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Companies unveil many new products at Seybold publishing show

Author: JT Smith

Apple got the big press, but many other computer and peripherals manufacturers have been using this week’s Seybold show to roll out new stuff, too. NetworkWorld story has details.

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  • Linux

MS Supreme Court decision seen by Sept. 8

Author: JT Smith

Short ZDNet story about a Deutsche Banc Alex.Brown analyst who expects the Supreme Court will probably make a decision on whether to hear the MS case within the next week instead of waiting until October, as most people seem to expect.

IBM invests US$200M into Linux develop in AP

Author: JT Smith

LinuxWorld Australia has the scoop on IBM’s plans to official plan to invest US$200M into Linux development in the Asia-Pacific region over the next four years. Great story ! Good to see Linux moving into prime time support from the big wigs. -Anonymous Reader

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  • Linux

Cutting-edge optical Internet Lab to open in Korea

Author: JT Smith

Korea Times annoucment says, Nortel Networks and the Information and Communications University are planning to establish a
cutting-edge R & D and training facility focused on high performance all-optical Internet.

San Jose TV station to offer all news online

Author: JT Smith

PR Newswire release describes how KNTV-TV in San Jose, California is going to offer all of its news, plus unedited interviews and other features not available over the air, via the WWW, and claims to be the first station to do this.

Palm trojan release was accidental, but intentional ones are sure to follow

Author: JT Smith

Earlier this week a Swedish software developer said he accidentally released “Liberty Crack”
which enters handheld devices such as Palm’s and Handspring Inc.’s products, destroying
games and programmes that users have added.
Reuters story at Canoe.ca quotes a security expert who says he expects to see other Palm viruses and trojans to start appearing in the next 3 – 6 months.

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  • Linux

Sun Microsystems’ McNealy finds being top dog brings challenges

Author: JT Smith

Hours after Sun Microsystems Inc.
reported record results for the June quarter, Chief Executive Scott McNealy got
a call from one of his top salesmen, who was pumped up about the stellar
numbers. McNealy’s response: “Humble, buddy, humble.” From Bloomberg.com.

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  • Linux

AMD PC processor group head resigns

Author: JT Smith

Larry Hollatz, vice
president for AMD’s Computation Products Group has resigned, according to this ZDNet.co.uk story.

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  • Open Source

Perle completes acquisition of server-based RAS business and USBconnectivity products

Author: JT Smith

Perle Systems Limited (NASDAQ: PERL; TSE: PL) a leading developer and manufacturer of networking products for IP and e-business
access, today announced that it completed the acquisition of the PORTtel Remote Access server board business and USBtel Multiport
Controller product line from PORTtel Pty Ltd of Australia.
Press release at BusinessWire. The PORTtel Remote Access server board products acquired by Perle are used in Microsoft Windows, UNIX and Linux servers to provide a
simple, integrated solution for secure remote access applications.

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  • Linux

XML Days Europe –Call for participation

Author: JT Smith

“Movable” event being held in assorted European cities October 17 – 27, 2000. Read more at LinuxPR.