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.

Newsbytes.com reports that the question of online privacy is a headline topic at the sixth annual
technology policy summit sponsored by the nonprofit Progress and
Freedom Foundation, currently underway in Aspen, Colo.

From a story at Silicon.com: Despite some success, it will be
10 to 15 years
before home users begin to adopt Linux. -jamiemccarthy

And adios Mike
Cowpland. Corel will never be the same, says Charles Cooper of ZDNN.

Songstress Madonna has filed a complaint with a United Nations organization
to wrest the domain name Madonna.com from the clutches of
Whitehouse.com owner Dan Parisi. From ZDNN.

Netlibrary Inc., an electronic book technology
company which has digitally converted more than 28,000 titles to make for
what it says is the largest single collection of e-books, has filed to raise $82
million in an initial public offering, says Reuters.

“I don’t think there’s any question there’s a component shortage like
we’ve never seen in the industry. We are absolutely facing it like
everybody else,” Capellas told Reuters in an interview at the Houston
headquarters of Compaq, the world’s number one personal computer
maker.