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AbriaSoft releases Abria SQL Standard

Author: JT Smith

AbriaSoft is the first company to integrate MySQL, which was released under a General Public License (GPL) a few weeks ago into its own specialized distribution, according to the Internet Wire.

IBM hedges its bets with Unix for Intel

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet UK reports, IBM’s AIX 5L (the ‘L’ stands for Linux) is to ship in October – just in case Intel’s IA-64 takes off.

Category:

  • Linux

US losing grip on IT industry

Author: JT Smith

Europe is leading the way when it comes to cutting-edge technology, with the US playing catch-up, according to analysts IDC, reports The Register.

Category:

  • Linux

New Philipine hacker law insufficient

Author: JT Smith

IDG News Service reports, the Philippines’ recently passed E-Commerce Act of 2000 is not specific enough to punish future computer hackers like the creator of the disastrous “ILOVEYOU” computer virus, the country’s chief prosecutor said Wednesday.

AMD talking to Transmeta – official

Author: JT Smith

The Register

Category:

  • Unix

DRAM, DIMM Spot Prices Fall in U.S., Europe

Author: JT Smith

August 23, 2000 (TOKYO) — Spot prices of DRAMs and DIMMs have started falling in
North America and Europe, with the decline due to the restraining effects of high prices on
demand, and not any oversupply conditions. Full story at nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com.

Category:

  • Unix

How to spy on your employees

Author: JT Smith

Spying on employees will be a
half-billion dollar industry by 2004. But that may
not be the best thing for business, according to Jesse Berst at ZDNN.

Category:

  • Open Source

Low income users getting on the Web

Author: JT Smith

Low-income Web users drawn to sites
like ValuePay.com and GetPaid4.com are going
online at three to four times the rates of
wealthier groups that favor upscale financial or
travel sites, a U.S. study published Monday
found. From Reuters.

Lie your way to Internet privacy

Author: JT Smith

ZDNN reports that the number of “privacy warriors†may be as high as a
quarter of American Web users, whose most popular epee
is providing a fake name.

Category:

  • Linux

K-Meleon: The Windows answer to Galeon

Author: JT Smith

What looks like Microsoft Internet
Explorer on the outside, but employs Mozilla’s
Gecko rendering engine on the inside? It’s a new
open-source browser called K-Meleon. From ZDNN.

Category:

  • Open Source