A California judge has approved a class action suit against Microsoft. ZDNet is carrying the story.

It’s only a potential security risk with no known exploits, but to be safe, check the SecurityFocus info, then download the appropriate patch.

“Versions prior to 1.1.22 have a vulnerability which could lead to
mgetty overwriting any file in the system via a symlink attack.” Details at LWN.net.

“… Nobody knows why this patch works. (Really!) But it does. (Really!)
It makes the sym53c8xx driver work even with some very old 53c810 chips.
Without this patch, the driver hangs on them. This is reproducible….”More at linhardware.com.

The scoop’s at Maximum Linux. Also see their Aug. 29 story about increased competition in the 3-D video card marketplace.

Design engineers are getting more and more money these days, with salaries hitting $80,000 in most of the country, more in places like Boston, Austin, and Silicon Valley, says an EETimes.com story.

Developers at HackersQuest have created a server emulator for EverQuest says a brief DailyRadar.com story.

Anyone who has ever administered a webserver recognizes the importance of having a powerful and robust log analyzer. The purpose of a log analyzer is to breakdown and produce reports of statistics from the logs that your webserver produces, and present them in a useful and well organized fashion.
Read the full review HERE-Anonymous Reader

WideOpenNews press release says the multi-corporate Aug. 28 event was a great success and will be repeated several times over the next few months.

In a few months, Screen Media will begin shipping a sleekly designed,
easy-to-use wireless web-pad device called the FreePad. Like Ericsson’s
Screen Phone, the FreePad will offer web browsing and cordless telephone
functions.Story in ZDnet’s Linux News section.