Metrowerks acquires Embedix Inc. (aka Lineo)
Lineo http://lwn.net/Articles/18259/
AOL wins $7 million award in antispam case
An e-mail spam business that had targeted members of Internet service provider America Online Inc. has been ordered by a Virginia court to pay AOL almost $7 million and stop sending spam to AOL subscribers. http://computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,76821,00.html
Free Speech or Freeloading?
Okay, I admit it. I do not always support someone’s right to free speech if that speech is not what you and I normally call speech. http://www.linuxvoodoo.com/news/article.php?sid=1688
Linux Format: KDevelop Best Linux C++ IDE
KDevelop http://dot.kde.org/1040161008/
Linux taking over at uni
LINUX is making inroads into the nation’s universities, pushing Windows, Unix and Apple operating systems off the desktops of first-year IT students. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5687204%5E15344%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15321,00.html
Langa Letter: It’s Curtains For Windows 95
Fred Langa bids farewell to Win95 and Win 3x, two operating systems that literally changed the world but will no longer be supported by Microsoft. http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021211S0008
Salvaging old PCs
YOU already know you’re going to buy yourself that new Pentium IV for Christmas, so now what to do with your old PC? http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5677240%5E15397%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
IBM builds momentum around Eclipse
LOOKING TO STRENGTHEN its position in the software development tools market, IBM announced Monday that an additional 13 vendors have agreed to join its open source project Eclipse, and will offer tools that plug into the development environment. http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/12/16/021216hneclipse.xml?s=IDGNS
‘Lintel’ Turns Up the Heat
Whether or not Microsoft Corp. ends up porting its software to Linux, as a research company suggested last week, the battle between Windows and Linux on Intel Corp.- compatible hardware could have at least one positive effect: lower prices for Windows software, users said. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,767343,00.asp
What topped IT news in 2002
Recessionary economics, unsavoury scandals and lousy industry growth rates are just some of the reasons why many in IT might like to put 2002 behind them and hope that 2003 brings better fortune for all. But before we do that, it’s worth reflecting on what was good about all the bad news: it reminded us [...]