Approval for car makers’ online parts exchange

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

According to the Wall Street Journal, federal antitrust regulators are expected to approve one of the first big business-to-business Internet marketplaces, a massive online parts bazaar set up by the Big-Three auto makers, giving a major boost to
online commerce.

Gates: ‘Linux can’t compete’

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

In a wide-ranging interview with Australian IT, Mr. Gates said the open source nature of the software stopped anyone making the investments necessary for the operating system to become a serious rival to Windows.

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‘Big Sister’ in the works?

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Associated Press reports, while the Justice Department decides which group will perform
an independent review of the much-criticized Carnivore e-mail surveillance system, Attorney General Janet Reno says she wants to
change the name of the tool to something a little less threatening.

New call to ban Napster on Campus

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The San Francisco Chronicle is Â reporting, the lawyer representing Metallica and Dr. Dre in lawsuits against Napster Inc. has asked more than two dozen colleges to “promptly ban” the popular file sharing program. Â Â

TestBuilder library available as open source

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

NewsAlert: Cadence Design Systems today announced that it would make its TestBuilder C++ testbench class library available through open source licensing — the first such tool to be available on this basis.

Western Union hit by crackers

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Hackers stole credit and debit card information from 15,700 online
customers of Western Union, whose Web site was unprotected while undergoing maintenance, reports The Associated Press.

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Linux

Improved Solaris networking

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Sun Microsystems Monday annouced that it will begin sampling its UltraSparc IIe embedded 64-bit processor, from InfoWorld.

Latest Itanium has infernal kernel

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Register states, reports on developer newsgroups suggest that the latest chip stepping of Intel’s Itanium processor is causing problems for Linux developers whose code worked fine with stepping A2.

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Linux

Napster’s problems increase profile and draw

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Internet-research company Media Metrix Inc. said, Napster Inc., a closely held online music-sharing service, more than quadrupled its users to 4.9 million people in July from 1.1 million in February, from Technology News.

Warner Music Group to sell music over Internet

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September 11, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Bloomberg News reports, Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Music Group said it will let customers download music over the Internet starting in November through the Web sites of retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.