Michael J Much's Weblog

Sunday, September 28, 2003

IT in permanent decline, execs worry [IDG InfoWorld] 6:53:19 PM    comment []

Red Hat posts Q2 revenue of $28.8 million, up 36% from 2002. In a turbulent time in the Linux world, the company has another good quarter. [Computerworld News] 6:52:55 PM    comment []

Snort Author Stands by IDS. Marty Roesch, author of the popular Snort open-source intrusion detection system, discusses the backlash against IDS and its future. [eWEEK Technology News] 6:52:30 PM    comment []

Sun's Schwartz Speaks Out on Linux, SCO. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's executive vice president for software, seeks to clarify Sun's position on Linux and weighs in on the ongoing battle between SCO and IBM. [eWEEK Technology News] 6:52:06 PM    comment []

RFID Hell [Slashdot] 6:51:42 PM    comment []

Thursday, September 18, 2003

Hitachi Microdrive Feels Heat from Flash. Flash-memory storage is undercutting the prices of Hitachi's technology; can the company get higher-capacity versions to market in time? [eWEEK Technology News] 9:42:12 AM    comment []

The Music Industry Reveals Its Carrots and Sticks. The lawsuits against sharers of music files are battling a public that finds it hard to distinguish among several sorts of copying. By Adam Liptak. [New York Times: Technology] 9:41:23 AM    comment []

Revisiting the Patriot Act. Anti-terrorism measure still stirs controversy [InfoWorld: Security] 9:40:57 AM    comment []

Here come the nanotubes. Carbon Nanotechnologies, which produces carbon nanotubes for IBM and research institutions, plans to expand production, a move that could help jump-start commercial deployment. [CNET News.com - Enterprise Hardware] 9:39:55 AM    comment []

IBM's Budding Innovators. Grooming the next generation. [eWEEK Technology News] 9:39:09 AM    comment []

Saturday, September 13, 2003

IP2 packets: A threat?. We installed some workstation packet filtering firewall software and found a large number of Internet Protocol 2 packets on the network. What are they used for, and is this a threat? [Network World on LANs] 3:46:19 PM    comment []

DSL vs. T-1. Nutter helps a user decide on redundancy options [Networking how-to's] 3:45:10 PM    comment []

Cisco rolls out two midrange Fibre Channel switches. The new switches are designed to compete with products offered by market leaders Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and McData Corp. [Computerworld Networking News] 3:44:33 PM    comment []

Free net learning attracts clicks. An experiment in sharing the knowledge of a leading technology institute online for free has been a global hit. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 3:44:16 PM    comment []

RIAA Settles With 12-Year-Old Downloader [Slashdot] 3:43:50 PM    comment []

'Homeless hacker' surrenders. Facing two federal criminal charges of electronic breaking and entering, Adrian Lamo turns himself in at the U.S. courthouse in Sacramento, Calif. [CNET News.com - Enterprise] 3:43:31 PM    comment []

Hacker Accused of Running Up $300,000 Charge at The Times. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged a man with hacking into the computer network of The New York Times and running up $300,000 in database research charges. By Benjamin Weiser. [New York Times: Technology] 3:42:26 PM    comment []

Saturday, September 06, 2003

Parsons not dumbest virus writer ever, shock!. Those who got caught and those who got away [The Register] 3:51:58 AM    comment []

CD-Rs deliver degrading experience. Back to tape? [The Register] 3:51:41 AM    comment []

Proprietary servers keep losing ground. Analysts expect more businesses to move to x86-based servers [Network World on LANs] 3:51:07 AM    comment []

Access rule vs. firewalls. In light of the recent viruses/worms that have have shown up on our network, the administrator in charge of our two Unix servers wants to restrict access as to who can get to the servers via what protocols, but he doesn’t want to put that overhead on his servers. Our group has been talking about access lists on the Cisco router vs. putting up a second firewall in front of just the Unix servers. Which would be the best way to go? - Via the Internet [Networking how-to's] 3:50:53 AM    comment []

A clean Windows reinstall. How can you install a clean copy of Windows 200 or XP without reformatting the hard drive? [Networking how-to's] 3:50:44 AM    comment []

Online sci-fi shooter listens to fans. As Unreal 2004 launches, big challenges face developers to keep their growing population of players interested. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 3:50:26 AM    comment []

Silicon Strategies: Intel tricks out 90-nm TCP/IP processor. Hot Chips is starting to really live up to its name. [Hack the Planet] 3:50:06 AM    comment []

Protests delay software patents vote. The European Parliament delays voting on a controversial software-patents directive, following protests and criticism by computer scientists and economists. [CNET News.com] 3:49:11 AM    comment []

Monday, September 01, 2003

View: Will This Man Kill Linux?. In March, SCO group filed a major lawsuit against IBM and revoked its license to ship Unix systems. In an interview with Lucas Graves, SCO chief exec Darl McBride swears his bitter medicine will do us good. From Wired magazine. [Wired News] 12:24:20 PM    comment []

Blaster Worm Still Making Mayhem. The Minnesota teen who confessed to coding a variant of the Blaster worm has been apprehended, but for those still struggling to clear the intruder from their computers, the worst isn't over. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] 12:24:06 PM    comment []

Wireless LANs just a feature. Just about every major Ethernet switch vendor is now on board with wireless LAN technology. [Network World on LANs] 12:23:30 PM    comment []

Game graphics hit their limits. Video game graphics have almost got as good as they are going to get, says a leading game maker. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] 12:23:08 PM    comment []

Dell Giving Away Network Management Tool. Dell Inc. on Tuesday will throw down the gauntlet to more established competitors in the LAN switching arena when it introduces a new network management tool that it is giving away for free. [eWEEK Technology News] 12:22:34 PM    comment []

Virus Aside, Gates Says Reliability Is Greater. Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect, talked last week about what the company is doing to keep hackers at bay. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology] 12:21:44 PM    comment []

Server-Computer Sales Rose in 2nd Quarter. Sales of server computers rose for the first quarterly gain in two and a half years, a market research company said. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Technology] 12:21:26 PM    comment []

Will Linux remain true to its roots?. Wharton examines whether Linux can truly remain open while simultaneously gaining acceptance in the corporate marketplace. [CNET News.com] 12:20:47 PM    comment []