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Intel’s latest recall

Author: JT Smith

MSNBC evaluates Intel’s recall of its 1.13 GHz processor.

Category:

  • Linux

Universal only label not to settle with MP3.com

Author: JT Smith

MP3.com, after settling with four other labels, is in court defending its actions against Universal. ZDNet has the story.

Category:

  • Linux

RIAA CD sales continue to boom

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet is reporting on the RIAA’s current CD sales, and their continued growth.

Category:

  • Open Source

A privacy puncturing flaw

Author: JT Smith

DigitalMass looks at the problems with “foolproof” encryption software in this analysis piece about PGP’s security holes.

Category:

  • Linux

Microsoft faces uphill battle for support of Web integrators

Author: JT Smith

From a TechWeb story about Microsoft saying it’s ready to launch BizTalk 2000 and Commerce Server 2000 this fall. “Unix was the preferred platform for early large-scale applications, ‘but it’s different now,’ said Ed Bell, president of CrossTier.com, a Fairfax, Va.-based developer.”

Female Quake champion to promote GameSpy

Author: JT Smith

GameSpy Industries has penned a one-year, world sponsorship deal with 23-year-old Kornelia Takacs — the acknowledged World Female Quake Champion. Takacs, from Budapest, Hungary, will represent GameSpy at gaming conferences, expos and gatherings around the world, with appearances at the company’s trade show booths and events, according to DailyRadar.com.

Alteon to acquire Bluetail, inventor of Erlang

Author: JT Smith

California-based Alteon WebSystems Inc. agreed Monday to acquire Swedish software manufacturer Bluetail AB for $152 million in stock. Stockholm-based Bluetail’s engineers are credited with the invention of Erlang, a programming language used to develop a variety of different applications that run on the UNIX operating system, The Associated Press reported.

Category:

  • Open Source

Red Hat, InfoNow announce partnership

Author: JT Smith

Shares of InfoNow and Red Hat were up in late afternoon trading Monday after news of a partnership was announced. The alliance will provide InfoNow’s technology to Red Hat solution providers with closed-loop lead management in an effort to increase the conversion rate of sales leads, CRN reported.

Category:

  • Open Source

Delay may make AT&T rethink Microsoft partnership

Author: JT Smith

Microsoft Corp.’s delay in providing interactive-television software may slow AT&T Corp.’s technical trials of the technology and could limit the number of set-top boxes the telephone company lets Microsoft outfit, sources said Monday, according to a Reutersreport.

More Napster-friendly briefs filed Monday

Author: JT Smith

Several more “friend-of-the-court” briefs supporting Napster were filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. Pressure is mounting for the court to reverse Judge Marilyn Patel’s injunction, reports Wired.com.