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WorldCom tries for broadband license

Author: JT Smith

WorldCom Inc. applied for federal licenses Monday that would allow it to provide high-speed Internet access to residential and business customers in Dallas.

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  • Linux

Who told the UN to play Internet boss?

Author: JT Smith

Yahoo! Inc. won the rights to 40 Internet addresses in two United Nations arbitrators rulings released Monday.

Lukewarm support for AMD’s Sledgehammer

Author: JT Smith

AMD’s 64-bit Sledgehammer processor is having trouble gaining support among Linux distributions.

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  • Unix

Debian 2.2 (potato) released

Author: JT Smith

Debian GNU/Linux version 2.2, codenamed potato, has been released, according to Linux Weekly News.

Sony to use Transmeta Crusoe in new Vaio laptop

Author: JT Smith

Sony is planning on switching its Vaio laptop line to use Transmeta’s Crusoe processor, Bloomberg reports/

Category:

  • Unix

Digital network security

Author: JT Smith

Linux Weekly News has a story about system security.

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  • Linux

Vendors gear up for LinuxWorld with press releases

Author: JT Smith

The Linux Journal provides a roundup of press releases as LinuxWorld begins.

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  • Linux

Vernon named editor at large of Linux Journal

Author: JT Smith

Read the Linux Journal’s press release about Richard Vernon’s appointment.

Linux making inroads

Author: JT Smith

The Associated Press previews LinuxWorld with a story about companies embracing the operating system.

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  • Linux

Steve Jobs fights a tough biography

Author: JT Smith

The New York Times has a piece Monday on Steve Jobs’ campaign against Alan Deutschman’s critical book about his tenure at Apple called The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. Vanity Fair was set to run an excerpt and it was cancelled at the last minute, apparently because of space.
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