Yet another ‘giveaway’ PC startup

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September 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

All of the ones that have gone before have failed or are in the process of failing, but PeoplePC thinks it can be successful by offering $24.95/month ISP service and “free” PCs in bulk lots to corporations that want all their employees to have home computers instead of pitching individual users. More at Yahoo News.

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Linux

$10m boost to China’s web research

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September 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“China’s internet research efforts have received a $10 million boost
from the Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing,” says BBC News.

Linux-2.4.0-test9-pre6

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September 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

LinuxToday quotes Linus: “This should fix the VM deadlocks (knock wood), and adds the infrastructure
for better samba serving. And lots of small details….”

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Linux

Alan Cox releases 2.2.18pre10

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September 23, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“More USB synchronziation. Other fixes of stuff that crept in from the big changes before and a few longer term bug fixes” (as reported by lwn.net)

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Linux

Will privacy kill the CueCat?

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September 23, 2000

Author: JT Smith

“Privacy concerns big enough to stop Digital Convergence?” asks ZDnet. “The Privacy Foundation plans to deliver the latest blow to Internet data collector Digital:Convergence Corp. on Friday when the organization releases a report criticizing the company’s collection of potentially identifying information over the Internet.“

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Unix

Typosquatting

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September 23, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Slashdot has the discussion, and ZDnet has the article, on the subject of domain squatting mistyped domains in the hopes or luring in unsuspecting users.

Bumpy road(map) to Mozilla browser

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September 23, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet has a report on the current state and possible future of the Mozilla browser based on its recent roadmap update. “As the rest of the world awaits the arrival of Netscape 6, Mozilla.org enters the critical final phase of developing an open-source browser.“

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Open Source

Suspect arrested in NASA hack

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September 23, 2000

Author: JT Smith

A suspect has been arrested in connection with recent NASA computer problems, as reported by InfoWorld.

Debian plans new installer for woody

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September 23, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Debian is planning to rewrite their installation routine for the next release, as reported and discussed by slashdot.

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Linux

Where there’s UltraSparc, there’s fire

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September 23, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDnet has a
report on the upcoming UltraSparc 3 chip from Sun Microsystems. “It’s no secret that, after several delays, Sun will launch new UltraSparc III systems next week.“

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Unix