Procedure to Eliminate dvwssr.dll Vulnerability
According to an e-mail from Microsoft “A procedure is available” to eliminate the prior mentioned security vulnerability in several Microsoft web server products.
The vulnerability could allow a user who has privileges on a web server to read certain files from other web sites hosted on the same computer.
Microsoft Ruling Announced
U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson gave his second ruling today in the US vs Microsoft anti-trust case. Stating that Microsoft Corp. violated the Sherman Anti-trust Act, Jackson said the software giant had "... engaged in a concerted series of actions designed to protect [windows] ... from a variety of middle-ware threats including Netscape’s Web browser and Sun Microsystem’s implementation of Java"
The Judge’s ruling signals that the final stage of the trial has begun. In this 'remedy' phase, the government will take actions against Microsoft in an attempt to impede the company’s ability to mis-use its monopoly in the operating system market. These actions may lead to the breakup of Microsoft, though the government said that a breakup alone would not suffice in stopping Microsoft from abusing its power.
Debian Project Leader Re-Elected
The Debian Linux team announced today the re-election of Wichert Akkerman as Debian’s Project Leader, and showcased the release of Debian 2.1 r5, which contains security and Y2k updates. Debian developers were also happy to announce that they were "past the second bug horizon" for the next major release of Debian and development is going well.
Those interested can check out Debain’s list and graph of current bugs in the upcoming release here, or visit the full Debian bug Web site at http://bugs.debian.org.
Seagate Will Go Private in $20 Bln Deal
Seagate Technology Inc. today announced a $20 billion deal that will make the world's No. 1 computer disk-drive maker a private company, and sells off its 33 percent stake Veritas Software Inc. back to Veritas.
According to a press release:
"VERITAS Software will acquire Seagate, which then will exclusively hold 128 million shares of
VERITAS Software, the investment securities of SanDisk, Gadzoox Networks, CVC, and Dragon
Systems and cash. Immediately prior to this merger, a new company formed by an investor group led by Silver Lake will purchase all of Seagate’s operating businesses for approximately $2 billion in cash."
RedHat 6.2 Ready For Download
You can now download RedHat Linux 6.2 from FileForum, or visit RedHat’s FTP site to get the non-ISO version. However, you may not be able to log in due to mass downloading!
Windows 2000 ISS Configuration Tool
Diablo II Beta Winners Posted
More Than Just MP3s on Napster
Word has spread quickly of a new tool for Internet file sharing on Napster, "Wrapster," named for its ability to wrap a collection of files into an archive file that looks like a real MP3 file, but functions much like a ZIP file.
According to the Wrapster Web site, "the software creates archives that can contain anything from movies, full albums and the latest software releases to just plain old images and perl scripts."
Cisco: 2 for $501 Million
Cisco Systems, announced today that they plan to buy two companies InfoGear and JetCell for a combined $501 Million dollars.
InfoGear Technology Corp. of Redwood City, Calif., will be purchased by stock buyout, valued at about $301 million, while JetCell Inc. of Menlo Park, will be bought for about $200 million in stock.
InfoGear who are the maker’s of the iPhone, an Internet ‘screen phone’ that allows users to surf the internet manage appliances from remote locations; will be accompanied by JetCell who develops communications systems that allow wireless network connections within a business' building.
IBM Announces 75 GB Hard Drives
IBM Corp. today introduced two new disk drives it says set records for data storage. One of which, the Deskstar 75GXP drive for desktop computers, can hold 75 gigabytes of data at 7,200 rpm, that is more than 10 times the capacity average PC hard drives.
That equates to a storage space of 18 DVD movies in MPEG3 format, about 159 CD-ROMs or "the data contained in a stack of documents 20 times taller than the Washington Monument," the statement said. The Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, twenty times that height is 11,100 feet, or about 2 miles of paper documents.
FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE Now Available
FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE is now available from ftp.freebsd.org and various FTP
mirror sites. You can download the hefty 660MB ISOs (once ready) from FileForum.
The ISO files allow you to install the base system and all of its most important add-ons from a single bootable image. The ISO can be written
as a raw ISO 9660 image by most CD creator software.
Novell Releases NDS for Linux
Novell, Inc. released versions of their NDS eDirectory and NDS Corporate Edition software for the Linux operating system yesterday. NDS eDirectory has been praised for its ability to integrate existing mixes of Unix, NetWare, Linux, Windows 2000 and Windows NT servers and clients under a single directory structure.
NDS eDirectory is described as a “full-service, open standards-based directory that is the foundation for managing network resources across all leading operating systems in one Net environments.”
Windows 2000, Hits 1 Million Mark
Microsoft said today that they have sold more than 1 million copies of Windows 2000, after only a month.
“We are thrilled with the tremendous customer response to the Windows 2000 platform,”: Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer said in a statement to the press. “Reaching 1 million units so quickly is testimony to the high quality and reliability of Windows 2000.”
Mozilla Crypto Released for Windows, Linux
Microsoft to Choose Intel, for X-Box
Microsoft announced it has decided to use Intel chips, rather than rival AMD's, for its "X-Box" game console.
The X-Box will use "Intel Pentium III processor technology with Streaming SIMD Extensions" acording to a press release. As well as "More than three times the graphics performance of the newest-generation game consoles will be offered. Co-developed with experts at NVIDIA, the custom-designed graphics chip will deliver more than 200 million polygons per second."
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