[newsforge daily] January 31, 2003

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January 31, 2003

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Linux Advisory Watch - January 31st 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0927219

• by Benjamin D. Thomas - Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and descriptions of each vulnerability. This week, advisories were released for kdeutils, noffle, dhcp3, tomcat3, courier, mysql, fetchmail, vim, webalizer, postgresql, and cvs. The distributors include Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde ...

I'll tell you where you can put those patents (to good use) http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/29/1956211

• by Tina Gasperson - In these tough economic times, it pays to keep a finger in the air in case wind of a great new money-making idea comes along. Thanks, SBC! No more missed mortgage payments for me!

Making a Living Saving the Government Money http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/28/1829254

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Peter Gallagher is president of devIS (AKA Development Infostructure), a Virginia-based company that designs, develops, hosts, and operates large-scale custom Internet applications for government agencies and private consultants. He says devIS saves its clients a minimum of $100,000 per contract by using Open Source Software. Gallagher also claims none of the Web sites or Web applications devIS has produced have ...

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Microsoft bows to EU privacy concerns
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/0929237

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    Microsoft agrees to change to its Passport identity system used for     Hotmail and other online services to ensure it complies with EU privacy     laws.

Linux on the Shuttle
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2223232

    Anonymous Reader writes "Here's a story about researchers are using Red     Hat 6.1 to run a server within NASA's Columbia shuttle, now in flight.     The setup is for testing mobile IP."

Linux desktop, in a browser near you
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2223208

    An anonymous coward writes "Just up at The Sydney Morning Herald"

Sony Offers a Peek at Upcoming PDAs
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2019237

    New mid-level Clie handheld will feature built-in Bluetooth     connectivity and an updated clamshell design.

XML and Perl
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2018200

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    Slashdot: davorg writes "One of Perl's great strengths is in processing     text files. That is, after all, why it became so popular for generating     dynamic web pages."

NetBSD 1.6.1 release process has begun
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2017208

    Jan Schaumann writes "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce that     NetBSD 1.6.1 has been branched and the release engineering process has     begun."

Why Open Source??
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2015245

    Andrew Hodel writes "In the past few years, a slew of open source     software has been developed for business and personal use. Some of the     most common open source projects like Linux and Apache have stunned     everyone with there success, while still remaining free of charge."

Microsoft: A Nation Unto Itself?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2015216

    Anonymous Reader writes "Will MS take the next obvious step and become     a sovereign nation?"

Fujitsu sets high-end Linux plans
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2014212

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    Anonymous Reader writes "Fujitsu, a company better known in Asia and     Europe than the USA for its enterprise servers, is beginning the     migration to Linux to provide its customers with a better value for     their $$$."

Beware the Penguin's Bite
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/30/2013255

    Anonymous Reader writes "Someone over at ZD thinks that Microsoft was     right about something after all - Linux does pose a competitive threat     to MS."                                                             

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