Could a virus make you fat?

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

No, the cold virus, not a computer virus, according to BBC Tech. Animal experiments suggest a virus that causes cold-like symptoms interferes with the normal process of absorbing food energy and converts it into fat.

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Management

Mysterious Nitrozac to appear at Linux World

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The cartoonist and partner Snaggy, of After Y2K fame, are signing posters at the Compaq booth at Linux World, according to LinuxPR. Check out their Joy of Tech in NewsForge, too!

Metro Link officers to speak at LinuxWorld Expo

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

CTO Garry Paxinos and Technical Director Stuart Anderson will speak Thursday about the advantages of using the X Window System in embedded systems, according to LinuxPR.

The history of patents

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux Journal columnist Doc Searls reviews the history of patents.

How to get color charts and graphs in Linux

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Linux Journal gives readers a how-to article on making pretty charts and graphs.

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Linux

Russian company wins patent for glass bottle

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The Russian patent bureau has awarded a company there the legal rights for the glass beer bottle, according to the CBC. Intellekt, which now owns the patent, is demanding half a dozen Russian breweries pay up to 0.5 percent of their total income in royalties.

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Management

Intrinsyc, MontaVista team up for embedded Linux

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The two companies will combine research, engineering and marketing expertise to meet a demand among equipment manufacturers for Linux-based embedded systems. The press release is at LinuxPR.

State Department bans MP3 downloads

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

The U.S. State Department has banned music downloads on employee computers, but not because of copyright concerns, ABC News reports.

AOL kills MP3 search engine

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

America Online pulled the plug on an MP3 search engine Thursday, citing concerns that it aids “piracy,” the Associated Press reports.

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Open Source

Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement

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August 10, 2000

Author: JT Smith

Yellow Dog Linux Security announces the perl package has an exploit made possible
by incorrect assumptions made in suidperl.

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Linux