Author: JT Smith
Brief Reuters story on canoe.ca says, China has drafted tough new rules on Internet domain name registration after legal wrangles involving firms such as Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Procter & Gamble.
Courting IT’s vote
Author: JT Smith
Thoughtful piece at InfoWorld discusses the two major U.S. political parties’ stand on issues relevant to the Internet and the IT industry in general — and why, with the increasing economic importance of IT, these stances are likely to be even more important in future campaigns than in the current one.
Category:
- Linux
Dvorak: The death of Moore’s Law?
Author: JT Smith
PC Magazine columnist questioned the continuing validity of Moore’s law in his Aug. 25 column. IBM is mentioned heavily as the company most likely to break “the law” in the near future.
Category:
- Unix
Judge says sex.com domain name wasn’t stolen
Author: JT Smith
Slightly surreal Wired story ran Friday – about how domain names aren’t “property” and therefore can’t be stolen in the legal sense. However, fraud statutes may apply, so the case isn’t over yet.
Category:
- Linux
Live like the Jetsons – or Bill Gates
Author: JT Smith
Wired story in “gee whiz” vein about new high-tech, ultra-wired communities that allow mere millionaires to live as electronified a life as Bill Gates and the other super-rich have for the past few years. (Doubts are raised in the story about whether all this is worthwhile.)
Category:
- Linux
Tweaking Tux, Part 1
Author: JT Smith
Series of articles debuts at Linux Journal about not rebuilding your kernel. Or rebooting. Good meat here for strong techies, but in language not-so-strong techies can follow (and learn from).
Category:
- Linux
IT Week: scarce parts create PDA shortage
Author: JT Smith
It seems that Compaq and other PDA makers can’t keep up with can’t keep up with demand because parts (especially LCD screens) are in short supply. (Story at ZDnet.co.uk.)
Linux and Windows neck-and-neck in Web serving
Author: JT Smith
Slashdot story (links to NetCraft survey) describes the difference between stats showing active Web sites being served by various operating systems and server software packages and the typical total sites hosted numbers usually cited.
Category:
- Linux
APBNews loses ‘bodyguard’
Author: JT Smith
It’s over for popular (but money-losing) APBNews . Wired.com says SafetyTips.com withdrew from an agreement to buy the company for $950,000, so APBNews is now up for auction (although not on eBay – yet).