Author: JT Smith
At ZDNet: story about new studies by Shop.org and Boston Consulting Group that say online retailers “moved closer to profitability” in the first six months of 2000.
Category:
- Open Source
Safe passage for corporate e-mail
Author: JT Smith
idg.net article about large companies outsourcing email security to specialized service companies. (Open Source isn’t mentioned, but this could be a nice business opportunity based on Open Source software.)
Napster’s generation gap
Author: JT Smith
ZDNet writes about a survey that shows young respondents are less likely than old ones to think Napster is or should be illegal.
Category:
- Management
Welcome to the new Linux clubhouse
Author: JT Smith
Not the first media mention of the new Linux co-op venture backed by a bunch of major IT companies, but a particularly nice one by John G. Spooner on ZDNet. Similar take from idg.net here.
Category:
- Linux
Sendmail comes of age
Author: JT Smith
idg.net story – Joshua Drake is surprised to find himself singing the praises of a not-quite-open-source product: Sendmail’s latest release, Multi Switch.
Category:
- Linux
Howto: Setting up multiple users in Kmail
Author: JT Smith
“One problem I had with Kmail was that I share an account with my wife, so how could we both see the mail if we logged on as different users and downloaded our mail at different times?” Sound confusing? Get it figured out at LinuxNewbie.org.
Category:
- Linux
Sony to unveil new handheld
Author: JT Smith
Sony Corp. this week will launch its new handheld device that marries the Palm operating system with the video capabilities for which Sony is known. From ZDNN.
Wireless product boosts Parthus
Author: JT Smith
Reuters reports that shares in Irish chip designer Parthus Technologies Plc surged over 20 percent Wednesday
after it announced a product that would let the whereabouts of a mobile phone user be pinpointed to within five yards.
after it announced a product that would let the whereabouts of a mobile phone user be pinpointed to within five yards.