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Nearly half of UK firms have sacked workers for web and email abuse

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1141947

The lawsuit brought by the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) against IBM has generated many requests for comment by FSF. The Foundation has refrained from making official comments on the litigation because only the plaintiff’s allegations have been reported; comment on unverified allegations would ordinarily be premature. More disturbing than the lawsuit itself, however, have been public statements by representatives of SCO, which have irresponsibly suggested doubts about the legitimacy of free software overall. These statements require response.

http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/sco-statement.html

Una minicámara en los cordones para ejercer el ‘voyeurismo’ Un ávido californiano se paseaba con un sofisticado sistema de grabaciones en los cordones de sus zapatos que le permitía capturar imágenes que iban “más arriba de la rodillas” de sus féminas ‘víctimas’

http://www.telepolis.com/centrales/informatica/index3.html

¡Cuidado! circula una actualización falsa de Windows Un e-mail ofrece una supuesta actualización del sistema operativo que, en realidad, es un peligroso código troyano que explota un reciente agujero del Explorer.

http://www.telepolis.com/centrales/informatica/

Un grupo de hackers chantajean a Microsoft. “O autorizáis el lanzamiento de una versión de Linux o desvelaremos un importante bug de vuestra consola”.

http://www.meristation.com/sc/noticias/noticia.asp?c=GEN&n=10525

Family-friendly legislation introduced in April has had little impact on encouraging employers to boost home working, with fears about dividing the workforce and security lapses holding companies back.

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1141920

THE 64-BIT workstation market has been kind of quiet in the past two years. Why? Well, on one side, Pentium/Xeon 32-bit systems took over the bulk of mainstream 3-D workstation market, and on the other side, some of the key 64-bit workstation platforms that could be called performers (that excludes Sun, of course) were on decline - Alpha, SGI, PA-RISC, pick your choice.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10244

Many would argue that market share is not the same as user base. But it doesn’t ultimately matter. What really matters is to have as many users as possible, so it will attract more developers and create an actual “market” around the platform. Less users, less money flowing, less third party development, which ultimately leads to the death of a platform. I was reading today this and this editorials, even journalists now buy the “cheap PCs with Linux” deal. Apple has to wake up before is too late and should offer a cheap solution. Apple should learn from NeXT’s mistakes, not duplicate them. Update: Look inside for one more idea by some of our readers.

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3901

Madison, the third member of the Itanium chip family, is Intel’s best shot to date at taking on Sun Microsystems and IBM in the market for high-end server chips. If the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker succeeds with its ambitious plans, the higher end of the $43 billion server market will be remade around Itanium the way the lower end now centers on Intel’s Xeon chips.

http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-1021950.html?tag=fd_top

La nueva y esperada versión del sistema operativo, basado en Linux, llega con nuevas herramientas antispam y antipop-ups que mejoran mucho la experiencia del usuario.

http://www.telepolis.com/centrales/marco/informatica.htm?path=/tec/hemeroteca/informatica/20030627/123550_modulo10024.htm