The Tampa, Florida Linux users group is planning a huge showing at the Computers and Technology Showcase on September 27-28, according to LinuxPR.com.

Big surprise: some people think the RIAA exploits its recording artists. Does that justify the free trade of their copyrighted works? Jonathan Seff at MacWorld spouts off.

Sun will strut and preen publicly at the launch of its UltraSPARC III processor. eWEEK’s Peter Galli reports at ZDNet.

There’s a computer recycling center in Santa Clara. Where else but California? Read about how Salon correspondent Jim Fisher dumps his toxic e-junk.

The digs, jabs, and innuendoes are flying at Rumor Central, Spencer Katt’s weekly column at ZDNet.

“Not being able
to watch a “Lion King” DVD on your Linux
machine is one thing, but what if
manufacturers decide that the safety data
they give to the government shouldn’t be on
the Internet?” Damien Cave raises these questions in a letter to the editor of Salon.

There’s an upcoming live interview with Illiad hosted by VFS Live. Read more for further details.

In Search of New Media, a VFS Live
production, will be streaming a live interview with JD “Illiad” Frazer
and WebDiva of UserFriendly on Sept 20 at 8pm PST. The interview
with Frazer, recently named one of the 50 most influential people in the
open source community by Linux Magazine and Wired Magazine, and WebDiva
will take place at the VFS Web Cafe.

Frazer and WebDiva will be on hand to answer questions on the comic that
has become the leading entertainment and cultural destination for IT
professionals worldwide. They will be discussing UserFriendly’s first
animated (flash) release of their comic and the Quake III skin contest.

Viewers can tune in via the VFS Live website (www.vfslive.com) and
participate in the interview via our chat room. Questions are also
being taken in advance and can be sent to ebin@vfs.com. Local
viewers are encouraged to watch on set at the Web Cafe (Homer and
Hastings), doors open at 5pm.

In Search of New Media is VFS Live production that airs every Wednesday
night from the VFS Web Cafe at 8pm PST. The show interviews a wide
variety of guests from the technology field, previous guests have
included IBM, TotallyHip, BlastRadius, Bitmovers and GlobalMedia. For
more information please visit our website at www.vfslive.com or
email us at vfslive@vfs.com

Submitted by –Eric Bin

In Search of New Media will be streaming a live interview with JD “Illiad” Frazer and WebDiva of UserFriendly on Sept 20 at 8pm PST. The interview with Frazer, recently named one of the 50 most influential people in the
open source community by Linux Magazine and Wired Magazine, and WebDiva
will take place at the VFS Web Cafe.

Frazer and WebDiva will be on hand to answer questions on the comic that
has become the leading entertainment and cultural destination for IT
professionals worldwide. They will be discussing UserFriendly’s first
animated (flash) release of their comic and the Quake III skin contest.

Viewers can tune in via the VFS Live website (www.vfslive.com) and
participate in the interview via our chat room. Questions are also
being taken in advance and can be sent to ebin@vfs.com. Local
viewers are encouraged to watch on set at the Web Cafe (Homer and
Hastings), doors open at 5pm.

In Search of New Media is VFS Live production that airs every Wednesday
night from the VFS Web Cafe at 8pm PST. The show interviews a wide
variety of guests from the technology field, previous guests have
included IBM, TotallyHip, BlastRadius, Bitmovers and GlobalMedia. For
more information please visit our website at www.vfslive.com or
email us at vfslive@vfs.com

Claudio Matsuoka asks (via freshmeat), “Is it time to change RPM?” Slashdot has its own discussion of the issue.

The Duke of URL has a review of Helix Gnome 1.2 with a detailed look at the installation process, added features over regular Gnome, and a comparison to KDE.