PCWorld.com tells us: Hard drives are not only getting bigger, they’re getting
faster. This week, Seagate is rolling out the fourth
generation of its 7200-rotations-per-minute Barracuda
ATA (IDE) drives, claiming several improvements make
it the fastest-available ATA drive for desktop PCs.

The country’s tax system took its internet web site out of service for several hours on Tuesday after an attack by a hacker who claimed to be defending the country’s honor. From Salon.com.

Justice Department prosecutors in the Philippines were urged
Tuesday to reconsider a decision not to press charges against the
ex-computer student suspected of releasing the catastrophic “I
Love You” virus in May, according to ZDNN.

BusinessWire.com added that MailStudio@MESSAGE provides a calendaring and scheduler function that allows users to add entries, modify, and browse their schedule, similar to the way
they are used to managing their calendar.

The EX launch, Compaq says, completes a redesign of
its corporate PC lineup, aimed at bringing the company’s
commercial PC business back to profitability. MSNBC.com reports.

NewsAlert.com announces: “One of the reasons consumers have been reluctant to try the Linux operating system is due to a lack of compatible
connectivity solutions,” noted Bill Claybrook, research director for Aberdeen Group.

Once again, the quarterly report card is in. AMD scored one of its brightest seasons ever, despite a relatively weak second quarter market for PC sales. From 32BitsOnline.com.

MSNBC.com reports that a new kind of computer virus has been
released, but security experts are in disagreement
over just how menacing it is.

In an effort to evangelize the gospel of Linux, PogoLinux.com has announced
a program to distribute popular Linux CDs free of charge and offer 30 days
of complimentary e-mail installation support. From Linuxpr.com.

Eric Bin of vfs.com writes to tell us: On Sept. 20th, In
Search of New Media, a VFS Live
production (www.vfslive.com) will be
interviewing JD “Illiad” Frazer and
WebDiva from UserFriendly.org.
In 1999 Illiad was recognized as one of
the top 50 most influential people in
the Linux community by Linux Magazine.

In preparation for the interview we
are inviting readers of UserFriendly
to submit questions they would like to
see asked. The top 10 questions
submitted will asked on our show to
Illiad and WebDiva. Questions can be
sent to vfslive@vfs.com

The show streams live at 8pm (PST)
and fans of UserFriendly.org are
invited to tune into the live stream
and to also particpate in the live
interview by logging into our chatroom
where we’ll be taking additional
questions. Viewers will need
Quicktime 4.0 to watch the show and
Shockwave to join in the chatroom.

* In Search of New Media airs each
Wednesday night at 8pm (PST). In the
past we have interviewed companies
such as IBM, Blast Radius, Bitmovers,
Mainframe Entertainment, QDesign,
TotallyHip and Electronic Arts. This
October 6th they will be hosting the
live stream of Geekrave v2.0 from the
Plaza of Nations.

–Eric Bin