Author: JT Smith
Linux Security interviewed Avi Fogel, the CEO of Network-1, to get his take on the Internet and open source security.
Category:
- Linux
Here’s where to get your free, big name e-books
Author: JT Smith
M.J. Rose turns us on to #Bookwarez, that has links to lots of places where bootleg copies of Angela’s Ashes, The Stand, and others are there for the taking. Wired.com has the story.
Category:
- Linux
Book review: Building Linux Clusters
Author: JT Smith
They say its a good read for administrators looking to take steps toward parallel computing. From 32BitsOnline.
Category:
- Linux
Care for some MS propaganda? Read this story
Author: JT Smith
MSNBC.com reports that Windows ME sales are brisk, and they quote PC Data’s Roger Lanctot: “Windows ME is the most important piece of software in 2000.” Really.
“Liberate” OS chosen by AT&T over Microsoft
Author: JT Smith
PCWorld News reports that AT&T’s interactive TV division decided to go with alternative OS Liberate yesterday, a big blow to Microsoft’s efforts to be the standard software for set top boxes.
Will Gates get knocked off ‘richest man’ throne soon?
Author: JT Smith
It looks like Oracle’s Larry Ellison is about to supersede Bill Gates as the man with the most moolah. Ellison’s wealth quadrupled in the last year, while Gates has lost about 25% of his worth, according to an AP report published in Florida Today.
White-hat hackers easily invade government systems
Author: JT Smith
They hired a team to test the security of the Veteran’s Administration department computer systems, and what they learned was not pretty. “The hackers owned the system, while the VA didn’t even know it was being attacked,” reports the Chicago Tribune.
Category:
- Linux
OLD STORY –We’re gonna call your bluff, open source posers
Author: JT Smith
Eric Raymond says IBM and SGI are for real; Netscape, Apple, and Sun are trying to fool us. From a report at ZDCOUK.
Two semiconductor dudes hook up in Seattle
Author: JT Smith
They’re computer nerds. They’re scientists. They’re starting a business with the technology they’ve developed. And that’s all they’re telling. “You can understand why we don’t want to say much,” says one of the principals. Find out what else they’re not telling at Seattle P-I.com.
Category:
- Open Source