PGP security flaw

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

NWFusion is carrying the story of a recently discovered 3-year-old security flaw in PGP.

Product launches set at forum

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The following article from Info World highlights a handful of the products introduced this week at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), which ends Thursday.

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Email security blown open by Critical Path bug

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Millions of email users were today warned of a potentially devastating security flaw that allows malicious hackers to take control of their accounts, reports UK.internet.com.

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Linux

Justice Breyer could be Microsoft’s lucky charm

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

For a Supreme Court justice whose vote is crucial to the government in the Microsoft case, Stephen Breyer has been awfully friendly to accused antitrust violators in the past, reports CNET News.

Custom software strategy spreads

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

CNET News reports, Penguin Computing has added a build-to-order system that lets customers fine-tune the software for their Linux computers–less than two weeks after a similar move by its main rival.

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Linux

Interview with Handspring president

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Handspring President Donna Dubinsky talks with C|Net about the Visor and why it is different (and in her opinion) better than the Palm.

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Open Source

Confidence in Linux corporate use fluctuates

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

IT managers’ enthusiasm for using Linux at large corporations has declined over the last 6 months — but is still higher than a year ago, a research firm said on Thursday – Brief PlanetIT story.

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Linux

DOJ solicits universities to review Carnivore

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) posted criteria on its Web site
for conducting a review of Carnivore, a controversial e-mail monitoring system used by the FBI in criminal and national security
investigations, reports IDG News.

Parody sites sucked into cybersquatting squabbles

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August 25, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers [ICANN] has been settling most domain disputes between parodists and corporations in favor of the corporations, according to this C|Net story.

June Linux Magazine now online

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August 24, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR announces that the June 2000 issue of Linux Magazine is now
available online.

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Linux