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Wired reports on Burning Man

Author: JT Smith

Wired correspondent Declan McCullagh’s latest on-the-spot report from the Burning Man festival now being held near Black Rock City, Nevada.

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  • Linux

Salon worries about Michael Dell selling his Dell stock

Author: JT Smith

The PC wunderkind is on a selling spree — $2.5 billion worth of his company stock in less than two years, says this Salon story, which asks if this means Dell has lost confidence in Dell or is just broadening his investment portfolio.

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  • Open Source

Microsoft claims new MSN is not AOL knockoff

Author: JT Smith

Despite similarities to AOL, MS claims the new MSN Explorer service is not the same, but is much better than AOL. CNet story.

Is WAP a flop?

Author: JT Smith

Wired article ruminates about whether Japanese (proprietary) I-mode cell phone and handheld device Internet access may not be superior to (open) WAP protocol.

Defensive corporate deals in Silicon Valley

Author: JT Smith

Interesting dissection of a recent acquistion deal between Applied Micro Circuits and MMC Networks. The lessons in the article apply to all kinds of companies, including those that live on Open Source. Scott Herbold’s column @ SiliconValley.com

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  • Open Source

Linux distribution commentaries

Author: JT Smith

The latest news about Linux distributions (in general) from lwn.net. Covers Debian (including the well-reported 2.2 security glitches), minilinux, Laonux, Leetnux, Linux/Coldfire, Rabid Squirrel Linux, and others.

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  • Linux

Like standards, software licenses have nice features

Author: JT Smith

Unlike
standards, software is often combined in interesting ways. As the amount of free software grows, the interest
in building on what has already been grows with it. From Linux Weekly News.

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  • Open Source

Open3 integrates Jabber open source instant messaging

Author: JT Smith

LinuxPr.com press release states that Open3.org (www.open3.org) has
announced the completion of Jabber integration into its Open3 e-Business
integration platform.

Does the world really need a web browser on a cell phone?

Author: JT Smith

There has been a lot of press in recent
weeks concerning the porting of web browsers onto various hand held devices. While it is an interesting idea,
LWN.net questions the real value of such an effort.

PGP meets ADK

Author: JT Smith

LWN.net reports: PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) has been around for a long time. It is a public-key
encryption technique, developed by scientist Phil Zimmerman, that was, and is, a very commonly used
public-key encryption system.

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  • Linux