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Project Kylix – Native Rapid Application Development for Linux

Author: JT Smith

Borland offers this transcript of the Kylix presentation at the Linux Development Seminar in Brussels and The Hague.

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  • Linux

QLITech Linux Computers unveils updated workstations

Author: JT Smith

QLITech Linux Computers is proud to announce their new “Advanced Multimedia Workstation” system configurations featuring AMD Athlon “Thunderbird” 800, 900, and 950 processors, from Linux PR.

Gnutella is going down in flames!

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet article concludes, “we’ll just have to wait and see if Gnutella’s kinks get worked out or if it’s time to call a dead horse dead.”

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  • Linux

VA Linux Systems named in Deloitte & Touche ”Fast 50”

Author: JT Smith

VA Linux Systems’ president and CEO, Dr. Larry M. Augustin, attributes the company’s 1,460 percent revenue growth over the past five years to the rapid growth of the Internet server market and the company’s expertise in Linux and Open Source development, from Business Wire. (Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)

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  • Open Source

Casual use of Dick causes two-chili warning in Eudora

Author: JT Smith

The new Eudora mail program considers Cheney’s nickname a violation of morality filters. Get the full explanation at NandoTimes.

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  • Linux

A secure distribution: SmoothWall Linux 0.9.4

Author: JT Smith

Richard Morrell of VA Linux (Newsforge.com is owned by OSDN, a division of VA Linux) is the creator of this distro available at SourceForge. “This isn’t a VA project,” says Morrell. Read more about it at LinuxPlanet.com.

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  • Linux

Remote control soda machines: your mobile is the clicker

Author: JT Smith

But don’t stand too far away, because someone might steal your Coke. Read about the prototype at ZDCOUK.

Get DRAMs now while they’re “cheap”

Author: JT Smith

Bloomberg reports on Hyundai assertions that DRAM prices are headed back up, after a twenty one percent drop in early September.

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  • Unix

Internet music box looks like traditional radio

Author: JT Smith

It looks like a boom box, frees you from the desktop ball and chain, and lets you tune in to over 800 Internet radio stations. From a report at Wired.com.

Sure, but will it filter out Martian pornography?

Author: JT Smith

Pornsweeper software claims to block nude and semi-nude images by looking for flesh tones. Honest! Get the body paint ready. From Computeruser.com.