TurboLinux, Inc., the high- performance Linux company, today announced that the online discussion
community, Angryman.com is using TurboLinux’s TurboCluster Server to cluster the site’s Web servers for high availability and load balancing.

According to CNN News, the report, prepared for Congress by the General Accounting Office, states the government’s computer systems remain “fraught with weaknesses,” posing security risks at a host of federal offices, including the Defense and Treasury departments.

IBM Research offers the most indepth information on their Linux wristwatch we’ve seen, including photo.

This article from ZDNet News proclaims, Intel’s long-delayed Itanium has already been outdone by Compaq systems powered by Alpha CPUs.

“BT [British Telecom] is to offer unmetered access for libraries, citizen advice bureaux and
colleges,” writes ZDNet UK, but quotes a BT spokesperson as saying, “These are special cases. This is not
about mainstream commercial deals.”

“Boasting one of the largest
selections of current video game titles and console
systems on the Web, WiredLounge.com announced
its official grand opening this week.” Press release at internetwire.com.

“When the world’s most famous crypto patent turns sweet seventeen, it will be in the prime of its life,” says SecurityFocus columnist Kevin Poulsen.

NewsBytes article contains ambivilent news for people who make Web sites for a living — like NewsForge staffers.

A ComputerUser.com story starts out by saying, “American Online [NYSE:AOL] and Time Warner [NYSE:TWX] are saying that their pledge to permit AOL competitors to
provide Internet services over Time Warner cable doesn’t include an open invitation to other providers of set-top boxes,
according to reports.”

They start at $2199 (£1,548), they’re “less than 1 inch thick and weigh as little as 3.1 pounds,” says a brief note at ZDnet.co.uk.