Sideware, a leading developer of customer service solutions for e-businesses, today announced that it has signed an e-business partnership agreement with NextClick: The Personalization Agency, a Calgary-based network of personalization technology companies, reports Canada NewsWire.

Publicly, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy never tires of pointing out the faults of Microsoft and of Windows 2000 in particular., but privately, his company is relying on Microsoft software to manage an essential Internet forum for software developers, reports CNET News.

MacWeek.com reports, when Apple Computer ships the final release of Mac OS X (we hope) early next year, much of the
attention will go to Aqua, the slick graphical user interface in which transparent windows cast drop
shadows and morph genie-like into oversized photorealistic icons

This IDG News article theorizes, the future of governance was
recently on display in Yokohama, Japan, not a World’s Fair, a U.N.
conference or an international exposition, rather, it was the latest meeting of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

The original Linux Labs (since 1995, not the new “Linux Lab”) has
introduced a 1U rackmount server using AMD’s Duron processor.

The new Duron 1U server comes preconfigured with Debian or Redhat
GNU/Linux and serial console. Web-based system administration tools are
included as part of the base system. The press release is at LinuxPR.

From a Mandrakesoft press release at LinuxPR: “People are different, they have special needs, let’s proclaim that the standard
is KDE and GNOME and… any other high-level free desktop environment
that is good enough to make Linux more attractive to ALL users.”

Atipa Corporation, a leading
provider of end-to-end Linux and open source solutions, led all exhibitors at
last week’s LinuxWorld Conference and Expo by winning three of the ten
“Show Favorite” awards presented for outstanding products. Atipa products
were chosen as Show Favorites in three categories: Servers,
Hardware/Hardware Peripherals, and Software Utilities. The press release is at LinuxPR.

From a Reuters story: Job cuts at Internet companies in August jumped 55 percent from July, led by cuts in the Web retail sector, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Job cuts in the dotcom sector from December 1999 through Aug. 23 totaled 11,785, up from 7,592 posted through July 23, with retailers accounting for the biggest portion of the layoffs.

Online music site MP3.com ducked one blow in its court fight over copyright with the recording industry when a federal judge issued an opinion limiting its damages for infringement, according to published reports, reported IDG.

The peer-to-peer networking revolution championed by Napster will change computing, Intel Corp. believes. And the rest of the industry better jump on board, said Pat Gelsinger, Intel’s chief technology officer, in his Intel Developer Forum keynote speech Thursday morning, according to a story on ZDNet.