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More PDA viruses on the way

Author: JT Smith

Maybe the liberty crack virus got too much hype. But it may be a sign of the future. From eWeek.com.

Category:

  • Linux

Quantum introduces snap server

Author: JT Smith

The Snap Server 4100 offers capacities to meet enterprise workgroup needs in corporations of varying sizes, including Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and
Application Service Providers (ASPs), says Businesswire.com.

Mexican ISPs hawk easy-pay PCs

Author: JT Smith

wired.com reports that Mexico’s Internet access providers, faced with a low population of cyber-surfers, are
offering easy monthly payments on home computers, hoping if more people have computers at home more
will get online.

From Linus: please try linux-2.4.0 test

Author: JT Smith

Linus Torvalds writes: “Could people who have seen the innd active list file corruption thing
please try out linux-2.4.0-test8-pre4? Despite some reports, it was _not_
fixed in pre2, and pre3 was a internal-only test to fix the remaining
issue with Al Viro.”
From linhardware.com.

Category:

  • Linux

Linux-Mandrake corporate server now available

Author: JT Smith

Based on Linux-Mandrake 7.1, the Corporate Server 1.0 version, delivered
with the source code, possesses the same qualities that have made previous
MandrakeSoft versions so successful, according to this Linuxpr.com press release.

Trolltech adds GPL licensing for upcoming release

Author: JT Smith

A press release at Linuxpr.com says that with Qt, developers will have the option of using the open-source version of Qt 2.2
under either the QPL (Q Public License) or GPL license, depending on their
licensing requirements.

Texas school trading paper for laptops

Author: JT Smith

GlobeTechnology reports this quantum leap forward in the evolution of electronic books is taking place at a San Antonio, Tex., dental
school, of all places, where the faculty has dispensed with traditional paper textbooks.

Category:

  • Unix

Guardian IT plans more buys to rival IBM

Author: JT Smith

Britain’s Guardian IT, the second largest data backup company in Europe, announced in a report at ZDNET that it has had record interim results and said it planned further acquisitions to challenge IBM for the number one slot.

Category:

  • Open Source

Opinion: Pure tech stocks still can’t justify their valuations

Author: JT Smith

“The belief making the rounds is that fund managers who are unwilling to invest
their clients’ hard-earned assets in technology stocks are nothing but backward-looking Luddites, raging
against the inevitable advance of scientific progress,”
writes this GlobeTechnology columnist.

Category:

  • Open Source

Unknown wins Olympic site

Author: JT Smith

AustralianIT.com reports that an obscure dotcom has picked up the website contract for the 2002 Winter
Olympics in Salt Lake City, promising 100 per cent uptime for a site that is
expected to be the most trafficked Olympics site so far.