Internet headache test

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Headache Impact Test, developed by U.S.-based QualityMetric Inc and drug giant Glaxo Wellcome Plc, is an Internet-based
questionnaire that measures the severity and impact of headaches, from Reuters.

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Management

New DDoS attack targets chat, Linux machines

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet News is reporting: A new distributed denial of service tool has been discovered in the wild and is spreading, according to Internet Security Systems Inc.’s X-Force service.

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Linux

Top 10 viruses

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Boston Globe announces, Sophos, a leader in corporate anti-virus solutions, today released the latest in a series of monthly charts counting down the ten most frequently occurring viruses.

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Linux

A.M. Kuchling’s Python-dev summary

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Linux Weekly News provides, the python-dev summaries, which are intended to inform the larger Python community of currently ongoing development.

Esker delivers host access package with flexible licensing

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

PR Newswire reports, Tun Plus v11 is a comprehensive host access solution that includes over 30 IBM and Unix emulation types, plus broad integration with all leading databases, network services, and desktop environments.

Amazon’s new privacy regs may backfire

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Register surmises that with Amazon.com’s updated corporate manifesto, consumers have no reason to expect any such thing as privacy while doing business on their Web site.

BT considers legal action over hyperlink patent

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

According to The Register, British Telecommunications is prepared to take legal action against ISPs in the US unless they cough up cash for using hyperlinks.

Microsoft, IBM creating business-to-business software standard

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Bloomberg News is reporting, the standard would be publicly available and open to improvement by other software developers, a general policy long advocated by IBM but, until now, not by Microsoft.

MaxOS Linux Operating System now available

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Alta Terra Ventures Corp. announced today that the MaxOS Linux operating system is now available for consumer purchase through the company’s online e-store at www.maxos.com, from Canadian NewsWire.

AMD pumps up the volume

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September 5, 2000

Author: JT Smith

AMD today introduced the 750MHz AMD Duron processor, once again
setting the standard for business and home users in the value PC space, reports AMDZone.

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Unix