SCO vs. Linux
Did you hear about the SCO lawsuit, claiming copyright for the Linux code base? Check out this cute storyline of what’s going on.
Can you secure Windows for Internet Cafes?
I use Internet Cafes fairly often. I travel a lot, and I like to check my email while on the road. There’s just one catch: I like to connect to my home computer via ssh, and Windows doesn’t ship with an ssh client. However, there is an excellent free ssh client called Putty. But most Internet cafes disable the ability to run programs downloaded from the Internet.
Halloween VII
Back in October 1998, around the time for Halloween, an internal Microsoft memo leaked to the public, and got ripped appart by the Open Source Software (OSS) community. Ever since, more documents leaked, the last one just last week, the Halloween VII document.
The $200 AOL Computer running Lindows
The headline spells trouble for Intel and Microsoft. AOL teamed up with the right partners, and is now selling a $200 computer through Wal Mart, using a Microtel processor, and featuring the Linux based Lindows operating system.
Mozilla 1.0 released!!!
Every geek has been waiting for this – Mozilla 1.0 is finally out (for those non-geeks, that’s the latest former-Netscape version).