Maxtor has confirmed that its 80GB hard drive, the DiamondMax 80, is
shipping out to distributors now and is expected in the shops by September, reports The Register.

Business Wire reports, LynuxWorks today announced that the new release of BlueCat Linux 3.0
supports the Hitachi SuperH(R) RISC processors.

Business Wire announces, that SecurityFocus.com, the premier
security information portal, today announced that it will broadcast part 1 of two-part on-line interview with controversial reformed hacker, Kevin Mitnick.

This latest version of BlueCat Linux provides the heart of a single-source code strategy for
consistent and tested performance and functionality across all embedded CPU families, reports Business Wire.

Business Wire reports, Oracle and Sun Microsystems today announced plans for a new platform-independent standard for creating, storing, accessing and managing data and metadata in OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) servers.

The next administration should take
a hint from Silicon Valley startups, a new economy
entrepreneur told legislators this week. From Medill News Service.

New systems from HP hit both the power and midrange
charts this month, along with debuts from Axis
Systems and Tiny Computers. IDG.net tells us all about it.

Thinking of trying out one of
those services that pay you to surf?
Better do it soon. Their own
popularity–and vulnerability–is
threatening their survival. From PCWorld.com.

The Usenix Association is holding its first Java Virtual Machine
Research & Technology Symposium at Monterey, Califonia in April 2001.
See the Call for Papers. –Saul Wold

Canadian politician Anne McLellan might not be quite as
famous an American Actress Julia Roberts. But when it
comes to filing complaints against so-called
domain-name “cybersquatters,” the signature of Canada’s justice minister
– also the nation’s attorney general – is probably worth noting, reports Newsbytes.com.