

  • Linux

Your Palm is ringing

Author: JT Smith

From PCWorld.com:Palm and RealVision Technology have announced a telephony attachment device for the Palm V handheld device, enabling the PDA (personal digital assistant) to function like a mobile phone.

Global Center outages not DoS attack

Author: JT Smith

Major hosting service GlobalCenter suffered a 14-hour traffic jam last week on several of its sites, including the heavily used Telstra White and Yellow Pages sites, reports Australian site I.T.