According to an article from InfoWorld, HP is now offering to indemnify purchasers of its Linux systems and support contracts against lawsuits from SCO. The deal is for people buying and using the HP-approved operating system from HP and only works if you have a valid support contract, but it …

In what appears not to be the only case of its kind, the RIAA has withdrawn a suit against a Macintosh user who they claimed was using the Kazaa file sharing service to share 2,000 songs. The problem? Kazaa doesn't run on the Mac. According to an article in …

Almost a week after the vulnerability was found, Apple Computer has now updated Mac OS X to fix the SSH problem on both client and server operating systems. The update is part of 10.2.8, a periodic maintenance update which, according to the tech note, includes a number of …

Not much other news will be reported today as I get the machine up and running and re-orient everything else. However, so far, so great. The machine is huge, weighing in at 58 lbs, but it is quiet -- requiring all of the other machines in my room to be turned …

An article from CNet this morning describes the experience of one Comcast cable internet user who recently received notification from his service provider that he was causing an "unreasonable burden" on the service and that if he did not cut his usage in half, his service would be suspended. This …

As if Microsoft's operating systems weren't causing enough trouble, Wired has a story that claims 65% of the bank ATMs will be running Windows by 2005. Microsoft will be selling them what the article refers to as a "stripped down version of NT," but it is more likely than not …

A story from the Associated Press earlier this month (courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle) reinforces the importance of paying attention to what you are doing. Lockheed Martin dropped a NOAA satellite (NOAA-N) on its side during a routine operation to move it from a vertical to horizontal position. The …

I'm happy to announce that power was restored to my house at about 9pm on Saturday. Yesterday was spent getting the computers all happy once again and preparing for the arrival (today) of the PowerMac G5. More news as it happens.

The race is on! Apple has just sent me an email indicating that they shipped my G5 on Friday for delivery on Monday. But, the real question is: will there by power when the PowerPC arrives?

A recent review of Apple's new G5 by PC Magazinegives the G5 4 out of 5 stars (although I can't find an explanation of why it wasn't 5). They liked the overall look, feel, and sound of the machine and after performing "real world" tests, claim that it is …

Virginia Tech has updated their Terascale Cluster site on their web pages with more information, links, and pictures.

Although the proposal is just in the early stages, an article from CNet reports that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is planning to start charging for the use of its character set and country code naming standards. People in the software and Internet industry are up in arms over …

Well, it's 4:40am, so I'm not sure what the damages are outside, but we've been without line power for about 6 hours and the batteries claim that I have about 6 hours to go -- hopefully they are right this time. So far, the reports on the power situation are …

A report in the New York Times indicates that the Senate and House have now jointly removed most of the funding for the TIA (Terrorist Information Awareness -- previously Total Information Awareness) program of the Department of Defense. Questions were raised when the program sprung up after 9/11 that an …

An article from CircleID alerts the internet to the kinds of information that Verisign is gathering from you each time you mistype a URL. They are using services and software from Omniture to collect data about your browser, screen size, etc. And, just so they are able to track you …

Earlier this week, CNN posted an article that finally focussed some national attention on the use of the USA Patriot Act by the government against "common criminals." The article contained a number of good examples of why such broad-reaching authority needs to be meted out in an even-handed way with …

Not the usual fare for this site, but I found interesting this article from the Washington Post about a meeting between President Bush and Bono (of the band U2). Bono used a good combination of praise for Bush's long commitment and concern over the issue of AIDS, but complained at …

A thread on ArsTechnica places the Dual 2.0GHz G5 in the number one spot of tested machines running Adobe PhotoShop with a combined score of 547. This beats out its nearest competitor, the Dual Xeon 3GHz with a score of 488 and an 3.2GHz (800Mhz bus) Pentium 4 …

They have seen Apple's PowerBooks and they are good. According to benchmarks from barefeats, the new PowerBooks are beating the old ones in performance, despite the removal of the Level 3 cache. I won't go into everything, but the new video chip (ATI Radeon 9600) makes a huge difference in …

Although we have yet to see an OS X worm appear in the wild, and the operating system itself is pretty well guarded by virtue of it not having many network services turned on by default, the risk to Macintosh users has just gone up. Making the rounds recently is …