[newsforge daily] September 29, 2003

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September 29, 2003

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New SuSE version coming next month
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/1518235

• by Lee Schlesinger - SuSE Linux announced today that it will release SuSE Linux 9.0 on October 24. The latest version of the company's home user operating system will be the first to support AMD's Athlon 64 processor, and will include a test version of the 2.6 Linux kernel, according to Holger Dyroff, SuSE's general manager, Americas.

Open Asia: Open source in Laos and Malaysia http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/213249

    We continue our country-by-country survey of the availability of open     source software across Asian countries with a look at developments in     Laos and Malaysia.

Sorry, no SCO news today
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/1316246

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - In an apparent oversight, SCO forget to issue a press release this morning asserting yet another ownership claim against parts of the Linux kernel. Worse, no one has filed a new lawsuit against SCO today or even offered to indemnify Linux users against this predatory company's actions.

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LinuxHardware.org: DVD Burning with Lite-On's LDWhttp: //newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/28/167200

    Augustus writes "LinuxHardware.org takes a look at DVD burning under     Linux and in particular, Lite-On's LDW-401S. "We've reviewed several     CD-RW drives in the past and now it's time to move on to the latest in     optical writing technology. DVD+RW and DVD-RW are now readily available     and decreasing in cost every day. We've got Lite-On's DVD+RW drive, the     LDW-401S, and we've run it through the paces under Linux. We'll give     you the information we've ...

New IRC Network looking for users and projects http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/28/1531255

    disasm writes: OpenThink.org is a new and upcoming IRC network. We are     a place mainly focused at providing a home for open source project     channels, and helping new people get started with linux/bsd, however;     we also have general chat rooms, like #chat. If you're interested in     hosting your project on our network, just connect, and create a     channel.

Critique of Microsoft eyed in firing: Ex-tech officer claims report cost his job http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/28/1534258

"The ex-chief technology officer for AtStake Inc. in Cambridge said
    yesterday he was forced out after co-authoring a critical report about     Microsoft Corp. - an AtStake client - and is weighing his legal     options.

Review: Sharp Zaurus SL-C760
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/28/1245246

    The Sharp Zaurus line of GNU/Linux-based handhelds has to date sported     some very impressive features and designs. Unfortunately, many of the     most interesting are only officially released in Japan, such as the     high-powered SL-760 clamshell model. Fortunately for the rest of the     world, importer Dynamism has added the SL-760 to their line of     import-and-translate products and offers an English-ified version of     the SL-760. It is almost a laptop, but ...

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Linux 2.6-test6 Development Kernel
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/28/062201

    Anonymous Reader writes "Linus Torvalds released the 2.6-test6     development kernel with a number of exciting changes. Most notably this     includes some impressive performance enhancements written by an     Australian dentist, Con Kolivas. Additionally, it includes Al Viro's
"32-bit dev_t" patch, bumping up the number of device types that can be
    allocated by the Linux kernel."

Browser holes lead to AIM, dial-up attacks http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/28/067226

    SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) -- Security holes in Microsoft's     Internet Explorer browser have been exploited by hackers to hijack AOL     instant messaging accounts and force unsuspecting Web surfers to run up     massive phone bills, computer experts cautioned Friday. Editor's note:     You may want to remind Explorer-using friends that Mozilla -- a free     download -- is not subject to MSIE exploits *and* it can block popups.

IBM counterclaim document
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/28/028206

    Anonymous Reader writes "The official IBM counterclaim document. Yup,     on SCO's site no less."

Philips Talks to Web Music Stores, Blocks WMP http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/28/026244

    OwlWhacker writes "Philips, which globally ranks No. 3 behind Japan's     Sony and Matsushita, has chosen not to support Microsoft's Windows     Media Player in its consumer electronics products, a company spokesman     said separately. "We need a technology that works, that is available to     everyone, managed in a fair way and not constrained to any particular     group," Blanford said."

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Know Your Enemy: Sebek2 - A kernel based data capture tool http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/27/1752209

    LogError writes "Sebek is a piece of code that lives entirely in kernel     space and records either some or all data accessed by users on the     system. This paper is a detailed discussion of Sebek, how it works and     its value."

Source Mage GNU/Linux v0.7, code name Flare, released http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/27/1750209

    The Source Mage GNU/Linux developers team would like to invite you to     try our newest release, code named "Flare":                                                             

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